Ye Olde Gate Inne, Brassingtonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This is a nice pub with several interconnected rooms each with its own character. On our first visit in the middle of August there was a log fire going in the room nearest the kitchen, this is also the darkest and perhaps the most romantic. It was not that the pub was itself cold, just that the weather was. The next night and until the end of the week there were two fires going. It's nice to see a place that looks after it's customers with a real fire or two even when it's counter intuitive to do it in the middle of summer. The beer was very good, with two real ales on every night, and the food excellent although a bit gastro for my liking (i.e. smallish portions artistically arranged. But more than adequate really). If you really want filling up go for the Beef & Ale pie although the pork was some of the best I have ever had. There is no sweet on the menu which is to the good if you have a partner that is a bit too fond of the chocolate stuff. The staff were, with perhaps the exception of one, friendly and attentive but not pushy. If I were to got there again I would avoid Friday evenings as the centre bar filled up with the local middle aged Hooray Henrys and faux gentry. But what the heck, they live there, although it drove us and another party out. Would I recommend it? Yes, but get there early to get a seat as it fills up quite quickly. There is another pub in the village called The Miners Arms.
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called last night for a pint. good beer and blazing fires, spotlessly clean. moved the van round to the farm nearby (�5 a night) then went back for more ales and summat to eat. bit pricey on the food, but good quality. place was full of locals who nearly all cleared off early and went to the other pub's quiz night. it stayed busy tho with some locals and tourists & others who obviously went there for what it is. a top, traditional boozer
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Myself, my wife and 2 young children (ages 6 & 3) rented out a cottage in Brassington, Derbyshire in May '09 and decided to check out the local pub for a pint and a bite to eat one evening. Upon hearing our southern accents, were made to feel very unwelcome by the bar staff and we stared at by the locals and made to feel very uncomfortable. After waiting 45 mins for our meals, my 3 year old son was getting a little restless yet we were astonished when the barlady approached him and told him to "keep the noise down" - how rude! The constant effing and blinding by the locals at the bar was acceptable yet my youngest is shouted at! An absolute disgrace of a place who clearly have no place for southern tourists - avoid it like the plague!
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We arrived here on a busy Easter Sunday lunchtime and an efficient young waitress kindly found us one of the few tables that was not reserved. A decent Sunday lunch was served fairly quickly. There was a real fire blazing but I have to agree the room was quite dark. The beers were all from the Marstons portfolio - Ringwood Bold Forester, Jennings Cumberland and Pedigree. There is another pub in the village that is not currently on BITE (The Miners Arms) that has a changing range of guest ales and is also worth a visit.
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Found the pub to be full of friendly locals in the main bar, and the restaurant seemed a bit dark. My Marstons Pedigree was fine.
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Visited April 2006 and returning in 2007 (Lunchtime).
Good beer - Marstons.
Good menu for such a relatively out of the way place.
Fairly small rooms but several of them
Old dark furniture if you like that sort of thing. - Suits me.
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Very old quaint pub... but not to my taste, from what we saw it has a small bar area and restaurant.
It did'nt seem particulary friendly, we only stayed for one drink though!
I would say it's more of a locals pub.
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A rather old pub in the heart of Derbyshire. Superb old interior. Some good beers and a rather nice menu.
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