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Submitted on Sunday, 17th March 2024
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Fagans, Sheffield
Sheffield
S1 4BS
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Reviews of Fagans (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about Fagans
A small Irish pub, with a larger front room where the counter is to the right, there’s a small snug to the rear where Dublin songs were being sung on my Saturday afternoon visit and a tiny snug at the front right of the building. The counter has four pulls, with two beers from Kelham Island, a Thornbridge Wild Swan and a very poor Draught Bass, about as dead as that beer’s history. A T-bar of five supplies the lager and cider. This is a genuine Irish pub with Irish snacks, a range of Irish whiskies, a couple of big Guinness dual tap boxes and Irish customers. It has a hot box of pies and sausage rolls in a corner. Nice pub shame about the cask, probably best to stick to Guinness.
On 17th March 2024
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Graham Coombs left this review about Fagans
Starting from a position of not being over-familiar with this pub before the change of owner, I would rate it pretty highly. I always like multi-roomers with peripheral seating, little snugs and good ales. There was a rather raucous group in the back room, but this just added to the feel of a good pub. On the beer front there was no Bass on but it did have Ossett Blonde, Kelham Island Pale Rider and Titanic Plum Porter - the latter being very drinkable.
On 16th August 2023
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about Fagans
Reopened in March 2023 after the retirement of long-term licensees Tom and Barbara, whose tenure followed that of the eponymous Fagan. The new owners are a syndicate including a member of the Arctic Monkees and other local bar owners. I called in a couple of days after reopening to find not all that much changed, but it was difficult to look around in detail as it was pretty busy on Sunday afternoon. I went in the very small but empty snug just to the right on entering, which has fittings dating to a refit in 1953 (as detailed and pictured on the pub heritage link below).
There were four hand pulled beers on the bar, and I went for the Bass - reputedly the only appearance of this beer in Sheffield. I was a little surprised to be charged £5 for a 4.4% beer, but I did note someone being charged the same for a Guinness. I think the Americans have a term for this: price gouging. (The nearby Dog & Partridge was selling the notoriously expensive Timothy Taylors Landlord for £4.40.) I was less surprised to find the beer only just scraping NBSS 3.0, as many pubs seem to struggle to get Bass right - a notable exception in my experience being the Station Inn at Derby.
The emphasis at the pub will be on live music, so I can add tinnitus as another reason for not making a special effort to return here.
On 13th March 2023
- rating: 6
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- Historic Pub Interiors - pubheritage.camra.org.uk
Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 07 August 2013 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 13 March 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 27 July 2013 by Will Larter
