The Free Man in Gedling

Nice place friendly staff food is good

Very busy, ordered food and drinks on the app and received a lot quicker than queuing at the bar. Great food and service

The thing with Spoons is if you've got someone cooking your food who actually cares...it's brilliant. It's very easy to tell. TBH, I've never left unhappy. 👍🏼

The food is better at other wetherspoons

Always a laugh, shame about the staff... not really, there not bad considering what they go through, Great atmosphere as long as you have a sense of humour

Food could have been hotter but otther than that, its a thumbs up from me

Had a Sharwama wrap, which was stone cold. Is it supposed to be cold? Ice Cream with Shortbread and Caramel sauce was nice.

Always a good place to eat and drink, staff are always polite and professional

I don't eat out so can't Really comment ,,,,but all looks cock on 👊👍

Good experience. Nice early start for us. Thank you 😊

Travelled from Wales stayed 3 nights.Great staff and service.I would highly recommend this pub.

I have been coming to this Pub for many years but have never written a review. It is , quite simply , the best Wetherspoons in Nottingham. The staff are friendly. The food is superb. The beer is cheap. The atmosphere is great. What more could you want from a pub. Get yersen in there midduk. 😎👍

The free man is a wonderful place excellent management excellent customer service from the team. The food preparation is excellent and I have quality cooked food made to perfection by the chefs. I thank everyone at this pub for the exceptional service. Excellently recommend 👌.

Terrible and the staff attitude

Decent pub but very dark in there

Cheap and cheerful. Can't beat it

You can't beat a Wetherspoons breakfast. Place is busy but always clean.

Basically I paid for a pizza included the soft drink, but I did not get any drink. I told the staff later there is no option to choose my drink when I checked out in the website , and I have been told that I won’t get any drink due to the order is made. And in the page , it did not state clearly it would have to be ordered separately , not like other wrap deals to choose drink automatically. Honestly, I thought there is something in the system. Although I raised my concern to the staff, I feel unheard unfortunately.

Food is great although sometimes food is a bit cold but not ridiculous and food arrives quite fast. Friendly staff and clean tables/dishes and glasses quickly. Toilet and everything was very clean with nice historical facts and pictures around the pub about carlton. Football or news always on to keep up to date.

Food was great and service was sound will go again 😁

Not expensive good food and a decent pint of bitter. A really nice place with friendly efficient staff

For some reason, weatherspoons pubs like to have reduced lighting, which makes it awkward to read the menu, let alone eat the food.

Ordered a mix grill asked for the meat to be cooked well done the steak was was not cooked at all

Food was excellent & service was really good & friendly staff.

Friendly staff,very accommodating for our custom breakfasts,great price and good food,and of course unlimited tea or coffee,👍👍😋

Went in a bank holiday with friends, excellent afternoon x

If you love cheap beer and rowdy customers, swearing at top note to each other. Very poor food then this is the place for you, I won't be going back

Very good pub for taking the family to, my young daughter loves the place mainly due to the food ! It's a shame they have stopped doing the Sunday roast now. The place is still well worth a visit even if you are not eating. Can recommend the fish and chips .. comes with a drink all in for 10 quid!

Good beers and reasonably priced food.

We had fish n chips and chicken wings with fries. Nice big wings(not every Wetherspoon does it) .

Went to Nottingham on a shopping jaunt and decided to frequent the Free Man before the day got off to a proper start. It's always jarring when you're off to Wetherspoons when you realise you've drawn the short straw and you're venturing in to a building that looks like the love child of a recent love union between a Doctor's surgery, a job centre and a long since abandoned Police station. But here we were, welcome to The Free Man. Inside and the decor matched the outer garments, flaky paint and tacky carpets. It was just you know, just so. A Nottingham suburb pub that just needed grabbing by the scruff of the neck and given a good shake. Could and should be so much better.

So it's a Wetherspoons but one of the better ones . I stopped eating breakfast at wetherspoons as the one we were using the food was coming out Luke warm . So I stopped going but it was my birthday and my friends paid for me to have breakfast and got to say this one in Carlton the food actually came out hot and the toast was as well. And for what you pay it definitely worth it . This wetherspoons may of won me back by just doing it right. I am a chef so my expectations as rnt high but I do expect the food to be cooked and hot and this one ticked both those boxes.

Decor looking a bit dated and quite dark, but good range of food and plenty of vegetarian options. Unfortunately the coffee machine was out of milk, I notified a member of staff who looked and walked away. 5 mins later another punter came for coffee and the staff member magically appeared with milk, still not working, no apology, my food had arrived and was going cold. Another staff member eventually turned up to take a look and still no apology, pressed some buttons and said "when it's done that it will be fine". Cold lunch, not good service. UPDATE much better service now must have had an off day

Had breakfast here this morning (Saturday 20/01/24) and was well satisfied. I had a large breakfast and my partner had eggs benidict and agreed it was one of the best cooked breakfast we have had in a weathspoons pub and with excelent service we will be coming back here again.

I have visited Carlton weather-spoons a few times recently and was greatly impressed by a member of staff named carolina, she actually put a smile on my face every visit by reading my mind and acting on my thoughts with out me asking. When I spoke to her she so polite and happy to go over and beyond. This member of a team is hard to come by and I just wanted her hard work to be recognised

OK pub - food very nice, well priced beer, clean loos. Typical Weatherspoons.

Nice pub, quick table service and very friendly staff

Nice cheap beer and food only downfall is that it's always dark inside

Food took over an hour and a half to arrive, and when arrived tasted reheated and bland

Been here a couple of times, but on this occasion . Rated poor only on disabled toilet being locked was told to ask for key but no signage . No access for first floor without using steep staircase.. on the whole disappointing

Had sunday breakfast. Very nice with unlimited coffee. I actually had a pint of little John at 99p. A bit naughty of me with breakfast but very enjoyable

local pub with Wetherspoon prices (lower prices) - excellent value for money. We particularly like this pub because the staff is nice and welcoming. good to have a good time with couple or just with friends. recommend definitely

Happy and helpful staff. Lighting levels were very low for a lunchtime. Had a lovely cuppa tea.

Friendly staff, better than adequate food, decent "community" atmosphere. You kind of expect all Wetherspoons to be the same, but they really aren't... And this one is definitely on the better end of the spectrum. The one thing they have in their favour: the staff. They are competent, friendly and considerate. If I could, I'd knock half a star off for the fact that smokers congregate round the entrance door (despite the prominent no smoking signs!), so it can be a bit of a nicotine binge to get into the place at times. I wish they'd crack down on that!11

The service off the lady I can only assume was a manager was what I would say was rude in a polite way and the food was shocking poached eggs was more like hard boiled egg I was very disappointed having a birthday breakfast there

I had a really nice breakfast and a couple of drinks with my son. Service was spot on,food spot on, drinks spot on! Pricing? Well I wish it was Monday club every day: ) nice work 👍

Lovely pub great prices, I will be back when I'm back in Nottingham

Very friendly staff and excellent food!

I generally like Wetherspoons and having one open close to me at an out of town location was an unexpected but pleasant surprise. I read that Covid cost the business a fortune but it has hopefully turned that corner and seems to be getting back on track. Paying for a round of drinks in a more traditional pub made me realise how lucky we are to have Wetherspoons as an option and long may that continue

Was ok.. Usual Reasonably priced food and drink

I'm a regular customer of Wetherspoons, but after an ongoing decline in food quality, I will be eating elsewhere. Over recent times, I've not been happy with the food quality. On Saturday, food came out undercooked with inedible eggs. Sent it back & and sadly, the meal came back just as poorly cooked as before. Up your game Wetherspoons!

So disappointed - been going here for many years, but the last several meals that I have ordered have not been up to standard. I ordered the Gammon which I requested to be cooked well done, when it arrived it was almost raw, with 2 eggs stuck together which were hard (no attention to arrange the food on the plate to look appealing.) I had to send it back, when it arrived back out, the gammon had been cooked, however my partner took one look at his and decided that he did not want it, the eggs were rock hard and not edible. You would have thought that the kitchen would have made sure that they got it right knowing that they were having to re-do it. The prices keep going up and up, but the quality of the meat is sometimes hit and miss, along with the cooking and presentation. The staff however were wonderful and issued us with a full refund. My problem now is finding somewhere new to eat as I no longer trust Spoons.

Unfortunately drinks wanted were not available, place seemed run down, nothing like our usual wetherspoons.

I came in today with my friend, the staff was run of there feet ,but was still very friendly and prossional, was a but loud but otherwise a fantastic time

Good parking, not to far from city good food and drink

You can't give a wetherspoons 5 stars, no music or anything. But it does get a 4 stars for good outdoor seating and decently priced beer!

Very nice spoons lovely outside area and nearby parking

Ruined by a very drunk man, I sat in the smoking area at the front of the building .

Very friendly staff always on the go

Very busy pub but still great and fast service ! Food was lovely and good atmosphere. Keep it up 👆

Chairs need to be reupholstered

Nice place to go after work on a Friday for a few cold ones

Had a lovely lunch service was excellent thanks

Not even worth a star don't bother with it better off going to tescos bin

Standard Spoons, with friendly staff, prompt service. Place was clean and tables were not crowded together. Several side areas for a quieter experience. This visit, my breakfast came before everyone else's, but that was their fault for not placing their orders when the bar wasn't busy 😂 Definitely not the staff's fault 😘

We only popped in to use the loo. If it is like other Wetherspoons then the food will be tasty and responsible priced. Very popular when we visited.

Worst ever ! Chips tasted like been reheated, and very little fish inside the batter☹️

Visited on a weekday afternoon so no idea what it's like at night or on weekends. Got very much a 'city vibe' here, which is to be expected given its proximity to Nottingham. A small selection of good guest ales but mostly a lager and cocktail venue and an air of people just passing through before hitting the bars of the metropolis.

Friendly and helpful staff, good food and great coffee. I always enjoy the atmosphere and meet up with friends there.

40 minute wait for food is unacceptable - please get a chef who can cook quicker, or at least have a sign on the door telling people that it will be that long. Won't be returning here.

a tragedy for the food we waited 50 minutes and on top of that the food wouldn't even be eaten by the dog

Good atmosphere, good beer and cheap

A JD Wetherspoons pub offering everything you would expect from this pub chain. I like the venue it is well furnished, well located for the busy shopping area on Carlton Hill. A great selection of beers, lagers and every other drink you may want. The bar food offers great VFM and the staff are very pleasant, you can’t go far wrong by visiting this pub 👍

The assistant manager, always asks, if everything is ok. Very polite and friendly.

Very clean everything worked and plenty of everything you needed excellent

Absolutely loved the steak it was bang on. The salad was great. First time here but wow what a lovely lunch. Food amazing and services was awesome friendly. Very nice atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Only one spare table.but thats all you need.a bargain mixed grill for under a fiver

Friendly bar staff. Good choice of beer

Love the bar manager (girl with red hair) top notch!

Excellent selection of real ales. Scampi was very nice the steak was cooked to perfection. Very quick service, nice friendly staff. Pictures of local actor Richard Beckinsal. On bus route to the motorpoint arena aprox 2 miles away, number 25, 26, or 27 will get you there.

The pub it's self I would class as cosy as its small when you first go in the only thing it's quite dark as they have a brown wooden ceiling and if you have sight problems it's not great, had breakfast there on sat 25/02/23 and the hash browns were over cooked very hard and crunchy apart from that it's an ideal place to go

Went in for a breakfast was not disappointed worth the money definitely go back there next time iam in Nottingham

Had an All Day Brekkie (veggie), and the food was pipng hot😊 Much needed on a very cold morning. Excellent service, too. Toilets upstairs. Enclosed outdoor area at the rear

Decent Wetherspoon pub, a bit like the Tardis. Thought we would struggle to find a big table when I saw how it looked from outside but was fine, we got a table for 10 people easily! Obviously the food was pretty standard but the wait times were a bit long.. maybe that has something to do with the Forest-Leeds match that was taking place just a few hours later at the City Ground

It's a Wetherspoons... what more can you say. Always have some decent Real Ales on tap. Staff are great.

Beautiful food and friendly service .

We arrived very late and I was very stressed the staff kindly arranged a nescafe coffee free on the house as the coffee machine has just been my company I've been caught in traffic from Leeds to Nottingham taking 4 hours and set up to it was very much appreciated we stayed into the end of the evening many thanks Suzette Harris

This place is always busy. It has a good atmosphere and plenty of places to sit! The free man Is a good place for dinner or a drink with some friends, at a very reasonable price. They also serve breakfast in the morning which is very relaxed and tasty! They have other beverages available such as cordial and soft drinks, they also do a refillable coffee cup for around a pound that you can refill with any selection from their coffee machine all day long. It has a back beer garden for people to sit and relax in nice weather or for people who smoke or vape to use. Overall this place is a good night out and a family-friendly eatery!

3 meals, 3 pints for under £30! Excellently cooked meals, brilliant customer service in a warm environment.

Went for Dinner yesterday, my son wanted a quorn wrap, when he got it he moaned there was sauce on it ( he never eats any sauce) The manager (I think) asked if everything was ok I said ahh my son is just upset that’s there’s sauce on his wrap, this guy only went and got him a fresh wrap with no sauce! What a star! Thank you so much.. so thoughtful.. thanks again.

Nothing special, decent breaky with cheap refill hot drinks :)

Cheap and cheerful :) had all day brunch and it was lovely thank you

Services and food were excellent, decor seemed dated and damp

It's just a spoons, bit rowdy towards the evening though...

Your basic spoon pub. Drinks reasonable mixed grill ok

Good food and beer - good atmosphere too.

Great pub staff are brilliant and food always better than other spoons

Great pub, will be going there again.

Old people's pub, very dark and depressing

I go every couple of months to meet a friend. Staff are always really nice. Nice food at affordable prices