Davy Lamp in Erewash

I visited The Davy Lamp in Ilkeston earlier to write a review and had an interesting experience. A group of gentlemen arrived around 4:00 PM. Since the road outside was closed, one of them carefully moved a cone to access the car park, which appeared to be a safe and practical option. However, as he approached the entrance, a woman in a white T-shirt and jeans began shouting loudly, referring to him as a 'dickhead' for moving the cones. This seemed to put the group off, and they chose to leave instead of staying. It's always great to see rules enforced, but perhaps a more polite and welcoming approach would create a better experience for customers. Has anyone else had a similar experience at The Davy Lamp? I'd love to hear your thoughts

Rumoured to be built on ancient native american burial ground! Nice pub, run by great people. Great pool tables, could just do with a decent quiz night, and lurpak for the free half-time chip cobs.

Lovely and clean pub with friendly staff. Reasonable price drinks with plenty to choose from. Nice big function room with lots of seating and a stage. Always something on from pool and darts night to karoke, sticky 13's, bingo, quiz's, penny raffle and bounus ball. Definitely recommend weather your single, couples or a family. Dog friendly

Went to a private party. Staff were lovely and friendly

Great local pub. Staff and punters friendly. Beer affordable and good choice. Plenty of pool tables and the music was great. Will be back.

Soz but I need 2 delete the 1st msge.. Rite December '22, wot a difference the new tenants av made. We now feel happy 2go in the pub. Let's hope the new couple who av cleand up the pub make a go ov it. May '23, seems as tho pub is on the up! Not B4 time, soon B no pubs left, like the chip shops! Cum on please will sum1 tek ovr Jonnies on Notts Rd! Xx July update,, the pub is gettin better. Ad a few hrs catchin up on the familiar locals n enjoy the atmosphere May 2024

Excellent pub with plenty of options for alcohol, very good service. New owners are brilliant.

Nice place to hold a event spacious.

Nice cider, better than when I last went in, interesting note to customers in the male toilet...

Lovely and just what we needed on a snowy day for a quick pint

Great proper pub few of these places left now

Lovely boozer. Landlord can’t drink for toffee unfortunately. Free kebabs on a Friday night ❤️(no idiots well run friendly place )

A welcoming pub with much smoke areas and indoor privacy.

I stayed outside during my visit but when my brother went to get me a drink, he was back in seconds

Room hired for a baby shower, really clean and well presented. Staff were polite and friendly, there are 3 pool tables prices at .60p for one game and £1 for two games. There is a car park which would hold probably 12-15 cars. Bonus they sell Stella 🥳

Lovely and clean , made very welcome

Nice place to hire a room for a celebration party.

Good staff, Beer reasonably priced, good little room for partys

A Fantastic local Pub with all Sports Channels Pool Tables and plenty of choice for drinkers

Lovely landlady not bad selection of alcohol but it dose not sell food but it has bar snacks.

Friendly staff , who look after there beer best pint of Worthingtons I've had in a long time. Will call again

Lovely pub, went for a wake, food was brilliant

WiFi not working properly so moved on to another pub. Had no problem with WiFi.

Cracking pint! Nice friendly staff

Nice friendly staff and serv a good pint

Toilets let this place down, however the beer tastes good.

Nice friendly pub staff were very nice

Visited for the first time for a function. A really large pub well split up to suit all. Nice bar games area and enough TV's for everyone to enjoy. The function space was well thought out with a stage, space to dance and some seating. Excellent range of drinks but I thought the prices were slightly higher than I would expect having drunk in Ilkeston regularly.

Vegetables ridiculously expansive as usual.

Cheap, needs an interior update.

No real ale and not the best cider

Nice place but very expensive drinks can see why we were the only ones in there most of the night.

We were made to feel very welcome when we arrived. The cold buffet we had arranged was very good, with plenty of choice. The place is very well laid out and has a large bar, and everything looked clean. The only concern we had, was that the room was cold.

Lovely staff. We hired the room out for a baby shower and was really pleased.

Pool tables sky tv and friendly locals

Great place, and karaoke on Friday nights..

Mint boozer fantastic owners great night

Id give 5 out of 5 cause it a OK pub but they just don't do tea an hot chocolate

Good local pub with a good size area inside. Nice for small functions such as weddings, funeral wakes and birthdays. Staff are really nice and friendly. The only downside is the smokers outside the main door as you go in, you can cut the smoke with a knife

A great place for a beer with friendly people.

Nice enough place. Good for watching football. No cask ales or craft beers though.

Nice pub with live music or karaoke and good atmosphere.

Enjoyable night. Pleasant staff.

Great local pub. Plenty of screens for football and decent staff members

This is a nice place for families up to 20:00. We found the beer was over priced and a bit clicky.