The Head of Steam, Sheffield

I have never been in a "Head of Steam" pub before, not sure if I will again. 10 hand pulls on the bar, offering a good selection of mostly Yorkshire brews, the two pints I had were acceptable, although slightly cloudy. Modern, urban / industrial feel to the inside with no soft furnishings and high ceilings made the place very noisey. Multiple flat screen TVs showing more than one football match with sound only served to ramp up the noise levels to ear defender levels, not helped by lager swilling fans standing staring and getting in the way of everyone. The pub serves food, usual Spoons style pub fare and if it had not been so loud, we might have eaten here. Out the back is a slabbed "beer garden" that is actually part of the theatre square complex. It is however much quieter out there with just the irritation of the chain smokers to put up with.

Official site of Head of Steam - www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

Official site of Head of Steam - www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

The Old Monk is a large pub that is in a old grand looking building. Once inside there was one large oblong shaped room,the serving bar was to the left,ime not sure about the seating as it was busy and things were getting a but blurry. I had a drink of kelham Easy Rider which was a decent drink,i noted one more real ale but not sure what it is now. I was happy enough having a drink in this pub. Pub visited 19/4/2014

Very impressive building from the outside, what a shame it's a one roomed large drinking barn on the inside. There are some booths to the right as you enter along with a quiz machine which refused to take any type of coinage. There are a few high tables with stools, the rest is dining tables and chairs. There are 2 pool tables to the rear. There are loads of screens showing sport. The bar is to the left as you enter and there are 3 handpumps, 2 of these were on serving Sheffield Crucible Best and Abbeydale Moonshine. The Sheffield was in good nick and at £3.20 is about average for the city centre. It's OK for one, but with so many great pubs in Sheffield I doubt that I'll be calling in again.