The Five Lamps, Derby

Built on the site of, or formerly named (1883) St Helen's Inn, this pub is a Georgian-styled brick and stone Everard's pub with front and back patio areas. The interior has a U-shaped open room curved around the bar, has part wood panel, with copious tankards and jugs for decoration, along with prints for interest. There was a TV (not on). There were 11 pulls advertised, with the Derby Beer Co Business as Usual, Everard's Tiger and the Peak Brewery Chatsworth Gold all being decent. The service was fine and the food, I just had a build your own burger, was perfectly OK. Visited here a few times over the last few years as Soupette no2 is at Uni in Derby, but this is no student pub. A better than solid performer and worth a visit.

Very functional, yet perfectly formed, locals pub. I dont know how Derby seems to carry over the quantity of pubs and the quantity of beer they serve. Another 8 available here. TT Landlord in great condition. Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2w1lOlC

Tidy, high ceiled pub, has the feel of a Wetherspoons. The room follows the bar around a U shape. Large choice of average quality beers.

Comfortable pub with a modern but still largely traditional interior. Its key selling point is a constant 14 ales available which are to be found around the central wooden floored main semi-circular bar. The ones I noted were Draft Bass, St Austell Tribute and Proper Job, Castle rock Harvest Pale, Peak Ales Chatsworth Gold, Poppy Otter, Everards tiger, the house Five Lamps Ale from the Derby brewing company, Exmore Beast and Boggart Brewery Rum Porter. And at that point I stopped and didn’t bother going round the other side of the bar, and the Rum Porter was on excellent form. There are a couple of carpeted seating areas dotted around the wooden floored central bar area and then there was a largish undercover decking area outside. A solid real ale pub and certainly one worth visiting when in Derby.