Blackshale Bar and Kitchen in Breckland

We have had a drink here a few times but for the first time we had lunch. It was a bargain offer price and the food was delicious. The best meal I've had in a pub. The staff are always friendly and accomodating.

Just had a fab Sunday lunch here. Food as lovely as ever. So friendly. Light and bright restaurant. Special shout out to super Katie and also to first class chef Louis!

Well If you’re after modern, British, contemporary food paired with craft beers in Beeston Nottingham, then blackshale bar & kitchen is one to add to your list of places to visit! Initially upon arrival, we were one of the only people eating, however when leaving, the entire bar/restaurant was heaving! We enjoyed some fantastic flavourful starters| 🍽️Moroccan spiced lamb meatballs 🍗Salt & pepper chicken wings For mains we demolished| 🍔 The Big Blackshale burger| this consisted of two smashed patties, a cajun chicken fillet, smoky bacon, slow-cooked brisket & cheese and what a burger this was! 🥩 Steak sandwich| which came with the most amazing homemade chunky chips as well, but was also filled with sautéed onions, mushrooms & Dijon mustard Something to mention is the staff here were fantastic! The guy that served us Duncan, was very knowledgeable when it came to drinks and the food menu and couldn’t have done enough for us! Fantastic selection of cask ales if that’s your thing! So if you’re after some class food with some tempting cask ales, get Blackshale on your list!

Beautifully presented food , worthy of any top restaurant. The staff are super friendly and helpful. Really worth visiting and checking out the menu as it’s so different to any of the pubs in Beeston

What a great place this is, with friendly and helpful staff. The food was excellent and piping hot, I really recommend the Mediterranean fish dish. The service was excellent and quick even with the pub starting to fill up with people enjoying the outdoor area which had a guest live DJfor the evening. We will definitely be back.

What a lovely welcome. My colleague and I was supported a gentleman today to have some lunch,which was very nice by the way. The atmosphere was great and the staff member Duncan was very attentive and very patient. I had to comment on how clean the toilets were as this is very important as it says alot about the rest of the venue. The added bonus was the handsome pub dog. He sat with us and was very relaxed in our company. The owner/manager made time to chat with us and we said we would definitely be back with some of the other guys we support. A lovely experience and you have everything just right. Well done. Thank you!

Went for a Sunday Lunch, we hadn’t booked but luckily managed to get a table. What can I say it was without doubt the best Sunday Lunch I have had in a restaurant or pub. Great choice excellent standard of cooking and loads of food. This is now my go to place on Sundays. I can’t stop telling people how good it is. Thanks to the Team at The Blackshale.

Boring bland food Was my birthday what a let down will not be eating here ever again. On the upside outside space is great.

The food was absolutely appalling. So much so that the manager would not identify himself and left his waiting staff to apologise. We were refunded our meals which left us hungry and annoyed. Starters Hollandaise sauce was vile, just tasted of vinegar and mustard. Bacon, undercooked. Scotch egg massively overcooked Main courses My wife had a burger which she described as awful due to poor ingredients and poor preparation. I ordered fish and chips. There was no fish!! Just a fish skin in batter. The batter was cooked at too high a temperature too quickly, resulting in the outside being overcooked and the inside damp. I have never seen such awful food together with a lack of ownership and responsibility.

We've just moved to the area and our friends came to visit with their 11 month old baby. We decided to give this place a go on a Saturday rainy lunchtime. We were not disappointed! Highchair was available, there was a nice atmosphere with big windows to gaze out of, the beer was clean and the food absolutely delicious. I had the fish & chips and I'll know I'll be thinking of it in months to come. Everyone was very happy with their meal, great compliments and good portion sizes, we stayed for dessert. Also rather nice. Vegan/ veg options available. Reasonably priced and the bar staff were friendly. I like that the menu came with beer recommendations to compliment the food, that's a nice touch. Had to wait a while for the food, not excessively so but good food does come with a wait. We will certainly be back, thank you

The food was delicious and the options were just the types of things my wife and I like but find impossible to get in most places in the area. I chose Salmon and (undyed) smoked haddock fish cakes followed by slow cooked rabbit ragout and pasta. Both delicious. Drink options were fantastic ... excellent beers of course but also really good wines at non-inflated prices.

Roast dinner was really really nice. Good selection of alcoholic drinks but not many non-alcoholic options unfortunately. Service was fine but a little slow.

Had xmas dinner here and Iv got to say we were massively disappointed, Wev never been out for xmas dinner before and thought we’d try it for it once and at £90 a head it was poor. I want to say firstly that the staff were amazing, the young lad at the bar knew his beer and was very talkative and the girls were running around like headless chickens but the whole thing was abit of a farce. I can’t help but think the owner was after the profit more than offering a good experience. No water on the table, we were never offered the prosecco on arrival but we’re not fans so let it slide, the beef Wellington came out well done, tough as a boot but again I’m not precious so let it slide, then it started to grind on us. The veg came out all mixed up so if someone didn’t like cabbage etc you were done for. The chef put your gravy on for you so again depending on preference this was decided for you. The veg was boiled to within an inch of its life and didn’t have a drop of butter or seasoning on them. No sauces on the table so had to ask for everything ie mint, horseradish etc and the sitting was 2pm… when we left at 4:30 there were still tables that were only just being served their main so all in all a poor xmas dinner. It has put us off going out next year, yes the outfit offered is a £90 refund so I shouldn’t really complain but if we had t we would’ve paid £360 for 4 x basic carvery’s. I think the owner needs to do a pre run next year and actually have one of his own meals he’s serving and see if he’d be happy paying that price before he markets it. Shame as the pub is nice and beers were served well

Try this place amazing food wonderful staff had I great time in a really nice atmosphere & setting will definitely return

We had my mothers funeral wake here. Despite us being early, Dave opened up and soon had teas and coffee for our party. The food was excellent and the staff were great. Would recommend this venue for any group meal.

Really attentive service & fabulous food. Great quality & portion sizes. The chips were proper chips! Beer & wine & atmosphere was great. What more can I say!!

Sunday lunch was lovely, staff very tentative Not the cheapest place but the food was outstanding so you pay for what you get Highly recommend

We came here on a Monday. Spur of the moment idea. Cosy atmosphere with a good selection of very nice beers. Sadly our experience of the food wasn’t so good. The veggie pie was cold. The staff were great and replaced it with a warm one, but the mash was then cold and lumpy. Really disappointing. We left early. Won’t return for food

Nice place , good atmosphere was nice yo see the restaurant quite full. Staff are excellent and service was very good. . Lincoln Green ale is always good too. Food was ok. Nothing special tbh. Fish and chips were ok , frankly not as good as the wollaton pub snd bar but quite acceptable. Chicken balantine same. Quite acceptable but nothing special. Prices were ok for Beeston Certainly will return and happy to recommend

Very nice food, lovely atmosphere and staff. Not cheap but you can tell it’s gone into the quality of the food. We have been both for Sunday lunch and for the lunch deal and really liked both. Good vegan options and dog friendly throughout (though we haven’t taken ours in yet). Staff also knowledgable about the beers and could recommend a beer for our tastes and meal.

Would highly recommend a visit here Menu is excellent and very much a gastro pub type food I had the blade of beef and my husband had the burger. Delicious! Wine menu is excellent and well priced. A must to eat at in Beeston. You won’t be disappointed

Great Atmosphere with mouthwatering homemade food. Katie on the Bar was really friendly as well. Would highly recommend.

Lovely spot for a pint with the mates. The new light bites menu matches perfectly with a cold pint. Would definitely recommend for a cheap pint and a good atmosphere.

This was our first time eating here and it was excellent. It’s rare that I rave about somewhere but it really was good. We phoned to book and it was easy and friendly, we had a dog with us and they couldn’t have been nicer....