Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Nottingham

Famous old inn, although you can probably take the claimed date of 1240 with a proverbial pinch of salt. Certainly has plenty of character, with various side rooms in addition to the main bar. Plenty of characters there too, with bikers out in force on last visit but also a group of more timid-looking ghost hunters getting ready to visit the caves underneath. Excellent choice of real ales available, and at a reasonable price too (especially if you can claim the 20p CAMRA discount). Well worth seeking out.

Love coming to this pub that deserves its place in the 2011 Good Beer Guide for the good range of ales on offer. We enjoyed Caythorpe's Birthday Brew and Flipside Flipping Best this visit, and we will be back over the next few days as the Nottingham beer festival is on and there are casks up on stillage ready to supplement the beers on the bar over the next few days. The food is excellent here too.

The Salutation is a very old pub with three rooms downstairs there is also a room upstairs there is only one bar which is in the large main room.There are about 10 handpumps on the bar with two selling real cider the beers available are locals such as Nottingham Rock Bitter plus there are some from further afield.This is a rockers pub with the music on juke box to go with it but i dont feel out of place here and ime not a rocker the beer is kept very well and me and my wife always enjoy having a drink here,children are also welcome in the two smaller rooms all in all a great pub.