Duke of Cambridge, Battersea, SW11

Basic high ceilinged interior.3 Youngs beers on plus Dartmoor-ipa. which was decent but not an ipa to me.Good ouside area at the front.Noisy quiz on Wednesdays.

This pub has clearly been subjected to an aggressive Young’s makeover. It’s now opened up into one large room, with sofas and low tables in abundance, tall chunky tables and tall stools all along the right side of the room, tub armchairs, and just two or three normal tables and chairs tucked away here and there. That’s for drinkers anyway – at the back on the right there is an area where all tables are set for diners, and even a separate small room with one largish dining table that is advertised as being available for private hire. The walls are painted a variety of mainly pastel shades, but with some grey and dull purple, with the ceiling painted the same dull purple. A chandelier provides lighting at the front of the room, with some spotlights illuminating the area to the left and rear of the bar counter. As the pub is laid back from the road, there’s space for a handful of tables outside in front of the pub. But the ale choice is good by Young’s standards, with Young’s Special, Bitter, Bombardier, Sambrook’s Wandle, and Bath Gem available. The Gem was £3.50 a pint, which is what you expect to have to pay in this sort of pub. There were daily printed menus on the tables. Obviously the food’s not cheap – as an example the steak and ale pie is £11.10. This is no longer the traditional pub that it once must have been. But if you like these madeover, upwardly mobile pubs then you’ll like this one.

Duke of Cambridge page at the Youngs site - www.youngs.co.uk

Duke of Cambridge page at the Youngs site - www.youngs.co.uk