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Crown & Castle, E8
E8
E8 4AH
Reviews of Crown & Castle (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Steve of N21 left this review about Crown & Castle
After a period as a Chinese restaurant it’s nice to have this one back as a pub. Just up the road from Dalston Junction station, it’s now owned and run by the Urban Pub Company. From the outside it is a distinctive pub with clear, clean, anodyne naming that will appeal to the target audience of the pub, most of which if my visit was to go by, we’re not born in the 70’s and thankfully would have never heard of Watneys.
The striped out modern interior is largely dominated by the bar and the main draw here is a decent range of craft keg option although I was pleasantly surprised to find one of the two ale hand pumps badged with what was a decent Gun brewery Zamzama IPA.
CAMRA card carrying members are not the target audience here, but those that are seemed to like it.
On 3rd July 2025
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2279 recommendations about 2135 pubs]
Tris C left this review about The Crown & Castle
When this pub reopened, the proprietor had the vision to reinstate the name by painting it in the classic circa 1970s' Watney's typeface, rendering the pub unique; someone with no respect for heritage whatsoever has idiotically repainted it in an anodyne style.
On 19th January 2025
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 2267 recommendations about 2219 pubs]
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Crown & Castle
Although covered in scaffolding,this street corner boozer was full of life on a Friday evening.The interior is open plan and quite small,dominated by an attractive U shaped bar extending into the pub and with exposed brickwork and well lit.There is bench seating in light brown leather,some dining type tables dotted about,some small high tables and bar stools.The muzak was enjoyable if a tad loud.At least the flatscreens were off.
The handpumps were unclipped ,the keg selection includes a lot of craft offering from decent brewers from which I chose Two Tribes Campfire,a hazy IPA making a decent half.
With no ale this would never be a destination pub for me,but for a quick bit of craft keg I thought it was decent and maybe your best option in the immediate area.
On 10th March 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2997 recommendations about 2997 pubs]
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Dalston Kingsland, 0.17 miles, 3 min walk (show)
Haggerston, 0.59 miles, 11 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Function Room : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 28 September 2022 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : No - WCs downstairs. - last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 24 September 2020 by Tris C
