Ingleby Arms, Gainsborough

The Ingleby Arms has found its way into the Good Beer Guide. The cask ale (Bradfield Farmer's Blonde) must be good. Although I didn't try it. There is a second handpull, but I'm not sure how often this is used. Ciders were Strongbow & Strongbow Dark Fruit. The pub was busy on my early Friday evening visit. There were plenty of bar blockers along the length of the bar, making service difficult. I retreated to a small room to the front left of the pub, where there was a dartboard and quite a few sports trophies on shelves and in a cabinet. The main bar area is adjacent with a room off to the left in darkness. To the rear, there is a small dining area. A few people had arrived for dinner about the same time as me. Music was playing in the main bar area. I liked the fact that the pub was clearly appealing for quite a few different sets of people - drinkers in the main bar, diners to the rear and even some kind of local society meeting in the small room I sat in. However, it would be nice to see a changing guest beer. Farmer's Blonde is not my favourite.

Official site of Ingleby Arms - www.inglebyarmsmarton.com

Official site of Ingleby Arms - www.inglebyarmsmarton.com

The Ingleby Arms is a white painted pub that is on a fairly busy road to the south of Gainsborough. Once inside the pub seemed pretty much unaltered,there were four smallish rooms which were slightly opened out,we had a drink in the room to the front left which was square shaped with worn leather bench seating,htere was a smarter looking dining room to the rear left plus two more rooms,all rooms were carpeted. There were no real ales on the bar,i had a drink of John Smiths smooth crap which was a lot better than the last drink i had of it in Gainsborough. We were quite dissapointed that this pub did'nt stock at least one real ale. Pub visited 16/8/2014

15/04/11 Friday evening table for 6 not pre-booked arrived 7'ish. This is a pub typical of the Lincolnshire/Nottinghamshire type where there is little segregation between the bar area and the eating section. However, we found the atmosphere to be very enjoyable and it was not too noisy. As with most pubs in this area they do not start serving food until 6pm but they had a great selection on the menu with starters just under £5 and main meals between £8-£16. The 12 ounce Gammon was a hit with us at £8.75 and four of the party chose this. Although, this delayed the serving of the meals as only two lots of Gammon could be cooked at once but all meals were served together and let's just say the portions were plentiful. In fact some struggled to finish the main meal and could not fit in pudding but for those of us who did soldier on the deserts were very good value at around £4 per dish. We found the food to be excellent, the drink very reasonably priced and the service was professional and warm. All in all, we really enjoyed our visit and would not hesitate to return.