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The Hearty Goodfellow was my second pub in Southwell. It has one large room with a number of separate drinking areas. A male singer was performing. Some of the clientele looked as if they had had a few. Service was friendly and there is a good range of ales and ciders - Welbeck Abbey The Hearty Blonde, Castle Rock Harvest Pale, Rudgate Viking Bitter, Everards Tiger, Dukeries Pale Ale, Westons Cider Twist Raspberry, Lilleys Mango Cider & Aspalls Waddlegoose Lane. Despite the good selection, I felt there was something missing here and it didn't quite have as good an atmosphere as the Old Coach House down the road. Still worthy of a solid 6/10 though.
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The new landlords seem to have kept everything in order... Brilliant beer and food again in May 2013... Numerous real ales including Barnsley Bitter, Wentworth School of Hops, Blue Monkey BG sips and many more! Food was also excellent.
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Sorry to hear Alison & Steve are leaving in the new year, pop into this pub eveytime i'm in the area best pub around for miles.
Hope the new landlord will keep Mallard on ?
Will look forward to see how it fairs.
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What an excellant pub... This is Beer wonderland!
The actual pub is an Everards house, but also had multiple guests on tap, including 3 or 4 from the Mallard Brewery in Carlton, Notts. They also had a cider menu featuring around 10 ciders / perrys; Everytime I ordered one the landlady dissapeared out back (presumably to a cellar) and returned with the chosen drink.
The one i remeber was Black Rat; apparently produced traditionally in a family Somerset cider farmhouse using a blend of locally grown apples. I had the traditional scrumpy @ 6.0%.
To add to this, the food was excellant too. I had a ploughmans served on a slate which also came with bowl of homemade soup. There is also a large garden and undercover area outside.
Nothing to fault really...
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I really like this pub. The food is superb. The beer top notch. The cleanliness of the cellar is second to none.This manifests itself in the great beer quality. I wish this was my local!!! It's also the Mallard Brewery Tap.
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beer was good bit crowded at the bar but just did not quite have it for me bit stale and is it a pub or a food house, dont think you can do both in such a small area, will give it another when back out, but def preferred the coach house
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A little too food orientated and although full had quite a reserved kind of crowd in (actually resembled a pensioner's luncheon club). The pint of Brimstone I had was very nice but didn't fancy hanging on and the missus wanted a proper seat as she doesn't like perching on a bar stool so we just had the one and left.
anonymous - 21 Nov 2010 15:46 |
After being given a couple of tips and finding both pubs shut, it was 2 doors away from the Bramley Apple that we went to this pub. What a shame I was the driver.
Beer heaven. with 7 different handpumps and extensive Bottled Belgium beer selection to choose from.
Recommended
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fantastic just found this place beer galore ! beers seem to change daily,almost like heaven and landlady not bad either! . try this place efor iy getd known too well
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A good pub taken over by Allison and Steve in January and what a good job they are doing. A very good choice of drinks and very good food. It is only early days but I am sure they will go from strength to strength. As far as I am concerned this pub must be tried at the earliest opportunity.
Harry Cogan.
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just moved to area tried a few pubs this my favourite the tiger is spot might join poker league next time.grand job
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what a sleeping giant, pub with massive potential landlord with none ! not made to feel welcome and the beer at best was average.
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easily the best pub in southwell. really friendly staff and also the pub regulers are very friendly aswell. anytime i have got food here its been great and the quaility of the beer is great too. out of all the pubs in the town this is easily my favorite
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A lovely spot for beer or food, whichever mood your in. Friendly atmosphere for familys and a really good vibe for younger crowds, a pub that always makes you feel welcome! highly recommended.
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Absolute gem of a pub. Cracking food and ales. Great value for money aswell. Whenever I make the trip to Southwell the landlord and landlady really make me feel at home. Everything you need in a pub
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Another pub making the Top 40 where all the reviewers (except one) have only reviewed the one (or maybe 2) pubs. Suspicious
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went with husband last night had lovely time good choice of gin booked for sunday lunch on strenght of it looking forward to it excellent so far ...ps lovely to see clean toilets
anonymous - 8 Aug 2007 11:02 |
lovely family pub, had some everards beacon top condition, there on sunday for family meal looks good.
anonymous - 8 Aug 2007 10:57 |
went there with binns sunday great place for our kids landlord told us a new outside area is being done with more benches and ping pong table will be back soon
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what a massive beer garden had whole day there sunday lovely sunday roast and great pint of sly fox loads going on
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cracking little pub we enjoyed some everards old original at only �1.50 a pint, and then onto bath ales barnstormer beautiful playing darts there in a few weeks in tournament looking forward to it.
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went in last night for quiz night had great time very varied questions and live music round plus had old original on at �1.50 a pint cant be bad will be back next week with more brain power
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went in after visit workhouse saw blackboards and looked good did not dissappoint very bust but we sat in the lovely garden had a wonderful sunday lunch and it had a pig n blanket on it thought you only got those at Xmas, what a treat, then being naughty had some choc cake to die for will be back more often now we know it is here
tlacy - 25 Sep 2006 16:45 |
went there tonight to see darts semi final ...brilliant both teams played well and landlady put on some great snap best pub in southwell if not uk
anonymous - 30 Mar 2006 01:34 |
A warm welcome and a good choice of what can only be described as supebly kept ales await you at this small, but cosy pub. We ate from the chalkboards and were pleasantly surprised at the quality and quickness of food we were served. Local bands every fortnight were being advertised around the place and the landlord tells me we should get here early to get a seat. Hopefully we'll have the chance to enjoy a full evening here shortly. Thumbs up!!
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been a local for a while only just got on internet great pub loads of good stuff going on, cannot wait for the world cup, the best pub garden in nottinghamshire
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Top pub. Really good beers and good, friendly staff. Always very clean and welcoming. Also does really good food, i highly recommend the sunday lunch! with loads of garden space and parking, all set in a beautiful backdrop of the Minster, it is a must go to pub!!!
anonymous - 8 Mar 2006 17:49 |
played darts last night with the girls lovely place cannot believe brian & becke(landlord & landlady) have been there 3 years there girls beat us 4-0 but we had fun and some lovely food and my man enjoyed some well kept rams revenge, and believe it or not it did get its revenge this morning!!! one too many eh colin.
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two mates went in last night, so i popped in for lunch with a couple of business mates, top grub top beer top landlord & landlady, going bring the whole family in the summer for a roast in the massive beer garden.
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me and my mate went in last night, he told me to come on here and add a comment, fantastic pub, super clean toilets great.
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what a great pub went in last night for first time just moved into southwell had ladies darts on and chelsea match some great ales and my favourite lager plus menu looked great gonna take the misses in at weekend, top stuff
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got lots of lives bands lined up the pulse on march 12th and calm down march 26th plus much more pop in for a bite to eat and a pint.
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hi everyone been here 3 years now and enjoying every minute of it, summer is coming loads of music and events plans, world cup, beer festival, trying to get the quiz back on the road, have to be on a thurs. roll on the next three years.thanks to everyone who supports us and if you have not been in yet pop in for a pint.
anonymous - 28 Feb 2006 01:17 |
well what can i say went in last night for the first time just moved into area me and my wife both had steak and must be one of the best i have ever tasted, the pub was decked out in cobwebs and the like for this weekend, will be going in tonight for a few jars without the wife, what a gem of a boozer right on my door step. Excellent
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what a great selection of beers, two wonderful kept everards ales, tiger and old original and old speckled hen best i tasted and directors was top notch noticed they have big new shiny pump for fsters super chilled nice for this hot weather and to sit out in there huge beer garden just fantastic what southwell has needed for a while well done brian and becke
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what a fantastic time we had last saturday for the southwell festival , live music from band little me was brilliant, hog roast, b.b.q, bouncy castle, bungee run and loads of beer they really know how to put on a show at the hearty.def my local now
anonymous - 27 Jun 2005 15:11 |
It still comes over as a touch synthetic and dead inside - clientele tend to star at you. (To be fair, the owners are very friendly.)
The Coach has always come across as a much nicer place to me - lovely atmosphere and great ales
Rudyard - 1 Oct 2004 13:00 |
Its really had a massive turn around this pub.Its inviting, friendly and theres always a good atmosphere whenever i go in. its good to see some one finally making this place work properly!
Debbie Hope - 18 Jun 2004 01:36 |
ITS GREAT, IT HAS A STEAK NIGHT EVER TUESDAY, QUIZ NIGHT ON WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS ARE QUIET BREATHER DAYS TO GET READY FOR THE WEEKEND. FRIDAYS ARE PACKED, SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE SLIGHTY OLDER GENERATIONS AND SUNDAYS, ALL DAY, ARE FOR FAMILIES AND EATING FABULOUS SUNDAY ROASTS AND DRINKING AND THOROUGHLY RELAXING!
DEBBIE HOPE - 18 Jun 2004 01:24 |
I remember this place as being good for Everards beers but a bit naff compared to the nearby Coach House and the Bramley Apple.
Will come in again soon having read the comments by the new owners.
Cobbo - 29 May 2004 10:21 |
Must come back and check it out. The Hearty had a, ermmmm, "fresh faced" crowd when I was a teenager and I haven't been in for some years.
Maybe see you in there some time next month. I will be visiting my parents in Southwell.
TheG - 17 Oct 2003 12:02 |
We have recently taken over this wonderful pub and are trying to build a strong trade after the pub was really run down by previous landlords. We now open lunchtimes & evenings serving quality, real home-made pub food, fine hand pulled cask ales, premium brand lagers, good wine and much much more! We'd love you to give us a try and tell us what you think. We hope you will be pleasantly surprised at what the 'new improved' Hearty Goodfellow can offer to everyone.
Rebecca - 19 Aug 2003 17:58 |
