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The Babington Arms (JD Wetherspoon), Derby
Derby
DE1 1TA
Reviews of The Babington Arms (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Babington Arms (JD Wetherspoon)
Pleasant and welcoming 'spoons, featuring opening windows at the front for the summer, a small terrace and a few more tables out on the pavement. Usually has a decent selection of real ales in addition to the standard Ruddles, Doom Bar and Abbot, on this visit being three from Acorn, Flack Manor's Hedge Hop (£2.63) and one each from Gadds and Beermats. Hardly a picture architecturally, but always worth a stop.
On 25th February 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 8117 recommendations about 8117 pubs]
Steve C left this review about The Babington Arms (JD Wetherspoon)
Converted from an old shop, the Babington Arms is a Wetherspoons with some covered seating out front that is shielded from the passing high street by large planters. Inside, the bar counter runs up the right facing open plan seating to the left in what isn’t the biggest Spoons. In amongst the usual keg are three banks of six hand pumps that were drawing the usual three plus Pedigree, Brewster’s Aromantica, Milestone’s Raspberry Wheat Beer, Wainwright’s Gold, Theakstone’s Old Peculiar, Otter’s Amber, and Titanic’s Anchor. The service was polite and the Amber was on good form, so I’d pop back in if passing.
On 31st July 2023
- rating: 6
[User has posted 5249 recommendations about 5217 pubs]
Pub SignMan left this review about The Babington Arms (JD Wetherspoon)
This is an old-fashioned branch of Wetherspoons set in what I assume is an old shop unit, now opened out across a split-level interior and decorated in the fashion of many similar early ‘Spoons branches. You enter to the lower main bar area which is carpeted and offers plenty of seating, mainly in the form of basic tables and chairs at the front and high tables and stools further back. The servery is along the right-hand wall and has a traditional counter fronting a rather disappointingly plain bar back. Throughout this part of the pub, dark wood panels dominate the walls and etched glass partitioning screens break up the space a little, with plenty of those local history boards and photos dotted around, all of which date the pub to one of a vintage that they no longer churn out. A couple of steps to the rear take you up to a carpeted rear seating space with full height wood panelled walls, banquette booths down one side and a single long banquette down the other. A large bookcase to the rear houses a big stack of board games and this would by far have been the nicest spot in the pub to bag a seat, were it not for the fact that every single table was absolutely filthy, with stacks of plates and empty glasses rendering several tables unusable and the rest clearly not wiped down, with food waste on the chairs and no sign of anyone to come and fix the mess throughout the duration of my stay.
On the bar, the usual three regular ales were complimented by five guests, of which I sampled the Bradfield’s farmers Blonde, which was in moderately good shape and served to me by a friendly barmaid who looks like she’d just as easy kill you if you dared step out of line.
There’s some good stuff here, especially if you prefer the older style of ‘Spoons, as it’s quite a nicely put together pub, but the absolute state of the place made staying here for any more than the bare minimum a really unpleasant task. The lack of cleanliness also made the whole place feel a bit neglected and I will most likely only remember the negatives despite some obvious good points, such as a decent guest ale selection. There are enough better pubs, and better Wetherspoons pub for that matter, around the city centre to consign this to the ‘visited once, never again’ category.
On 18th July 2023
- rating: 4
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 February 2017 by ROB Camra
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- CAMRA Discount : No - JDW vouchers only - last updated 12 February 2017 by ROB Camra
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- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 12 February 2017 by ROB Camra
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- Real Ale : Yes last updated 12 February 2017 by ROB Camra
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- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 12 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 12 February 2017 by ROB Camra
