The Johnson Arms in Nottingham

Great local pub. Garden is perfect on a nice day, but for winter settle indoors and enjoy the great beers, maybe watch a bit of sport. Staff are really friendly and helpful. Dogs are happily accepted. Fresh cooked pizza. Enjoy!

The food is amazing drinks at reasonable prices the staff are so welcoming and friendly can’t do enough for you I recommend this pub to anyone you won’t be disappointed I’ve been coming here for 3 years it’s always my first port of call the beer garden is amazing with barbecues and live music in the summer plus they do live music indoors on a Saturday night plus an amazing quiz on a Monday

Always a great time here. Not eaten there, so no food rating.

thank you so much to the friendly staff at this pub for helping me with my flat tire. good atmosphere highly recommend 👏

Excellent place to have lunch, warm and friendly, plenty of seating inside and out. Dog friendly.

Very friendly pub , clean and tidy warm and welcoming. Great beer garden, dog friendly. The manager and staff make everyone happy.

This pub has been my local for years, and a fair but very true comment would be that I simply cannot see myself drinking anywhere else, the staff are the friendliest you'll find anywhere and even though the establishment has a name for being a student pub the locals ( obviously myself included ) are very well looked after, and lastly the johnnos has a fantastic garden that just doesn't get the credit it deserves ( OK in the summer ) so yes this a local that I would highly recommend to everyone )

Cute lil pub that is vibes, vibes, vibes!! They serve great guinness & have friendly service. They also have the best patio garden out back in the summer that is my favourite!!

Great pizza , welcoming, full, so good atmosphere and friendly bar staff , recommended as was visiting Trent Vineyard and needed food nearby.

Fantastic vegan pizza and very accommodating bar staff.

Delicious pizza and a great vibe!! Staff are lovely and the garden is so cute! 🍁

Great Pizza and lovely local beers.

Great friendly pub with a beer garden.

A local pub in Lenton. They had a beer festival on in the beergarden so there was some live music. All the key Nottingham breweries were represented - Black Iris, Liquid Light, Neon Raptor, Castle Rock with their cask offers. The Black Iris offer was devine. Had a Bratwurst and chips from the kitchen. It was very well prepared. Lovely. We were there about 3pm - Not many punters in unfortunately. Hopefully it will fill out later. After all Forest was playing at home.

Great pub for a more mature attitude

Very friendly local pub in Lenton/ Dunkirk area of Nottingham - would recommend it, as the drinks are reasonable price, and staff are very friendly and helpful...

Lovely place, reasonable prices !

Relaxed environment, not busy the last time I visited the place, discreet choices of beers and there is a big beer garden, it might get busy sometimes during the organised events

Proper pub inside and out..fabulous outside area ..love it

Nice pub but the ale let's it down a little as it's both expensive and all made by Shipstones. I still go quite a lot

Lovely little pub, dog friendly, nice service, 🐕👍 didn't eat here so can't rate the food

A nice pub, after work, it's full of qmc staff so can be busy at that time. Some of the local regulars can be rude, but the staff are friendly and accomdating. Decent food, a bit pricey for what it is, but there's far worse in other pubs! I miss Zoe & Kay, the previous publicans, but the atmosphere is still decent at time of writing.

Went for the pub quiz. Good atmosphere. Wide beer selection. Enjoyed it. Note - didn't eat food.

Lovely pub with great food and beer options. Little bit on the expensive side compared to others in the area but more than worth it. Lovely beer garden in the summer too. Pie and a pint (with chips peas and gravy!)for £10 is a steal

Nice pub, live music on a Friday night and very lovely beer garden ☺️

Open mic night on a Thurs was first class. Some very talented musicians turned up. Good beer too.

Lovely staff and I didn't try food. It was extremely quiet so there was no atmosphere really besides a good banter with the lady behind the bar

Fantastic pub good outside seating area and really good beer

My favourite pub!...Good Ales! Brilliant Beer Garden!...And Nice Friendly and polite people Who work there.

Proper pub. Excellent open mic night

great be little pub with a beer garden that's one of the best.Also many singers appear here on a regular basis,and a good selection of drinks to be had.

Visited Friday 5pm-ish. Pub is sympathetically decorated in traditional Shipstone Brewery colours with historic photos of the Star Brewery & dray horses. Amazing beer garden with various areas, attractive planting & a lovely old pear tree. So refreshing that the friendly owner/manager had plenty of staff on duty early doors. One well informed barperson chatted about Shippo's history & the newer Little Star Brewery & showed me the photos. Thanks to him. Plenty of screens to watch sport & a stage for music outdoors. ( This is why only 4 stars for atmos as I wasn't keen on the singer although he was a good guitarist.) & the important thing: beer was delicious, we drank the Shipstones 4.2% which was a bit lively but poured gently. 3 Little Star ales on pump & some crafts.

Good service....allows delivery and eating in of the Indian restaurant nextdoor

Despite being a little out of the way, this pub is worth a visit. Decent enough beer and good food coupled with a really nice garden make the Johnson's Arms s pub worth a visit.

Pizzas and their chips were amazing 👏

I've been quite a few times over the years, across different management, but I've always enjoyed it. A nice environment, especially if the weather is right for the garden, and a good selection of drinks. I don't have the food much but they do a fine burger and chips.

Good pub and great beer garden, shame Yasmin behind the bar was a bit of misery!

Just a lovely pub , clean,good prices loved the garden

Shipstones Gold Star was beyond excellent

Nice interior with lots of nooks and crannies. Good beer selection and reasonable prices. Staff are welcoming and friendly. Clean bathroom with well lit entrance. Convenient access to adjacent taxi, bus stops and food outlets. (A kind of miro comercial ecosystem). Although I've never been in the daytime which could be difficult for parking as with anywhere in Nottingham. I found no issues in the evening. The 11pm curfew might not be the right flavor for those used to late drinking in town center venues but for those with work or college the next day it ticks the boxes.

Very cozy pub.Dire Straits was playing also👌

Lovely pint and lovely surroundings and lovely staff.

Love the place to go for a drink

Nice cozy pub. Good beer garden for warmer months. Decent range of beers and some good guest beers on tap.

Second time being disappointed by the miscommunication of this place - among staff themselves! We booked a dinner 2 weeks ago and CONFIRMED by their manager over emails and we arrived today and waited for 1 hour just to know they CLOSED the kitchen. WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR BOOKING? They DID NOT even offer any compensation, at least for our cost of Uber coming all the way there (we would have been very happy if there were food as requested). A month earlier we booked a place here just to watch the game and have some food but they did not tell us they would not provide food that day, and we even called THREE TIMES that day to confirm. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR COMMUNICATION? WOULD IT NOT BE POSSIBLE HAVING THE SAME INBOX TO MANAGE ALL OF THESE BOOKINGS? A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!

You can enjoy delicious drinks in the beautiful open garden with lush greenery. The store also has a variety of seats where you can relax, and I think the store can be used for a variety of purposes. This store also has a wall-mounted TV where you can watch sports. The store is quite spacious, so accommodating a large number of people will not be a problem. I think it's the best place to make new acquaintances and friends because all kinds of people come together. I would like to go there again the next time I go to Nottingham.

A Sunday afternoon visit, so not too busy. The Shipstones ales were all very tasty and the staff were friendly and helpful.

Great pub - friendly staff - big beer garden - great open mic on a Thursday 👍🏻

Great real ale served in a traditional British pub

Since change of management - amazing 😊 Old review: Great pints and bar staff as well as waiters/waitresses. However, the owner is extremely rude hence the 2* rating (sorry for the incoming rant)... I got told we were allowed to bring food in from elsewhere on my first visit, and I used a little bit of sauce from the Johnson arms to go with my chips (one squirt of ketchup). The owner comes over very annoyed, saying that they won't make money off the ketchup as I didn't buy food in there, which is true. However, I had a tiny amount and there was about 15 of us who had about 4 drinks each, so we were clearly making them money. He was very rude about me using the sauce, and could have just asked politely for me to stop and I would have. On my second visit, after some time spent here, we again brought food in from elsewhere, thinking nothing of it after the owner having no problem with it last time and making sure not to touch the sauce. Despite this, again the owner stomps over, asking if we had asked permission to bring food in specifically on this night. We said no, as we had previously been told that it was fine (by him!!) about a week before. I'm not sure why he feels the need to be so cold about it. If they have a no food policy from elsewhere, please state it, or please state that you have to specifically ask before doing that, on specific days. I also want to note that there was others eating food from elsewhere in the restaurant who brought it straight in with them without asking the bar staff. He did not question them or mention that at all. It's almost as if he has decided he doesn't like me specifically as I used some of the sauce. I will be avoiding this pub.

Pleasant staff, good beers. What more do you want?!

Nice traditional pub, great beer garden

Nice pint of Shipstone's here. Great big outside seating area. Had a bbq on the go (Friday evening)- looked and smelt great but was far too expensive so didn't bother. Bit too bright inside, I prefer The Boat around the corner....

Never knew this pub was here, really nice place with a lovely beer garden. Staff are friendly. Would visit again.

Lovely bar staff and good choice of drinks. Biggest bonus here was the lady behind the bar who was so accommodating

First visit last weekend, great beer & friendly staff (now a Shipstone's pub) + a nice large beer garden at the rear. Well worth a visit

Nice beer selection the beer garden at the rear is lovely

Fabulous traditional pub, with young and friendly staff, fantastic outdoor spaces, perfect for open mic indoors or out. Great burger on the bbq, nicest I've had for a long time, hoping to try their Pizza's next.

Excellent clean tidy traditional pub with excellent Shipstones Beers. Shame its a Punch Taverns Pub.

Lovely drinks with a spacious beer garden. Well done to Audrius and his team for making me feel accommodated at all times

Perfect spot for our early afternoon drinks. Sport on, pizzas, good beer, friendly and welcoming staff.

Amazing atmosphere great prices and lush pizzas x

I played the open mic here last week, nice traditional pub. Will be back!

Nice selection of beers and cask ales friendly staff. Large beer garden friendly atmosphere nice place to enjoy a well kept cool beer.

Fantastic selection of beers and a great sun trap of a garden!

Fantastic beer garden and good selection of drinks

Nice relaxing place, staff were helpful and welcoming.

Popular place for students to unwind on Fridays. Good service, reasonable prices and a great atmosphere

Nice pub, decent food and good beer.

A good sports bar in Nottingham. A range of matches on the many screens. And the local sports teams all came for grub. Does a mean pub quiz too. Nice spot.

Drink and atmosphere was decent however, the food is incredibly overpriced for what you get. Three small chicken strips and a bit of gravy for £5.79!!!

A small and nice pub on a busy street. Friendly staff service. Great beer options.

Went for a meal whilst waiting for car tyres, usually go with work mates, today was just a large coke and southen fried chicken burger, good sized meal in a decent place, watching sport for an hour, can recommend it.

Not too busy,good choice of hand pumps and fonts.tv showing b t sport.ideal for a good drink and a conversation.

Went for a meet up before going to a convention, bar staff were friendly and service was fast.

Traditional pub. No frills. Just good beer in good condition and tasty food to compliment. On the cusp of the University campus and Queens medical Centre it is geared towards academia. And to top it all, they serve Nottingham brewery beer 🍺

lovely. drinks a bit on the more expensive side but great outdoor seating and food. good memories

Very nice place for a drink which serve food as well

Good range of Real ales. Big garden area but could do with a tidy up.

First visit in a while and was with my grown up son who had never been here. Great that the cricket was on the TV as that was what we wanted. Also had great cider and beer options available. Garden space is great and I can't recommend enough. Will definitely be going back on a regular basis.

Nice pub, middle of nowhere.... Actually near Nottingham vets.... Kind of!

Nice atmosphere large beer garden staff very friendly

Very nice pint and friendly staff. Nice beer garden but missed out on the food as they stop at 7.30.

Great beer. Great beer garden. Great staff.

chill place. affordable prices. always return with my friends.

Staff nice and pub had a good old school ambiance. Beer garden lovely. App for ordering a PITA but this is life this year.

Very nice pub helpful staff open garden area

Very rude staff. Preference is shown more to students.

Pretty standard pub. Somewhat pricey, but not excessively so. Good outdoors seating and large screen to watch the match on.

8 of us went for meal at 16.30 on Saturday 8 May. Told we could NOT order a meal until 17.00. Can only order on THE APP and no paper menus. After great difficulty with the APP 4 of us had ordered a meal by 17.30 By 17.45 the APP had been CLOSED and impossible to order any food so remaining 4 people unable to order a meal. We did not know that we could only order food for 30 minutes! Those who ordered a meal had to wait for over an hour before food arrived. Impossible for those who could not eat to leave pub as half the group were still waiting for food. Ridiculous situation whereby you cannot order a meal at 17.45 on a Saturday evening.

Lovely pub. They do a bit of food, and have a great beer garden. Ideal for a socially distanced pint.

Good staff, nice beer garden & simple ordering system using WhatsApp.

Great garden & covid precautions in place, order through WhatsApp, drinks brought to the table!

Nice food, good beer garden, everything in place for social distancing

They have had months to prep for this reopening but the heaters don't work, no one communicated with us and didn't get drinks and food for a ridiculous amount of time. If Ur looking for a post covid pub trip don't come here

Nice solid pub grub, good garden with sheltered area out and good selection of beer on tap.

Decent pub, clean and with good prices.

Massive beer garden, good food and great atmosphere. 👍

Gema oculta. Cerveza de buena calidad, una buena selección de cervezas. Personal amable y servicial. Posiblemente la mejor cervecería al aire libre de Nottingham: un entorno seguro para tomar una copa al sol por la tarde

The JA has always been a great pub for students and locals. Food is great, plenty of room, boardgames and books available, and frequent events. I would highly recommend it!