Castle Inn

Popular old inn, smartly updated, with a good mix of customers, cheerful atmosphere, real ales, well liked food and seats in garden; comfortable bedrooms

Features

Accommodation available
Cask ales
Garden

Restaurant times: 12-8; 12-9 Fri, Sat; 12-7 Sun

Typical main dish: beer-battered fish and chips

Typical main dish price: £14.50

Average two course evening meal price: £20.00

  • Cask ales (4)

Price of cheapest bitter: £4.40

Number of bedrooms: 12

Price of a bedrooms starts at £0.00

  • Children allowed in the bar
  • Children allowed in the restaurant
  • Dogs allowed in the bar

The good pub guide review

Recently refurbished, this pretty 16th-c thatched inn appeals to both locals and those staying for a few days. It's in lovely Isle of Purbeck countryside, close to Lulworth Cove, and there's plenty to do nearby. The open-plan bar and dining areas have retained some snugs and alcoves, and therefore some character, with wooden and painted church chairs around little tables on stripped boards, wooden armchairs on flagstones by the open fire and comfortable wall banquettes; children and dogs are welcome. Butcombe Original and three guest ales on handpump and 16 wines by the glass are served by friendly staff. There are plenty of picnic-sets at the front of the building, as well as more seats in the garden with views of the steep hillside. The dozen bedrooms (two are dog-friendly) are comfortable and boutique in style with a few quirky touches.

The good pub guide food review

Enjoyable food served all day includes steak baguettes, potted chicken, ham and herb terrine with sticky onion marmalade, sharing platter, River Fowey mussels in cider with leeks and bacon, various pub classics, pizzas, lentil, cauliflower and spinach curry, local trout fishcakes with spinach and poached egg, gammon with roasted pineapple, eggs and chips, and puddings such as triple chocolate brownie with espresso ice-cream and New York-style cheesecake with strawberries.

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Contact Details

Castle Inn, Main Road, West Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5RN

(01929) 400311

Pub Group: Butcombe

Opening Hours

Weekdays: 12-9, 12-10 Fri

Saturday: 12-10

Sunday: 12-8