Slains Castle Aberdeen in Aberdeen City

Been up from Wales twice now and this place is amazing. It's a must do for me. Back up in October and a new first time visitor is with us. He's going to love the place

Wish I could've explored more of the upstairs, but superb themed pub.

We have visited this pub's sister venue, the Pit and Pendulum, on numerous occasions, it's a favourite so we had to try this one too. An impressive venue, the Gothic interior is housed in a former church, lots of black and red and deep dark wood enhance the Tim Burton feel. The food was great, in fact my coconut curry is one of the nicest I've had. The drinks menu is extensive and, happily, includes cocktails, some of which are lovely and creamy. Forget the pseudo-posh modern cocktails (though there are some of those too), these are milkshakes with a kick, and absolutely yum. The service was impeccable and our server was great to chat to, making us feel most welcome. The only minor grumble is this is a goth pub yet it plays an eclectic mix of music. It's sister venue knows part of its appeal is the music and sticks very much to the goth/metal genre. A brilliant experience all round, just a shame about the tunes.

It was a very interesting place in an old church. The decor inside was on theme (Crypt) and the selection of drinks was brilliant including the Death Cocktail!

Was lovely, had cocktails and shots and a great chat with Tice. He also gave me a smint. Very good

Really cool location, modeled on a castle and in an old church. The cocktails were very interesting and there are also various gin and tonics here. It's worth coming here, especially since the many corners mean you have some privacy as a group.

I love this bar, as Gothic as you can get. The gargoyles are simply fantastic. Love it all. Food is good for pub grub. It just needs to get rid of the sports screens and play music more in keeping with the atmosphere heavy metal and punk for example. I've been a return customer for years, and now my son is too. Don't ever change. If you do can I have first refusal on the gargoyles please!

Nothing barswith Great Staff and upbeat dracula references Great idea

Had a drink and looked around. Cool concept 😎 with great potential. We didn't eat there, but they had a lot of fun drink options. Staff was busy talking amongst themselves, so didn't see a lot of service happening. To be fair, they probably have a lot of people just coming in to look at the decor and not drink or eat.

Nice pub but service was rather slow

Served by Rian. Food was excellent and bar service was magnificent. Rian really improved the experience. Thanks you.

Cool environment and good prices on drinks. Had fun there

Came here on a Sunday night. Apparently there was a pub crawl going on or something, as there were loads of 'teenagers' inside having drinks/fun. Unfortunately the kitchen was not open when we were there, so we switched to a different venue. The theming on the place is excellent, nice 'eerie' interior, inside an old church.

Amazing pub, very old impressive building, toilet hidden behind bookcase, great selection of drinks, bar manager is a bit of a tool

This place is truly unique. I've always loved visiting here and was over the moon to see it was still here, 20 years after my last visit. Their deadly sins cocktail list is great to work your way though of an evening or boozy lunch! Great atmosphere, brilliant venue, good food and brilliant cocktail menus. Good luck finding the toilets... 😅❤️ Nondetail has been forgotten!

Very nice place. A special thanks to the very nice Thijs who went out of his way to show us the upper floor of the pub which was closed to the public on the evening of our visit.

Didn't have food here had drinks very nice inside would highly recommend a visit

Atmosphere was a bit dead and the cocktail was generic and tasted like it was a pre mixed thing. I liked the decor though

Very fun and animated place with a respectful staff and a fun gimmick. Quite impressed with atmosphere as well. Pub Quiz night (Wednesdays) was a BLAST

A truly beautiful and unique venue, completely built inside a horror-themed church. Must visit!

A quaint place to eat fish snd chips. It is located in one of Aberdeen's several deconsecrated churches. I don't recommend the mixed grill but the fried fish and chips are really good. Medium-low cocktails. Sticky toffee pudding good. In short, nothing much.

The place is spectacular and the food is very good. A little slow service but a place to meet and eat there

Fantastic pub in an astonish place.

Place is amazing, very family friendly. Staff were brilliant with our kids. The staff were also so friendly and helpful!

One of the red pool balls has yellow written on it.

Chapel very well recycled into advertising.

Pool table is small and squeezed in around tables and walls that are too close, but the bar itself was great

The whole place was beautiful and the cocktails we're wonderful

Top marks for all the cheeky stuff... We didn't eat anything but had some drinks..,

I'm a local Aberdeen resident and I have visited this pub on three occasions. The reason I have been back 3 times is mostly down to the decor, and taking visiting friends out to places they would consider fun and unusual (and can take some amusing photos of themselves in.) Back in it's hey day, the Eerie pubs were brilliant. I had worked near to the Bell, Book & Candle in London for some time, and I remember that as a great place for an after-work drink with colleagues. Somehow, Slains Castle pub feels like a somewhat washed-out and slightly forlorn kind of place in comparison. Nobody appears to even be trying to live up to it being any kind of diverting attraction, which it once no doubt was. As far as I'm aware, not much in the way of thematically relevant events occur there. For the greatest part, it's like a Sports Bar, with an incongruous theme in decoration...the two don't really fit together. Big screen TV's absolutely everywhere, staff dressed in t-shirts, menu is geared toward 'chicken in a basket', slightly dry steak, deep fried veggies...unimaginative but perfectly edible pub food...if you want better, go somewhere else. Prices are quite reasonable for what you get, so can't complain. The staff have always been nice, and quite attentive so can't complain there either. I believe they run a quiz every so often...yawn. Sports matches will be shown...if you're not into sports, it's another yawn. Don't expect too much. It's a fairly bog-standard type of chain pub that does what all the other pubs do. Pity that there aren't some horror/alternative type events put on by the owners/management to fit in with the eerie theme, or staff wearing Halloween type costumes, maybe around Halloween, for example...it could have been great. Now, it kinda isn't. Meh.

Had a couple of pints here and the atmosphere was neat. Old church made into a bar. Had a good selection of beers on tap.

Nice food, try the Chip Shop Plater.

Curious place, the only thing is that the upper part is only open on the weekend and they told us what the most beautiful part is, the bathroom door is hidden you have to find it 😄😄😄

Loved the doors made to look like bookcases.

Pretty decent boozer, friendly staff

Love stains castle always great service bubbly staff and amazing drinks.

Ok the place is themed but we were expecting more, booked had to pay deposit and restricted to 2 hours. We still had to go to the bar to wait and say we had booked, then again to the bar to order drinks, which we had to pay for in advance. Then back to bar to order very mediocre food. Sorry won't be back.

A busy evening with lots of people doing the speedy pub quiz. Predominently a student style atmosphere but some oldies like us in there. Beer seemed ok, Decor a little unusual to most pubs, girls selling shots of tequilla and a lively feel to the place. A good atmosphere

Nice pub with a horror look. Good beer and board games.

We had a burger and a steak. Not bad, but the service is sooooo slow... it took us more than 40 minutes to have our plates and the place was almost empty. People go there especially for the decor, that is nice and allows you some good pics. Finding the door to the restrooms is funny.

Cool venue, quizz night is alright, drinks tad bit expensive. Unrelated but they sell glow in the dark condoms in the bathrooms lol

A weird and wonderful Gothic Horror of a place to hang out for an afternoon waiting for the sleeper train home. Bar staff were shockingly slow if at all even present behind the bar. Would have failed the 3 minute rule 4 times over waiting for a beer if we had not have already decided to hang here for 5 hours as its next to the bag drop place for the train.

Came in and was welcomed with open arms, ordered food at the bar where I was asked about any allergens I may have (nice of them to be that considerate) food was made by Zoe I believe and it was lovely. All round great bar service by Seb and Dani who were more than happy to have a chat while at the bar having a drink. Very reasonably priced and great atmosphere.

Always a friendly welcome from staff and good service. Food has always been good when having so not much more to say.

Went in and and was greeted at bar by lovely person called Seb who told me the prices and where the menu was. Also ordered a burger and chips. Took about 20 mins to arrive. Food was good and warm and competitively priced. During food was asked how the meal was by Dani which is a nice touch 👍 bar was nice and tidy. Good service all round and will be back 👍

Amazing and interesting place, food was really good and staf very frendly

Nice place, good service and alright food for fair prices. There's some outdoor seating available as well. Finding the toilet is an absolute pain the first time though.

Nice place, good service and alright food for fair prices. There's some outdoor seating available as well. Finding the toilet is an absolute pain the first time though.

Loved it. Amazing set up. Lovely staff. Dogs welcomed in. Amazing stuff. Highly recommended 👌

Coming here was a really fun experience. The kids enjoyed the over the top horror theme. The food was surprisingly good for what we paid and taking advantage of the lunch deals that come with a free drink the value was overall really good.

The best place to spend your Saturday night! Staff so welcoming and super friendly, always go the extra mile and know how to make you laugh, couldn't ask for better service 🥰. Originally just came in for some food after a long day at Pride, coconut curry was insanely good (it smells amazing 😭) & my friends said their burgers were tasty too 👌. Can't wait to come back to try more of the new stuff on their menu, especially given how cheap everything is, really good value for money at least for us poor students 😅 So glad we ended up staying out as late as we did as DJ (Darren I think?) was phenomenal, really knew how to get the place going. Thank you to all the team for making our Pride night out so much fun!

Good eerie atmosphere tho Sunday lunch terrible. Took 40 mins then chicken overcooked and bad presentation

Entered and there was nothing indicating if we were to seat ourselves. After several minutes we asked the bartender if we could seat ourselves and she said yes. We sat at our table for about 15 minutes and were never even acknowledged. Grabbed our coats and left. The bartender watched us as we walked past and never said a word. Very disappointed.

Something different, good value kids meals and good service.

Perfect place. Good drinks and the food was good, but it took an hour before we got the food (they told us that when we ordered). Slightly sticky floor. Clean toilets, but paper was missing from 3 out of 4 stalls in the ladies' toilet. Was asked to pay a deposit, but was not allowed to use this on the spot - the money will be refunded.

It looks like the pub used to be an old church. Centrally located in aberdeen. Decorated with a "Transilvanian vibe".

Creepy but intreasting pub with hidden toilets, worth a visit!

Super cool themeing, but slightly pricey drinks and not a wild atmosphere for a Saturday night, although we loved Maddie and her test tube shots!

Extraordinary gothic decor! What more to say - a truly unique experience!!

Unique nice atmosphere, food is good, loads of selection for drinks. Liked the moody but freindly vibe of Dani & Sophie. Michelle, Jamie, Zoe, Thijs, Seb, Fraser and Amy were also very accomodating.

My Guinness tasted ok but wasn't allowed settle long enough and had a huge head, needs the gas adjusting. The chicken wings I has were over done and chewy. The haggis bites were superb. The girl serving with the long red hair was beautiful 😍 and pleasant.

Student pub with decent food at a decent price. Dog friendly.

Well-attended pub in a former church, great atmosphere, nicely decorated. Good food and drink at a fair price.

It's a very atmospheric place. More suitable for parties

RIP OJ Simpson you would’ve loved the Slains quiz x

Reviewer? I barely know her!!!!

A pale Wetherspoons inhabiting a church's shell, the staff are friendly but the atmosphere is about the same as you'd get in any other pub nowadays. It used to be a very fun pub with a more rock atmosphere but now it's about the same as everywhere else. Cocktails are pretty ok though at good prices if you get pitchers.

Used to be way better, with music that fitted the decor and a volume you could hear yourself talking. Now it's generic top 40 and way too loud, makes it just the same as everywhere else :(

Good pub lovely food couldnt find toilets doors are hidden in bookcases had to ask staff to show

Really enjoyed visiting here, great location, great choice of cocktails, staff were friendly, great decoration, atmosphere was really nice, lots to do such as pool. Busy but not too busy. Unique toilets through a bookcase. Affordable cocktails loves it here would definitly recommend. If I come back to Aberdeen which I will, I will be returning here.

Pleasantly surprised by the quality of food and prices.

Good food and drink choice Burgers were excellent - more mac cheese needed though 😀

Ok, decent service but limited choice of decent beers

One of the nicest pubs I've ever seen! Inside it looks like a medieval castle, in fact it is created from a deconsecrated church. The place is very large and on two floors. The cocktails are cheaper than average and also good and alternative. They organize various themed evenings such as karaoke or pub quizzes. You can order via app while sitting at the table.

Had a great evening, drink was well priced and setting was really nice.

Reminds me of Waxy's in Glasgow. Food was basic but priced very reasonably so no complaints.

Amazing food value for money and definitely going back staff are so friendly

Really unique bar... reasonable price too.

Cool, quirky pub. Cheap drinks.

very tasty burgers! Especially vegetarian!

Friendly staff, great place to start a night out

Good atmosphere. Liked the gothic church feel. Food was average. My rump was perfectly done as asked for. My brothers steak could have been better. Peas were old for sure. Chips were great. Probably needed more staff then would have rated service higher. Decent beer selection

Lovely place grand staff sensible price but took around 8 hours trying to download ap/aps etc to get free drink etc. Sure we did this also our last visit and won't be last to just give up on loyalty "card" thingy

Fantastic service with delightful banter

Had a visit here for rare day out with hubby. Was brilliant! He watched football while we played the mixed box of board games he found! Connect 4 and snakes and ladders to name a few! Had the sloth cocktail OMG soooo good!!! Quirky pub and will def be back! Service was great too 👍

Food was nice but staff but the place was freezing! Went there with my sister and her new born baby and 7 year old nephew who conplained that he was cold the whole time.. Which it was! Plus staff were very unhelpful.. Such a shame as the place has such good potential. Have been a few times but the most recent visit will be the last!

It was 'first time' in this place for me but it was... FAAAANTASTIC ;) Entrance to toilete - brilliant idea... I needed a help because they r 'hidden' ;) Very helpful Staff

Good place to see if you haven't been before, strange that it's always been quiet when I have been in?

Fantastic place, Dani was very helpful

Great place for delicious drinks and great music. Cocktail list is reasonably priced and is always great. Highly suggest visiting on an event such as Halloween.

I cannot really write a review about the food as I haven't eaten anything there, just drinks. The place looks definitely different than any other bar I've been to. The drinks were very tasty. Would go there again 👍

Spooky atmosphere, loads of comfy nooks to enjoy your drink

Great place the burgers are awesome

Very poor food thank god for the place its self

Loved the gothic vampire vibes in here! Food was excellent and reasonably priced. If I lived here in Aberdeen, this would be a regular HAUNT !

Ein mehrstöckiger Pub im Gewand einer Kirche. Das Ambiente ist einzigartig. Die Preise sind fair. Es war nicht das Erste und nicht das Letzte Mal dort.

Spent the whole lunch/afternoon in this pub (Aberdeen - Frankfurt). Didn't manage to clear the tables, all full of empty glasses, food was okay, but no enrichment, no drinks menu...unique decor

Came to Aberdeen for a work trip this time last year, & I was elated to see the (apparently) only sister of the Pit and Pendulum in Nottingham beside Union St! Had a great drink with friendly staff, would recommend either of these venues if you're there.

Food menu has changed and its not the greatest

Had to wait for a pint staff talking behind bar