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The Fat Cat, Kelham Island, Sheffield

23 Alma Street
Sheffield
S3 8SA
Phone: 01142494801

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Old Boots left this review about The Fat Cat

Very close to the Kelham Island Tavern and my favourite of the two, the home of the Kelham Island Brewery, best known for its Pale Rider champion beer. As you enter the pub ignore the double doors in front and take the door to the right, this leads into the L shaped main bar with the counter which squeezes in 12 handpumps and a few very discreetly placed keg taps. Obviously Kelham Island is well represented here with some good small brewery beers on the remaining pumps. Probably no need to mention all beers are kept to the highest quality. The double doors at the front lead into a drinking lobby with a serving hatch, access to toilets and garden, and a door into a small lounge. There is an air of a typical industrial area victorian pub about the drinking lobby and main bar. The small lounge is again a traditionally furnished room with bench seats, tables and an open fire, there is usually a good mix of quieter, friendly customers in this room.

On 1st March 2010 - no rating submitted
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Fat Cat

After an intersting visit to the Kelham Island industrial museum, popped stright in at opening time for a pint of Pride of Sheffield from their own Kelham Island Brewery housed in an adjacent building. I thought that the atmosphere was a little cold at first, but I think that this was largely down to the staff still getting things ready for the day. However, as more customers came in, the conversation livened up and with so many decent beers to try, and at such reasonable prices, I could have stayed all day...

On 28th February 2009 - rating: 9
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train man left this review about The Fat Cat

ps. TT Landlord wasn't on Mon, but I think was listed at £1.89, to give you an idea of prices...

4 February 2009
I've been to FatCats in Ipswich & Colchester but this, allegedly, is the original & not part of the group owning the others (clearly held to be plagiarists in these parts). The beers on offer on Mon were predominantly dark & strong following a weekend winter ale festival, on handpump; Saltaire Winter Ale, Dunham Massey Winter Warmer, Kelham Island Pale Rider & Best Bitter, Derby Brewery Dark Princess, Spire Draymans Delight, Ascot Winter Reserve, Brew Dog Rip Tide (8%), Wensleydale Hardraw Force, Darkstar Victorian Ruby Mild. Nice traditional little bar, welcoming real fire, banquette seating, small tables & stools, serving hatch opposite to corridor, other side of which is a slightly larger, similarly furnished room. Both have some old photos & breweriana mirrors, the latter also displays a signed cartoon by Mike Atkinson (author of the ‘Fat Cat' series). There is an upstairs room for functions or overspill, but flyers in bar announced its use as a bistro one w-end a month (trial venture for chef not connected with pub, £35 for 3 courses matched with beers). Sounds expensive compared to daily lunches such as steak, mushroom&tarragon pies, mexican chicken & rice or Kelham cheese & onion, all £4.40. Pub is very close to Kelham Island Brewery (which is not related to nearby ‘K.I.T.') also the Industrial Museum apparently housing largest working steam engine, the River Don Engine.

On 4th February 2009 - rating: 9
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Roger Button left this review about The Fat Cat

Not as large or as user friendly as its sister pub in Norwich but the Sheffield version probably has more of its original pub atmosphere and traditional layout. The main bar is to the right of the mosaic floor lobby and the first thing that strikes you is the size of the bar itself. In a space little more than the size of a couple of phone boxes, 12 hand pumps are cramped together with a further rank of pumps at the back. The selection and quality of the beers is well documented and I can only endorse previous positive comments and recommend that an entire evening is put aside to explore the various offerings. The carpeted main bar is quite plain with a tiled fireplace upon which a blackboard will steer you through the availability and special offers. Old pictures and brewery mirrors adorn the walls but do not intrude. The ambience is relaxed with no obvious music or TVs to distract conversation. There is a separate lounge bar with an open fire, a further collection of brewery mirrors and upholstered seating. A corridor runs between this and the bar with its own small service area, a history of the pub, a mass of well deserved certificates and the story of Workhouse Mary, the pubs resident ghost. At the rear is a small but pleasant enough beer garden with bench seats and the grim surroundings for the most part hidden behind a high fence. Whilst I personally prefer the Norwich outlet, the Sheffield Fat Cat is a top notch pub worthy of the effort to find in the back streets and with the Kelham Island Tavern 100 yards away, this must be one of the beer hot spots of Britain.

On 29th October 2008 - rating: 8
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Russ Hunt left this review about The Fat Cat

Situated next door to the Kelham Island Brewery this is a traditional corner pub whose beer is consistently excellent. They also serve wonderful home cooked food.

A little out of town but well worth the effort to visit.

On 9th August 2007 - rating: 10
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