Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, Nottingham

A large modern Wetherspoons like pu.... Well, maybe not. As its well reviewed here I'll give it a go. Multi-roomed with cave-like areas to sit, a dining room up some steps by the bar, a 'haunted snug' to the rear of the servery and a small outside bit to the right of the servery. 9 handpumps that I saw with Welbeck Abbey, Derventio and some other brewery on today.

We often pop into here for one when in Nottingham despite the fact that it's very touristy. The first few times I called in here it was a Hardy & Hansons pub, which was swallowed up be Greene King sadly. These days there are GK beers on the bar, but they're also allowed a decent range of guest ales. Downstairs isn't that interesting although it's all very old of course and they have a ring the bull game in one corner. Upstairs is the gem where you can find the pregnancy chair and the haunted galleon amongst other oddities. The beer is usually in good condition as it should be as they have a quick turnover. It's a must visit, at least once, when in Nottingham.

It seems that just about anybody who is anyone has visited this pub and reviewed it, so I thought I might as well have a go as well. Whether or not it really is the country’s oldest pub, as it claims, is anyone’s guess, but it most definitely is old. Built into the side of the hill, it has several different nooks, crannies and small drinking areas surrounding the servery. There are a couple of banks of pumps that I saw, so one has to make the effort to push past the throng in front of the first bar (that’s the way it was during my recent early evening visit) to see what ales are on at the back of the bar. Although it’s a Greene King house their ales didn’t dominate. We had pints of Shipstone’s Gold Star blond, which was a decent enough drop. It must be over ten years since my previous visit, and I’m glad to say that it doesn’t seem to have changed one bit. It’s a pub full of character, and a must for any pub enthusiast visiting Nottingham. But for that reason it’s very popular and does get very busy. But it’s worth the effort nonetheless.

Called here many times had a bad visit girl behind the bar hada face like a slapped a--e did not want to be there growled at us pulled to very bad pints of old trip Will call back like we always do when in this city