Forgot the place is licensed for weddings, add this to a hen party and the good weather it was a case of two halves for us - Kelham Island Easy Rider and Ossett Blonde and moving swiftly on.
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Busy with families as it was the school holidays, but generally ok. Good selection of local ales, went for Peak Bakewell Best Bitter which was pretty good. Awesome Pizza menu.
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Passing this pub,Me and the Wife got caught in a big downpour,so we went in this pub,and am I glad we did.A great Friendly welcome,A perfect pint of Real Ale and the place was spotlessly clean.It was a pity the rain had to stop
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The Fishpond is hosting the Matlock and Dales Annual CAMRA Beer Festival on 8 and 9 August which we visited yesterday. 40 different brews available – all from local micros – and it is an excellent selection to suit all tastes.
The Fishpond's food is top notch. My friends and I had a brilliant time there yesterday afternoon – in spite of being drenched by a sudden tropical storm! The Fishpond staff were all great.
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Visited here on a recommendation. Very wide, varied ale selection seemingly well kept, and although nothing at all wrong with it the place is just a bit sterile for me. Personal preference and all that! Probably won't rush back. 6.
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Called in recently after visiting an exhibition of wildlife photography at the Pavilion and being handed a voucher offering free tea at the 'Pond, which is situated directly opposite. What a transformation. The potential for a really thriving pub in Matlock Bath has always been there and now it has been fulfilled - in spades. The whisper is that the owner has spent well over a million doing the old place up and is now investing more to launch a new restaurant upstairs. Imaginative range of ales, mostly locally sourced, extremely cheerful and helpful bar staff and - a new one on me - superb craft-baked fresh bread from their own kitchens on sale at the bar. The old "function room" is now serving for regular gigs by what I am reliably led to believe is a very good standard of local artists/bands. Bravo. A very impressive addition to an area not over-blessed with aappealing boozers.
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Visited recently, in course of being refurbished. Beers excellent had two Ashover brewery beers Light Rale & Turning Stone
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I don't see why this pub is listed with all the other pubs in Bath, Somerset, when it is miles away in Derbyshire.
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Nice enough pub. Had a nice pint of Harvest Pale when in recently but was informed new owners were due soon.
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Decent real ales available. Roaring real fire not out of place on a cool June evening. I thought it was OK - quite friendly and some decent music being played.
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Fine to sit outside, with a good pint, but a smells like a bit of a Vinegar Joes chippy inside.
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Great little pub which gets VERY busy in the summer months.
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It re-opened again, Summer 2009. Live bands on many nights. Bikers' night is Thursday.
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Reported to be closed in the latest CAMRA newsletter.
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Excellent Pub, good beer, friendly atmosphere, lots of good live music.
Shaun Brown - 30 Oct 2004 01:32 |
