The Roebuck Inn (JD Wetherspoon), Nottingham

Official site of The Roebuck Inn (JD Wetherspoon) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Official site of The Roebuck Inn (JD Wetherspoon) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Presumably the two Georgian town houses it occupies have been knocked into one judging by the spine wall. Residual walls and wooden screens in one side give it an older feel while the other side, containing the servery is more modern styled with exposed brick and stuff. Two groups of five pumps plus the usual kegs on T-bars etc. 7 guests plus the unholy trinity on the cask side.

A very big Wethers. Multi-roomed and on 2 floors plus a beer terrace. The ground floor place has a load of different areas to sit and the servery is L-shaped. 15 handpumps in 3 banks of 5 with the rubbish at the side of the bar. The rest were a decent selection of ales. I liked this Wethers.

This is a Spoons set in a red brick building down an old alley off the Old Market Square. The building looked like it may have been an old warehouse or factory. Inside it's a large space with a bar in the middle and various areas off this. I didn't even notice that there was an upstairs area. The downstairs bar had two sets of five hand pumps with the JDW Trio Of Doom, Derventio Golden Ale and six festival ales. The Dark Star Revelation (£2.29 festival / standard guest price) was superb both in the morning and early evening when I had something to eat with it. I thought this was clearly the best of the four central Nottingham Spoons that I've visited.