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Little John Hotel, Hope Valley
Hathersage
Postal town: Hope Valley
S32 1DD
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about Little John Hotel
Probably the best beer in Hathersage, but a bit odd to find two beers on and both of them stouts. I swerved the Bring out Your Dead from Eyam Brewery - it's a cappuccino stout - and went for the more conventional oatmeal stout from Welbeck Brewery with the unusual name The Rink, with a skating boot on the pump clip. (The "coming soon" display on the bar back had one more stout and two that weren't.) My pint was good (NBSS 3) but poured a little trepidatiously by the inexperienced server. Still, it was a pleasant drink. The bar counter is an unusual construction of local sandstone and a tree trunk section, but the area of the pub to the right, with pool and darts, has a more traditional feel, with wood panelling. To the left is the dining room, which has a display of local photos in colour, not framed but in a wall-covering collage that is fairly impressive. This is a good place to wait for a bus on a winter's day, or for a meal or a few beers in summer, when there will likely be fewer stouts on.
On 21st November 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 4273 recommendations about 3935 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Little John Hotel
The exterior signage is for a hotel (which it is) but this is also very much a pub / restaurant too. Refurbished, semi-traditional bar area, featuring a pool table in the rounded end of the wedge-shaped building, and two other seating / dining areas to the left with a small patio beer garden beyond. Two Eyam beers on the three handpumps: Quarantine blonde ale and the 5.0% ESB.
On 27th June 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 8679 recommendations about 8678 pubs]
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Ian Mapp left this review about Little John Hotel
Locals pub - large, multi roomed including a popular pool room, food and sports TV.
Beer was in great condition - not seen the Welbeck Abbey brewery before but I tell the care the barman was taking in changing one of the barrels that it was looked after.
On 18th April 2019
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1563 recommendations about 1543 pubs]
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Alan Winfield left this review about Little John Hotel
The Little John is a stone built pub that was quite busy on the saturday afternoon i went here,this seems more of a locals pub it had two real ales on these were Wentworth imperial which was very drinkable and Kelham Little John, this isnt a bad pub to stay for a few drinks and alot better than the pub just down the hill from here.
On 10th May 2010
- rating: 8
[User has posted 6113 recommendations about 6113 pubs]