Duke of Cambridge, Battersea, SW11

David Walton left this review about Duke of Cambridge

Been a mixed bag so far in trying to tie up unvisited SW11 venue - won’t be achieved today will require a later in the week attendance to sweep up some venues on here that don’t open start of the week. This place jostles with the ex JDW venue on Falcon Rd for the best venue so far. A high bar I hear you say! It remains a Youngs pub, well described physically by Tris and Rex below. Indeed only change I could see was there has been another change of colour scheme. The seating area out the front was again popular to get a dose of CO with your quaff and dried roasted (head rather than nuts).

The aspect that marked it up a bit for me was the 100% utilisation of the albeit small array of hand pumps. The choices were Original (obviously), Hophead and something called Brown Dog Riot from Sambrook’s. Given almost everyone around here seems to own a mutt (or is that t he other way around) it is probably a social statement on the area and indeed South London generally, only difference being SW are small and cute where as SE would generally eat you alive. The keg choices weren’t particularly exciting, FreeDamm, Neck Oil, Peroni, Hepcat, Estrella, Camden Hells, Asahi, Guinness, Aspall and Pravda.

Another large pub where I had the inside to myself a bit before 6pm. Not sure why all the lighting was on though, probably habit as effing bright in here absent the electric lighting. Music was cool to combat the temperatures outside, a couple from the Doors during my necking of my pint of Hophead. After the former Duke of Battersea I need another place to continue the quaffing.

On 24^th June 2024 - rating: 6
[User has posted 631 recommendations about 631 pubs]