The Canalside Heritage Centre was our port of call today for lunch after a walk along the canal from Nottingham towards Beeston Marina. It is located just at the point where the canal meets the River Trent by the lock gates and lock keepers house. They have a tea room, really nice garden, visitor centre…
Breakfast All Day at the GB cafe in Sneinton Market
The GB Cafe & Restaurant on Gedling St at Sneinton Market in Nottingham is a great place to get your fill of classic old school ‘greasy spoon’ breakfast fodder. Over the years we have frequented this place and it has been ever reliable when needing a comforting plate of food at a good price to…
Phat Buns in Radford
Phat Buns have recently opened up a branch in Radford on Hartley Road in Nottingham to add to several other outlets across the midlands in Leicester, Loughborough, and Birmingham They have a mission statement “To be the innovators in the business of selling Burgers, Shakes, Wings & Hot Dogs” It was the promise of a…
Cods Scallops in Wollaton
The Cod’s Scallops in Wollaton is the groups original restaurant and also the one that won the award of Best Fish and Chip shop in the UK in 2020 I last wrote about this place in 2013 (read more here) and I really cannot believe how time has flown past since in the chippy world….
Pub Lunch at the Bread and Bitter
The Bread and Bitter, another one of the excellent Castle Rock pubs in Nottingham, sits up at Mapperley Top on the Woodborough Road. It is tucked away off the main road alongside the spoons pub and is located within a former bakery I have supped a fair few pints in this pub over the years…
Pho in Nottingham
Pho Restaurant opens in Nottingham this week located in Hockley inside the space formally occupied by the National Videogame Arcade. It has been a long wait for them to arrive as it was first announced back in 2020 that a restaurant was coming to the city. I had never been to this chain before but…
Game Casserole at the Lincolnshire Poacher
I love visiting the Lincolnshire Poacher on Mansfield Road. It has an excellent beer selection and serves some really great food. It is a proper pub with lots of different rooms and spaces to sit in, so you get a real mixture of people drinking there and each find their own spot in the pub…
31k – Cocktails and Kitchen
31K in Nottingham have always been known for their excellent cocktails and meatballs Now in 2022 they have decided to take a little swerve in direction ‘downing our meatballs tools for 2022′ and presenting the new @31K.notts tagline – ‘cocktails and kitchen’ Hopefully on occasion there still may be a meatball featured but I get…
Paajis at Keans Head: A cut above your average Pub Curry
Paajis are the current residents in the kitchen at the Keans Head pub in the Lace Market district of Nottingham. They are working the kitchen as a delivery hub whilst also serving their take on Indian Street Food and curries to the punters insides the pub. I had already ordered some food from them via…
Noodles and Dumpling at NOSH in Beeston
NOSH in Beeston really is one of those hidden places that you need to track down, the word gem is overused so I will not but I will say that if you like authentic chinese food and you want to eat some good stuff off the beaten track then head over to Beeston and try…