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Submitted on Thursday, 14th December 2017
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Castle Inn, Bakewell Town, Bakewell
Bakewell
DE45 1DU
Reviews of Castle Inn (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about Castle Inn
After my disappointment at the Peacock, the Castle Inn was a breath of fresh air. This is a proper pub and the only one on my brief tour of five of Bakewell's pubs where I could identify the customers as locals rather than tourists. The pub's atmosphere was warm, both in terms of the temperature and the welcome I received. There's a real fire as well as radiators, and on the bar are six hand pumps (see photo). I went for the Greene King Abbot Reserve 6.5%, in celebration of finding a proper pub after the utter falsity of the previous one. The pub was busy, with among others a group of locals playing cards, another man reading the paper in the company of his dog, a retired greyhound, and a young family with their toddler occupying one of the bay windows. The staff were cheerful and friendly, and obviously enjoy working there and helping their customers have a good time. The pub furniture is traditional and well used, and I had to be careful to sit on my chair in just such a way that it did not wobble on the uneven stone flagged floor. The only downside to this pub, as far as I am concerned, is that the beer is nothing to write home about. Mine was in good condition but is not a very good beer; I don't often go in GK pubs for this reason, but I'm glad that I came here and would be happy to call in again next time I'm in Bakewell.
On 14th December 2017
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2261 recommendations about 2153 pubs]
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Peter Rydings left this review about The Castle Inn
Called in on the 16th December it was warm and friendly nice people good conversation round the bar Wife and Daughter had dropped me off they were going to,Chatsworth House for that Christmas thing what a perfect Saturday afternoon for me 3 hours
to go round the pubs. Had Very good pint of I P A Gold had a couple more before i left
Will definitely call back here
On 17th November 2013
- rating: 10
[User has posted 948 recommendations about 917 pubs]
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Phantom Pigeon left this review about The Castle Inn
It's a Greene King pub, so I didn't expect too much. I was right. they only had one beer on the pumps - GK IPA. I had the Guinness.
The food was quite good, and very reasonably priced, but I think the deep fat fryer needed an oil change.
We would call back, though.
On 20th April 2013
- rating: 5
[User has posted 96 recommendations about 88 pubs]
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Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : Yes last updated 14 December 2017 by Will Larter
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 29 November 2018 by ROB Camra
| Sunday | 11am - 10pm |
| Monday | 11am - 10pm |
| Tuesday | 11am - 10pm |
| Wednesday | 11am - 10pm |
| Thursday | 11am - 10pm |
| Friday | 11am - 11pm |
| Saturday | 11am - 11pm |
