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Trippets, Sheffield
Sheffield
S1 4EL
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
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john gray left this review about Dada
Scruffy sort of pub not what I expected.Lovely pint of Thornbridge-Rev and the Makers made up for the décor.Good range of foreign beers.Strange copper font above the bar at eye-level is just plain daft.
On 13th September 2013
- rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about Dada
Dada is a city centre bar-cum-live music venue operated by Thornbridge Brewery. The layout is a bit odd, as the location of the bar is not immediately apparent when you enter through the Trippet Lane entrance. To reach it, you need to pass through a somewhat sterile seating area with bare floorboards and drab grey walls. There are a couple of comfy sofas and chairs but most of the seating is in the form of metal chairs. There’s a fair bit of room for people in this part of the pub, with plenty of tables including some that have images printed on their surface depicting local bands such as Pulp and the Human League. The décor is fairly quirky and included a mirror with a bowler hat and moustache painted on the glass and lamp shades made from upturned waste paper bins. Moving to the right hand side of this room, the bar appears, obscured partly by a large pillar. There is a blackboard opposite which explains about the Dada movement and a few odd images have been drawn on the surrounding walls. Beyond the bar, the room opens out into a decent sized space that was being set up for a battle of the bands type contest during my stay.
Although the pub was very quiet on a late Saturday afternoon, there were still enough punters sat at the bar to obscure my view of the pumps and force me to order from the side of the bar where an enormous keg font acts as an unintentional snob screen, preventing eye contact with the bar staff. I eventually established that the four ales on offer were Thornbridge Sequoia, Brother Rabbit (£2.80) and McConnells, with Saltaire Cascade Pale as a guest and two real ciders making up the hand pump line up. The keg range included three other Thornbridge brews – Chiron, St Petersburg and Tzara – as well as various German and Belgian options. Long lists on blackboards detailed an extensive bottle range.
I’d been looking forward to checking out another Thornbridge outlet after thoroughly enjoying the Hallamshire House the last time I was in Sheffield, but this place failed to live up to my expectations. Whilst it is undoubtedly worth a look for the beer range or to catch some local bands, I didn’t think it had a great deal else to offer and I found it one of the least friendly pubs in the city.
On 26th September 2012
- rating: 6
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James Joines left this review about Dada
Now refurbished and renamed DADA by Thornbridge Brewery, A wide range of beers available and will host art events and music.
Paid a visit and found as stated by a previous reviewer furniture more cafe/bistro style no doubt to fit in with its arts theme. Real ales from Thornbridge and guests plus a large selection of Thornbridge keg offerings (lagers, Belgium, wheat etc.) also imported Bernard. Friendly and knowlegable barman woth nother visit.
On 31st January 2012
- rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about Dada
All but one of the beers on hand pumps were from Thornbridge, which is not my favourite brewery, so I tried the guest, which was the seasonal Holly Daze from Fyne Brewery in Scotland. Normally I'm a fan of malty Scottish ales, but this one was well past its best - not off, but definitely tired, and at £3.20 a pint I'm not surprised it had spent a long time in the barrel before being poured. There's a substantial "beer menu" available, listing bottled and keg beers only, but as I'd only really popped in to get out of the rain I wasn't tempted to do any further research.
There's a sofa and an arm chair, both in red leather, near the front window, but the chairs elsewhere are all of the metal institutional dining style, and the tables are chunky wooden dining tables with white-painted tops, over-painted with reproductions of what look to be posters advertising Thornbridge ales. Maybe because it was quiet (a dead January mid-week with the storm raging outside) I had plenty of time to study the furniture and decor, and to feel that I would never feel comfortable in a pub like this. OK, it will be right up someone's street, but if I want a real pub I can just cross the road to The Grapes.
The glasses were stamped with the brewery's mission statement, "Innovation Passion Knowledge". Substitute "Pretension" and you've got this place in one word.
On 4th January 2012
- rating: 3
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Old Blue left this review about Dada
This revamped version of Trippets doesn’t look much from the outside, in fact I might have walked past without realising it was a bar if I hadn’t been actually looking for it, It is largely grey with an arty theme, which involves lots of pictures stuck to the walls inside and what appear to be upside down and slotted steel bins as lampshades. This was all slightly irrelevant really, as it was the friendliest and most comfortable feeling venue we’d been to on our recent pub crawls. It has apparently changed management, though excellent bar staff and beer choice have been retained. There are about five hand pumps for ales (Buxton Spa and Kelham Island Easy Rider both went down very well) two more with ciders, a line of taps for craft keg beers, and a wide bottled selection, so for example if you fancy a Raging Bitch or something Doggie Style then this is the place to come. The one we thought might be the weak link turned out to be an Uberpub.
On 25th November 2011
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about Trippets
It was packed to the rafters when I was here last night (see my pub crawl: alternative to West Street) but mostly with the sort of people who stand in corridors because it's so uncool to actually sit down at a table. Having fought my way to the bar and got the barmaid's attention, I then had to wait a further five minutes to get my glass topped up, which the landlord did with good humour. It was too noisy to complain that Tring beers should not be served with a tight sparkler.
There was a good range of real ales available and once we had got away from the crowds and found a table it was actually quite pleasant. Definitely worth a visit if it's not too busy.
On 1st April 2011
- rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about Trippets
Many moons ago this was a pub called The Red Lion. It's now a full blown real ale bar having recently done away with the "Wine & Champagne Bar" bit of it's name and installed a further 5 handpumps bringing the total up to 8. 5 Thornbridge beers including Lion Ale which is rebadged Wild Swan plus 3 changing guests. The Thornbridge Hopton was in very good condition. There are two small rooms to the left of the door as you enter. One has a number of dining tables & chairs the other has an armchair and other oddments of furniture. To the right of the bar is another room with a small stage in the corner where two guys were doing an OK job of some cover versions. Live music features all the time in here now. It's a decent place but it was very quiet on our Wednesday night visit at about 10:30. I suspect it's not always like that.
On 1st November 2010
- rating: 7
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