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The Ropewalk, Nottingham
Nottingham
NG1 5BB
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Alex Conway left this review about The Ropewalk
The Ropewalk Is a large roadside pub in the compact area known as Canning Circus a short walk away from the main centre of Nottingham. The area is renowned for its fantastic selection of pubs located a stone’s throw away from each other who combined probably sell the best selection of real ale in the in city. The ropewalk however has the distinction of being universally known as the worst pub in canning circus and the one me and most others skip when doing the pubs around here. As you enter the pub is one long oblong shaped room that drops down a few stps to the left to match the slope in the road outside. This has always been a student orientated pub and is decked out in predominantly hard wood and wooden panelling that is not the most inviting and does feel a little tacky and generic. More recently it has started to try and focus on being a bit more of a later evei9ng pub/bar with dark/ UV lights and Modern music as well as the introduction of bee pong tables and the Like. Beer wise there are four hand pulls on the bar that also had newly installed keg fronts so I think the whole place might have had a bit of a spruce up. Unfortunately only Doombar and Navigations Britannia Bitter were clipped and the Doombar was turned around so I opted for the Navigation only for it to run out when he tried to pour a pint which I thought was a pretty poor effort given its location and the competition. There were a few less commonly seen keg beers so me and my friend each had a pint of Kozel Lager and Fullers Frontier at a hefty £4 a pop (do students have more money than when I went to University, it sure seems like it). We sat down the bottom on a long leather sofa and finished our drink. This place really falters in comparison with the vastly superior pubs around it and really does seem out of place as all the drinkers around here are really looking for one type of place, it’s not that it even gets that busy. I think this place needs a re think of who it is trying to cater too as at the moment it’s not really working.
On 20th May 2017
- rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Ropewalk
This is a large and rather bland pub with a bit of a drinking barn feel to it, making it slightly out of step with the other pubs in the Canning Circus area. You enter into a shallow but extremely wide space which is essentially divided into three separate areas. The servery is on the rear wall of the middle of these sections - a bare boarded area seemingly set up more for vertical drinking, with just a couple of high tables and stools to gather round. To the left is a split level area with sofas, standard tables and chairs and a lot of fairy lights providing nice muted lighting. Unfortunately this space was roped off on my visit, so I was unable to explore properly, but I got the impression that it was the nicest area in the pub. To the right of the entrance, some more sofas and armchairs fill a space decorated with some rather funky looking wallpaper and lead in turn to an area with a pool table and dartboard. A partitioning wall creates a small wedge shaped space to the rear here where a few more comfy items of furniture can be found. Live sport is prominently advertised throughout and there were a number of screens on throughout showing a Sky Sports channel, allowing me to watch clips of every Premier League goal scored by Matt Le Tissier, which struck me as a pretty niche show to put on in a Nottingham pub. Music played quietly throughout my stay, although I expect it gets a little louder in the evenings. The toilets were labelled 'Standers' and 'Sitters', which, quite frankly, poses more questions than it answers.
Despite the pub's unprepossessing appearance, it has maintained a reputation for offering a decent range of ales, and there were four handpulls in action on my visit, dispensing Oakham Bishops Farewell, Thwaites Lancaster Bomber, Adnams Southwold Bitter and Cottage Scrum Up. An utterly disinterested barmaid poured me a pretty indifferent pint of the Bomber and I instantly regretted not ordering a half.
I didn't really warm to this place, partly because it was pretty dead on this visit, partly because it is devoid of any real charm and partly because I'd been enjoying some fine ale houses around the city prior to visiting. It's a good option to include on a Canning Circus crawl but is some way from being on of the city's must-do pubs.
On 24th March 2015
- rating: 6
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Peter Rydings left this review about The Ropewalk
OK sort of place more for the younger end thats not a bad thing they have got to go some place had a pint of Kelham Island bit warm but its like that in pubs that are young persons places
On 4th July 2014
- rating: 5
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Ropewalk
A good pub this one for spotting Soup Dragons and PG people lurking amongst the twigs. A friendly and welcoming pub with well kept ales. I delved into the Kelham Island Bud Ekins, Belvoir Gordon Bennett and the Fyne Ales Jarl. Camra Discount was brill. Will return.
On 16th November 2011
- rating: 8
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Soup Dragon left this review about The Ropewalk
A terraced modern pub and eatery. Seemingly inspired by an architect that specialises in railway tunnels, the lower half is in black and multi-paned windows and the upper in a grey ashlar block effect, also with multi-paned windows.
The interior has two floors, both with their own serving bar. The lower floor is an open plan arrangement with two brick vaulted areas to the left on entry. The décor mainly sees green, green patterned wallpaper and purple/black on the walls on both floors, with a wood floor. There is a brick fireplace at one end. There are green and white sofas, large pots and twigs with fairy lights on them, twigs without fairy lights and lots of fairy lights scattered around without twigs, which, along with mixed art on the walls makes for a nice front room. There is a pool table. There was a TV, but it wasn’t on at my visit and the music was mixed and at a soft level. The service was fine and the clientele consisted of a load of studenty females that could model for England and a group of pubs galore people that could model for Wetherspoons. The place does a good priced food menu – 2 for £10 and so forth, but I didn’t eat so can’t comment on that.
Beer; the usual tap stuff with Kelham Bud Elkins, Fyne Ale’s Jarl, Doombar, Belvoir Gordon Bennett and a decent Ilkley Stout Mary on handpull
I felt old…….so old, but darn decent beer and a good discount for CAMRA members. I would return, but armed with hair courtesy of Just For Men and a Kindle under my arm
On 16th November 2011
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Gill Smith left this review about The Ropewalk
Another first for me to this pub and it was one that we really felt comfy in, as well as enjoying the excellent ale in dimpled half pint mugs, something we rarely see these days. CAMRA discount excellent too. Another to be visited in this area of Nottingham and quite a group of decent pubs serving good real ale make it an area to come back to. Our beer choice was Fyne Jarl and Kelham Island Bud Ekins.
On 14th November 2011
- rating: 9
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Ropewalk
From the outside this looks like any typical city centre bar,indeed the interior maintains that vibe,twigs and all.However there is an admirable focus on real ale with very generous discounts for CAMRA card holders.My Fyne Ales Jarl was outstanding and there was a good selection of other beer styles.Dimple mugs were the default option,another nod to ale traditionalists.
The small bar is infront of the entrance while to the left is a seating area with large picture windows giving good views of the street scene.To the right of the building there was a pool table but oddly surrounded by sofas which must make playing a frame tricky when the pub is busy.I didn't venture up to the first floor on my brief visit.
Clearly popular with the younger drinker,but worth a more extended stay to sample their interesting range of real ales,all in all a very pleasant surprise.
On 12th November 2011
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Ropewalk
Although there are some sizeable windows on two levels in the facade, this faces north and the interior has been made deliberately gloomy by having black-painted walls and ceilings. Mixture of modern and traditional furniture. Pool table upstairs. Clientele mostly students. Some food and drink offers, but not that cheap. Three beers available on handpump - the regular Doom Bar plus guests such as Hop Back Elf & Hoppiness and Brew Dog Riptide (£3.00).
On 24th January 2011
- rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Ropewalk
The Ropewalk is a large pub converted from a fish restaurant,there were three real ales on but i car'nt remember what these were but they were quite expensive,the pub is very close to canning circus and so it gets a lot of students in there is'nt much normal seating there seems to be settees eveywhere this is'nt my type of pub but it does sell real ale and it was a decent pint.
On 10th July 2010
- rating: 7
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