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Gooseberry Bush (JD Wetherspoon), Nottingham
Nottingham
NG1 4GL
Reviews of Gooseberry Bush (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about Gooseberry Bush (JD Wetherspoon)
A JDW situated to pick up the NTU student trade, albeit located off the main drag and midway up a hill entering a residential area. Looks pretty nice from the outside. Inside is inevitably a bit duller though it is smart and there's some decent elevated window seating plus the blessing of ground floor bogs. Five of the festival ales on, mine could have done with a bit longer in the cellar but was decent enough (NBSS 3). The barman had an actual personality and chatted about the ales as he poured mine. Quite happy with my 30 minutes here.
On 21st May 2026
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about Gooseberry Bush (JD Wetherspoon)
I thought this was a most unusual Spoons. It's set on a fairly steep hill that is in a mainly residential area with no shops, trains or buses in the immediate vicinity, although I did spot a tram at the bottom of the road as I approached it. Inside it seems a lot more plush than many outlets and TV screens were showing sport at a reasonable volume. It wasn't overly busy on my early Saturday afternoon visit and the vast majority of the clientele were fairly young (presumably students).
The bar has two sets of five hand pumps which had two available soon, Doom Bore, Ruddles and six festival ales. I went for the Acorn Barnsley Bitter (£2.15 festival / standard guest price) which was in excellent nick. This seemed a better than average Spoons to me.
On 24th March 2016
- rating: 7
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Alex Conway left this review about Gooseberry Bush (JD Wetherspoon)
A pretty standard Wetherspoons pub but since located so close to Nottingham trent University and its union they have much better prices compared to other city Wetherspoons.
the beer choice is not as good as others such as the Roebuck or Trent bridge inn with some of the basics like Abbot and Ruddels sometimes repeated. I usually opt for a Doombar for £1.99 as their selection often does not excite me but the odd good beer gets through, Everards Tiger was a nice find one week.
This pub gets very busy with students in term time and has two outdoor seating areas to enjoy the sun. a basic spoons with basic beer is nothing to go out of your way for but ok for a stop off if ever around this corner of town .
On 1st October 2015
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes - Patio - last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No - Just the usual 50p vouchers - last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes - Car Park adjacwnt is run for JDW by another company. - last updated 22 March 2016 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 21 May 2026 by Quinno _
