The Riverside, Kelham Island, Sheffield

Went in with a group of friends, and made it clear we wanted to eat. The barmaid nodded, and took the price of a round of drinks *before* telling us the kitchen was closed. Won't be going back.

A modern styled bar of one big stripped out room on the ground floor, there is another room upstairs which I didn't visit. The name gives a clue that it is adjacent to the river Don and there is a riverside patio. A bar counter in old pine runs down one side with 7 handpumps serving small brewery beers in good condition and there are keg taps with some more interesting Continental beers from Erdinger, Bellevue, Warsteiner and a Kriek as well as the more regular Hoegaarden, Guinness, Becks and Staropramen. The cider is from Addlestones. Furnished with a mix of farmhouse kitchen tables, chapel seats, and leather sofas, there is a big projection screen and the usual exposed brickwork. Not a pub aiming for the same clientele as the nearby Kelham Island Tavern or Fat Cat.