Griffins Head in Nottingham

My son and I had the 3 course Festive Menu last night (18th December) and it was fabulous ! It's his local pub and booked it as a treat, I'm so glad he did as its up there with the best Christmas menu food I've had. The Terrine was wonderful, not what I expected at all, home made piccalilli and salted sourdough made it perfect. Turkey dinner was huge and cooked to perfection and the Orange & Cinnamon Alaska was to die for ! As you can tell, I was impressed. Thank you to all the friendly, helpful staff.

Bit quite, on a Wednesday midday, service and food fine, beer choice good , would recommend. Dogs welcome

We were welcomed by Heather after phoning on the way to the restaurant the food was excellent as always and Heather was an excellent host thank you xx

Warm welcome with a nice english traditional style of food.

Everything was incredible…… food drink … we will be back again

Booked a meal for 18 ladies to celebrate 30th 40th and two 50ths birthdays …staff made us feel unwelcome.. they were abrupt ,rolling there eyes at us… over charged some of us… the meal was very disappointing also…we will definitely won’t be returning which is a shame as we have eaten there many times.

Somewhat smaller than I imagined. Been by more times than I can count but decided to pop in for a swift one. There was no where proper to sit so sat at a table sort of in limbo. I thought the bar prices were a little high. Staff were friendly and welcoming, but for me I will keep passing by. I looked at the Xmas day menu, very expensive indeed

Great food, great service in great surroundings

Went for the Sunday morning car meeting. Coffee is good value but the bacon/sausage cobs are expensive for small portions. Good selection of cars though 😉

Food good decent beer and friendly staff highly recommended

lovely place to come for food. staff are amazing. super helpful. food is always up to amazing expectations. Staff are absolutely brilliant.

We’ve just been in for the evening menu (£17 for 2 courses) and it was lovely. Michelle was really lovely and we’ve been served by her before she’s always in a great mood. We booked for Christmas Day with heather too before we left who was so helpful and patient considering she was also really busy serving guests. Would definitely recommend to anyone that’s not been here before

The warmth of the welcome was the best that can be said about Griffins head. Soft drinks loaded with ice so not value for money for the customer but good for profits. Don't know who took the promo picture's but the food we got looked nothing like the pic's. Definately one to pass by

Lovely little pub, serving delicious food. Staff very friendly and helpful. Would go again.

Good village pub with a great outdoors area. However the lunch menu portions wouldn’t fill up a toddler. Had a chicken wrap and it tasted like packet chicken but the chips were lovely. The service was good though, quick and the staff were nice and polite.

Good was really nice except for beef which let it down as was hard to cut and tough to chew otherwise would have had 5 stars. A little louder background music would be nice otherwise every thing was spot on .

Lovely welcoming local pub with hard working staff making it a very unique pub. Food is quick, tasty and reliable as well as being affordable. Plenty of variety of drinks available for all ages. The park is a great new addition to the field area and the dogs love it too. Everyone is catered for here at the griffins head.

Staff were lovely apart from the lady who was more concerned about going outside for a smoke than serving people. Food was truly awful. Clearly was from the microwave and for how expensive it was we expected better. We won’t be coming back!!

Fantastic service and food, love coming to this place for my Sunday dinner as they are more than happy to accommodate a very fussy eater

Nice old fashioned pub with good choice of food. Excellent classic and sports car meet on Wednesday evenings that is free for all to visit.

Lovely cosy space food lovely and service excellent thanks to Heather and Michelle for making us feel very comfortable 😊

Great welcoming service from Heather and Michelle food really good and will definitely be back

I had heard great things about this place. I was greatly disappointed. We had to wait for our food nearly 30 mins for 2 burgers and fries. The burgers were very greasy and very small, with a bit of bacon and a few chips. We had a large coke and a pint of lager too. This all cost about £36.

I don’t know what has happened but this place has really gone downhill. The skin on chips were clearly frozen and not what they used to be with the salt flakes sprinkled over. Chicken schnitzel came out burnt and it was rolled in so much herbs it was all I could taste. The dressed side salad was half a little gem lettuce with some sauce and crispy onions sprinkled over it. Not sure how the chef thought that constituted a salad… The place was so empty and has lost the charm it used to have. It feels more like a generic Greene King style pub (just more expensive) than the charm and high quality food it used to have. I won’t be coming back here and will he advising others to do the same. There is far better quality restaurants out there that actually provide the quality you pay for.

The establishment looked wonderful from outside with little play area, Dog friendly, places to Park, benches outside. As soon as you entered, there's hostility, you expect a happy cheerful welcome. It was far from that. We were asked 3 times within 8 minutes if we was ready to order. At the forth we gave in, to find out no Pizza on Sundays (no information saying they dont) No mixed grill on Sundays ( no clarity). Menus for Gluten Free was just highlighted menu... The steak was nice and cooked to request no quarrels. The drinks such as Coke had 100 ice cubes.. so the drink was 80%ice ...Great. Gluten free burger was a burger with two slices of toast, abit of a shame. Chicken skewers were fine, soft but cooked correctly. Salt and chilli chips could be better with slices of real chilli rather than seeds etc. Needs some attention to some details and could flourish further.

Went for bday lunch with family beautiful food and great atmosphere, 9 of us, outside is a big field and a great new kids play area,

Michelle and Heather were fantastic! The food they recommended was so good! They even helped my friend get some oil out of her sweater! These Americans recommend this fantastic place to all tourists in the area! Thanks for a great experience! Eat the chicken schnitzel, fish and chips and the hummus!! Amazing!

Great village pub , great atmosphere , friendly staff

This was a very poor experience. We are vegetarian and options were limited. We ordered hummus (which was ok), side salad (consisting of cucumber and sliced lettuce covered in salad dressing) and halloumi cheese sticks which were more like door stops in batter 2 inches thick. We could hardly eat it but at over £20 our light lunch weighed heavy as a total waste of money. We will not return. 🦇

Arrived today at 1pm, asked if i could order some food, was told by the waitress i had to wait 20 minutes before i could order as they were busy (they wern't) 40 minutes later i asked again to be told "No" without any explanation. 10 minutes later table behind us asked and were told 20 minutes!!! Absolutely no comunication and the waitress was very unhelpful. I have worked in catering 20 years plus and appreciate you don't know whats happening in the kitchen but felt very dissapointed with the (lack of) service. Will not be returning. Sugestion would be to have a senior staff member about and not rely on young inexperienced staff.

Lovely country pub, lots of outdoor space!

We visited here on last Sunday for a family birthday meal. We arrived was greeted with smile and seated straight away! We ordered the trio meats (Sunday lunch) it was really nice the roast potatoes were amazing! Children shared a fish and chips which they enjoyed. Lovely experience and all staff were friendly.

Popped along to the Wednesday classic car night. A wide variety of cars and friendly atmosphere.

Tinks (landlady) and the crew sorted us out as usual. Great food, beer and atmosphere

Food order very hard work got told need table number went back out got one as table didn’t have a number then got told has to be in white numbers, food came burger clearly been microwaved as literally burnt my mouth and salad on it same temperature, got told just come off grill, as someone who cooks a burger never gets that hot! Disappointed visit

Brilliant car show at a really good pub, excellent.

Went here for car night. Brilliant pub and excellent food..

I always find the griffins head to be warm, welcoming and have an excellent atmosphere. The staff are friendly and provide an amazing service. They have a great selection of drinks and food on offer be it lunch or evening, theres something for everyone.

Booked 2 days ago for a party of 9, surprised we was able to book for a Saturday night at short notice. We had been a couple of times in the past and had never been disappointed, and we was not this time. It is a lovely small country pub, with a welcoming feel, there is a large seating area outside mostly under a marquee and a nice big open field to the side. The food we could not fault, some of our party are big eaters, and although they always say the portions look small, it was enough to fill them up, it was cooked to satisfaction and there was not one complaint. The staff was very welcoming and polite, and the young gentleman that had just stared the job, did his very best at serving us. We would definitely book again.

I had a Much needed great beer after a local walk.

Great Sunday lunch, have booked to return

Nice food, but service was slow and left no time for dessert. Dog friendly. My dad said his roast dinner was lovely.

Sadly, we had to ask for chicken in a chicken tikka masala a there was only two pieces. We did get extra chicken which was dry and sadly by then our food was cold. Vastly over priced and cold. We were part of a table of 6 and sadly all disappointed for different reasons

Food really not up too advertised hype... Avg at best pub fair

First time I’ve been fantastic meal service and food, thank you very much. Will be back.

We used the griffin's head recently as a family to celebrate a birthday. I was very impressed with my meal. I had the shepherd's pie... and it was delicious. Although not everyone was as impressed, my daughter ordered fish and chips and said she felt she got chips and batter bits as there was no fish in the batter... my mum had a burger that was overcooked and very dry, and my dad had a steak, which was also over cooked he asked for medium rare, and it was definitely well done! Great place, and I love the garden, but if you're having food... have the shepherd's pie!! Lol

Lovely family meal. Lamb in shepherd's pie was delicious. Disappointed with the fish and chips on the £10 menu but overall a positive dining experience.

Firstly i would like to make a point that this moan is not a fault of the pub itself, the staff were brilliant, welcoming and friendly, the beer was delicious and cold, the pub was stunning as always. This review involves the prehistoric behaviour and disgusting attitude of the "classic" (must not be modern) car club, you arrive and because my vehicle is new, immediately are made to feel unwelcome, told you must park around the edges and that due to the place i parked last week ( the same place) they had received complaints that a modern car was parked with the "classics". Last night myself and 8 other friends attended, three of the cars are modern classics and ended up being lectured about their conduct before even doing anything wrong, then the club come around and photograph cars, but only the cars that they approve of, last nights pictures have no photos of the cars we came in apart from in the background. We are all car enthusiasts and quite frankly were disgusted by the way we were treated by the club stalwarts, unfortunately we will not be returning, this is a massive shame for the pub and the landlord as he has no input to how these dinosaurs behave. Between the 8 of us last night we spent well over £100 on food and drink in the venue and did the same the week before, we all will happily return on days the (must not be modern) classic car club is on. I have put a photo on so that you can see just how far away my car was parked so as not to offend the classic enthusiasts, i do however fail to see how i could possibly park any further away (mine is the silver dot in the top left corner) . Again i would like to apologise to the landlord and staff and point out that this is no fault of the venue, however i do feel that you have every right to know how people are being treated by the club that is using your premises.

Lovely pub, lovely sandwiches and 0% beer on draft, which made for a lovely shandy. Will definitely be back!

Booked an early Saturday evening meal. Friendly reception and service. Pleasant, comfortable and relaxed ambience with friendly clentele. The food was very tasty and the bill very reasonable. Overall, a very enjoyable experience. We would be very happy to return.

This is the second time we've visited, the first time wasn't impressive, however we thought we would give it another chance. This time the service was good on an individual team member basis, however the lack of prices on drinks menus are always alarming to see (or not to see in this case). The food price has gone quite high and food was still very mediocre. The best thing seems to be the gammon steak. It appears to be dressed up as a gastro pub but struggles with the food part couple with the entire place smelt like bleach put a bit of a damper on things.

Popped in for lunch. Recommended.

Always a pleasant traditional pub experience

Lovely stop off place for a drink travelling from notts to Derbyshire

Had a 3 course meal and my wife and I absolutely loved it ,lovely food, friendly staff, well worth a visit 👍

Heather and Emma, excellent service. Good food. Light, spacious, comfortable.

Visited with a large walking group. Very accommodating,excellent choice of food and superb meal deal.Highly recommended, great beer as well.

Called in for the £10 lunch and a drink offer. Chose the gammon which was nicely cooked with egg and skin on fries. Good value for money.

Just do not go save your money, really bad food really bad staff, the staff act like 10 year olds having a tantrum. One girl blonde with glasses was extremely rude when I complained about my food she ignored me and kep say hmm and k like I'm her dad telling her off, really unprofessional service and very bad food, apart from the burger that was very nice, chicken wing tasted out of date, the BBQ sauce tasted like sweet and sour and the onion rings wasn't even onion ring, they did take the rings back and ask to make another one but the chef put too much batter on so the onion wasn't cooked, I know the crack I used to be a chef and any chef knows not to drench the onion in the batter or it won't cook the inside. Very unprofessional!! One member of staff was very nice tho and that was the bar tender was a very lovely lady and poured a very nice glass of coke. The manager tried to be professional but needs to train her staff on how to speak and maintain their professionalism in the workplace. Save yourself and just avoid it at all costs.

Visiting this pub on a lunch time shown to a choice of table order food 12.00 others came into the pub ordered food who was served before us asked what the problem was with our order they had not taken our order gave us complimentary drinks food arrived one and a half hours later on receiving our bill there were extra drinks on it

We just drive past back from Arnold (NG5 ), saw lightning building on busy road side , so have a 🍻. Look nice & feel good inside . Maybe try foods next time.

Lovely food, good customer service. Music level just right. Will definitely return.

Went here with my wife for lunch. We had the baked camembert for starters followed by lunch menu fish and chips and the steak sandwich. Food was excellent 👍👍, pleasant service and great atmosphere. I can definitely recommend this place.

It’s a lovely pub with a brilliant chef, the service was friendly but a bit clumsy, I asked for one of the starters which she came back and told me they had run out of, then I asked for an alternative and the same happened. Otherwise the service was so nice and friendly. The started I ended up with was king prawn cocktail which is a favorite, but to be honest it was a poor attempt. I only counted because it looked stingy but there were 8 small prawns so they were just under £1 each. I’m not sure if it’s just the presentation but it looked and felt very disappointing. That being said, the rest of the food was delicious! Definitely recommend the Shepherds pie!!

Good food and a pretty country pub. Lunch was nice too

Lovely venue and great staff / atmosphere. Good summer venue. Good venue all year round. One ask ....I only wish the menus had calorie calculations on all the food items across all the menus. I've been here many times over the years. Service is good, Staff friendly and lovely. My visit. Not that busy 7 pm on Thursday evening. Warm and seated quickly. Set mains, 2 course £16.50 and normal menus available. 2 meals with a bottle of wine and a soft drink. £51.00. Prawns for starters. Chicken Burger with fries. Nice but would have opted for salad instead of chips or rice. ( Freshly cooked) Bangers and mash. No specials menu when we Arrived. Would visit again.

Myself and my Husband met a friend here on 27th December 2023. We had three meals and desserts. I had fish & chips and there was hardly any fish, it was all batter. I asked for pouring cream with my crumble, they didn't have any. My Husband had a curry and he said it was awful, no sauce and the Naan bread was rock hard and no poppadom was given. The whole meal came to £90 with drinks. It certainly wasn't worth that amount. We have been other places that had done lovely home cooked food for less money. Sorry but we won't be going back anytime soon, unless we hear the standard of food has changed. Very disappointing.

Went with family including two young children. Food average but the service was poor. Had to wait for an age for desserts to come. To be fair, the staff knew it was unacceptable and discounted a few drinks off the final bill but I'd never go back again.

Busy place, liked the outdoor seating area with the heaters bonus

I had the best meal for a long time and I've been out a lot this Christmas. There were ten of us and the meals were hot and delicious, the service prompt and friendly.

We came for a Christmas fayre meal last night 14/12 And the food was excellent, I had prawn cocktail to start and it could of done with more prawns but I like prawns! So would want more anyway. Then I had the steak with a garlic sauce, this was a big plate of food and steak was cooked to perfection absolutely delicious, chips was so tasty absolutely no complaints, to follow stickie toffee pudding which had a rich sauce and vanilla ice cream, over all very good value for money, only down side for me was the price of the drinks, although I was with local people this isnt my local and I wouldn't make it my local with the drink prices, but I will be coming back for food but wouldnt stay for extra drinks

Lovely village pub, staff are so nice, polite and very friendly, we have had food but on a different occasion , definitely recommend if passing by

Booked for the Christmas lunch menu. We arrived early but our table was ready and waiting for us. Staff were attentive and friendly, food was delicious. A lovely christmas meal to start off the festivities.

Nice little old pub lovely staff but a little slow all in all not bad

Great food and even better service. Highly recommended

Food is now very average we won’t rush back. Sunday roasts no longer good value or tasty just very mediocre nothing like it used to be. No idea who’s in charge anymore and the bar staff seem to be there for their own benefit and are slow and ignorant the customer is no longer the priority!

We were a table of 4 adults and 2 children, the Sunday lunch was good with fresh vegetables and a jug of gravy for the table. There was no vegetarian roast option for children so we asked if we could substitute the meat for the vegetarian nuggets and they sorted it for us. We will be back again.

Been going here on and off over the last 45+ years. Good selection of real ale and wine. Not the cheapest but not too bad prices. Really friendly staff and although a limited bar area it's comfortable and nicely presented.

Been here numerous times and always great food and service. Very welcoming atmosphere and attentive staff.

Myself and another visited on a quiet Tuesday evening so the place wasn't packed (ideal for a relaxed pint for us). We didn't eat so I've left no marks for food. My companion was driving and it was great to see not only the good choice of 0% bottled beers and ciders (Moretti zero, Erdinger Blue and Old Mout) but also they have Heineken 0.0% on draft which is very rare. This pours and tastes much better, smoother with the fewer bubbles. I sampled 2 tasty golden ales which were well kept. There was Black Sheep bitter on offer as well. A very nice cosy sitting area near the old fireplace. I'm tempted to eat here next time, we did so many years ago before covid. Bur we will definitely visit more often for drinks now we can come with a Des driver knowing its not going to be the same boring zero beer all night. 🤙

Lunch menu priced well, but main menu feels overpriced. And lacking on portion side, we had a mix grill and lunch club burger

Lovely place, nice food and good quality and service 👌

Amazing food and service, great little quirky pub/restaurant with all the history on view. Generous portions and very attentive staff. Definitely visiting again

Met some friends for Sunday dinner. Pub seemed lovely and so was really looking forward to it. Ended up being really disappointed. Our order was taken then 2 other waitresses asked for our order. I had the duo and chose beef and chicken. The chicken was a thigh which I wouldn’t have picked if I had known. The beef was so fatty and chewy I left 3/4 of it. There was barely any veg or mash and the veg was over cooked. The parsnips were shrivelled to nothing. We got cauliflower cheese even though we didn’t order so had to ask for it to be removed from the bill. The only nice bit was the Yorkshire pudding. Such a shame as they really could do well here. Also it was £16.50 which is so expensive and the portion was small! Not going to come here again.

Over priced for amount provided two roast potatoes no stuffing no pigs in blankets not very filling wouldn't recommend veg came in bowl charge £1.50 extra for Yorkshire pudding strange mash with carrots in wouldn't visit again nice pub nice surroundings but wouldn't recommend ordering food

The staff were absolutely lovely, friendly and welcoming. The pub also has a really nice atmosphere. The Sunday roast was tasty but unfortunately, for just under £15 each, the portion sizes were very small. All four of us came away feeling hungry and ended up eating snacks afterwards. It's such a shame as we would have returned time and time again otherwise. But you can't fault the staff and atmosphere, they are great.

Table easy to book Food was good ,service efficient and friendly.

Always a good meal, especially on a Sunday.

Always been a great bar for a good night out and good for kids to play during the day

Called in for a drink and sat outside really nice atmosphere

Great food, drink and service we will be back.

Pleasant service, nice staff however, however today the Sunday roast was not what it used to be before it was taken over. The landlady was happy to correct it, great customer service and took a couple of items off our bill, other meals are enjoyable we’ve been a few Times since however for me, a roast maketh an eatery . it’s apples and pears in difference as you can see on our photos. Hopefully will be improved next time we pop along.

Bloomin' magic! Fantastic place, great food, decent prices and the staff coped so well when i got the pre arrival order wrong, they were great and id recommend this place!

They're selling TT Landlord again. Horrah. Lots of tables to sit out on .

Nice location.....toilets a bit smelly!

Friday night was dead only about 10 people in the var 6 to 8 in the restaurant

Went a couple of beers with the wife, just after the reopening and ordered a pint of neck oil, which was extremely cloudy and bitter in taste. I left half a pint and complained to the bar staff to be told, there was nothing wrong with it as one member of staff had been drinking it all afternoon after his shift. We've not been back in since till today 20/08/23, which we've ordered 2 Sunday lunches. the beef was grey, fatty and either a terrible cut of beef or chef isn't up to his job. I had pork, which was actually pork belly, which I was advised it was fatty but this stuff was extremely fatty to the point there was hardly any meat in the slice. After a member of staff approached to see if our meals were OK, my wife complained about the dreadful cut of beef to be told she would have to go inside and talk to a manager, 5 minutes later the member of staff approachedus to say we could have a different meat but the experience put my wife off and she promptly refused. About another 5 minutes later a senior member of staff approached again to ask if the meals were OK, when we explained the dilemma we were told as long as a member of staff tried to resolve the issue it was fine and walked away...... As you can imagine, we'll be giving the Griffin's a wide birth and returning back to the horse and groom

Great local place where you can have a laugh with the staff, whether having a beer or a full menu. Staff put the customers first and treat them as people

Great food, nice selection of drinks and dog friendly.

Absolutely awful Sunday lunch, everything was clearly frozen products. Left nearly all of it, as did my mum. A real shame because this place used to do lovely food. Will not be going back.