Nottingham Travel Forum

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I'm travelling to Notts with my GF (gorgeous!!) from Switzerland on 19&20. Can anybody recommend a smooth place to hang out?

There's a pub there called "Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem". Supposedly the oldest pub in the UK. It's pretty cool.

Hi, there are lots and lots of bars and clubs in Notts city centre but like any other big city a little caution is required. The place is really busy especially at the week-ends. The last time that I was there we went to a Yate's Wine Lodge right in the middle of town. Busy, lively place and worth a visit to start the night off.

Argh, Yates!! Well ok if your gorgeous girlfriend is a slapper!! It's where all the Stella drinkers go, perhaps the place is ok early evening but later on it's a messy place.
If you want to show her an old pub opposite to Yates there's the Bell Inn, it's got lots of small rooms, good beer and sometimes live jazz. Down the ally by the side there there's the Malt Cross which is in an old tiny theatre and is quite trendy with a dj at weekends.
You wouldn't go wrong if you went to the Hockley area or the Lace Market, the areas do get very busy, but if you don't like one place, virtually next door there'll be another. The Pitcher and Piano is interesting, only because it used to be a large church and still has all the stained glass, there's a few bars opposite there, but they change hands all the time.
In Hockley there's a Pit and Pendulum, a bit of a themed pub, kind of Gothic but it's fun to look around, try a 7 deadly sin cocktail, try to find the toilets.
There's the usual Lloyds and Weatherspoons hanging around.
The Broadway cinema has a good bar, there's usually projections on the walls and close-by there there's the Wax Bar, which is very small and sometimes manages to fit live bands in too.
There's more pubs sprung up near the castle, so if you wanted to see the Old Trip to Jerusalem there's quite a few other bars around there too.
Ooh I've thought of some more....
Around the canal there's a few too, early evenings they're nice as you can sit outside by the canal, later at night they turn a bit messy.
There's also a Warner Brothers complex in town which has a lot of bars around the bottom of it too, I've not been there for a while though, the club there The Works was terrible.
Can you tell I spent three years of 'studying' here? :-)
If you want any more help just let me know.