The Castle, Tooting Broadway

Upper end Youngs prices unjustified by quality of service, however the ales are usually good. Food indifferent and overpriced given quantity served up. With its prime location it should be much busier - you could go there on a Friday or Saturday night and be forgiven for worrying that a timeslip had dumped you back 4 or 5 days. Management is of the hands-off variety. Sunday quiz is good but they should 'push it' more. Hard to envisage this place making money from drinking - car park must subsidise it.

22 Aug 2011 15:01

The Fox and Hounds, Starbotton

Beer was good - unfortunately the landlord was a taciturn, unhelpful, ignorant sod. A bad advert for Yorkshireman (quite a few people would say a typical advert of that breed) - seemed almost glad to announce that he couldn't / wouldn't provide food of any kind to 7 Saturday afternoon visitors because "he were on 'is own" ... yet either he or someone else was able to rustle up sandwiches for a couple who seemed like they were actually staying there. Well, if he doesn't want the trade and treat all customers as guests (because we are just that) then he deserves to go under. We should have eaten at either of the Kettlewell pubs beforehand where the barfolk were good adverts for Yorkshire as was also the case in Grassington.

19 Apr 2010 19:52