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Duke of Cambridge, Battersea, SW11
SW11
SW11 3AA
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
Tris C left this review about Duke of Cambridge
Another fairly commanding Victorian edifice, though not as lofty as the Latchmere (opposite), this is a Young’s house in a part of Battersea which so far has escaped the levels of gentrification applied to the north.
Bare boarded naturally, aside from the colour scheme I doubt much has changed in nearly 10 years since Rex’s visit, though for the record the colour scheme is now an interior designer’s idea of a winning combo of tangerine or pale blue, lounge furniture with drum chairs swathed in powder blue cloth or studded oxblood vinyl, low sofas with some scatter cushions, a few conventional chairs with tables to the rear laid for dining, tables up front home to vessels containing dried flowers, illumination from either crystal chandeliers or brass sconces with décor in the form of trendy framed prints, one of Pink Floyd’s Animals album cover with the famous pig floating over nearby Battersea Power Station; the overall effect is rather twee, like one of drinking in a hotel restaurant or upmarket tearoom, with young professional customers and all to a dreary soundtrack.
The Young’s offerings were off, but thankfully not the Proper Job though at a very expensive £3.05 a half and nice.
Unamusing prices aside, this isn’t a great pub, one of those places with an interior which has been needlessly overdone to death; the Latchmere is the preferred option.
On 4th September 2023
- rating: 4
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john gray left this review about Duke of Cambridge
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.
On 19th October 2013
- rating: 5
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Rex Rattus left this review about Duke of Cambridge
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.
On 11th April 2011
- rating: 5
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Philip Carter left this review about Duke of Cambridge
A youngs pub, Real ale on sale. Nice large garden at the front. Disabled access. Food served all day. Guinness was a bit expensive £3.40 a pint. Thought I'd add an internal view.
On 2nd January 2008
- rating: 6
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