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Submitted on Thursday, 7th September 2023
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The Elms, Burton on Trent
Burton on Trent
DE15 9AE
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Reviews of The Elms (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Strongers . left this review about The Elms
The double sided wooden floor bar of the Elms is found to the left of the entrance where bench seating runs along the front window in the small front section and a beer shelf lined with stools is found in the small rear section. Premium keg was available alongside Carling and the four hand pumps were drawing a decent drop of Bass alongside Adnams’ Lighthouse, GK Abbot Ale and Ossett’s Voodoo. To the right of the entrance is a room with banquette seating and a large open plan flagstone floored seating area is found at the rear where a central hooded fireplace sits atop a brick plinth. Up the left under a long skylight is some carpeted seating as well as a dartboard in the left rear corner. Out the back door are some steps up to a beer garden that I only saw through the window. The Bass was good and the service was very friendly so I enjoyed my visit, but it’s on the other side of the River Trent from town meaning it’s a bit of a trek from some other good pubs.
On 15th May 2025
- rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Elms
With time ticking on, I just had enough time for one more Burton pub before heading to the football ground. The Elms is situated slightly uphill and on the other side of the river Trent from town. It is in fact in the Stapenhill area.
This is a nice, traditional pub that has been modernised a litte without spoiling it. There are 2 rooms at the front of the pub, with another to the rear of the bar. Beyond that, there is a much larger modern lounge.
Bass & Landlord are regular beers here. Citra was the guest. A decent pub, but not quite on a par with those in the centre.
On 29th September 2023
- rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Elms
Stuck out on the ‘wrong’ side of the River Trent from the town centre, this is a lovely multi room pub that merits the trek over the water to check out. You enter through a front door with nice etched glass panes bearing the pub name, emerging into a quarry stone floored corridor with smartly painted walls decorated with nice old local photos and some high quality breweriana. There are seating areas either side of this corridor on entry, both of which are bare boarded and boast some nice full-height wall panels. The servery can be found in the left-hand room, where hard bench seating fills the front window bay and a couple of tables and chairs are squeezed into the corners and a lit fireplace on the end wall ensures a cosy feel. The right-hand room has comfortable upholstered banquettes around its perimeter with plenty of low stools in support. There’s also a fireplace on the end wall here too, but it wasn’t lit, which was handy as I was pretty warm having marched out here from the train station. A third, smaller room can be found further along the corridor, facing the back of the servery which means you can’t see which beers are on from here – high stool seating is the order of the day in this space, which was notably unoccupied on my visit. Further back, the pub opens out substantially, as the corridor empties into a restaurant style space with loads of tables and chairs and nice contemporary décor which doesn’t clash with the pub’s overall traditional feel. Music played quietly in the background throughout my stay, and I didn’t notice any TV screens or other such intrusions.
There were four handpulls in operation when I arrived, dispensing Taylors landlord, Draught Bass, Ossett Yorkshire Blonde and Oakham Citra. A very friendly barmaid served up a pint of the latter, which was in excellent shape and just what I needed after the long traipse out here.
This is a very pleasant pub with several nice seating areas, a well-kept selection of ales and very friendly service, which make it well worth crossing the river for. It seems like the sort of place that could work for traditionalists as well as those who prefer a more contemporary setting and I’d happily return if time permitted me to reach such an outlier.
On 7th June 2023
- rating: 8
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- Accommodation : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 11 March 2020 by Will Larter
- Darts : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 11 March 2020 by Will Larter
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 11 March 2020 by Will Larter
- Micropub : No last updated 07 June 2023 by Pub SignMan
- Pinball : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 04 March 2009 by Will Larter
- Real Cider : No last updated 11 March 2020 by Will Larter
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - Requires assistance via the side entrance - last updated 11 March 2020 by Will Larter
- WiFi : Yes last updated 11 March 2020 by Will Larter
