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A popular pub on Drummond Street near Euston Station. It's part of the Mitchells & Butlers "unbranded" Castle sub-chain.

Visiting on a Friday after work in September 2009, it's noticeable just how busy this place gets with local office workers, and the atmosphere tends towards the style bar end of the pub spectrum. There are tables alongside the bar stretching down to a larger area at the back, with a couple of booths with banquette seating and some larger tables. One side of the rear area is under a skylight so has a bit of natural light, but mostly the pub is fairly dark (only helped by the low ceiling and dark colour scheme with flashes of neon lighting and modern artwork).

There are however three handpulls for ale at the bar, with London Pride, Black Sheep Bitter (£3/pint) and a guest ale of Merlin's Oak (with a hand-drawn pump clip), all well-kept, although some of the staff didn't seem so familiar with dispensing them. Draught lagers included Sierra Nevada, Red Stripe, Hoegaarden, Leffe, Staropramen, Peroni and others.

Food is served noon-10pm Monday to Saturday, and noon-9pm on Sunday.

On our Friday evening visit in September 2009, music was playing, but drowned out by the noise of conversation. There's a fireplace down the rear of the pub, but as our visit was during a warm Autumn's evening, it wasn't going.

bob visited on a Friday evening in December 2009. The pub was quite busy although we did find a table with no chairs. The guest ale was £3 and pretty drinkable.

See also:

• Beer In The Evening comments
• Fancyapint review
• TimeOut review

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