Castle Inn Castle Bytham in South Kesteven

We ate at The Castle Inn with my daughter who is coeliac. We always check in advance that places understand that cross contamination is the danger - cooking in a kitchen where there has been gluten on a surface or in a shared container. For coeliacs for example, you cannot cook chips in fat that has had any glutened batter in it. You have to have fresh fat in a cleaned fryer. We have discovered that many high end restaurants like The Ivy don't manage to offer this so it was so heartening that The Castle was meticulous about her needs. When the menu didn't offer an option she could pick, they found something different, making her cheesy mashed potato from scratch. It was delicious and we are so grateful for their kindness. We shall definitely eat here again when we're in the area.

Comfortable seats and good real ale

In unfortunate circumstances when our car broke down 160 miles away from home on a Sunday evening, we found ourselves at the friendliest place we could have possibly wished for! We were looked after with generous hospitality and genuine care and are very grateful to the caring landlady, staff and guests we met. Food we were offered (even though the kitchen was closed) was delicious! We highly recommend and hope to visit this charming place again.

Very nice meal, lovely staff and well kept ale. Dog friendly too. Thank you.

I have to be honest. I'm not really a fan of having a Sunday roast out. They more often than not disappoint. This, however, was the best I have had in many years and we'll definitely be back. From the succulent meat to the home-made gravy, it was all delicious. All four of us said the same.

Didn’t stop for food although the venue has an excellent reputation, Even though weekday lunchtime visit, warm welcome into what I’d call a comfy pub. Excellent range of beers lagers and ciders. I tried a pint of the hoppyWhite Rat which was exceptional. Going to pop back for some grub soon….

Sue and her team looked after our party of 28 so well. Delicious Sunday lunch served by her friendly and helpful staff We will be back! Thank you

We had a lovely family Sunday lunch in the large dining room. Our group included young children and the team were so accommodating and helpful. The food and service was excellent. Thank you and see you again.

Came here for a Christmas meal, was lovely.

Best Sunday lunch and tomahawk steaks you'll find! Sue and Will are always so welcoming. Cosy fires in winter, cool in summer. A great place all year round.

We visited whilst travelling home from Gatwick Airport. Only 5 minutes off the A1, welcoming hosts, friendly atmosphete, and excellent food available. Great choice of beers on tap, but sadly, driving duties put paid to the need for any decision making. I highly recommend a visit, and I can hardly wait until the next time I pass, so I can make another visit.

Pick the homemade pies - they are sensational The Sunday Roast is also totally delicious and ample portions One of our favourite pubs as it’s consistently great food

Been wanting to revisit after a gap of several years. Still offers a fantastic range of beers. Grainstore often Ten Fifty this time plus the increasingly popular Ossett White Rat, a Crouch End Goat brew and I chose an old favourite Summer Lightning. Disappointingly even the 2nd point was very cloudy. Someone also had a cloudy pint of Ten Fifty. Only a handful in on a blustery Sunday afternoon. I'll return again, as I'm sure the experience will be better and the beers on offer are good

Nice pint, limited outside seating

Had an absolutely delicious Sunday lunch here. The roasts were properly home cooked and they went out of their way for a vegetarian in the party. Extremely good value for money and the best food I’ve had in a pub for quite some time. Highly recommend

We celebrated my husband's surprise 30th birthday here with lots of amazing food and drinks! We had a party of 40+ people and the owners Sue and Will were so friendly and accommodating with both adults and kids. They have a lovely room off to the side of the main bar where we celebrated throughout the evening with great food, drinks and music. This pub has a great atmosphere and all the staff were welcoming, I couldn’t recommend it enough. We will be back again. Thank you!

A warm welcome and just a lovely experience. Great hosts, gave us a table even though they were booked up. Lovely Sunday bite in a lovely cosy pub. Thank you.

Now here is a place to go! Proper home from home, excellent 🍱 as you can see and excellent beer and pork scratching and loads of old sporting country boys which suits me just fine I can’t wait to go back to that pub with the home made sausage rolls and scotch eggs etc. also, the staff are amazing

staff are really friendly and welcoming...the pub has a very homely vibe with open fire,cosy seating area.great atmosphere with fantastic ales and delicious homemade dishes and pastries

Excellent service, delicious steak & ale pie with superb chips. Only negative it was pretty chilly inside.

Sausage and mash for lunch and a lovely merlot, the ploughman's was great too with a good choice of ales. Dog friendly as well.

We dined out here tonight as a family of 5. The staff were all incredibly friendly! Lovely little village pub. The food was just exceptional! Especially the lamb shank special! Price was well worth it and we will definetley be returning! Thank you for a lovely service 😁

Lovely, friendly pub with absolutely excellent food

Love this place. Great atmosphere. Very friendly, helpful staff. Best Hot chocs ever too.

Lovely little amazing pub And the owners.. What a super couple 😊 Great home cooked food Great atmosphere And a lovely village Highly recommended

Great selection of half pint glasses

The service was very good, lovely staff. Food was good also.

One of the best Sunday lunches we've had.

Brilliant atmosphere and the food was amazing. 10/10. Will be visiting very soon .... Give the castle 🏰 inn a try you will not be disappointed

Booked Sunday lunch and was offered vegetable Wellington because we're vegetarian.. when the food arrived, the roast potatoes were dry and undercooked and the Yorkshire puddings burned. Very little veg on plate but a bowl of Cauliflower cheese was delivered. As we were vegie couldn't eat the meat gravy so were offered mushroom sauce that was tasty but made the meal feel dry and claggy. Pub was very cold, log fire not lit.

Very nice setting and good quality food.

Lovely atmosphere good to see a village pub full

A gem. A very distinctive pub with excellent beers.

Wonderful pub, lovely landlord and lady very friendly pub. The pantry is very well stocked and nothing is to much trouble.

Came here with friends from the area and had a great time. Cosy decor and very friendly staff.

Great independent pub. Good food and a choice of ales.

Very nice countryside pub. Nice atmosphere.

lovely village pub with great food and shop

Comfortable atmosphere with courtyard garden. Friendly welcome and good food, would definitely recommend.

Great pub. Great food. Great staff. Great village. Great

Good food and ale selection clean covid safe

Dropped in for a drink during a walk. Super friendly and helpful staff. Great beer and gins

Lovely pub with a fantastic atmosphere

We moved to the village a week ago, and already this place is featuring very highly - the pantry has had everything we need so far, including top rate homemade scotch eggs and sausage rolls, and the pub is a delight with great ale and decent wine. Really friendly, great service and produce. Highly recommended, no complaints.

I love this pub. It has a fantastic atmosphere and is a great classic village pub. With warm fires and friendly smiles from Sue and Will, I miss popping in for a pint. They have a lovely pantry that they’ve opened to during COVID and serve great take aways too. All round the quintessential English pub. Good food, great atmosphere and lovely people who run it. Bring on the end of COVID when we can go back there and enjoy a quality pint amongst lovely people. Cannot recommend highly enough!

Cosy atmosphere and tasty Sunday lunch with real ale enjoyed here.

Lovely meal, excellent service. Very relaxed with the 2 under 3's we brought along! Great covid compliance. Would definitely recommend.

Fantastic food and friendly service. We had the tapas and they were fabulosity! The prawns were huge and the calamari the best I’ve ever tasted. We’ve just moved to the village so we’re very lucky to have this as our local

Really chilled place to visit. Seating around the back in the sun, was a really good visit

Very friendly local village pub

Really appreciated having a Chinese treat during lockdown. Particularly enjoyed the sweet and sour pork- thanks Chef! We often buy the pies, sausage rolls and scotch eggs from the pantry and all are lovely. Thanks for providing a local pit stop and hope to visit soon when you’re back up and running!

Great little well stocked shop very friendly and helpful staff who helped me through my lockdown

This a real pub with lots of people drinking in the bar, small dogs running around and a general atmosphere of the old village pub. And this was a Tuesday night.We were a party of eight old fellows so we had a table in the tastefully furnished dining room. You can eat in the bar but the alternative is the dining room. The dining room is done out in Masonic Regalia which makes it rather different and quite special. We were looked after by a delightful young lady who found no difficulty coping with 8 old gents. The food was excellent. Will and Sue who run the pub say they are a pub serving good food and so it is. The food is good and not expensive, I I do not know who looks after the beer but it is well chosen and in perfect condition.

The Castle Inn provided a Chinese takeaway service in the height of the coronavirus. Not only was the food truly AMAZING but the importance of their customers service was fantastic. Everyone was allocated a dedicated slot to collect (although they did also offer a delivery service if needed). Sue met you at the door (2 metres apart) complete with blue gloves and a smile as always. To provide a high standard of food and safe takeaway service at this time certainly gives us all a bit of normality. Huge thanks to Sue, Will and John for giving my family and I a bit of normality in what can only be described as such a horrendous time is fabulous. Well done all of you

Lovely village pub, really welcoming of families with bookcase full of games.

An impromptu visit on the way back from Newark, we were warmly welcomed by the owners and wonder dog Pip. Great Sauvignon Blanc & iced cold cider were consumed. This is a lovely pub, providing the focal point for the village and offering excellent food and drink. Make a visit, it is great! Thank you.

Caught up with some old friends here,love pub and lovely atmosphere. Food very good too. Will certainly go again !

I booked a last minute table last Friday as a surprise meal for my wife's birthday, there were 16 of us!!Owner Will and his staff were fantastic, extremely accommodating, helpful, polite and efficient. The food was excellent and given the amount of us there at short notice, we all got what we wanted!A really nice place, clean, friendly and welcoming with good beer and comedy locals! Will definitely be going back. Thanks very much to Landlord and staff for making the night perfect. Steve

A must place to go, food is brilliant and good prices.

Lovely village pub with great beer and fab food. Parsnip puree was divine though the partridge was a shade over done. But the ginger sponge made up for it. Light as a cloud with lovely sticky ginger sauce and generous jug of cream. All in all great place to visit.

We have just got home after attending a wake at this pub. The food and service were second to non. We would like to mention especially the lady collecting glasses and clearing tables, she never stopped all night and did a great job. She was polite and courtesy as were the bar staff even though it was extremely busy. It was the first time we had been in this pub but we will be back, although in better circumstances! Thank you for making it special,Gordon

Just got back from eating here again with my family, I had a beef roast which was to die for and my wife had chicken roast which was superb, the kids had Macedonian and cheese which they loved, this place is a little gem and well worth a cisit.

Second time eating here, service was quick and food was so tasty. The chilli beef is a must you wont be disappointed!

I had a wonderful fish dinner at the Castle last night. They have a newish chef, one of whose specialities is fish dishes, but to put a fish evening on round here was a bold idea, as not all locals like fish, but the evening was a great success and I hope they do it again. The mussels were fantastic and the halibut literally the best I’ve ever eaten, worldwide. Give this pub restaurant a try!

Friendly, professional staff. Looked after my little girl at the end of her life, and have been supportive and encouraging with my current dog. Fantastic vets!

Interesting place with good food and friendly and helpful staff.

Nice pub, good beer, landlord looks after you well

Good choice of drinks. Nice atmosphere.

We stayed in Castle Bytham for three days and so enjoyed our first night meal at the Castle Inn we returned for our last evening. The staff were very friendly, helpful and efficient. The food quite exceptional especially the Steak and Ale pies which really were the best we have tasted in many years, absolutely delicious. Prices for food and drink were very reasonable. We will definitely return if we are in the area again in the future.

We were recommended this gem by a friend and boy it didn’t disappoint, we called in on the off chance Saturday lunchtime, the landlord asked where we had travelled from and he knew our village well and had frequented our local pub, even though we are miles away!

We called up at 11.00 on Sunday after phoning around 10 pubs trying to get a table for 4 without success, luckily the Castle Inn managed to fit us in. I had the beef roast which was unbelievable, my wife had halloumi burger, my daughter had scampi and chips and my son had sausage and chips, we all had a drink each and came to £43! Great value for money, the food was really tasty and had a nice atmosphere! We will return!

My favourite pub, always cosy and welcoming

Thank you to Sue & Will for a great meal & service on are special night. Sue made a special menu just for us. Would recommend the Castle Inn to anyone Good Food, Good Beer & Good Service

This pub is very limited on drinks and the staff are not very knowledgeable on their trade.

Grt place grt food good range of beers Home cooked food to very high standard Build has some good history with it whuch is interesting. Well worth a vist

I stumbled across this little gem whilst travelling through Lincolnshire.....I was in the need of a pit stop and a bite to eat!

Great food and great value. There was a bouncy castle on for the bank holiday which the kids loved. Good ales and lovely atmosphere inside too. Would fully recommend.

We were staying in nearby Stretton and were unable to get a booking at the pub next door to where we were staying. A result really, as this little gem of a pub made us most welcome. Good selection of ales and spirits and a very friendly welcome from staff and especially the resident dog, a very cute border terrier who came and sat beside me. I had the sirloin steak. Huge portion and cooked exactly as what requested. The family all had the steak and ale pie. Again very generous portions, and served outside the 'dish' at my father-in-laws request! Only confusion was that menu said it was served with mash and peas, but it was served with chunky chips. The staff did offer to check but we didn't want to wait as my steak was ready. Chips are great, but maybe check when ordering if you really want mash! Definitely would recommend.

Great local pub, good selection of beers and friendly staff. Warm atmosphere

Lovely Cosy & Friendly. Highly recommended. Food is great too!

We popped in one lunchtime, it was busy but not packed out, just the right atmosphere. We had about five of the tapas items for lunch (two of us) and worried that we had overordered, but everything was so delicious we absolutely demolished it all! Very friendly service, not intrusive and a nice cosy lit fire. We will definitely be back.

Nice food and great staff. Well worth a short trip off the motorway for lunch.

Went for Sunday lunch here and it was fantastic. You could tell there was so much thought into every part of the dish. The beautifully cooked sirloin of beef with the creamy delicate leeks in sauce. Possibly the best roast potatoes I have had including ones cooked at home for a small group. The chef clearly cares as there were so many elements I could mention that made the dish into what it was. An absolute pleasure I would highly recommend and will no doubt be coming back.

Lovely country pub with a wide variety of real ales

Have just returned from a fabulous visit to Castle Bytham and thoroughly enjoyed our time spent in The Castle Inn. Hosts Will & Sue are so warm & friendly, as is there amazing team of staff.

A bit late to book for Friday supper, our first choices were fully booked. It's a bit surprising that this pub restaurant wasn't, having tried it out. We were a party of four adults, one four-year-old and a little dog.

wow what can i say we stayed in the rectory farm annex just down the road and came here for a drink ended up staying most of the night as a band was playing. What a fab night we had got to be one of the nicest pubs we've visited the owners were very friendly and welcoming. Came back the following day and had sunday roast which was delicious the beef came from the owners farm good quality will definitely come back and the owner has plans to have accommodation to the rear of the pub which will be worth a stay in the future top marks from me

What a lovely historic country pub The Castle is! The welcome is very warm and friendly from Wil, Sue and their staff. The fire was roaring as it was a chilly evening, adding to the cosy feel. There is a lovely slightly separate room, ideal for a more personal dining experience. We were a group of seventeen, but twenty two people can easily be accommodated. We pre-ordered, but didn’t get several orders to The Castle until the day of our reservation. This wasn’t a problem, all requests were calmly dealt with. We were all very impressed, not only with the tasty, high quality of our food, but with the ease and efficiency in which it was delivered. The home made pies are a must and vegetarians are catered for. The portions are plentiful and deserts delicious. We all agreed we would go back and try the Sunday roast lunch. And certainly consider the versatile back room for future events/larger family gatherings. Highly recommend.

Nice atmosphere and good pub food

We were travelling back from Harrogate to Dartford and wanted to stop off for something to eat on the way home. The Castle Inn is just a short detour off the A1. What a lovely traditional pub. Two of our favourite beers were on tap, Citra from Oakham Ales & Summer Lightning from Hop Back Brewery and they were in fantastic condition. This is a family run pub and they were all very friendly and hospitable. The food was amazing too. I am vegetarian and I can highly recommend the sweet potato falafels and the portobello mushrooms. I will definitely being making another detour the next time I am travelling along the A1.

Excellent food served in a quaint sunny courtyard and dog friendly

We happened upon Castle Inn as we were staying in an Airbnb in the village. What a find! What was initially going to be a practical early dinner with our 5 month old baby became a really brilliant meal out. The food was fantastic and the service charismatic and warm. From the booking when we tentatively asked if it would be ok to bring the baby and were told that we’d easily have a table where we could park the pram, to the charming service behind the bar to the super tasty food that would rival top restaurants, it was fab. Go there, tell your friends about it and keep top pubs like this going and successful!!

What a wonderful pub. Great ale in great condition plus fabulous food. Superb ambience with a lovely landlady. Well worth a minor detour off the A1

When you have that little dream about living the countryside idyll it usually involves being within easy walking distance of a good local pub. Yet so often the charming village doesn’t have the pub it deserves. The Castle Inn is the most honorable of exceptions. There’s a great menu of tasty well-priced food, a good choice of ales and wines, a warm welcome from hospitable hosts and real fires! Sue and Will run a gem of a pub, the complete antithesis of the average “boozer”.

Lovely quaint pub.. great service and food... highly recommended.

A friendly welcome and a good selection of real ales. The food is well proportioned and cooked well at fair prices. The service is attentive and efficient.

Just had the best fish and chips at this beautiful country pub. Home made tartare sauce and mushy peas. fast and friendly service. Definitely would recommend you try this place out. The tapas looks delicious aswel.

The starter Cider glazed chorizo and pear sounded intriguing - the sweetness of the pear cutting through the fat of the chorizo, except the pears were not ripe and everything tasted of chorizo.

We thought that we would give the pub a try as it is under new ownership and we were pleasantly surprised, the staff were welcoming and the menu left us spoilt for choice! In the end we opted for the Homemade Steak & Ale Pie and we were not disappointed! It was the nicest pie that I have ever eaten in a pub, freshly cooked and packed full of steak. We will definitely be returning soon.

Lovely evening meal, the best Steak and Ale pie I've ever tasted. Great company and the bar staff were brilliant.