The Castle, Battersea - pub details
Address: 115, Battersea High St, London, SW11 3JR [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5442) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Clapham Junction (0.4 miles), Wandsworth Town (1 mile), Queenstown Road Battersea (1.2 miles)
Brewery: Young's
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale (Young's)
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 24 users)
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user reviews of the Castle, Battersea
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| Nice day time summer pub due to big garden (for London). Crap pub building (square box - think 70s council estate pub) but they've done wonders with it. Really nicely done. Bar staff are lovely. Clientèle are 99% awesome. Not cheap mind. tallsam - 25 Jun 2011 16:27 |
| Modern ambience with large open bar and sofas scattered around. This is no doubt fine when the place is full, but when I went the place was nearly deserted so wasn't very welcoming. Large garden area with cabins where friends can sit together out of the cold (nice touch). The closest pub to Sambrooks brewery and sells Wandle in excellent condition simontheeditor - 21 Apr 2011 20:26 |
| This was the worst of 14 pubs I frequented on Saturday. After trying the two obvious doors at the front of the pub, I finally found a way in at the third time of asking through a side door. I was immediately greated by a raucous cheer from a group of young men at the far side of the bar. I didn't think my entry would cause that much excitement. But it soon became apparent that these lads were playing drinking games and consuming a tad too much alcohol. Whilst my 14 pubs sounds bad, I think they had drunk more in this pub than I managed all day. Nevertheless, I took a pew at the bar whilst the shouts and cheers continued. How the one guy had managed to fall asleep on a sofa, I'll never know. Youngs Ordinary, Wells Bombareindeer (very original festive name) and Sambrook Wandle & Powerhouse Porter were the real ales. Coloured pictures of London landmarks gave the pub a kind of artsy feel. But my lasting impression of the pub would be of the rowdy group creating a noisy and unwelcoming atmosphere. The bar staff seemed scared or at least unwilling to tell them to quieten down. Unfortunately, whilst they were enjoing themselves, I doubt most people in the pub were. blue_scrumpy - 6 Dec 2010 21:50 |
| I live about 100 yards down the road from this pub, but pretty much stopped going here about 2 years ago (preferring the nearby Duke of Cambridge and Prince of Wales instead) as it seemed to have become a bit uncared for. But as other reviewers have mentioned, it's been under new ownership for the past 18 months or so, and it's a completely different pub - always busy with a good atmosphere, full of locals, ale in top nick, live entertainment on Fridays, and a roaring coal fire in the middle. The new owners are great fun too, and know all the regulars well. If I was being really picky, then the food is pretty standard pub fare (ie, but still good if you just want fish & chips), but it's great to have my local being my first choice pub again. BatterseaBomber - 11 Jan 2010 19:50 |
| food very good, nice warm open fire. been 4 times now over 3 weeks. loved it. piston_happy - 15 Nov 2009 14:44 |
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