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The Banner Cross, Sheffield

971 Ecclesall Road
Sheffield
S11 8TN

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Greene King

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Ecclesall, Banner Cross

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Will Larter left this review about The Banner Cross

Despite now having the exterior signage of a Greene King pub, there are no beers from that brewery on the bar. My recent visit found Tetleys, Abbeydale Moonshine and Bradfield Farmers Blonde. Apparently this pub is run as a partnership with Greene King, and won an award for Sports Pub of the Year in a presentation reported in the Sheffield Star in March this year. It is very much in the sports bar mould, but is ok for a swift half as the beer is well kept. Please note that the pub's own website is out of date, with the quiz on Tuesdays and Thursdays; information in the pub itself and on Facebook is that it is now on Sunday.

On 19^th April 2022 - rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about The Banner Cross

I understand there's been a change of management here since my last review, and certainly there's been a refurbishment, both outside and in. Nothing much else seems to have changed. there's still a double entrance, with Lounge to the left and Tap Room to the right, though the two rooms are connected by a further area of seating (at high tables) around the back of the smallish, square bar counter, which has two sets of four hand pumps, one for each room. I was in the Tap Room, where Abbeydale Moonshine and Deception, Tetleys Bitter and Bradfield Farmers Blonde were available, but an additional pump clip alongside informed me that Acorn Barnsley Bitter was also on, round the other side. So I went for that. Sadly this wasn't as good as the Timothy Taylor Boltmaker I'd just had in the Cherry Tree, but not through any fault of cellarmanship. There are numerous TV screens showing Sky Sports News, and I know from others who have been recently that there is still a big screen in the back garden for popular games, such as the recently resumed Sheffield derby.

On 12^th October 2017 - rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about The Banner Cross

Quite a nice looking pub, with a bit of Brewer's Tudor about it, and the old Tetleys signage still in place. Beers available at the time of our visit were all middle-of-the-road nationally available brands. Or at least, Yorkshirely available): Sharps Doom Bar, Tetleys Bitter, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, Castle Rock Harvest Pale, Jennings Cumberland Ale and Kelham Island Pale Rider, plus two ciders. Nothing there to make the heart beat faster, and not much to trouble the taste buds either. The lad whose round it turned out to be was shocked at the prices, and queried how much they'd charged for crisps: £1 a bag - and "welcome to the 21st century" was the reply. Perhaps they didn't expect us to come back anyway, so thought they might as well piss us off big style.

We sat in the terraced garden at the back, which must get pretty busy when there's football on, as there's a big screen attached to the back wall of the pub. It was very quiet here out of term time, but I get the impression it's one that'd be popular with the local student population.

Date of visit: 30th July 2014

On 27^th October 2014 - rating: 4
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