The Fat Cat, Kelham Island, Sheffield

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The bar of the Fat Cat is found to the right where a central L-shaped serving counter faces banquettes across the front windows and up the right-hand wall. I counted eight hand pumps that were drawing TT Landlord, Neepsend Brew Co’s Fat Cat House Ale (Kipa?), Fixed Wheel Brewery’s Kaisia, Fat Cat Brewery’s Ultra Hopz, Wantsum’s Dynamo, Wensleydale’s Chaos or Calm, Donnington Brewery’s Best and Three Acre’s Ruby Porter. I sat at a table next to the fireplace at the rear with a pint of Dynamo, which was OK. There were less than 20 customers so I decided to take the chance to have a wander, which took seconds because this isn’t the biggest place. I finished my pint sat in the left-hand carpeted room where there’s a fireplace on the rear wall and banquettes along the front and up the left. The service was polite and the beer selection is great so a must visit in this area of great boozers.

One of those pubs that you feel can't be as good as it is reported, but each visit I end up thinking what a good pub it is, especially for a lovely dark beer and a pork pie.

I can’t add anything to the reviews below, a multi roomed pub with lots of ales to go at. Pleasant beer garden at the back and well priced food all day.

The Fat Cat is what I would describe as a proper pub,little unchanged inside it would seem through the decades. With 12 Handpumps in total, 8 in use on my visits there was plenty of choice , Kelham Islands Easy Rider and Pale Rider along with Durham West Coast IPA were mine. The decently priced pub grub was available all day , another bonus. A must visit pub on anyones list.