Prickly Pear at the Golden Fleece

Prickly Pear are in residence in the kitchen of the Golden Fleece pub on Mansfield Road serving up a whole lot of tasty food from their vegan menu. If the name sounds familiar well it should be as they have been around for a while in town formerly occupying their own cafe further down the…

Sunday Lunch at the Trent Navigation

The Trent Navigation on Meadow Lane has always been a very reliable pub in the area for a decent pint and pub food at a reasonable price. A popular haunt on a match day for supporters of the local cricket and football teams, it can be rammed one day and ‘one man and his dog’…

Light Lunches at the Cross Keys

The Cross Keys on Byard Lane in Nottingham is run these days by the Redcat Pub Company who have pubs all over the country and in Nottinghamshire alone they also host Copper (in Mapperley and the city), Tom Browns Brasserie, Waterside Bar & Kitchen, and The Prince Rupert It is not one of my regular…

Lunch at the Cock and Hoop

The Cock and Hoop is one of the must go to public houses in the Lace Market District of Nottingham. I have written about the place several times before most recently back in 2020 when I enjoyed a Sunday Lunch and a Fish and Chip Friday I had read that they had just updated their…

Krusty Burgers at The Blind Rabbit

The Blind Rabbit at Weekday Cross in Nottingham is described asĀ “a good old-fashioned neighbourhood bar that serves delicious cocktails, cold beers & tasty food.“ The blurb on their website tells us “The creative team behind Das Kino, The Magic Garden & Penny Lane, bring you a New York inspired Bar & Grill, serving unique cocktails…

Pub Grub at Sir John Borlase Warren

The Sir John Borlase Warren up at Canning Circus is a great pub for a pint and along with it’s neighbours The Falcon Inn, The Good Fellow George and The Organ Grinder one of several in the near vicinity to make a good pub crawl It was on one such beer bimble that we found…

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…

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…