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Hand & Heart, Nottingham

67 Derby Road
Nottingham
NG1 5BA

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Nottingham Central, Nottingham West, Canning Circus

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Moby Duck left this review about Hand & Heart

Half pub half cave, not something you encounter every day. The longish bar is in the front part of the pub as you enter and sports six handpumps and on my visit there was a Black Iris tap takeover in progress, I went for a pleasant Let The Devil In. Behind the bar slightly to the right the pub extends into a long cave lit by fairy lights and seemed to be operating more as an eating section, further to the right but not set as far back as the main cave is another drinking area set into the rock, interesting but with the slight downside of maintaining a damp musty smell albeit not overpowering.
All in all not a bad pub with some interest as well as serving up some decent beer.

On 4^th November 2024 - rating: 7
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Alex Conway left this review about Hand & Heart

The Hand & Heart is another pub on the canning circus run and is closer to town being located about halfway between the top of Canning circus junction and Main Marian way roundabout. This used to be a Shipstons pub with a rough edge and a very bad reputation but these days things couldn’t be more different. Upon entering the bar is smack facing you and to the left with tables and chairs dotted around to the right. Behind the bar is a highly praised restaurant section that is reserved for diners and is built into the rock of a cave like that of the Olde Trip TO Jerusalem. There is more seating upstairs for drinkers and a larger smoking area that is very popular as it looks and feels like an inside room but has no celling. The pub is nicely furnished with hard wood floors and nice cushioned seats and curtains. There is a good selection of real ale on the bar which on my visit consisted of the hoiuse alae brewed by Dancing Duck, Roundheart (£2.90) as well as Welbeck Abbey Dragonheart (£3.60) Burton Bridge Flying Tonight (£3.40) Salamander All Hallows Eve, Axholme Scarlet Jack (£3.40) and Moorehouses White Witch (£3.20) with one or two pubs unoccupied. My White Witch went down very nicely but the prices mean it probably takes the prize as the priciest pub on the Canning Circus Crawl but still palatable. The only downside about this pub is it can attract a few pretentious park types and lardy da fine diners that don’t make for the best pub atmosphere but this is still a quality pub that is deserving of a visit.

On 18^th July 2019 - rating: 7
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