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The King Billy, Nottingham
Sneinton
Postal town: Nottingham
NG2 4PB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The King Billy
Lovely old corner pub with small rooms to the front and rear with the bar itself in between and a third room off to the right-hand side. There is a nice tiled floor and the pub has quite a nice rustic feel. It was quite busy on our early Friday evening visit. Dogs are welcome and one corner of the front room has pictures of local canine customers.
The two regular cask ales are Black Iris Snake Eyes & Oakham Citra. Guest beers were Lenton Lane Cloudburst, Liquid Light Blue Jay Way, Ossett/Vault City Fruited Pale, Little Brewing Epiphany & Little Critters White Wolf. Ciders were Sneinton Number of the Beast, Sting Merry Monk, Gwynt y Ddraig Happy Daze, SeaCider Medium & Snail's Bank Banoffee Pie. Craft beers were Shiny Wipeout & Vault City Iron Brew.
Food is also served here seemed to have a Mexican influence, with tacos, nachos and quesadillas available.
I enjoyed my visit here despite it being quite busy. My local Sneinton cider was certainly enjoyable. With quite a few good pubs in this area, I'm sure I will be back one day.
On 27th February 2025
- rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about The King Billy
A superb early 19th century traditional and characterful pub,there is a central bar area with rooms either side, It boasts eight hand pulls serving up interesting beers from independent brewers, I went for Thornbridge Galaxy & Simcoe, served up in good nick. Top pub.
On 20th November 2024
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The King Billy
Nowadays only branded as The King Billy rather than King William IV, this corner alehouse has a plain (if distinctive) two-tone green exterior on both sides. Simple furniture and traditional decoration in the two bars separated by the central servery, and also in the inconspicuous rear room. Eight handpumps dispensing cask ales from mostly smaller breweries, plus Oakham Citra. Staying local, I went for Hollow Stone's Pale Ale (£4.20), with their Frassasi blood orange IPA also available.
On 14th July 2024
- rating: 8
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Danny O'Revey left this review about King William IV
Great place this, looks down at heal from the outside but lots of TLC inside, feels comfortable and with good quality beer
On 1st July 2024
- rating: 8
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Old Boots left this review about King William IV
An old favourite of mine in this part of Nottingham. Ten pulls, although only eight usually on sale, of good beer from smaller breweries, do Oakham or Thornbridge count as smaller? Three T-Bars of kegs, usual suspects on one at the left getting more interesting as you move right, got ciders as well. Pretty much an unspoiled style interior if a little basic with a two room layout either side of a central servery. There’s more space to the right in a new annex and upstairs a roof terrace, apparently. Matching wooden chairs in two colours (black and pine) at mainly Britannia tables. Lots of dark tongue & groove, tiled floor and the usual crop of pictures, maps and gig posters. Of course there are nic-nacs on shelves as it’s a proper pub just to confirm that, it has proper frosted windows and there are pies, sausage rolls and cheese scones for sale. The music was heavy metal and prog today.
On 6th May 2022
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Ian Mapp left this review about King William IV
Good Beer Guide 2021 entry. Several hand pulls on - my Oakham Citra was not the best example that I have had.
Small front bar - with mismatched furniture that includes your nans dining table.
Ok but I much preferred the Fox and Grapes over the road.
On 23rd October 2021
- rating: 6
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Alex Conway left this review about King William IV
A fantastic real ale pub located just out of the city center in a rougher pedestrian area. Dont let this put you off as inside you are made very welcome by the landlord who keeps seven very well kept ales (mainly pale hoppy beers) Prices are very reasonable with Oakham Citra being £3.20, this is a regular alongside Oakham Bishops farewell. Dukeries. black iris and Thornbridge have also frequently featured and their is always a hand pulled real cider along side some lesser seen keg offerings such as Leffe and imported Lagers.
The only real bad point is the uncomfortable nature of the front seating area which is a little cramped and hard but i cannot comment on the rear of the pub which i presume has more/better and more comfortable seating. all in all its good beer guide selection is very much deserved and ifs absolutely worth a visit.
On 18th July 2019
- rating: 9
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Aqualung . left this review about King William IV
Set just off the eastern part of the city centre this is a traditional old pub with separate rooms. The front bar has the beer choices so I settled for that. This room was long and narrow with low tables & chairs and a cream tiled floor. It was good to see there were no bar stools leaving a clear view of the beers on offer, although having arrived just after 11:00 on a Saturday morning I was the only one in.
The landlord here is a beer enthusiast who clearly tends to stock beers he likes, almost entirely pale hoppy ones. I'm not complaining!
There are nine hand pumps with one devoted to Old Rosie cider. Beers were Oakham Bishop's Farewell, Citra & Green Hop IPA, Dukeries De Lovetot, Black Iris Bleeding Heart & Snake Eyes, Glentworth Citrus Sun and Falstaff Rosa Bonheur,
I went for the Citrus Sun (£3.00) and Snake Eyes (2.90) both of which were pale and hoppy and went down a treat.
This was an excellent start to my day in Nottingham and is deservedly GBG 2015 listed.
On 7th July 2015
- rating: 9
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Pub SignMan left this review about King William IV
A fairly short walk from the Lace Market part of town, this is a cracking traditional Victorian boozer with a slightly opened out two bar interior. The pub is focussed around a nice dark wood centrally positioned servery, surrounded by a number of distinctly separate areas. The front bar has tiled flooring, white walls and several small round tables around the perimeter, served by the unusual sight of alternate light and dark wood chairs. A row of traditional pewter mugs hang from the bar canopy and the room has been enlivened with various Victorian era paintings and some decorative touches such as the light fixtures and several mirrors. To the right of the bar there is a seating area with half panelled walls in a black and red colour scheme and from here you can access a cosy side room with some comfortable looking seating and what might be described as comparatively modern art and décor. The second bar to the rear is carpeted and offers a good amount of seating in slightly comfier surrounds than the front bar area. Some marvellous paintings fill the walls alongside clocks, mirrors and other such appropriate items that enhance the traditional feel of the room. Stairs apparently lead up to a pool and darts room as well as a roof terrace of all things, which all presumably helps broaden the pub's appeal a little.
On entering you are immediately confronted by a fine row of hand pumps, which on this visit were offering Oakham Bishop's Farewell, Inferno and Citra, Shiny Wrench, Brewster's Hophead, Falstaff Escher, Dukeries Furnival and Oldershaw Posh Blonde, as well as Weston's Old Rosie cider. Keg options included another Shiny brew, Leffe and a few mainstream brands. I had a magnificent pint of the Hophead served to me by a very friendly barman who was busying himself with the production of sausage rolls which were offered around to grateful punters for feedback.
This is a great little pub that is slightly out of the way compared to the city's other fine ale houses, making it a bit awkward to easily incorporate into a crawl but marking it out as the must-do pub on this side of town. I loved the beer and ambiance in here and very much look forward to a return visit.
On 17th April 2015
- rating: 8
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Soup Dragon left this review about King William IV
I assume that this pub dates to the 1830s, hence the name. It is an end terraced pub in white and red. It has a plain but nice look, with its sash windows. The blocked doorway, satellite dish and the bars on the windows show how times have changed for this pub. The interior has a couple of rooms served by a central island serving bar. The rooms were in white, with a red ceiling and the bar had a fakey brick floor. General prints populated the walls and general bar tables and chairs the room. The TV had cricket on and the background music was general and at a decent level. The service was fine and the clientele a mixed bunch of locals - a real community feel. Beer, usual tap stuff with Everard's MILD (decent) with several handpulls; Blue Monkey Infinity; Oakham JHB, Bishop's Farewell (decent) and Citra; Ossett Yorkshire Blonde and Nottingham Brewery Extra Pale Ale. A great beer choice, a nice little pub - if you can get over the bars on the windows.
On 30th April 2013
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