The Falstaff, Derby - pub details
Address: 74 Silverhill Rd, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6UJ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 28835) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Derby (0.9 miles), Peartree (1 mile), Spondon (3.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
Pub suggested by chick on 21 Apr 2006
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> Current user rating: 8.3/10 (rated by 25 users)
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Lyndhurst Bar, Derby (0.1 miles), Byron Hotel, Derby (0.1 miles), Crystal Palace, Derby (0.2 miles), Loudon Arms, Derby (0.2 miles), Douglas Bar, Derby (0.3 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Falstaff, Derby
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| A little way out of the town but easily accessible by bus, this fine Pub serves three of its own beers plus real Derbyshire cider which my wife enjoyed. Staff are friendly and helpful.The beer was not entirely to my taste, but others have and no doubt will find it great,and well kept. ahscum - 17 Apr 2012 19:09 |
| Dropped in last night after a gap of about 18 months, to find nothing has changed my opinion of this being the very best real ale pub in the city. The Falstaff range of beer was truly excellent and there was a warm hubbub of chatter from groups of locals. The barman was extremely welcoming and helped us to decide we needed a bottle of the Supernova to take away as stocks are now extremely limited to the point of when they're gone, they're gone. Now, there are quite a few areas of the bars that are in need of some attention for decoration etc, but they almost add to the atmosphere of an old-time back street local where time is standing still, and there are other comments on here made about the state of the gents etc, although they were some time ago. I can now report that the gents are clean and tidy and the blackboard is still there for comments, but as I went in that door, I heard a yelp of surprise from the wife as she pushed open the door of the ladies. The reason for that became apparent when I came out of the gents, only to be dragged into the ladies with a "come and look at this" to be greeted by an astonishing refit featuring green and purple drapes and curtains, modern clear-glass sinks and an all-pervading air of floaty femininity, totally and utterly at odds with the general archaic feel of the rest of the building. For that alone, I raise my rating from 9 to 10... Gristy - 19 Mar 2012 11:30 |
| A great pub, beers good, staff friendly. Needed a taxi to find it though. TiaMariaJim - 15 Dec 2011 20:52 |
| The Landlord here has been brewing his own beers onsite (or a garage/shed next door if you’re being picky) since 2003 and every single one is visible above the impressively ornamented fireplace of the backroom with a jukebox & pool table. The 4 local-as-they-come brews upon our visit were pretty pun-erific with Fistful of hops, Hop till you drop & (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Hop! (alright I made that last one up). Pur-chased myself a couple of conditioned ales for bottled nostalgia including a fierce 13.1% ABV blinding master--blaster entitled Supernova. Homemade (well, naturally) cask labels are always entertaining and many of these are no exception with a seemingly ongoing comedy legends series. Every square inch of wall space features fascinating apparatus from Elijah Scattergood & Sons brewer’s taps to barometers surrounded by dark wooden tribal figures. The ‘Nuclear Science’ Soviet-esque sign en route to the shitter is also particularly sniggerworthy. The Gents has a giant blackboard inviting feedback (chalk provided) as preferred to petty graffiti or territorial pissing. Put simply, every aspect of this crumbling secret haven is a million miles removed from your typical workaday chain bar and subsequently should be treasured as everything in our modern pub industry that is under threat. I caught the train home very hoppy indeed and could only titter menacingly in an all-knowing fashion to myself when I passed the Coors ahem ‘brewery’. PissteethJenkins - 18 Apr 2011 17:13 |
| Visited here recently for the first time - but it certainly won't be the last. Once you've negotiated the back streets to get to The Falstaff you are rewarded with a substantial corner pub; excellent beer (home-brewed next door); very friendly staff and some interesting old pictures and pub bric-a-brac to look at. Gents toilet looked as thought it had just been re-furbished and overall this was well worth the walk from the station (it's actually not to difficult to get to - head for the Derby China factory; arboretum and Normanton Road area of town). mcroyal - 2 Jan 2011 19:05 |
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