The Alwyne Castle Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff were efficient."
• "Staff knew what they were doing too. Very good."
• "Staff is super nice and helpful."
• "Super friendly and helpful staff that helped to navigate through these confusing pandemic times and it's rules."
• "Fantastic staff, all the covid safe measures a boy could wish for."
• "The staff are really friendly!"
• "The staff are all very welcoming and efficient."

Cons:

• "Waited an hour for our food and it was really terrible."
• "Not sure if the bar staff are constantly stoned or there is no pressure in the beer taps but Christ the service is awful."
• "The service was awry. Staff running around not knowing who was serving what table."
• "The service is terrible and the manager even worst."
• "Service is extremely slow. Staff doesn't seem to be able to deal with multiple customers at once."
• "Service was abysmal, no smiles, rude staff."
• "Service was extremely slow (more than 1 hour wait for the food, and no one approached us even to say anything)."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The fish and chips looked awesome."
• "Everyone commented on the tasty food too!"
• "The food menu is extensive."
• "The chicken and pancetta pie is the best individual pie I have eaten anywhere."
• "Fantastic food! We ordered the steak pie and fish and chips, both were excellent."
• "The food is actually so good."
• "really lovely chicken schnitzel, fish cakes and an excellent veggie burger."

Cons:

• "Came here for their Christmas dinner last week and I have to say it was absolutely, unequivocally, devastatingly dreadful."
• "The food was okay, nothing special."
• "The beef burger felt like it was not beef."
• "For the price of the food it was rubbish."
• "Food was not of a good standard. It came cold and dry."
• "The burgers were cold and tasteless the chips were bland unseasoned."
• "Food is appalling, after I tried their Sunday Roast twice I can confidently say that it is not getting any better."

Ambiance and Facilities

Pros:

• "Best pub garden in London!"
• "The Guinness was flowing, the company was great."
• "Great boozer. Large selection of beverages, from beers and gins to wine."
• "The Alwyne castle is a big pub with loads of tables and chairs so it's quite roomy."
• "The Alwyne Castle is always my go to pub when I’m in and around Highbury Corner."
• "Decent pub with one of the greatest looking beer gardens I think I have ever seen."
• "The very large beer-garden (though a little noisy at times, due to the main road) has been a life-saver over the years."

Cons:

• "Nice interior but toilets were all vile and my diet coke was served in a luke warm bottle that clearly hadn’t been in the fridge for long."
• "Blaring sun and 25 degrees outside. Radiators on full blast and hot to touch throughout the whole pub including the outside conservatory."
• "Once you've finally got served and begin to relax outside you get constantly attacked by wasps."
• "Nice beer garden let down by management leaving it short-staffed on a bank holiday."
• "It's right on the road which is always busy so not particularly nice."
• "The only thing letting this bar down is its service... The toilets are also not maintained to a very good standard."
• "Loos were pretty grimy though and could definitely do with some attention."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The pub's recently revamped their menu with good results... only £12.50."
• "Hiring a space here is also very good value for a London venue."
• "They let us have the conservatory to ourselves with some outdoor space for a very reasonable price."
• "Food is very good value and delicious and value for money."
• "A friend and I had a good Sunday Roast Lunch here... Service was very quick and food quality was good - representing reasonable value for money."
• "Great food and very reasonable price."
• "Lovely spacious pub with some nice seating outside as well, and lots of food and drinks options and reasonable prices!"

Cons:

• "For the price of the food it was rubbish."
• "All in all this was very disappointing, especially at the extortionate price they used to pull our pants down with."
• "Not worth the £20 spent on a burger."
• "£16.50 for a bacon cheeseburger that felt like a rubbish birds eye frozen burger with non crispy bacon and basic bread buns."
• "Overpriced for terrible food, rude unhelpful staff, can't take away any food, 8 pounds for one flat vodka and coke."
• "A waste of £90 but you live and you learn."
• "The fish and chips was a stingy portion for the money."