Indie-go Resurrection, Sheffield

Semi-famous ale outlet situated below a large block of student digs housed in a modern-Wetherspoons-like interior (clearly new and open-plan but trying to be trad) enhanced by large glass windows which give a nice light and airy feel. There's lots of interesting ales available (around 10), listed above the bar on chalkboards with a bit of info – which in actuality bore little relation to what was really coming out of the handpump…which concerned me slightly. So I tried two ales, both of which were tired and past their best – rather like the girl who was serving in actual fact – very little idea of what she was doing. On the upside, there's lots of foreign beers available (take a look through the glass-sided storage room window) and on the showing of the ale, I'd advise you to stick with those if you come here out of term-time. The toilets have some excellent quality tiling (yes, you can tell I'm looking for positives here, can't you?). The phrase “caught it on a bad day” must suffice. I certainly wouldn't recommend it here based on this experience, that's for sure. Perhaps the only excuse is that I went in on a weekday out of term-time. But that's very flimsy given its reputation/hype.

On a Friday evening around 7 this was an excellent bar with a relatively upmarket clientele, although it can be filled with students at times. Great range of ever changing cask ales always including a couple from Abbeydale. Seating varies from dining tables to armchairs & sofa's to high tables for standing. Plenty of staff on as well. Nice place to call in. However we tried to get a pint in here on the Saturday evening. Three deep at the bar and only 2 serving. We gave up after 10 minutes. Get some more staff on guys! A good pub ruined by lack of staff.