Caught & Bowled, Nottingham

The Caught and Bowled is Gitbrooks newest pub in an area now surrounded by micro pubs. This forms part of a nice little crawl and was one of the stop offs of one of our most recent. It is a former newsagent so is one tight, compact narrow room with the bar on the right hand side as you enter. This place I hear is run by Nottinghamshire and England Cricket Player Samit Patel’s dad. On my previous two visits I have enjoyed Black iris Snake Eyes at a very competitive price of £2.90 and kept in top condition. This was one of five possible beers and Black iris frequently features as well as other Nottingham micros and some of the better regionals such as Timothy Taylor and Titanic. I agree with Will about the sound, it really could do with a few more soft furnishings and it does get incredibly loud and does seem a bit cold hard and bare at the moment but given time I think it will acquire a bit more character. My only gripe is we visited on an unusually hot and sunny day in April and outside the main entrance is a small standing area fenced off from the pavement for smokers yet drinks could not be taken and drank in this space so people melted inside. Less of the pubs policy than the local councils but it was still a bit annoying none the less. Overall a great little addition to the Giltbrook pub scene and one I will now frequently stop off at when dong the rounds in the Kimberly/Giltbrooke/Eastwood Area.