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The Peacock, Nottingham
Nottingham
NG1 3FB
Reviews of The Peacock (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about The Peacock
I've passed - and photographed - this gorgeous pub many times during its years of closure and near dereliction, so it's great to be able to go inside. It seems to have been restored with sensitivity, but the beer preferences of potential customers in this part of town - see the Rose of England opposite - don't seem to tend very much in the direction of cask beers. (There's an offer: buy five pints get the sixth free, but I only saw it advertised in the toilet; maybe I wasn't looking hard enough.) The offering on three hand pumps was Wye Valley HPA, Old Speckled Hen and Theakston Quencher, their 3.4% tax reduction exploiter, which turned out to be beyond tolerable and was taken off sale after I complained. (The other two were no better than NBSS 3.) The HPA was especially bland - why bring bland beers all the way from Hereford, surely there are local beers that are equally inoffensive?
On 7th June 2025
- rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about Peacock Hotel
A Grade II listed building, this pub is on CAMRA's Regional Inventory of pubs with historic interiors. In many ways it's a typical Victorian pub, entering into a small vestibule with doors on the left and right bringing you into the public and lounge bars respectively. The public bar on the left is the less interesting of the two, being the result of a relatively recent fitting, although it does have the pub's only bar counter, on which resides a couple of turntables, plus a shelf in the bar back with loads of vinyl records on it. The lounge on the right has some very nice inter-war fittings, including some purpose built banquettes with high quality wooden fittings and panelling above them, plus an integral glazed showcase containing ceramics such as Toby jugs and the like. There are loads of other bits of decor around the room, such as stuffed fish in glass frames, a bust of Napoleon, a fancy ormelu clock, a stuffed and mounted fox head, etc, etc. But the most fascinating thing about this room are the bell pushes sited all over the room, which are still operational and can be used to summon table service for drinks (but not on Friday and Saturday when it gets too busy) for a small charge.
The beer choice was pretty good as well, with five ales on. The best options looked to be either the Old Peculiar or the Caledonian Autumn Red. I didn't see any sign of food when we visited on Friday evening. This has very swiftly become one of my favourite Nottingham pubs. It's certainly worth the fairly short walk from the Friday mayhem in the centre of town to visit this little oasis of pub quality and tranquility. I expect to visit agin when I re-visit Nottingham.
On 30th November 2015
- rating: 8
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Alex Conway left this review about Peacock Hotel
A great city pub often overlooked my a lot of people including myself until recommended to me recently. The frontage of the pub does not reflect the interior that has been unchanged for many years that has a very unique style to it.
The beer selection is always very good and the beers are kept in a grand condition. usually 6 real ales feature with old Peculier always available(a very rare find in nottingham) as well as Harvest pale, the rest are guests and heavily featured brewery's are caladonian, Theakstones, Buttercome, and Adnams.
my pint of old peculier was lovely all be it at a very pricey £3.70 but a 10p CAMRA discount is offered.
This pub is a good stop on the Mansfield road pub crawl that is not nearly as popular as it deserves. the rooftop terrace in summer is great to soak up the sun and and enjoy a beer, highly recommended.
On 30th September 2015
- rating: 8
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Netherfield, 3.66 miles, 1 hr 10 min walk (show)
Carlton, 3.68 miles, 1 hr 11 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes - Roof terrace - last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10p per pint, 5p per half - last updated 16 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes - Until 5 p.m. - last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : Yes - According to Facebook page - last updated 21 July 2015 by Dave McNally
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes - Occasional - acoustic - last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 30 September 2015 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 November 2015 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
