Charles Darwin in Shropshire

Stopped serving food 🤷‍♂️ but nice staff 👌

The Charles Darwin is a perfect spot for pre game drinks. We had a great time in the pub before and after the game between our team Charlton and Shrewsbury. The staff were fantastic and couldn't have been more helpful. I would recommend this pub for any away fan coming to Shrewsbury.

Very welcoming. Watched the football on the screens with the kids and was a really nice atmosphere.

Very welcoming. Watched the football on the screens with the kids and was a really nice atmosphere.

Friendly staff .good beer. nice to see a local pub doing well 👍 keep up the good work Jim 👏

Friendly staff .good beer. nice to see a local pub doing well 👍 keep up the good work Jim 👏

Super friendly, welcoming and hospitable staff. No food served but the owners kindly encouraged us to bring some in from the local chippy and gave us cutlery etc. and to top it off it was happy hour on drinks! Great atmosphere, a proper good local

Wasn't doing food at the present time when I went there great staff really friendly

Great pub great food and great beer

Funeral wake,! Food was ordered in but not to bad as all.

Nice enough place, only been once. But the first drink I was served by the blonde lady was a malibu and coke and I only got 25ml of malibu. I know this cos I watched. I don't drink much so I didn't know the rules, if they have changed, so I ordered another from the other lady who seemed to be in charge. I got 50ml, as I used to get before for same price. Please inform this blonde lady that she is skimming the customer and that's not nice. Because of this I won't be back.

I like going when it's quiet to get on the pool table. Staff are friendly and helpful. Decent prices and a few things to do like darts, jukebox, pool, Live TV.

The beer well kept and good service very pleasant atmosphere.

A spit and sawdust boozer but the staff are nice and atmosphere is good.

Superb night at Charles Darwin. Good beer (Tribute) and good atmosphere, better still they had live music on.

Parking, food, good beer and football on TV before watching the Port Vale away game at Shrewsbury. Friendly staff, both sets of supporters mixing, 20 minute walk to the ground resulted in a good day out.....apart from our 3-2 defeat!!!

Great boozer ..Good beer n friendly service

Excellent venue especially on Match days when Town are at home. Very helpful staff, always a warm welcome and a pleasure to visit.

Lovely polite staff good live band really enjoyed it

Brilliant pub - really welcoming to away fans and really friendly staff. Highly recommended 👍👍

Came here as an away fan watching Exeter play Shrewsbury. Really nice pub with some benches out the front where we all sat. Fantastic touch from the landlady who allowed us all to get some food from the chippy across the road, and eat it at the pub. Cheap beer, and friendly staff

Good pub for Shrewsbury FC games. Friendly staff, good food and selection of beers.

Old hag with grey hair works behind the bar. Rude to customers on several occasions i have been there. Feel sorry for her colleagues having to work with such a sour old lady on a daily basis.

This is a lovely pub. Very friendly and they sell lovely rolls! Really enjoyed our visit before going to the football. Will definitely go again next time

Friendly Staff and made to feel very welcome.

Rude and unfriendly. Pub wasn’t even open yet but door staff wouldn’t let me pop into co-op for less than a minute so made me walk back to the car in the pouring rain holding a baby (it’s actually the same car park but apparently I was in “their side” which was empty and massive whilst the co-op’s tiny section was full -interestingly the co-op let anyone park there so the whole territory thing is very one sided!) Afterwards I witnessed them trying this with someone else who quite rightly ignored them completely, which I should have done! Definitely a place to avoid, there are much nicer friendlier pubs in the area to try such as the Peacock and White Horse.

Easily my favourite Pub in this area of Shrewsbury. It's next to an easy access Bus Stop and next door to a Co-Op and Cash Machine both of which are very helpful if needs required.

Lovely Pub and did a beautiful spread for Derek's wake. Thank you 😊

Friendly lively pub, great beer

Always a pleasure going to my local run by Claire and partner. So much better there now. Great entertainment too. Thanks guys x

Great 4 pool players...3 tables.needs more choice of real ale though...plenty of parking.

Fantastic place.. friendly and family atmosphere.. highly reccomended

Had a really good day today before the game. Allowed to park for free while we went to the Shrewsbury game. Good beer,good juke box.,good atmosphere. You can even go to the chippy across the road and bring your chips back to the pub. Great day!

Decent busy boozer. Well priced good pint

Tricky one as I'm here pre-fa cup so I'm not sure how it is normally. But its decent drinks, decent atmosphere and it's got 3 pool tables. Lovely dogs wondering around the pub (not sure if theirs or a customers dogs but lovely all the same). Worth going for a drink here with the lads. Not really a family kind of place

Lovely family friendly local pub

Proper drinkers pub lovely staff good food all round a great experience

In Shrewsbury with a friend for a day out and decided to try lunch here as looked interesting menu. We had the fish sharing platter which was delicious, all freshly cooked. Couldn’t fault it. Would definitely eat there again. Could do with some more up to date photos on internet showing the restaurant which was light and airy.

I never went in the place. I visited the chip shop across the road.

Cheap, cheerful and quick service, ideal if you want something substantial but not that will break the bank.

We went after a funeral. It was a cold buffet. Terrible food.

Small room for parties. I attended 5 year old party and the room was too small for 30 children and their parents

Good pub Cheap and good atmosphere

Nice place friendly staff.. landlord and landlady very genial ..good choice of beers largers and ciders 😁

From the outside the pub looks a little unwelcoming and customers could easily be put off by looks but if you go in you can be sure of good food promptly served by friendly staff.The food was great value for money and very enjoyable.The only minor issue was the ladies loo which was somewhat dirty.Overall a really enjoyable visit.

Nice place, went for a birthday party. Only issue was child changing facilities. None in the males toilets, only 1 in the woman's was on the floor. A pregnant friend has to change her son on a chair as she couldn't change him on the floor. Could do with an upgrade.

Childs 1st Birthday party. Staff were friendly, food was adequate, reaonable drinks prices.

Called in for a beer on route to watch football at Shrewsbury Town FC. Friendly estate pub, where home and away supporters were all welcome and atmosphere was relaxed with some great beers on draft and plenty of bar staff on hand. Nice to be able to feel safe on match day and enjoy a good pint.

Nice little pub for a pre match drink, friendly staff nice selection of beers

I read a review of the food from here in a free magazine and have been determined to try it out ever since, as someone who spends large swathes of time in hospital, some home cooked food is something that I have been craving, the food in Rsh is surprisingly good but I really wanted a traditional Sunday roast, I messaged the chef/owner and received a very helpful response giving me the choice of 4 meats and various timings, I asked for the roast pork to be delivered at 2pm to the hospital, at exactly 2pm a very polite and curtious driver delivered my lunch in a thermal box wrapped in foil and film so the contents were piping hot, I duly tucked into my roast pork (succulent), crackling, savoy cabbage, carrots, peas, stuffing, mash, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pud and lovely thick gravy and thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful. Definitely recommend and will be using the service again, oh and no washing up is a bonus 😉

Great people, friendly place, great hosts, pool, darts, 3 tv's for sport.

Regulars “pub” wouldn’t go in if not a regular, looks like it could do with a refurb and a lick of paint

Cracking pub. Great landlords. More importantly great beer and food

Staff very helpful food was great would go again

Fab night great place. Very welcoming thank you Lee and Cathy xx

Good pub returning to a good estate pub

A good local pub, albeit in a shopping arcade

Lovely Pub, neat b.pool table. The new management is doing great.

This is the second visit and I have to say what a change in appearance. I cannot say too much about the food as only match day snacks were available, these were reasonable priced and OK to eat. However there was a good selection of Real Ales I selected the Guest Beer that was very good and well worth the visit

Lovely pub , welcomed as soon as you walked though the door ,meal was lovely I had beef , my daughter had pork the meat was cooked to perfection and all fresh veg and home cooked roast potatoes , looks like I'm going to be a regular on a Sunday

Very friendly ,nice food , good company

We had a meal laid on for 40 people and we were made very welcome and the staff where very good and helpful, the food was a full roast and was great, there was bags of room and the lay out worked well, the place was clean and tidy and good parking area, we will go again.

Nice pub to go to good pint too

Great pre match drinks. Good beer, friendly staff, good atmosphere.

Good local pub, not good for hosting many people

Along with some fellow West Ham fans we popped into the Charles Darwin both before and after the game for a light refreshment, the staff were very welcoming and the service was excellent and indeed this is one of the friendliest pubs I have visited, Refreshing attitude and the local customers also made this a pleasurable visit. Many thanks and well done to all concerned.

Not a great deal to say about this place, we had a couple of beers en route to the football ground but wouldn’t have bothered if we’d known just how far it was. Big and airy, it isn’t a place to bring your other half but serves a purpose for hordes of supporters.

Great night lovely friendly people Cathy and Lee

Evening dinner and drinks. Friendly staff good food

My wife and her sister decided to arrange a surprise birthday party for there mum's 80th birthday and chose the Charles Darwin which is local to both there mum and most of there mum's friends.. What an excellent choice.. The room ( lounge) was clean, tidy and well layed out for the 40 guests and family. The buffet was superb. Various sandwiches, sausage rolls, mini pasties and a varied selection of other goodies.. There were individual cake stands on the tables with tea and coffee constantly available.. In all the "birthday girl"thoroughly enjoyed herself as did all the guests.. Especially when she thought that she was only going there to have a family meal.. Thank you and well done to Cathy and Lee for laying on a brilliant day at the Darwin..

Where to start?! At super short notice Cathy & Lee took on my brothers wedding on 28.10.2017. From start to finish nothing was too much for Cathy. From dressing the room, arranging the food (adding extra options for the fussy eaters on the day!) Sorting out beautiful flowers, a disco dome and to the red carpet that my brother & his wife really wanted. The waitresses were absolutely spot on, welcome drinks looked perfect, and the atmosphere was exactly as they wanted. The day after the wedding, we booked Sunday lunches to bring us back to life. Again, short notice, we booked on Sunday morning and within 10 minutes of ordering we had our meals served and headaches abolished. Huge portions & the chocolate pudding with custard is a must! Highly recommended by all that attended & a must for a brilliant Sunday lunch! Thank you Cathy!!

The Charles Darwin is now under new management offering a range of cask ales.wines beers and ciders. It offers a full new home cooked menu along with Sunday roast delivery service. New contact number 01743 362722

Have had a couple of meals here now including a delicious Sunday roast, tonight it was a birthday meal, and I have to say it was lovely, great value for money (garlic mushrooms in Yorkshire pudding are worth a try) it is now under new management and they are obviously working very hard to build up a lost cliental. It is our local and has been for over 20 years and we are both glad that things are at last picking up, this place really is worth trying and supporting. Thank you Cathy and Lee, we both wish you well, for a long and happy tenancy.

It's for locals. The beer is cheap.🍻🍻

Called in as Forest were on Sky, wish I hadn't. Only 2 bitters on, only noticed the beer glass was dirty when I had almost finished, bits of carpet missing, a seat repaired with gaffer tape, awful.

Great place for us to have a drink before leaving the car and walking to Shrewsbury's football ground. We did originally plan to have lunch here. Small bites served on matchdays but as we wanted something a bit healthier we didn't eat here.

Kept having to go from one bar to the other to get the drinks. Only one person serving.

Busy pub on a housing estate. Very friendly pub with wonderful atmosphere.

As a Cider drink my options of drink were limited, but they also didn't have a big range of beers, ale etc. Service was very slow and it wasn't even busy despite football being on. One good thing is they don't mind people bringing food in, the fish and chip shop is across the road. They have parking, which is handy as you can't park around the housing estate without a permit. Shrewsburys ground is only a 15 min walk away.

Brilliant local , good beer, friendly staff, great atmosphere

Sunday lunch last week was fantastic , all fresh veg , the meats clearly made fresh . I had the...

Muchos asientos para todos nosotros ... buffet era abundante agradable pollo goujons salchichas rollos pork pies jamón huevo y queso sandwich ... pero la margarina utilizada era asquerosa y arruinó el gusto de la sandwich. Algunos de nosotros notamos que por eso había mucho la izquierda al final de la noche. La habitación era tan cálido por desgracia. se acabaron unas copas que pubs no debería salir de saber que han tenido una función

The Charles Darwin should be first on the list for away football fans, with free parking, cheap food and the early Saturday game on Sky. It's about a 15 minute walk from the stadium.A very friendly pub - never been any trouble there with plenty of away fans there every week.

I came here for a funeral reception and it is located near the crematorium but not being local I thought I was following the car in front of me to their house as it is on a 60's maybe housing estate. I was pleased to see the pub sign and left my car in the roomy carpark.I had driven 2 and a quarter hours in dense fog and it was a bitterly cold day as I caught the tale end of the mourners filing inside. I was greeted by very friendly welcoming staff. The pub is dated, smelled and looked clean and is comfortably furnished. They had 3 draught beers on of which I chose one which was excellent and they provided an endless supply of help yourself piping hot teas and coffees. They served a tasty buffet of fresh assorted sandwiches, on different breads and wraps, prawn filou rolls with spicy dips, sausage rolls, pizzas, breaded chicken bites, and hot home made chips and a salad.Very traditional, very simple but very good.

Went for a family birthday lunch big mistake! Should have realised as dining room was deserted at 1 PM on a Sunday but we foolishly ordered lunch, there was 7 of us and we all found the food inedible, tough meat, rock hard Yorkshire pudding a slab of stuffing, overcooked vegetables which were obviously frozen, soggy potatoes all served lukewarm to stone cold needless to say hardly anything was eaten. The family member who had booked the table was very upset as this was a special occasion, I have never been served such a terrible meal and can only advise anyone to avoid eating here at all costs.

Sunday lunch 1 o,clock and the restaurant was empty what more do i need to say?.................... No one came to us with menus when we asked for one they said its beef or pork dinner on sunday thats it. All the vegetables are frozen the broccoli, well i think it was broccoli was sloppy and had no head on it, the cauliflower cheese was cold and lumpy, the roast potatoes were frozen potatoes, the stuffing was dry and like cardboard along with the yorkshire pudding, the meat was fatty and chewy and there was limited gravy altho it was probably for the best as it was thin and watery. White wine spritzers are served in pepsi glasses, This is the first and last time i will be visiting this pub as this is the worst sunday lunch i have ever had.

We have recently had a Sunday lunch at the Charles Darwin pub. I have to say it is probably one of the nicest lunches we have had in long time, there is a choice of beef, pork and gammon, or a slice of each, which fills the plate almost, and it is proper meat and lovely tasting, the yorkshire puddings are to die for, and real gravy, plenty of veg, and all this for the very reasonable price of £5.25, couldn't cook at home for that.............and no washing up!! Well done to Rob and Stacey.

We were recently staying in a holiday cottage within walking distance of the Charles Darwin. It was not mentioned in the brochures in the cottage but we decided to get it a try anyway. As soon as you walked in the doors to the restaurant side you felt welcomed. The room is large and roomy with various quotes from Mr. Darwin himself, it was early in the lunch hour so on our first visit there were only 3 tables eating. The service was excellent, staff very friendly and accommodating, the atmosphere was homely and the food selection excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed everything about this pub, we felt like family and during the course of our months holiday, we visited this pub more than any other that was recommended in the brochures at the cottage. Each time we were met with smiles and a huge welcome and each time we all tried different food and each dish was just as enjoyable. The parking was excellent as well so no dodging cars as you tried to get out to the main road. An excellent family pub which we would all highly recommend.....when we return again we will be back to the Charles Darwin.

We were regular customers here for food . We ate and spent over 100 pound between the 4 of us in one visit . But one sunday we were sitting outside waiting for my husband when we were spoken to by the man who runs this place . He looked at us and said oh god not you i wanted an early one today and he was being serious . He was very rude towards us . We were extremley offended. We went inside for food but again service and the food was a let down . We will never drink or eat there again

A cracking community pub, great value food, Cask Ales, Pool table, dart boards, dominoes tables, lounge and bar area separate, two sky boxes and 8 tvs this pub has it all. The bar is a typical sporty bar with a great feel to it and the lounge is more for dining with Charles Darwin pictures and quotes surrounding the walls. Food is great value and decent with quick service.

The Charles Darwin is a wonderful pub and it's very friendly and the Beer is always kept very well food is Brilliant and over all very Jolly Place to be.