Old No 7 (Acorn)

Comfortable and comely traditional pub in the town centre. Brown flooring and furniture give it a slightly formal air. Old No. 7 is mainly a cask pub, with three beers from Acorn supplemented by five guests (including three breweries I’ve not tried). While choice is definitely geared toward the session drinker, there are enough styles represented. Keg isn’t up to much but there are some craft cans in the fridge (my eyesight isn’t what it used to be but there was some Brew York among other colourful cans). Music is piped 80s but they have frequent live music nights.

Split level pub as stated in previous reviews. Very welcoming, young Jessica behind the bar was more than accommodating. Not quite the full range of Acorn beers but my pints of New English IPA were spot on. Will return if in Barnsley again.

Split level ground floor traditional looking pub. It's a little spartan in design on the inside, but this is a functional drinking spot, quite popular, with Acorn ales readily available at the bar, but you'll find some guest ales here too from other microbreweries, so you're not going to be limited to this local brewer. The bar is on the upper level towards the rear.

Was in Barnsley last week, and this was the only decent pub I could find. It ticks the boxes you need: open (a lot of pubs here seem closed most of the time), good beer, efficient, friendly. In my visits it varied from warm, with friendly staff and locals, to slightly military with three grim-faced young men in black dispensing beer with cool efficiency. But then most pubs do vary from visit to visit. The best thing is this place knows how to serve good beer at good prices. They do several Acorn beers, and as that's a favourite brewery of mine, I stuck to those, which were tasty and well kept. But the pub offers other interesting beers as well. I suggest any stranger who wants a good place to drink real beer in Barnsley to head here--it's right in the town centre, handy for everywhere.

Nice old looking pub with Acorn and guest beers on tap. Also a good bottle selection. Free WiFi.

Welcoming & friendly stone built pub. Apparently it’s the Acorn Brewery tap, and although their beers feature, there are lots of guest beers available also. Good mix of well kept cask and interesting keg beers. Flights served. By far the best pub in Barnsley town centre

I really enjoyed this, plenty of room upstairs and a good selection of ales. Highly recommended if you’re in the area.

Great beer lovers pub in the centre of Barnsley. Actually an Acorn brewery tap but doesn't swamp the pumps with its own wears. Usually has 3 or 4 Acorn beers on and an equivalent number of guests. Plus quite a decent keg and bottle range. And that's just upstairs! Downstairs is a cool cellar bar offering a slightly reduced choice but, and this is the key, different to upstairs! They also have music acts and the occasional beer festival. On top of all that a discount card is on offer which, for £5, gets you 10% off all draught products. Do yourself a favour and get one.

Nice pub in Barnsley serving various Acorns from tap, and a changing set of ’guest beers’. Friendly service and although not the right time of day, still some beer lovers in. Bought also a T-shirt. Promised myself to return.

Excellent and very welcome restoration of this old Barnsley town centre pub. Good beer choice, normally four Acorn beers, up to three cask guests and three craft keg. This new arrival on the Barnsley drinking scene held its first beer festival in early February 2012 to celebrate a year’s trading, and will hold a summer beer festival from 5th to 8th July 2012.