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Lion Inn

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Located in the shadows of the magnificent Shipstone’s Brewery, The Lion Inn at New Basford in Nottingham has an enviable reputation for cask ales and live music. Its' rustic charm and great ale house ambiance has made it very popular with locals and travelling customers.

Since the opening of the Nottingham Express Tram (NET) access to the Lion has never been easier. Shipstone Street tram stop is right outside.

An entry in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide for the past ten years the Lion has a virtual beer festival every week. All day, every day there are at least 10 cask ales available. The blend of products on sale is managed extremely carefully. You may expect to see choices from Batemans’s, Greene King, Bass and Black Sheep along side regional ales from Fullers, Timothy Taylor, Hopback and Oakham.

The real success of the Lion however comes from the exposure that is given to local and regional micro breweries. In the past 12 months over 500 different ales from micros have been on sale. These include many local to Nottingham including Nottingham Brewery, Mallard, Magpie, Milestone, Springhead and Castlerock. Kelham Island, Abbeydale and Ossett from Yorkshire have always proved popular. As have those from further south like Hook Norton, Crouch Vale, Exmoor, and many others.

The beer cellars at the Lion are amazing. Two floors down and formed from one of Nottingham’s natural caves the cellars here are amongst the deepest in the city.

Live music at the Lion is as legendary as Robin Hood!! The Sunday Lunchtime jazz session is an institution. Local and travelling bands play a variety of sounds on Friday and Saturday nights.

The pub also has a great reputation for food. Traditional homemade food is served every lunchtime and evening with a special selection of roasts on Sundays.

Summers at The Lion have always been the busy time. There is an excellent beer garden and elevated patio adjacent to the well lit car park. In the winters real fires and log burners make for a warm and friendly atmosphere inside.

Address: 44 Mosley Street , Nottingham NG7 7FQ, NTT, GB
Phone: 0115 970 3506
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State: NTT
City: Nottingham
Zip Code: NG7 7FQ

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Reviews
Amazing pub, there is often live music. Great selection of beers and ales too. Food is delicious and comes quite fast, not massive portions but just enough to feel full and satisfied. Had a burger and it was one of the best I've ever had. Recommended Parking: Can park inside carpark and just outside on the street with no restrictions
Went here to see a band that my mate knew. I'd only been here once, during lockdown when everyone was forced to sit outside, and I'd been itching to go back since the beer garden is EXCELLENT but I like the cosiness of a pub indoors as well. The only pub I've been to with a well , this seemed to be used as extra seating and as a place to rest one's beer during the gig. It's a beautiful pub, has lots of board games, is quite roomy, the toilets are very clean you've no idea how many pubs are excellent until you go into the toilets. We ordered some food, which is reasonably priced. We couldn't find food service info online so I've included pictures of the menu, which also includes the service times. We wanted the nachos, but they were off the menu. So asked for loaded fries but couldn't have our first and second choices. It turned out they either had no cheese or didn't have the facilities to offer melted cheese - to be fair, this was at 8:45pm on a Saturday night and they only do roast dinners on Sundays, so perhaps they'd just run down their supplies until they would be replenished on Monday. We had the Mexican hot fries and they were very good. My only criticism is that the tables are insanely sticky. We were told this was down to the sanitiser that is used, but they were sticky to the point that we couldn't put anything on them - no phones, no arms - and when we used the Nottingham Drinker magazine so we could put things on the table, it took the paper off the magazine when we lifted it off the table. Surely that isn't right. Anyway: amazing pub, if you haven't been then go, go, go!
The Lion has a welcoming atmosphere and a good variety of beers for reasonable prices. The outdoor seating section is spacious. The food was unfortunately not fantastic. The wrap was OK but not worth the price. I'll let others decide whether the amount of fries was deserving of paying an extra £1.50.Food: 2/5
Large, spacious pub selling lots and lots of ale. Plenty of seating inside and out. Friendly and knowledgeable staff who were very helpful. Also serves food. Does allow stop overs but phone ahead as carpark isn’t huge . It also has a slight slope but it didn’t bother me for the one night. Hosts live music acts.Also has 16 bit emulators to have a blast from the past! Highly recommended
Fabulously kept pub, clean, in a lovely oldy worldy decor. Super range of real ales, comfortable seating, menu nice and food 1st class. They also own the White Lion at Swingate in Kimberley, that is also fantastic real ales and live entertainmemt. Would recommend and also look down into the cellar from bar area !
Mixed review. We had the Nachos and Cod and Crab cakes to start , they were served hot and were delicious. Went downhill with the Burgers. They are so small and very gritty, almost as if something had been added to the mince to make it go further. The onion rings were so greasy, I definitely couldn't eat mine. The server who took them away agreed with me and said she would tell the Chef. She did offer us a drink on the house. Not good enough. We barely touched our food and should have been given a refund. Such a shame. It used to be a great Pub. Very telling that the place was practically empty on a Friday evening. Sorry guys, but you need to up your game.
'Beautiful pub . Amazing staff extremely friendly, warm and welcoming. The pub and toilets were spotless. Sadly I didn't get the time to sample any of the mouthwatering dishes available but rest assured I will be returning to do just that and obviously I will edit my review accordingly . This public house is certainly worth a visit.Food: 4/5
Super dog friendly, good tap selection. We did not have food but I will certainly be back to try the food. Toilets could do with an update. Very friendly and welcoming pub highly recomendService: 5/5
I had high hopes for this pub, I enquired for a birthday gathering, but bar staff and manager were quite stand offish and being difficult. I felt like I wasn’t wanted there! This was later confirmed when I emailed about the booking and got no reply back. Shame as I really as I liked the decore and beer! Did leave after one pint feeling rubbish as no other pubs like this in the area treat people like myself in this manor! Very disappointing!
Best pub in Nottingham. Great bands, cracking selection of beers with staff theatre focus on friends and knowledgeable service.Service: 5/5
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