Crafty Crow, Nottingham

Full description below from OB. We sat in one of the semi-circular banquettes on the first floor area facing the bar. All Magpie beers on our post lockdown visit, but there is still a decent range of styles. Friendly and attentive staff, meant that despite it being all table service, we were served quickly. No yummy mummies in during our Sunday afternoon visit, so us trendies just sat and had a quiet chat. It's very well done and someone has spent some serious money here. We would have called in again, but they're closed on Mondays at the moment.

Opposite the castle’s gate, fearsomely modernised and on three levels. The central horseshoe servery has 12 pulls, eight in use for beer, with cider on a couple plus 12 kegs on a horseshoe and more on a converted brewing vessel on the bar back. There are bottles and cans as well. The pulls are split either side of the servery with owners Magpie’s beers one side and other brewers round the back. Elegantly designed with a variety of furnishings, some tables are made from old cask ends but don’t let that fool you, it’s a proper posh place as befits the trendy and yummy mummy type clientele. Look out for the metal birds on the balustrades then tell me if they're crows or magpies?Beer quality in the average to good area.

nice range of high quality beers. And a nice mix of from lunch time and evening meals

Not as busy as the nearby Fothergills or Olde Trip, where the fine weather had encouraged drinkers to spread out onto the pavements and grass, the Crow was a comparative haven of peace and solitude. It's quite a cool and stylish interior, which I appreciated after the glare of the early May sunshine. There are 12 hand pumps and a number of keg, bottle and can options as well: all beers and ciders are listed on blackboards. My Magpie Four for a Boy dark ruby mild was very good. Not my first visit here, and I'll definitely make a point of coming here next time I'm in Nottingham.

Official site of Crafty Crow - craftycrownotts.co.uk

Official site of Crafty Crow - craftycrownotts.co.uk