The Castle in Swale

Quiz night. A happy atmosphere, fun quiz and great table service. Pub was light, airy and beautifully clean.

Super Sunday lunch today, just what we needed. Staff are lovely, and it's a great pub.

We had such a chilled time last week at The Castle in Oare. Steph is so welcoming and friendly! Background music was great, lunch was amazing and we picked the best place to sit in the shade. Blissful, definitely didn't feel like a Tuesday and we will definitely be back for more Ham, Egg and Chips 🌞 Be back for a roast dinner and it's was delicious! Really lovely and friendly staff! We will definitely be back again

wonderful sunday lunch 16.12.23 Have just been for a soggy walk and come in for lunch. Had ham eggs and chip's, my friend had cottage pie, both were delicious and plentiful. tried the apple crumble cooked to perfection. Have been several times since first reveue, will continue to pop in after walks on the marshes.

We held our friends wake here, staff were very nice, friendly and polite, they did a buffet which was very well presented and food was lovely, hope to revisit in the near future for a meal

An excellent experiance today best pub meal ive had in a long time food was great drinks were great and amazing friendly staff. Very reasonable prices.

I had the chilli con carne with sour cream. It was delicious. Loved the atmosphere and the area and restrooms were clean and tidy.

We had a lovely Sunday roast last weekend, very friendly atmosphere and great food.

Lovely staff, nice venue and dog friendly x

Steph was who she is we had a great afternoon and will def go bk for more abuse ..love ya..x

Locals were friendly. Real ales a bit limited

Called in when passing, we got a lovely welcome when we walked in, and the food we ordered was delicious and of large portions... definitely call again in the future

A small cheap, local pub. Sunday roast is a lot of food for not much money!

A classic country pub offering superb food in a beautiful garden environment. Sunday roast was top notch with hot plates and home cooked prepared to perfection. A choice of four meats reasonably priced all served with excellent service. Hard to find better in Faversham. Well done to Steph the chef!

Lovely little pub. Don't be deceived by the outside. Food is great. Dogs very welcome 👍

Fantastic little place good food dog friendly lovely garden.

Barmaid gave a lovely welcome as we came in after our walk. Had a lunchtime snack pannini and bagutte, nicely served with a bit if salad. Enjoyed our lesuirely lunch in the pretty maintained garden. A great stop after a walk.

Lovely spot for lunch, great food and lovely pub garden.

Nice little local oasis. Lunch was simple pub food but wholesome.. The lady serving us was very organised and friendly. The garden was pleasant and well maintained. The entertainment was a local Bat and Trap competition game. All in all a pleasant lunch.

Great place great people superb place to visit plus good food

Great food ,fantastic service and great price

Very good welcome. Great beer garden and the beer is kept well. Nice fresh feel to the place.

Excellent beer and very friendly and welcoming staff. Just what was required after a warm day walk.

It is a very lovely pub, the food was really good and reasonably priced. I do recommend it.

Great pre drinks, oi oi it's class

Lovely place for a beer Gardens are excellent...5 mins from harbour..makes for a nice afternoon beer

Very friendly food was good and reasonable.

Always welcoming. Great with the dogs. Always good food.

Good beer, dog friendly place. Portion of chips was super big.

Friendly staff, good service and lovely food

Delicious Sunday lunch! Friendly Staff & beautiful walks in area!

Excellent pub. Drink, food and service. Would recommend to anyone

Overpriced and food quality not good enough

Home from home love the place !

Great little local pub staff very friendly and welcoming. Dog friendly

Very welcoming staff, friendly atmosphere

It vary good pub people are. Nice nice pub l Go in

Lovely modern pub . Dog friendly . Good beers ,@ lovely garden ..

First visit, ordered lunch + drinks, very friendly welcome & efficient service. Interior of pub is tastefully decorated, a lot of attention has been paid to the layout of the garden. Very clean throughout. Impressed & happy to recommend

Lovely pub lunch, great location and really friendly welcoming staff

Just that, good pub grub, well kept ale, cold beer and decent wine. The Castle doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. Staff are super-friendly and attentive.

Friendly bar staff..clean & tidy very nice pint 👌

Having had a bad experience with poor service at the Three Mariners we decided to give the Castle a try. So glad we did beautiful garden first rate service, our contact details were asked for, excellent pint of Doombar Bitter and my wife really enjoyed her glass of wine. Think this will now be our first choice pub when visiting Oare.

Great staff, Lovely beer on tap, I can't fault it

Friendly warm staff. Nourishing pub grub at reasonable prices.

Great staff, loved visiting them fortnightly last year, can't wait until able to visit them again. Great employees and lovely place

Good food, fair prices & very helpful staff. Gave us water for our dog and high chair for our grandson without us having to ask.

Great pub that we found when we were moored in the Swale by Harty Ferry. Great food and fantastic service

Visited for Sunday lunch after 2 creeks walk. A lovely friendly welcome. Everyone following strict masks, hand sanitisation and felt very safe/clean. Food was glorious and lots of it. Will definitely be back.

We visited today for a roast lunch.We had roast chicken. The whole meal was amazingly good. For me a roast is comfort food and I like it to be how my mum used to make ours at home. This ticked all of the boxes.I don't go much on some venues wierd modern twist on a roast dinner.The building is crisp and clean.The staff are very friendly and efficient.Well worth a visit.

After riding 35 miles on a broken bike we thought we would stop in for a pint!We were not disappointed... Immediately when we sat down the lovely barlady came out and offered us drinks, the delicious chips we ordered arrived in minutes and we had a nice chat with the owner. Will definitely be returning!

Really nice and clean, nice friendly atmosphere and staff.

A fantastic pub. Friendly and helpful staff, great food and well priced. A safe place to visit due to the changes they have made during the coronavirus pandemic. There is a nice beer garden with a large gazebo. Hope to return here sometime soon.

Social distancing was maintained very well with cleaning the area once the customer had left. Staff very friendly & polite & lovely, tasty food. Had a pleasant experience.

Relaxed atmosphere lovely garden and staff are very friendly.

We're from Gloucester and always stop in here when visiting family in nearby Stockbury. Brilliant lunch Always friendly and attentive. The gardens looking lovely. Now the important bit. These guys have the Covid-19 issues squared off. We felt very safe during our visit. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

We had lunch there on their first day of “eat out to help out”. Friendly safe service in the garden. Inside the pub seemed to be closed. Generous portions. Nice location. Dog friendly too.

Just had a fantastic lunch at The Castle. Well done to Steph and her team for excellent service. Great food..Great prices. Nice clean garden and excellent COVID-19 measurements in place. Will definitely be back.

We visited The Castle on a hot Saturday afternoon after a dog walk along the Creek and sat in the garden. We were welcomed by lovely friendly staff as were our rather noisy dogs. We checked in using the QR code which was very straightforward. The garden was immaculate and there was hand sanitizer available and the tables which are very well distanced were constantly being wiped down. We initially had a drink to recover from a hot walk but then ordered a couple of paninis to keep us going and these were great. I popped inside to use the toilet and it looked lovely and the loos were spotless. It was quiet when we arrived mid afternoon but got alot busier while we were there.It was really reassuring to see a pub taking its Covid precautions so seriously. We also had the Bat and Trap game which is popular in Kent and played at the pub explained to us! We will definitely be returning to The Castle.

Good pint lovely after match food

Relaxed pub with good company after a long walk.

Great local pub with good home cooked food and friendly staff

Nice modern refurb with traditional pub food menu. Very generous portions and a wonderful Sunday lunch. Very accommodating! Would recommend booking ahead, especially if you have special dietary needs

Very welcoming bar staff, great service and good atmosphere

The new outside area is nice but the pub inside is now very bland and its lost its character. Really poor choice of drinks as well

A great evening at a really sociable pub for a charity quiz night. Brilliant!

As always a good day had by all, especially as we were well looked after by the Pub Staff. Excellent buffet laid on to finish the afternoon. Well done to The Castle!

Pub has had a refurbishment since I last visited,and for the better.Good seating inside and out with large beer garden to rear.Lovely to sit outside on a warm autumnal day and sample the Doombar ale.Quiet location in this village on the edge of the Oare marshes,with good walking nearby at the nature reserve on the banks of the swale estuary.Ideal stopover for walkers and birdwatchers alike.Book early for any Sunday meal plans though,as it's very popular locally

Very friendly, one of those places where they just can't do enough for you. They serve food quality simple lunch but not evening meals. Bat and Trap is fascinating so check when there's a match.

Lovely Sunday roast, choice of lamb, chicken, pork or beef, you can have two or three meats if you want it. Vegetables cooked to perfection and roast potatoes nice and crisp. Good range of puddings, I would recommend the chocolate orange gateaux. Good prices and comfortable setting.staff friendly and polite. Highly recommend

This is definitely worth a visit,first time here,the staff,atmosphere and service superb,the Sunday lunch was excellent and one of the best recently,please visit and keep a country pub open

Didn't like food and the place looks very old and weird

It's been turned into a smart, modern venue. Very pleasant staff. My one concern was the rather unimaginative menu with no vegetarian options apart from a jacket potato with cheese or beans. Pub grub but not even fish and chips. I asked about a veggie option and was told it had to be specially ordered. In this day and age and the increasing popularity of meat-free and even vegan diets, I'm surprised that there's nothing on the menu. My grandson had sausage, mash and beans and loved it! But I wouldn't go back simply because of the menu.

Newly renovated with new owners. Overall good, clean and welcoming.

Great place to eat, drink and socialise.

Staff was really welcoming food was amazing, sat at the bar after and all the bar staff was fantastic.

Lovely Roast dinner plenty of food to go round all home cooked dessert was brilliant place looks amazing after the refurb staff are all wonderful and friendly will be going back

The waitress was lovely but the food wasn't great. We all had roast dinners. The meat was sparse and very finely sliced and it was cold. The veg was good. The roast potatoes were awful and rock hard. The food was flavourless. The deserts were good. I wouldn't be tempted yo go back. It's a pity as it is in a nice setting.

Just been refurbished the young lady running the pub has lots of new ideas and enthusiasm

Very good recently refurbished. Excellent food.

Great atmosphere, friendly and helpful staff, fabulous, tasteful decor, good parking. Can't wait to taste some of the fabulous food too.

The Castle is under new management so booked in for Sunday lunch to taste the difference. The major refurbs are so refreshing. There’s now proper parking and a tidy garden space. No longer a dark, old fashioned pub with sticky carpets but a newly decorated , fresh space. Sunday lunch was excellent value and delicious, we ate the lot.Staff friendly and helpful and shared their vision for the castle. It’s a hub for socialising, walkers and eating. We wish you all the very best .

What a lovely Sunday dinner in a lovely pub! Perfectly cooked pork and crackling with large roast potatoes served with 2 yorkies and lashings of gravy! The cheesy leeks were absolutely amazing and more than enough for a 2nd helping! Needless to say I cleaned up my plate and was stuffed after eating pudding too. Will definitely be going back for more once they have completed their refurb in March.

Bit souless not on the top of my list

Great place to play darts and have lunch

Had a lovely family pre Christmas meal here today. Food plentiful and well cooked as always. Just one thing lacking, a bit of Christmas background music.

Proper pub, with great atmosphere

A great little pub on The Saxon way. Friendly staff and a sheltered pretty beer garden. I didn't get to try the food but the breakfast looked delicious.

We popped in a couple of times while walking The Saxon way and it was a lovely atmospheric little find. Friendly staff and a tidy shady beer garden with an excellent smoking area if that's your thing. Got a glance of the breakfast which looked delicious but didn't get to try unfortunately.

Had a very good sandwich and beer in the garden.

By chance had lunch here because The Three Mariners up the road where I intended to lunch was full, pleased it was because the sandwich I had for lunch here was excellent, forget the Mariners, this will do for next time

.... and the homemade food here is very good too! However,if you have been lucky enough to visit on a hot summer's day and intend going along by the creek footpath to the wetlands,DO NOT imbibe too heavily beforehand.When you reach the estuary spend a few moments in the Hide. At low tide, the distant sandbanks alongside Shell Bay on Sheppy are fully exposed & you may be able to count up to 8 seals basking in the sun.For the less energetic, park at the end of ferry road and view the waders or examine the shore line across the water.A good pair of Binoculars are imperative for this trip!

What a fabulous friendly welcome little traditional pub this is, we had a meal here which was very nice, we sat in the lovely well cared for garden and were made to feel very welcome by staff and some of the locals.. Well worth a visit ( The cats very friendly too, loves a bit of tuna 😻 ❤)

This little gem in the Hart of Kent is fantastic. The food is superb. the Sunday roast is out of the world. The staff are very friendly and helpful. Nice garden out the back with a bat and trap pitch. Good beer and wine selection. And gin. A must for people travelling in the area.

Lovely place to eat friendly staff, good looking bar staff, males too. Lovely country pub with a great atmosphere. The chef, Bobby, is gorgeous .

I stopped here with a group of 10 walkers. We had provisional booked lunch for 2.30. We arrived early at about 1.30. We sat in the garden to the rear of the pub. The only food available on a Sunday is Sunday roast, no other options, we suited us fine. I think from memory the choice was lamb, beef, pork and chicken. As we arrived early, we were informed that there was a possibility that lunch would be earlier. Between us we ordered lamb and pork. By 2pm we were eating. The plates arrived with lots of meat, Yorkshire pudding and gravy. We had separate gravy too. A huge bowl of roast potatoes, cheesy leeks and vegetables - green beans, peas, carrots, mashed swede and brocoli. A fantastic meal, we actually couldn't get through all the veg and potatoes, even with more men on the group. And the cost...... Just £9.75 per head. Fantastic food and value, highly recommended

Our first time eating here today. Thursday lunchtime is apparently a quiet time but our party of 5 had an enjoyable experience eating a light meal in the garden. Choice of 3 craft bitters. Reasonable pricing throughout the menu. Friendly staff and locals. We will be back soon to repeat the experience.

Bob and Dawn (Landlord and Lady) make this pub both welcoming and friendly, the beer is always second to none along with weekend roast dinners (booked in advance) with a choice of three beautifully cooked meats and a variety of vegetables followed with deserts to help you stay warm in the winter (not fattening at all !) Check them out you won't be disappointed 😁

9 friends met for lunch,most of us had a different meal but each one was excellent Many thanks for a happy time spent.

Good pub. Lovely people. Good beer. But...what is the crappy music always playing? Why do we want to listen to black man rap crap in Kent?