Bread and Bitter in Gedling

Ace pub, the best staff and great beer. This pub has a good range of Castle Rock and other beers. The food is good, meat, veggie and vegan. It is very well managed and efficient. Nice atmosphere. Feels like home everytime.

Excellent boozer with lots of decent cask and craft beers at reasonable prices. Only downside is it's full of bloody dogs - either barking, fighting or lying where you have to step over them! I like dogs, but.... Great for the ale, though!

Great staff great atmosphere. At weekends anyway.

A great breakfast, and dog friendly

Lovely pub. Family friendly conservatory and then proper drinking dog pub.

The food was aporling quality i feal like i shud have spent my money at the weatherspons

Really great atmosphere, takes me back to my youth.

Nice pub en route to Gedling MW footy

Will definitely be back food was delicious n the pudding was the same

Wonderfully friendly polite staff and good food

Went for a birthday celebration on the 15th; Sunday lunch and the other meals we had were excellent value for money and tasty and hot Thoroughly recommend

What a great find - we went here for lunch and it was lovely. Nice, friendly place with a great range of drinks, but it was the food that is the impressive part - make sure you have an empty stomach if you go here! The portion sizes were pretty big!

Good pub, good selection of beers, good food, still popular with good atmosphere.

Real Pub, Real Ale, Real Atmosphere, Really friendly. Love it.

advertising yourself as "Home cook and quality food" but use frozen hamburger patties with tasteless veggies. Ironic.

Odd place. They obviously like beer so the choice isn't bad, whether it's cask or keg or even cans but the welcome you get is never short of flat. I've loved in Notts for around 2-3 years and throughout that time, I keep trying to venture out to these guys to give them my business but each and every time, it's painful; and it's literally EVERY TIME... The staff (most, not all) are awful and I honestly don't think they even realise it. Genuinely, I'd rather a friendly face that's awful at pouring beer than a place that has a decent line up but grumpy faces behind the bar. I love craft beer and I'm forgiving in character but I think the only reason this place is still going is...where else do you go within the vicinity or maybe they do good food??

This place has now turned into a kennel where they serve bear and as a result it smells .

Went for a Sunday lunch. Excellent meal. Good choice and good service. Add the wide choice of ales and drinks, and you can't go wrong.

Went for Sunday lunch after seeing recommendations for the vegan roast. Was very disappointed, the yorkshire pudding was more like a bread roll, the veg tasted like cheap frozen. The potatoes were the worst part, barely roasted and not had not been quality checked, full of black bits. The seitan just tasted of tomato. My friends meat roast was a bit better but not by much.

Sunday dinner was superb. Ginger sponge was cracking (although please don't microwave the custard in the bowl as bowl was too hot to handle) Service and atmosphere is great. Fabulous choice of beers, even decent alcohol free.

Visited for first time today at lunchtime & came away very impressed with atmosphere, beer choice (11 hand pumps!!) & there was Adams Ghost Ship 0.5% alcohol great when you are driving & really nice. Had no food but lovely service & would have no hesitation about going again. Top marks, try it, 🍺🍺🍺🍺

My favourite pub in Nottingham! Great beer, friendly staff, nice atmosphere. Live music occasionally. Brilliant.

Very nice Sunday dinner, very tasty

What a great pub. Feels like an old bakery and serves loads of good Castle Brewery beer. Did not have any food but what I saw looked like plenty of good pub grub.

Such a nice place. Cycling friendly :)

All round good boozer from a drink after a walk to a good family meal.

Very nice pub with a lovely atmosphere, kind staff and friendly punters.

Good dog friendly pub with decent beer and food in a nice atmosphere.

Great pub , excellent service, great atmosphere, hopefully maybe more live bands and DJs.

Good dog friendly food pub. Host a variety of talks and entertainment. Downstairs toilets!! Look after our knit and natter group very well.

Full of sour, miserable shouty old men. I'll avoid in future. Lacks vibe and atmosphere.

This place is great. During the bank holiday weekend it had the most people in and the atmosphere was really friendly. The issue is the system in a gents' toilet is festering some kind of fungus. Whenever I go for a wee I feel like I'm going to get some respiratory disease. Please please sort this out. I'm getting bleach anxiety. Update: I've just noticed the blanket of dust keeping the extractor fan warm. 🤢 More drunken updates: the pork scratchings are 🔥🔥🔥.

We visited with our little dog, we chose American Breakfast, and full English. It was the tastiest breakfast I have had for years, the sausages and bacon and egg were very good quality, everything was cooked to perfection. Would recommend, very friendly staff, and relaxed atmosphere.

Nice food, staff and atmosphere!

Love this pub from Castle Rock. Excellent selection of beers. The sessional pale ale was particularly nice on this trip. Staff always friendly and helpful. Historical interior as located in a former bakery.

Excellent friendly place. The only downside is that there is no parking. Good place for real ale 🍺 though.

We turned up early evening on Friday. They had a good system where the booked tables had signs on with the time and so we could sit at one that wasn't booked until 2 hours later. It was easy to order and pay at the bar. The staff are friendly, the service was good, we didn't have to wait long for the meal. We read the left lion which is available free. The atmosphere was buzzing, family friendly, group meals. All welcome.

The perfect pub only missing a view.

Used to be my local. Haven't been for a long time so popped in for a pint and a bite late pm before the Friday rush.

Able to reserve table over the phone. Meal was great, service great too. Cannot wait to visit again

This was my first visit to The Bread & Bitter, what a great pub. It was busy with a good atmosphere. The beer was well kept & I have to admit Castle Rock beers are one of my favourite. Well worth a visit

Always a friendly warm welcome. The staff really go above and beyond to ensure every request is met. Ben & Gaia are a pleasure and are the reason we return time and time again

Good value, very helpful staff and a great atmosphere

Needed a dog-friendly pub to take our daughter for a meal whilst we visited her in Nottingham. Had a fantastic meal here. Lovely staff, great atmosphere and a superb selection of beers. Highly recommended!

Wanted a dog-friendly pub to take our daughter out for a meal whilstwe were visiting her in Nottingham. Had a lovely meal here. Staff really friendly, great atmosphere and a magnificent selection of beers 🍻. Highly recommended!

Came with my husband Danny, we had such a lovely evening. Couldn’t fault the staff, especially a young lady called Gaia. Best spot in mapperley top.

Friendly pub just moved to the area. My new local?

Bread and Bitter is always the first place I'm inclined to visit on Mapperly Top. A warm welcome every time, lovely kind bar staff, and always a fab selection of beers.

Simple decent food, no fuss, cheese & ham toastie with nice light crispy chips but if fresh salad, lovely. Be warned the Greek Mezze is enough for 2 people! Tasted delicious. We’ll keep ales

Great pub that is friendly to all.

By far the best pub on Mapperley Plains (an opinion that hasn't changed in the several years I've lived here). Has really friendly staff, and a great beer selection.

Used to rate this pub but it’s definitely gone downhill. The atmosphere hasn’t really changed, very cosy with a good number of locals and very dog friendly which in my opinion is a bonus. The staff are still pretty friendly with the exception of the manager (Lee, I think). He is grumpy and should not have a customer facing job. Whoever gave him this post made a big mistake and should really reconsider their hiring process. Unfortunately the food isn’t up to par with what it was before - dough isn’t as fresh for the pizzas, the chips are floury. The curry on Mondays however is still phenomenally good. The beer is kept well but some of the staff don’t know how to pour a pint properly it seems. The coffee is good but again some staff don’t seem to know how to froth milk without burning it. In essence it’s a mixed bag and you never know what quality you’ll get (bar curries on Monday).

Best pub in mapperly and one of the best in nottingham. Superb beer selection and wonderful staff.

You really need to sort the drain smell out in the toilets

Staggered in, staggered out. Wasn't the first time and sure won't be the last.

Decent, straight forward pub. Interesting building in an old bakery retaining features of its former use (oven doors) adding a museum feel. Great beer choice and good food.

Hipster pizza very good, nice bottle of wine, good table. Surprised it was not busier on a Saturday night before Christmas. Offered a box to take leftover pizza home. Glass collector was a little over-keen but just a minor training issue I would say.

Always someone to chatbto and the banter from the staff is great

A good community pub with good food.

Good selection of cask ales, friendly staff.

Didn’t get to experience the food. After phoning and being told that a walk in would be fine at the time we planned to arrive, we drove 20 minutes only to be told they were fully booked.

Great traditional pub with a large range of beers. Has a outdoor seating area. Lots of old brewery related items on display, old ovens still present showing buildings past. Beers are excellent as is food. Great venue for meeting up with people. Clean toilets. Nice bar and friendly staff. Great food, Black and Blue burger is particularly tasty. Visited again to catch up with friends and had the Black and Blue burger again. Very tasty and filling.

Haven't been here for a very long time met some friends had a lovely meal which was definitely worth the price relaxing atmosphere too

I really liked the look of the pub , the staff were very friendly but the lighting was so bright it was a bit much. It was a Sunday evening so it was really quiet hence the 3 for atmosphere I think it would be different at other times . Overall I think it's worth a visit

A cosy local pub with a fantastic selection of real ales. Well worth the visit!

Proper pub, great food and service

Ben is my favourite silly little boy

Lovely food, always good service and dog friendly!!

Try to go in at least once a week, staff always very friendly, food and beer superb and vinyl night monthly is not to be missed.

The food was excellent (highly recommend the moussaka!) and there were plenty of tables & beer options. Staff were pleasant and efficient, only downside was we ordered nachos as a starter and they came with the mains, a very minor thing!

Nice castle rock outside Nottingham city centre believe former bakery great choice of beer's both cask and craft

Didn't eat but the food looked great that was coming out of the kitchen! Brilliant ale selection !

Very busy pub - didn't eat here but the drinks and service were top notch.

No tables but we sat in the bar and that was fine by us! Service and staff were great and the roast was perfection!

One of the best veggie chillis I have eaten.

Table booked for curry night. At 7.15 there were no curries available. Surely it is not difficult after all the years of organising this they realise that not everyone wants to eat at 6.00. This is not the first time they have run out! Edit Welcome return to curry night! Tonight all curries were on. Excellent Thai green and South Indian pork. Onion bhajis are delicious

What a great local pub that offers something for everyone.

Roast dinner with a pint of neck oil on a leisurely Sunday afternoon 🍖😋

Great dog pub, food is great and atmosphere is always friendly and great for families and meets with friends. Amazing local.

This place makes me laugh. I have a castle rock app I can't access in this pub. Great food and drink there, but using the app? Forget it! They do need to address this.

Just popped in for a pint of Harvest Pale. Plenty of bar staff so no wait despite the pub being quite busy.. No complaints at all, if I weren't eating elsewhere, I'd have perused the menu. Happy to revisit.

Have been going to the B&B for many years, and so it seemed like the perfect place to meet up with a friend and his girlfriend who were down from Leeds, especially as they had bought their dog with them. It was a Saturday night so relatively busy. The evening started badly because the girl serving behind the bar looked like she'd been sucking lemons, and clearly didn't want to be there. I'd never seen her there before so can only assume she is new, also young so maybe her first job. Whatever the reason, her attitude wasn't appreciated... She seemed particularly peeved that I wanted to use my loyalty card. Anyway, this is not a criticism of the ale because, as always, it was excellent. This is instead about the dreadful food which we received. I had a chicken Caesar pizza... it came with an over cooked base whose crust I struggled to even cut through and pieces of chicken that were so dry and tasteless that I struggled to differentiate them from the croutons which were also sprinkled on top. They could have taken a ceiling tile and put toppings on and it would have likely tasted better. My wife unfortunately did not fair much better... She had opted for the homemade nachos. Now if you're going to boast about something being homemade you'd better make sure it's good. The nachos themselves were awful and devoid of taste. It was clear they'd been made out of nothing more than flour and water, and tasted beyond bland. Proper nachos are made with corn tortilla chips, not some cheap imitation knocked up with flour. So given the service received and the food provided, I'd say the evening was a resounding failure. Now I feel it only fair to point out that this is the first time I've had this sort of experience there, which is probably why it came as such a shock, and I should really have complained at the time, but when you're out with visitors it's not something you really want to do.

The quality of the beer is why we travel 30 minutes to get to this pub. We are also enjoying the Castle Rock App but have had a few issues when ordering when the App does not allow us to check in. We were trying to get some assistance with this App from the bar staff, it was early Friday evening and it was not particularly busy for the number of staff on shift. I can only say that the young man we spoke to (James) was not only dismissive but just plain rude, 'stop bothering me, it's nothing to do with me'! I appreciate this was an App issue but the lady we spoke to next took the time to explain what the problem was. Might the rude response have something to do with the shots the chaps behind the bar were knocking back?

Great place could not fault it.. We went curry Monday night. Also, there was a quiz. Reasonable prices

Nice bar with good food, great atmosphere on a Saturday night.

Great selection of beers on tap. Prices were better than most other pubs in Nottingham too

Attended a funeral wake here recently and the food was delicious. Doorstep sandwiches went down a treat and the hot flavoured chicken drumsticks were succulent. Initially the service was a bit slow whilst serving the teas and coffee but there were a few of us. The room we were in was ok so all in all quite a nice venue.

Nice place with a good selection of ales, stouts and all manner of beer. Good live music too.

Good selection of beers. Food was great.

Great local pub, could do with a deep clean

One of the best drinking establishments in Nottingham.

Haven’t eaten here much even though it is local but their Sunday Lunch is fantastic value for money. Generous portions, fresh and tasty with a lovely Yorkshire Pudding and plenty of gravy - couldn’t fault it. Staff were very attentive too.

I recently went to a wake there, although tea & coffee had been paid for & money left behind the bar we found we was charged for our coffes & pints. Although i have no problem paying this seems greedy by the pub being payed twice!

The beer was really nice although rather expensive but all 3 of our meals were overcooked. It was very quiet with maybe a dozen people there when we went so maybe their chef wasn't very experienced

Real ales and delicious meals. Huge fish and chips a speciality. Great bar staff.

Lunch with husband and our 10 year old granddaughter. The pub wasn't busy but the food was freshly cooked, served with a smile and there was plenty of it.

The staff were amazing, and the atmosphere was even better.

The Best pub! The Best People! The Best vibe! Love this place Live awesome music on Tuesday!

15 of us had a meal in b+b excellent service delicious food. Everyone enjoyed their meal. Thank you so much.

The best pub in Mapperley, hands down. Dog friendly, great food and brilliant staff. I wouldn't go anywhere else.