The Galway Arms in Bassetlaw

Great drinking pub

Just been to open mic night lovely amphser staff lovely and quick service it was busy

Nice little pub. Nice beer garden.

Nice traditional pub, with live music on a Saturday night, good for watching football

Awful. Manager and absolute idiot. Best sales prevention manager I've met!

Ordered the tapas, was over an hour late. Didn’t get what we ordered and half of what we did get was inedible as it was burnt. The worst meal I have had in a very long time.

Good night watching the football. Busy local pub and good service for a large group of us. Will come again when in Retford again.

Very good atmosphere. Nice beers and excellent service. You must to visit if you are in Retford sometime.

Tend to enjoy visiting the Galway.... service can be a bit "iffy" at times especially if you're at the "back bar".... otherwise you can have a good night

A fantastic pub, Large screens, keen darts venue and has regular live music, which includes Open Mic Nites. Great atmosphere.

Very friendly pub, top live bands

Always enjoy the live music on a weekend x

Our first visit to this lovely place and certainly won’t be the last. Dog friendly, traditional pub, lovely staff and exceptional food (Sunday lunch). We will certainly be back soon. Thank you Galway Arms. Looking forward to our next trip 👍🏼👍🏼

Got some good beers on got some good real ale on as well good friendly staff nice to go afternoon or evening

Fairly empty. Intoxicated customers bogarting the staff. - as normal. Probably regulars. Not an inviting scenario.

Went for takeaway dinner 1 good 2 not up too much.chicken drumsticks I don't think so

Nice pub, great staff, excellent beer and live music.... What's not to like?

A great village pub that's has a good atmosphere and a old school traditional pub decor.. with the inclusion of TVs for sports and good food... 👌

Friendly and welcoming cosy pub. Good food available. Choice of 2-3 changing real ales on handpump. Recommended.

Nice little pub. Would be better with a wider choice of ales but good service, they laid food on which was fantastic and had a good few hours here

Great place for live music, 21st nuzt mutz fantastic 70s rock band

Nice pub and a good pint of real ale 🍺

If the manager is Lewis this pub is out the world great staff it's at your other pubs staff are extremely bad wsy they treat customers

Would like to say a big thank you to Kara for hosting the wake for Shaun.The food and service were amazing.In fact the best I have been to. I would definitely recommend Kara and the Galway Arms. Once again,thank you to you and your staff. Pete

Lovely, friendly staff. Great range of beer, spirits and bottles. Warming and welcoming environment.

I called in as I had heard so much about the breakfasts here cooked by Kara’s Kitchen. The whole breakfast arrived promptly from being ordered. It is simply the best breakfast in Retford. The hash browns were delicious and homemade. All the ingredients to the breakfast are very high quality. For £9.50 for an English breakfast with tea and coffee a £1.00 extra, it is excellent value for money. The staff are extremely warm and welcoming and I look forward to many more breakfasts here.

Went for a quiz on the first Sunday of the month. Enjoyed it and the beer/cider. Would go again.

What an amazing Sunday roast! Highly recommend. Kara the chef has a special talent!

Breakfast yesterday, so impressed booked for Sunday lunch today. Outstanding on both days, cooked to perfection and staff & Chef were spot on. Thanks guys.

Just been for Sunday lunch and had roast lamb, really tasty, would highly recommend, will definitely be going back.

They do a fabulous breakfast. Well worth going. We all enjoyed it. Staff very pleasant and surroundings very clean.

Quiet but the drinks are a good price.

Always quiet but doesn't deserve to be. Better than most. Decent pint and friendly.

Open mic night fantastic musicians all night great atmosphere and people

A beautiful traditional pub with something always on to entertain

After seeing this pub go from one chef to another and do one breakfast menu bring after another, they seemed to just be the average pub breakfast. BUT NOT ANYMORE! Kara’s Kitchen is now occupying the kitchen and WWOW is the only way to describe the food. With her street food stall under her belt and winning awards every year, she has gone to town on transforming the Galway arms from the average pub breakfast to now a “book early order miss out” as it is by far the best breakfast in Retford town! And they also sunday dinners which are amazing!

Great. Fantastic atmosphere and service with really friendly locals.

Good selection of beers and great bands at the weekend

The live music was amazing. I will definitely be back.

During a short break in Retford (nice place) we sampled several pubs and, if you add up all essential positive requirements for a pub, the Galway Arms probably came out top. It is a non-trendy pub. But it is smart and up to date. The decor and furnishings are simple and understated, yet it is very smart. It does food but doesn’t try to be a gastro-pub. It has a regular clientele and feels like a true local pub. Beer was good and service likewise. And another bonus - despite the name, it isn’t one of those awful Irish pubs! In short - nothing not to like - really good pub.

Great atmosphere and friendly service

One of the very few pubs to have live music on a regular basis. Fair play for effort. And most of the bands are really good.

Overpriced for drinks & not a particularly good atmosphere, shame as could be really good there

Best pub in town...will welcome back after lockdown with gusto!!!! May 3 2021 And here we are in high winds and rain.....still great beer and friendly staff. What's even better is that if someone behaves like a petulant child and refuses to wear a mask or prove exemption......they don't get served. Hurrah!!!

Would not recommend at all! The way the "manager" spoke to me about me putting a face mask on was disgusting. Im medical exempt from having a face mask and even explained this to the manager but his reply was... "He needs face mask to come in". Its as if i wasn't even there... Im currently in touch with bassetlaw trading standards and licence for discrimination and not following covid guidelines and standing directly next to customers...

They talk to customers like they don't even matter would not recommend after the way we was spoken to it's was shameful and the attitude the manager had towards a different customer was disgraceful and the way he then spoke to us avoid at all cost

Lovely friendly staff. Beautiful breakfast xx

Brilliant pub great COVID protection in place drink in safety well impressed will use again

I LOVE this pub! In a world of modern bars and generic 'gastro' pubs The Galway Arms has remained true and nowadays it is one of the only 'proper' pubs left in Retford which in itself makes it a rather special place. On a Saturday and Sunday you can get the very best brekkie for miles around (in my opinion). Choosing either full English or full Scottish as well as other options, the price is very reasonable and the portions very generous but most crucially of all the quality of the ingredients is top notch and you can literally 'taste the difference' (sorry Sainsbury's! 👀😆). Good beer; on draught or otherwise and a great atmosphere with live music a regular occurrence as well as numerous large and smaller screens broadcasting sports. Outdoors there's a pleasant and well maintained patio and smoking area including under cover areas and snug, comfortable seating with heaters as well as plenty of parking available. What's not to love? I'd give it more than five stars if I could!

booked a table for 4 over Facebook page, answered realy quick. Lovely relaxed atmosphere, very friendly welcoming staff. Clean and fresh looking pub. Food was beautiful. Social distancing was adhered to also. Well done. Will be back xx

Great pub pitty the bar staff were not that friendly

We have now had two takeaway meals from the Galway and they were delicious. The pie in particular is really tasty. Highly recommend.

Absolutely lovely breakfast, really enjoyed it. So glad that they’re open again. It was still really hot when I got it home. 👍🏻

Really missed these breakfasts during lockdown, so was really pleased they started doing them as takeaways! We've ordered them several times now, always great quality and value for money, ordering is easy and their communication excellent. Thoroughly recommended.

Amazing quality products used, I prefer to pay that little extra for something much much better and that shows here, the best bacon, sausage And egg around and still competitively priced

Usually have breakfast in pub,but due to lockdown The Galway Arms are doing takeout breakfasts Saturday and Sunday..We ordered Friday to pick up Sunday..Food was superb and hot..Excellent value for money...Great service...Recommended to all.

I can highly recommend the breakfasts at the Galway Arms, we go for our weekend treat. Since the lockdown the Galway now does take always which are equally as good. We have our Scottish Breakfast and weekend treats back. Well done Galway and all that is working so hard. X

Absolutely amazing service. Went above and beyond to accommodate us !! Would definitely recommend !!

Was ok but was disappointed at them having no flavoured gins

Quiet when i was in there. Between Christmas and New Year. Birthday drinks.

It's a pub, they sell beer. Ok well kept beer. Amazing breakfast at the weekend and live music Friday and Saturday nights

Lovely pub, friendly atmosphere

Nice pub went to a party there friendly staff had a band on, they were ok... Reasonable prices has its own small car park and outside deck.

Visited on New Years Eve so, it was a bit crowded, but friendly locals made space for us and we got chatting. Black Sheep bitter was on - seems to be a regular - and was very good and fairly priced. In short, a really good pub.

Fantastic pub great beers plenty of football on and a nice cozy atmosphere

Fantastic friendly family environment with loads of kind children friendly locals

Very friendly Guinness very good

Hosted my sobs funeral yesterday and Were fab, helpul and efficient and compassionate. Thanks to stuart and staff Regards and appreciation Lesley Oldcorn

Very nice beers, warm and light. Good bar service. Plenty of seating even with a band on.

A friendly local...and I was only visiting !

Just popped in for a quick sandwich staff really nice and helpful will definitely have to call again

Great Breakfasts here. Good value.

Good service pleasant surrounding beer good

Pleasant and helpful staff. Nice pint of Black Sheep

Great service from friendly staff. Breakfast done right! Will return as regular as possible.

We were in the Galway Arms pub Saturday night with friends and had a very enjoyable night, there was a live band playing, the beer was very good and it had a nice friendly atmosphere. Returned in the morning to try the breakfast which was very good as well, i had the full English which was just perfect for soaking up last nights beer. Would highly recommend and will defiantly pop in the next time we are in Retford Popped in Saturday night for a few drinks with friends after dinner, had a great night with a good live band on, staff were all friendly and very welcoming as they remembered us. Great night all round.

A old traditional pub can't beat em

Great pub, decent prices lots going on. Poker bridge ect live bands

This is a great friendly Pub the welcome was lovely and food yummy. Dogs welcome and sky sports available .A gem well worth a visit everyone catered for, Staff very helpful.

Breakfast is fantastic value, lovely food, super service

Took my family to play darts one evening. Great atmosphere and service.

Went for breakfast with some ofy family and it was brilliant great food great service and wonderful friendly staff going again soon

Ordered some food there to find out me and my friend didn’t even get half of what we asked for and the chef actually came out to actually argue with us as if we were wrong and read what we ordered which was correct and then she stormed off! Honestly worst thing I’ve witnessed! Apparently she’s done this a few times as well.I do have to admit the young barmaid was helpful as she offered us all a refund because of her attitude. We didn’t take the refund but it was a very nice offer!The food that was then brought after was all cold and I didn’t even trust the sausages!

Lovely pint what a shame children are allowed to run around the bar area

Friendly staff nice outdoor seating

Excellent local pub with good pub grub.

Great bar and good music beer very cold I sure you will enjoy every one friendly

What a wonderful experience, everyone was so excited when I visited AT FIRST. There was singing apparently someone was parcelling up a round piece of sports apparatus and then it was being sent back to its place of origin. That was up to about 2100hours then it seemed the package wasn't being sent back to its point of ORIGIN. If indeed it was coming home then someone should have notified the residents of Partick in Glasgow which is in fact the home of what the excited masses were singing about.

Good beer, excellent live music. Top venue!

Great place for watching some live music. Paid this place a visit twice whilst in Retford over the weekend.

Long wait for food that was cold when it turned up. Money refunded.

The Galway Arms is already well known for live sessions and their excellent breakfast. We decided to hold my granddaughters baby shower there, with the two godmothers doing the arranging of the function. The landlord was spoken to about the date, food and the area required for guests. It was promptly forgotten about with various holidays and other commitments taking place. A few days before the event it was at last remembered and the landlord consorted with apologies. Luckily he was great and didn’t see any problems with the late confirmation. The food was an excellent array of various sandwiches and half rolls, variety of quiches, sausage rolls, pork pies. pasta and chicken bites were complemented by coleslaw, potatoes salad and dishes of olives with sun dried tomatoes and feta sides completed the scene. We had already said we would be bringing the cakes with us or they would have supplied those as well. The usual forks and paper plate and condiments were also supplied. The food was well made and well presented certainly to keep any guests happy as ours were. Drinks are available at the bar and as usual have a great variety to offer sometimes missing in private areas with table bars. I would highly recommend you try the Galway for a private function and indeed just for a visit or to sit in the delightful outdoor area. The landlord and his staff were extremely welcoming and helpful making for a stress free event. We will go back again for our next planned event. When you find a gem like this on your doorstep you need to use it.

Excellent friendly pub. Good beer, good bands , good prices.

Great pub, atmosphere and music with live bands.

Always friendly with a good atmosphere.

My boyfriend and his band played here last night. The venue was great, new management are awesome, made us feel very welcome. Plenty of people in, great atmosphere, good beer selection. Looking forward to a return visit in May for Midlife Krisis.

Friendly staff, great drinks and great breakfasts.

Pleasant surroundings. Ideal for watching sport on big screen tv's in several sections of the pub.

Played dominoes there, very friendly staff. In all a most enjoyable evening

Best atmosphere in Retford...great staff and great for music, sport and hangover breakfast!