Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant

10 Reviews on “Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant”

• Gobombrs

  Dined here on a Thursday evening. Not a lot of space (and it is Seat Yourself) so sat at a table for a large group until a smaller one came open. We both ordered the Stuffed Yorkshire Pudding, which is exactly what it says and comes with mashed potatoes/roasted vegetables. It was hot, tasty and well portioned. The bread pudding for dessert was more than enough for two to share. Service was slow (they were busy) but our server was accommodating and fair when our bill arrived.

  June 25, 2020, 2:55 am

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• De Strange-Juan

  ** LONG REVIEW **Table for twoNo wait, comfortable seating and setting. Immediate beverage serviceCaesar: which most Canadians are incredibly fussy about, was spot on to my liking Long Island Iced Tea: table mate said it was really good, did not confirm with my own testing thoughServer: friendly and aptDeep Fried Pickles: arrived hot and in abundance, quite a large order was pretty decent even with just plain ranch dressing for a dip. The panko crust was crunchy and not soggy considering it was coating picklesLoaded Poutine: arrived cold, the fries around the edge of the plate were cold, not even room temperature, the gravy was congealed and cold as well, curds were not melted. The rest of the toppings were as ordered, green onion, tomato and sour cream, hard to mess those 3 things upSent it back to be remade, no hassle from the server, quite apologetic and immediately attended to it. Arrived hot the second time around, the gravy wasn’t to my liking nor the fries, but that is personal taste, at least it was hot this time aroundFrench Dip with Caesar Salad: Salad was crisp and not over dressed. A lot of cheese, so for some it may have been overkill. Croutons were not typical, which is nice, pumpernickel maybe? A bit on the hard crunch side, which is probably why other places over dress their salads, but not terribleSandwich was put together by a free form sandwich architect for sure using mediocre ingredients. The beef tasted old and the oil from the beef being on the flat top or pan heated destroyed the bun. The cheese, swiss, was dry on one side, the side flapping about 1/3 out of the sandwich. Attempts to reassemble failed as the non-hard piece of the slice was actually melted. Mushrooms and onions were in there sparingly and the au jus was thin, cold and covered in a thick layer of grease that was neither delectable nor desirable, one dip and that was it for me. Ate my half of French Dip without bun, as it had disintegrated, and without the Dip. This should have went back too but the table mate just decided to live with it, so we did. Would not recommend. Food was lack luster, about a 2 out of 5 and I wouldn’t recommend either the poutine nor the French Dip. Service was spot on, server checked back several times to ensure we were attended to. Friendly and very accommodating. Sent a review through their website and it didn’t take long for someone to reply, management perhaps, regarding the experience. We weren’t offered anything, not that we were looking for anything specific, rather than a sorry for the experience, thank you for your feedback and hope to see you again for other items. I would say the shining moment was the service and the partial response to the concerns I brought up in a review similar to this on their survey website, but I wouldn’t recommend the dishes that we had aside from the deep fried pickles and the Caesar salad if it was a stand alone salad.

  March 20, 2020, 1:57 am

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• Caitlan

  A coworker and I went here during busy lunch hour and had to share a table with people we didn’t know (but were friendly and we made the best of it.). We had the Shrimp in butter with crostini’s, it was sooo good. Wait staff was good and pleasant.An alternate time we went for lunch we got our own table this time, when we got there we told them we were in a time crunch for our lunch hour. After they took our order and brought the drinks, every table near us got their orders. It turns out the waiter forgot to input our food order and we had to leave to go back to work. They still brought us our food in take out containers and put our bill on the house. We appreciated the gesture but still not cool.

  August 3, 2017, 11:56 pm

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