I've never found a bad brewery tap, and to be honest I don't think I ever will. I was only supposed to be nipping in for a quick pint between trains but I ended up spending most of the afternoon there! I don't think I need to elaborate any more on that. All it needs is an open fire and it will be complete.Pleasantly ungentrified pub a stone's throw from Nottingham station, that fully deserves its 'boozer' status.
One L-shaped room hugs a bar with an impressive array of handpumps- this being the de facto Castle Rock Brewery Tap.
It's bare-boards with traditional furnishings and pictures of old Nottingham on the walls, from railways to pubs- always absorbing for me.
A pub cat roams freely and may jump onto your table!
Harvest Pale was excellent, also tried a couple of the (non Castle-Rock) guests, the names of which unfortunately escape me- all good too.
Would consider this pub a must visit in Notts. I love the local beer, Kipper the cat is always a joy to see, good prices, and nice to use when waiting for a train, even if it a little too good, as I miss a lot of train when there, as I never want to leave.

There may be times when the Trip gets overrun with trippers and gawkers but pick your times and this is not a problem. All the beers tried on three recent visits were in good nick and the food was top class - especially the steak and ale pie and the beef wrapped in Yorkshire pud. Give me the Trip any day in preference to the dozens of trendy bars that have sprouted all over Nottingham.Another Nottingham pub I love, very differnt being part underground and with a history.
Now owned by Greene King but also selling Nottingham Brewery beers. However, the main reason to visit is to experience the history of this pub built into the rock beneath Nottingham Castle. The interior is made up of small rooms some of which are simply carved into the rock. A courtyard and a separate outside drinking area provide a moments calm away from the throng of tourists. Well worth visiting and worth a second visit to ensure that you didn’t miss anything first time round!

Called in yesterdayand today for a meal while in Nottingham for this weekend's beer festival. The lasagne is great. Had Oldershaw Mowbray Mash and Bateman GHA yesterday and Blue Monkey BG Sips today, and the beers were in excellent condition.The best pub in Nottingham is the Salutation... If anyone knows of a better one please let me know........ Good food, Good ale and Good times....not bad place, friendly and the leffe was the best i'd ever had!

We visited this Pub on a Monday evening when they had on a very good Jazz band . The food was very tasty and reasonable for a town centre establishment. The beer was in excellent condition with a good choice. Very good Pub , the only thing I wasnt keen on was that it feels and looks like its part of a big chain , but it isnt ( I dont think it is ) Stays open until 11:30 . Well worth a visit We met friends at Saturday lunchtime and I hadn't been in for about a year.

The Bell is still a stonker. Beer excellent ,staff outstanding, food superb. Say no more.Was made very welocme when I visited recently. I was staying in the city on business and was on my own. The staff made me feel like a local and the excelent Ye Olde Trip kept me coming back. Food pretty decent and not a bad price.

Large converted warehouse by the canal with a wharf actually entering into the one large room that constitutes the pub. A bridge crosses this as you enter- a nice touch, possibly unique?
The place is barn-like and has the feel of a circuit pub with dim lighting and a mainly young crowd. Also piped music.
Castle Rock Harvest Pale and a couple of microbrewery stouts on offer on my visit, with a few pumps turned round-Harvest Pale excellent.
I agee with other comments that I didn't dislike the place but it didn't feel overly pubby- probably worth the visit for the novelty, and superior to most circuit pubs, but I probably won't be making it a priority in future.
Great pub near the train station in Nottingham. I won't waste all of our time describing the interior etc. I visited on a Thursday night and it was pretty quiet. The food being served looked very nice. Unfortuantely though, the beers were a bit of a let down. A reasonable selection but mostly Castle Rock (obviously). The barman serving me was friendly and was giving me the Castle Rock discount even though I had no card. The selection of Continental Beers was OK, but not great - nothing unusual on that tempted me. I'm off to the Devonshire Cat. Cya.Really nice city centre pub. Clean and tidy throughout with a great selection of ales and a comfortable atmosphere. It was just a shame about the attitude of the bar staff, one lady in particular. I visited on a thursday night so the pub was not really busy but every time i asked for a drink, i just felt that i was really putting her out. When i got my card out to pay she actually tutted at me, (I Was buying a round of five drinks and there was no one else waiting) We would of stayed in all night but after that we drank up and left. If it wasn't for her we would of spent another forty pound in there. Overall really nice pub, just don't go in on a Thursday night, or if you do get the young lad to serve you because he was good.

If you like your pubs to be comfortable friendly and have good beer then the Newshouse fits the bill. Away from the City Centre but close enough to the railway station, trams and buses. I found the Newshouse to be a worthy CAMRA pub of the year winner. Can't wait to return.great beer, though sometimes dodgy-esque local clientele not giving the warmest of welcomes.Rather surprised that this place has become Nottingham's Camra Pub of the Year, though Camra do tend to judge pubs purely by the ale they sell and ignore any other considerations.

Although in the City centre it is just too far away from the shops etc to attract much passing trade and is therefore not very busy, at least not at lunchtime or in the early evening. It is normally just two old men in there staring into their pints and not the most welcoming atmosphere. Rather grim decor.

Beer is fine as you would expect, but I recommend the Fellows ( about 200m on the same road) for more pleasant surroundings

Visited this pub while staying in Teversal with the caravan. It was the start of a crawl in March. Enjoyed a Newby Wyke and Brew Dog beer. Found the information of Whitbread interesting as it had Nimmos on it, and that was a brewery I remember from childhood at Castle Eden. Another interesting plaque was that the pub is twinned with In De Wildman of Amsterdam. I visited that pub in April and saw the plaque there for the Lincolnshire Poacher. Never seen pubs twinned before so it was so weird to do both of them. Lovely conservatory at the rear, and a friendly pub. Love going to pubs when they are quiet and you can see round the pub as well as sample the beers.Called in the other night and had an excellent pint of Tribute, the Castle Rock "Hemlock" was well kept too. Nottingham needs to have pubs like this, well cared for, good ale selection and friendly staff. Will have to come back and try some of the menu nother time!Took my Fiance in here on a trip to Nottingham bank holiday weekend. I had good memoried of evenings spent in here during the 18 years I lived in Nottingham and it was good to return to see it had not really changed.

Still selling a good range of real, cask ales, guest beers and ciders. I enjoyed a nice pint of guest cider whilst my partner had a tasty pint of mild. We had breadcakes for lunch; good choice of fillings and very nice they were too. If we hadn't been going out for dinner that evening we would have probably eaten a hot meal as there was a wide variety of choice and reaonably priced too.

All in all an enjoyable afternoon spent in this pub. Would always visit when passing and highly recommended!

I love this pub! One of my favourite beers is Castle Rock harvest Pale and I always get a good pint. The food is excellent and I make the effort to eat here whenever I'm in Nottingham. The pub is especially good for a pre show beer before moving on to the Ice Arena. Anyone thinking this place is a stuck up gastro pub is not right in the head and if the bar staff think you have had too much, you probably have!Fairly trendy boozer masquerading as a gastro-pub. I'm not such a fan of this place to be honest - its too small and pretentious for my liking and it seemed to focused on food and less on being a decent pub. The food did indeed look nice, but if you are just drinking and want a decent pub, then I wouldn't reccomend this place. 3 Castle Rock ales were on but as I don't really have a lot of time for this brewery, I went for the sole guest available from the Ossett brewery, which was perfectly acceptable. If there is any justice the female in the duty manager role tonight will be sacked very soon! Unbelieveable, horrendous cheek tonight when she declared my acquaintances and I had "had to much too drink" so wasn't serving us. How dare she decide what amount we've had, (we weren't slightly wobbly we'd been drinking choice real ale over the course of several hours and were on a pub tour of the city) which by the way was around 4-5 pints over 4 hours and lots of walking around. She made us feel like drunken scum! Is she a barmaid or a pathologist? Absolutely livid and as a result I won't visit here again until she has been let go!!

Not bad at all. Took me a while to figure out how to get to once I'd got off the train - if you're coming from Derby, cross the bridge, walk alongside the opposite platform and cross the bridge once again. Not owned by Castle Rock but I believe the landlord has something to do with them, so there's always a few of their ales on. Fantastic food, great selection of real ales that change regularly, including local bears. A good choice of wines and whisky too. There are equal numbers of vegetarian food as there are meat choices. Always a good atmosphere. Friendly service. I can't praise it enough!Went there earlier on this evening and was impressed. Beer and food was excellent. As for the staff, I found them polite, courtious and not in the least bit stuck up. And as for the list of 'do's and don'ts', well I didn't see it anywhere. Maybe they've took it down. All in all, excellent selection of draught ales and well above average food menu. (I had Pork Loin Steaks). I'd reccommend this pub to anybody.

What a delight this place is. People here don't seem to realise this is a hotel bar, and not a pub, strictly speaking. There is a cocktail bar and a 40+ room hotel at this location too. But forgoing that, I still have an excellent time here - it was like sitting in the front room of a stately home, with plenty of comfortable seating available for drinkers, with a seperate area for diners. It was fairly quiet when I visited but the barman was extremely friendly and professional. The previous reviewer mentions a limited beer choice - this is a HOTEL bar, how many hotel bars have you been in before with 4 ales on? Jennings Snecklifter was on at a ridiculous £2 a pint, but its too strong for my tastes so was supping the Cock a Hoop, which was a sensational pint at a very fair price. I will be returning here if I ever have the misfortune of finding myself in Nottingham again.Good show all around. Like stepping back into a more civilised era. Limited beer choice, but well looked after.
Menu used to be very good, but now seems to be limted to variations on steak. Still, always a relaible meeting point and guarnateed friendly service.Good show all around. Like stepping back into a more civilised era. Limited beer choice, but well looked after.
Menu used to be very good, but now seems to be limted to variations on steak. Still, always a relaible meeting point and guarnateed friendly service.

Visited early on in the evening before i went to see James Morrison at the Trent FM Arena, a gorgeous little London-esque pub, which i was not expecting at all from the outside. They had scented candles on every table, lights dimmed, great music on (James Morrison) and the beer was delicious, my friend had wine which was a little pricy but hey! The toilets are painted like Cow-Skin, dead funky little touch. Shame it got mega busy and we had to go to concert because i could have stayed in there all night.Great pub! Has really turned a corner this year, friendly staff, great real ales and lovely atmosphere. Staff feel more like friends than barmen/women and are always accomadating. I hate to say it but this has really turned into a home from home, with fresh papers everyday, and a LCD TV strategically placed as not to ruin the atmosphere. Its the kind of pub you go to for a conversation, not just a drink. Caters for the MATURE student and working crowd! Great for meeting people! Will be swinging by tonight...say hi, I will be the good looking one standing at the bar! Liked it here. Good beer from the Nottingham Brewery and a pleasant attractive room.

I love this pub, wonderful food, nice view of canal, nice beer.
As a regular visitor to Nottingham (only for the Castle Rock Brewery!!!) I am absolutely horrified by my experience in this 'so called' pub. The beer was palatable; at best. Having ordered my food, which was reasonably priced, I was brought back to Earth with a thud!!! The so called 'gammon' I was offered was a pathetic, dehydrated piece of pig with a D grade slop of egg on top. To top it off, my complaints were met with the last desperate scowls of a sinking publican...aside from the hard working bar staff, I am comfortable that there will be some worthwhile victims of the recession. STAY AWAY!!!Called in this pub in March while doing a crawl of Nottingham and had Fellows Morton and Clayton Original 4.3%. Wasn't sure of its origins, and was told it is brewed by Nottingham brewery for them. Menu doesn't look bad, but hadn't time this time round to try it.

What can I say.....Grat night ot, beer reasonably priced, highly recommended for a live music venu!!!!just to let you know we are featuring local brewers during November and December - Castle Rock, Alcazar, Magpie - to name but a few - all real ales now only £2.50 a pint - with 20p off for CAMRA members

cheers !Has become my local again after spending many years avoiding the place.
Very friendly . Excellent live music at the weekends, great food & most importantly Harvest Pale as a regular. Heavenly lol
Have got to know the chaps who run it well & know that they do a lot for charity & the local community. Pleased to have a great local within staggering distance.

Not a bad pub but the beer selection had not changed much since my last visit , so I think the 'ever changing' policy is questionable. Flowers, GK zzzzzz.

Its a busy place in a lively spot so its o.k..Traditional pub, hasn't changed for years. Usually very busy but sevice good. A decent selection of real ales. A big mixture of clientele, old , young and male and female. Not the sort of place for 18 year olds though which can only be a good thing. Highly recommendedGood and changing selection of real ales. Friendly staff. Unpretentious pub in the style of Hogsheads 8-9 years ago. Go there!

Improved 100% since my last visit! A change of hands has done something for this pub. Keep up the good work and keep on offering lots of different beers!The Royal Children for me had always been wasted, over the past years I have visited this pub I have always left dissapointed with the beer and service.

This has thankfully now all changed, a recent change in landlord has turned this pub round in dramatic fashion. The 10 ale pumps that where once nothing more than ornaments other than 1 or 2 token ales have now been completely overhauled, on our visit the following beers where available.

Thornbridge - Jaipur (5.9%)
Thornbridge - Kipling (5.2%)
Thornbridge - Brother Rabbit (3.7%)
Blue Monkey - 99 red baboons (4.2%)
Blue Monkey - Guerrilla (4.9%)
Caledonian - Deuchars (3.8%)
Theakston - Old Peculier (5.6%)
Oakham - Baja (4.3%)

Prices varied from £1.99 for the Deuchars up to £2.75 for the Jaipur.

After sampling the beer and taking into account the landlord is still 'new' I can see this easily being Nottingham CAMRA pub of the year 2010 if it can keep this pace up.This pub has never "Done" anything for me! Not much choice of beer. Quiet pub. Discount for CAMRA members though!