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The Lord Nelson Inn, Ipswich
Ipswich
IP4 1JZ
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Lord Nelson Inn
Set on what seemed to be to be a busy and dangerous traffic junction, this pub features in the current Good Beer Guide. It looks quite large from the outside, but the interior is much more manageable. A single room is separated by several pillars with a fairly small outdoor courtyard at the rear.
Real ales are dispensed from old casks behind the bar. Adnams Southwold Bitter & Ghost Ship are the regular beers. Broadside was a third of theirs. Two guests were Green Jack Little Green Men & Colchester No. 88. The cider was unsurprisingly Aspall's.
Tables were reserved for lunchtime when we arrived and our large group got scolded for removing the chairs so we could all sit around one table. However, we weren't staying for long. So, they soon had the furniture re-positioned. I was expecting a little more from this place.
On 22nd October 2024
- rating: 5
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Quinno _ left this review about The Lord Nelson Inn
A large old Adnams pub which looks attractive with a half-timbered and dormer-windowed exterior but has the misfortune to sit opposite a horrific junction with traffic rumbling past feet away from the place. Previous openings-out have robbed it of the character the building exterior merits, however wood beams and fittings and some chunky wood furniture manage to salvage it a bit. An odd layout as you enter to a duck egg coloured room with no sign of the bar; this is tucked away round a corner. Five wooden looking casks inset behind the bar (were they simply fascias? I fancy I got tannic notes on my Broadside) with three Adnams on via gravity; Ghost Ship, Southwold Bitter (NBSS 3.5) and Broadside (3). Sausage rolls available and we tried the veggie option which was really rather good. Maybe a bit mimsy as a pub but it was good beer and I warmed to the place as time went past.
Visited early August.
On 12th September 2021
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about Lord Nelson
This was the only pub visited in Ipswich that I had been to before. In the early 90s there was no Dove, Fat Cat or the like and no JDWs so Adnam's tied houses were by far the best option in the area. I can't say I really recognised it as it looked much cleaner and brighter than I remembered and was almost empty on a Thursday early afternoon. There is what looks like a new carpet with bare wood tables and old chairs. The gravity dispense works here simply because the beer is stored at cellar temperature.
I didn't note the five beers but from memory they were Old, Mosaic, Bitter, Ghost Ship and Broadside. I went for the Ghost Ship which was in excellent condition but the price is where this place starts to fall apart. It was £3.70 which made it the most expensive pint of the day. If Adnam's can sell their beers to JDW at a price that allows them to sell it at the standard guest ale price (£2.15 in my case after two recent price increases) why do they need to charge London prices in a pub on the edge of Ipswich town centre? At that price for Ghost Ship I'm not surprised it was empty.
I still have a lot of faith in Adnam's brewery but wouldn't return here given the better and cheaper options nearby.
On 26th January 2016
- rating: 5
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Derby Road (Ipswich), 1.09 miles, 21 min walk (show)
Westerfield, 2.07 miles, 40 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No - Whatpub claims there is but no other info and I didn't see anything - last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- WiFi : Yes - You'll probably have to ask for the code - last updated 22 October 2024 by Blue Scrumpy
