Castle Inn Hotel, Lydfordback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Fourth pub on a Sunday visit to West Devon was the Castle Inn. This is a delightful small village with a castle, a church and a nearby gorge owned by the National Trust. The Castle is owned by St Austell. It's a nice place with a decent size garden at the rear. Having just come from Cornwall though, I was sick of the sight of Sharps & St Austell ales. Tribute, Proper Job & Trelawny are served alongside a guest ale, which was Bath Summer's Hare. I had the Trelawny, which was ok until a wasp decided to do a front crawl in it. Ironically the first 3 pubs we tried were all better. I've requested that the Ashwater Inn, the Pint & Post, St Giles on the Heath and the Blue Lion Inn at Lewdown are added to the site.
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I think there were 5 beers on when I visited, although I only had one as the car was outside. Very cosy, real fire and they opened at 8am for breakfasts! Didnt try the food but the list looked the usual offerings for a West Country pub.
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This is an alright place in a lovely part of Devon.
The bar inside is really quite cosy although the beer garden out the back could have been better.
I would visit again.
7/10
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Lovely pub & great beer. Not too many seats in bar area when busy & too cold/wet to sit outside. Locals can be a bit 'cliquey'
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This is an amazing place with one of the best bars I�ve stepped into to in ages. Oozing charm and history I only wish we had time to stay longer. Well worth a detour to find.
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Popped in here after a lovely walk around nearby Lydford Gorge with the missus and her folks and was very impressed. Lovely medieval type pub with a very cosy and atmospheric bar area. Choice of real ales (3 i think), i tried Black Prince from St Austell brewery which was very good. Varied food menu which was very reasonably priced and as it was such a beautiful day (for March) we decided to eat Ploughmans and sup our pints outside on one of the tables in front of the pub. Picked up a leaflet when paying the tab and it appears there is also a lovely looking restaurant area and rooms to stay in. Do as we did and combine lunch here with a visit to the Gorge, a very pleasant few hours.
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We visited the Castle Inn in January and it is a lovely little pub, what it is like in the summer season you can only guess at. The bar is small with low ceilings and a large open fire. The food is good without being to fancy, we ate in the bar but there is also a dedicated restaurant room to the right of the main entrance. It is a St Austell brewery pub with the usual beers on tap there is also a draught cider, Cornish I think. We had the HSD as we love it and it did not disappoint. The locals were friendly although there accents led me to believe they were not all that local.
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