Latest reviews from Barnsley

“A lovely pub, about 15 minutes walk from the town center (but you can go past the two in the Arcade and the Old No 7 on your way). Friendly staff. Good selection of cask beers“

deanso 167 days ago

“Nice place with free WiFi. 5 of their own beers on keg. Very reasonable prices about 10 to 1.85 a half. Friendly service.“

deanso 434 days ago

“Nice place opposite a jolly Boys arcade. Free wifi. Decent tap selection. I paid 1.85 for a half of Nailmaker citra.“

deanso 434 days ago

“Not sure what this is. An homage to art deco. A record shop with a bar, or a bar with a record shop. And a very good bar, with a couple of casks complemented by a small but spot-on selection of keg: Fierce, Rooster, Lervig and Nailmaker. They’ve got a 1961 jukebox in a room which didn’t open until after I left, so I’ll have to come back here. Some people may find this place pretentious but I’m at home in its arty, manic pixie dream pub atmosphere. Not to be missed.“

jjsint 558 days ago

“A small two-floor brewpub certainly worth trying. Friendly and well-loved, the Jolly Boys Tap offers five of their own beers, all ore styles from 3.8 to 5% alongside a couple of box ciders from Heck’s. I tried two of their beers: one was excellent and the other pretty good. I can’t imagine they change their beers often so repeated visits may offer a diminishing return of ticks. But for the one- or two-time visitor it is a godsend in the hit-and-miss beer scene of Barnsley. I should probably add that the piped playlist is heaven for an old fucker like me.“

jjsint 558 days ago

“Wonderful little micro pub southwest of the town centre. Three rooms, all pretty small but there’s good use of the space so you could probably fit 40-50. Friendly as you could imagine. The beer list is small: three cask (two from Chantry and one from x) plus keg from Tiny Rebel, Salt (a DIPA) and Timmermans. So something for everyone in a small space. A reasonable trek out but worth it.“

jjsint 558 days ago

“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.“

jjsint 558 days ago

“Beer pub quite some way to the west of town.it’s clean and convivial with ample Halloween decorations. Beer choice is pretty basic: two Stancill and two Acorn on cask plus a Nailmaker on keg. All sessionable. My cask beer was in very good nick. Good though it is, it may not be worth the trip out for daytrippers. However if you find yourself in the area (e.g. staying at the nearby Premier Inn) youcertain might consider wandering in.“

jjsint 558 days ago

“Northwest from the town centre and very close to the Premier Inn, the Tipsy Cow provides pretty much everything you'd ask for in a micropub. The ten draught beers (4 cask and 6 keg) carry fewer surprises than I'd have hoped (Leeds core, Chantry, Früli, Old Peculier) but there are a few interesting offerings. Still you'd be hard pressed to take advantage of the flight of 4x 1/4 pints for £4.50 and get four new beers. The bottle and canist offers more for the ticket and at a good price. Four beers from Little Critters for £5 each (or £6 for the 7.4% stout). This is a yes from me. Note no under 12s at all and no dogs inside.“

jjsint 558 days ago

“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.“

Beermenace 1052 days ago

“Towards the end of a tired looking pedestrianised shopping street with a lot of smaller and independent shops around this part, this is a ground floor conversion of shop units but is much smaller than its sister pub across town. It does have a makeshift terrace area out front to increase capacity, and has a traditional pub design on the inside. Festival ales were on its pumps when I visited, and was extremely busy on the weekday lunchtime when I frequented.“

ManVsBeer 1749 days ago

“Has a couple of narrow entrances both front and rear, but opens out a lot on the inside with different areas to sit in, and an upper floor. This place was extremely popular on the weekday lunchtime I visited, mostly with people eating, is the bigger of the two current Wetherspoon pubs in the vicinity, and has an attractive rear terrace garden. The inner bar sports two rows of cask ale pumps, full of their ale festival selections when I visited. Has the traditional pub design.“

ManVsBeer 1749 days ago

“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.“

ManVsBeer 1749 days ago

“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.“

spiffero 2077 days ago

“2020 Covid review You can check in via the NHS app at the entrance. there's hand sanitiser. if you have the Wetherspoons app you can sit on the tables to the left with a red sticker on the table. Otherwise go to the right and sit on a table with a yellow sticker and wait for table service. I went to the left, ordered on the app and got my beer pretty quickly. 2018 review The best of the two Wetherspoons pubs in Barnsley. It has more choice including two taps from Geeves local brewery which was nice to see.“

deanso 2173 days ago

“review covid 2020 there's hand sanitiser on the way in and you have to use the NHS app or fill in a form. table service only now so I used the app. I think all of the staff were wearing masks. 2018 review Very close to the Old no 7 in Barnsley. This place has much less choice. There were only 2 guest beers when I visited. There was a reasonable bottle choice. Free WiFi.“

deanso 2173 days ago

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

deanso 2173 days ago

“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“

Cheeseboard 2275 days ago

“The second Spoons pub in Barnsley. The draft beer selection is all cask and often quite dull. This pub has a better range of bottles than the other Spoons pub. Food is typical JDW fare, everything cooked from frozen“

Cheeseboard 2275 days ago

“One of two Spoons pubs in Barnsley. One room pub with outside space. The range is all cask and has been rather dull on a number of visits over the years. As someone else suggests it does attract a rowdier crowd at times“

Cheeseboard 2275 days ago

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

niquillis 4056 days ago

“Modern styled quite large eatery and bar. May be I entered too early but it wasn’t crowded at all. Only had some beers, they have nice variety on tap, inlcuding some specials. Did not eat, did not stay too long, have to return at another day, at a later time.“

vipinvelp 4231 days ago

“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.“

DnAuK 4250 days ago

“Modern and stylish Wetherspoon bar in Barnsley town centre. The best of the two there for choice of beers. Usually has all the pumps stocked and beer quality is good. Food is Wetherspoon normal fair but decent value. Only downside is the tendency to attract a very drunk local crowd early evenings during weekdays. Still worth a visit.“

DnAuK 4250 days ago

“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.“

vipinvelp 4294 days ago

“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.“

neilrob543 4371 days ago