The Hearty Goodfellow, Southwell

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An attractive and traditional looking pub located a short stroll away from the main High Street, but very handy if you’re visiting the Minster, this has something of a food focus with a desk just inside the door to check people in, but you could nonetheless approach the bar and the smaller section to the right did not appear to have any reserved tables. Stained glass in the window is inscribed with Smoke Room and Tap Room, although these days it has all been opened out in to one single room.

Décor wise it’s quite traditional with plenty of black beams on the ceiling with the right hand drinking half perhaps feeling a little more bar like with wood strip on the floor and a TV in the corner showing a news channel, although the volume was off so this was not too intrusive. The left hand eating area was carpeted and had a few pictures of the locale dotted around the walls, including the Minster. Walling was predominantly plain plasterwork, although there was patterned wallpaper in places and exposed brick fireplaces at either end, whilst the seating was a mixture of fitted sofas around some of the perimeter, and regular tables and chairs elsewhere. The food menu offered a decent looking selection of pub grub dishes although we found the food to be a bit hit and miss, with the lasagne being extremely bland.

Beers on tap were Elgood’s Blackberry Porter, Blue Monkey Infinity, Castle Rock Preservation and Everard’s Sunchaser and Tiger. Ciders meanwhile were well represented with Aspall’s, Rosie’s Pig, Lilley’s Mango, Friels, Tipsy Marion Sting, Celtic Marches Tutti Frutti and Broadoak Moonshine.

On 10^th June 2025 - rating: 7
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