please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Since the recent landlord came in there has been a distinct improvement in the feel of the place. The pub looks spruce and the beers are varied and well conditioned. As others have commented, it's a shame it seems so empty. It was well attended at the recentish beer festival so hopefully that will raise it's profile and encourage revisits.
chick - 30 Sep 2008 10:27 |
This is a good pub with a good seletion of real ales, it's a shame when i went it was completely dead, with only one other customer...USE it or LOSE it.
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I agree with the previous reviews, this is a great pub.
The Landlord is as eccentric as they come, but passionate about ales and certainly knows his stuff. Always a generous range of real ale, 6 to 8 hand pumps always on the go.
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As everyone else says... great beer, great pub. If it was more centrally located it would be packed all the time.
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Ale 10/10, Food n/a, Atmosphere 8/10, Overall 9/10.
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Very nice pint of Titanic beer. Place was completely dead on a Friday night, but there were plenty of good beers available and staff very friendly.
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Always a superb range of beers on, including several foreign beers. Very friendly welcome from staff and punters, especially to the away football fan on matchdays. Heaven if you're a trainspotter-ish drinker, lots of of railway stuff on the walls. One of the most convivial pubs in the whole city...and only 100 yards from the Brunswick, too.
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A really good pub here. All the recommedations are very accurate!!
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Great pub. Landlord has great energy when it comes to this place. First Class.
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Great pub. Eclectic choice of ales. Enthusiastic landlord. Unspoilt. Great if you're fresh off the train.
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Wow! I went in there on Saturday & it had 3 milds -Batemans, Elgoods & Castle Rock -all of which were excellent. Add in the friendliness & the ambience & it is a truly excellent pub.
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A new and rather boring looking façade leads to a nice two roomed pub concentrating on real ales and continental beers. There is a friendly, enthusiastic and, some might say, eccentric landlord who certainly knows his beers. The sort of place where you are bound to get into conversation if you are on your own. Try the large filled rolls to soak up some of the beer. Handily placed quite close to the train station and just up the road from the Brunswick Inn.
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Called on my way back to the station, and what a grand selection of well kept ales. A couple of milds enjoyed while eating a whopper of a cheese and onion bap. Great pub to visit when in Derby.
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Payed a flying visit after the Derby Beer festival on way back to railway station. With its range of beers it was like a mini beer festival. The beers I tried were excellent and staff friendly. A pub to go back to.
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Good beer choice & well kept; service could be better though
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Excellent two room pub with a good range of real ales, (up to six), all kept in tip top condition. There is also a wide range of continental bottled beer. Reasonably priced, basic but good food is available as are four twin bedded rooms in case one should require an overnight stop. Worth noting though, it does get very busy on Saturday lunchtimes when Derby county are at home.
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A three story detached Victorian building on a main road near Derby station. The bar is smartly done out in a no frills and slightly austere fashion with some nice railway memorabilia on the walls. Six handpumps, I had a York seasonal beer which was excellent.
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Teething problems may have been sorted - went in there on a quiet sunday night andfound landlord friendly, fire on and good choice of beer, though only had time to try one - which was excellent. Probably pick of the pubs near the station, though run close by Brunswick and Station.
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Well, the Alex has been refurbed - or at least they have painted it and removed some pictures and posters. It's still freezing in Winter despite them opening up the fire, and the new landlord's black look when he overheard us mentioning the cold was enough to chill the marrow. Not a happy chappy. The beer choice isn't as extensive as it was and the bar staff seem to need some training - don't know how to pour or serve a full pint. Teething problems one hopes. However, the beer was kept well and it's busier in there than of late.
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This pub has not been refurbished since man invented beer, the only thing to look at is a few pictures of nerdy trains. I think my shoes disolved on the carpet and the tar is the only thing keeping the paper on the wall. on the plus side they do do a good buffet and the beers not bad. The dress code is a bit harsh, beard and sandals.
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Definately worth a trip, some great pump ales, and also some good German and Belgian beers. Slight annorak feel with all the train pictures tho, but friendly, cosy and welcomming, everything you could want for a quiet pint.
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Took in the Alex as part of our Derby crawl earlier this month. Excellent choice of beer. Friendly staff and terrific railway memorabelia.
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Like haddonsman (whom I had the pleasure of meeting) says: A good, honest real ale pub! Interior is nothing special, but the selection of cask ales is great, they also have some decent bottled beers, and the staff is very friendly. They also have accommodation (not all English pubs called "hotel" do, you know - many of them seem to have been real hotels in the 19th century or something). The 4 twin bedded rooms are basic, but reasonably priced. I stayed 1 night only, wish I could have stayed more - I had to leave some of their beers unrated! Other fine pubs in the vicinity too. Close to the railway station and walking distance from Pride Park.
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Good, honest Tynemill pub, at least eight real ales on tap, busy on match days but an ale haven on quiet midweek evenings.
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a no frills proper beer drinkers pub with a no smoking and a fantastic choice of beers
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