The Star in High Peak

I love The Star. The cask ales are an ever- changing selection and are well-kept by someone who obviously knows how to run a cellar. Tom the barman knows my preference for ale now and if there are brews on that I'm unfamiliar with will recommend the one he thinks will best fit my tastes. He's rarely been wrong. You won't get football screens or loud music, except in a Monday night which is home to an acoustic trad/ folk music session. This used to be in the back room but has acquired so many attendees over the last year that it's now in one end of the main bar. The music is a great mix of both songs and tunes, with a real buzz most Mondays and is well worth a visit just to listen, or to join in if you play or sing. Otherwise it's just a great traditional pub serving excellent beer and somewhere to have good conversations with family or friends.

Glossop has at least a dizen or so pubs but The Star - very handily situated just 20 yards from the railway station - offers by far the best-kept and tasting beer in this friendly little town. If you are a cask ale lover, then look no further. The Star doesn’t pretend to be something it isn’t. Don’t go there to watch sport on the telly, or to eat, or listen to loud music (they do, though, usually have popular, nostalgic tunes playing in the background that aren’t a conversation killer). What The Star does is focus full attention on delivering what should matter most to all pubs - quality beer, ciders and spirits. Landlord Paul clearly takes great pride in serving a quality pint and his well stocked bar never lacks variety. There are usually four cask beers on the pump every day, from golden ales to darker stout options, supplied by local breweries. Jaipur, Citra and White Rat are always very popular. And the Guinness here is also top notch. This is a real shining star among Glossop pubs.

We went around Glossop for a few drinks and all the pubs were friendly and accommodating. Bar 2 was by far the best as Kevin and Gaynor are lovely and warm cheery people. Our final stop before getting the train was The Star. Wow lovely beer and well kept but the girl behind the bar really didn't want to be there. When we arrived she was on her phone and there was no smile or greeting. She made no conversation, just served our drinks and then spent most of the time outside vapeing. Shame as the beer was good but the pub was lacking warmth and personality.

Just moved to Glossop and decided to try out the pubs, we decided to go into The Star after one of there regulars recommended, It was rather quite but we found most pubs was, was made to feel welcome by the staff, great selection of beer that my husband was happy for and some nice gins, They have a music quiz on Wednesdays which is different and heaps of fun and not serious, Anne is very entertaining and I have to mention Tom great service and very chatty! Just what we needed thanks star staff!!

Heard about the pub and thought I would try it. Good selection of beer. Cold, depressing pub with no customers or atmosphere. Couldn't wait to leave.

Been here a couple times now, always a good atmosphere here. Ann behind the bar is always a great laugh.

Just had three nights in this very friendly pub and enjoyed every one of them. They have a great range of beers, all beautifully kept and served by polite, enthusiastic staff. The beers are changed very regularly and the prices are very good. Wish we had pubs like this in Oxfordshire!

Called in for one drink which were good. Just a shame about the local guy who used the 'f' word like normal people say 'the' when he was clearly old enough to know better!

Really poor service. Stopped in for a pint on way home because next to train station. Pint was off (just needed pulling through a bit in my opinion) but was told that I was wrong and would not be offered an exchange. Barman said "I don't know, I don't drink lager but seems ok to me". I said that I couldn't drink it and he shrugged. I said fair enough i won't be drinking here again. Up until that point it had been fine. Nice looking place, staff friendly enough. In fact it's probably just bad luck that I got a bad pint but good luck anyone else who is unlucky enough to get a bad one cos from this experience it's not getting changed. You're told you're wrong and you should like it or lump it. Shame really.

Absolutely superb!!! The beer is in top form. Lovely creamy head. I have complained about the lack of creamy head in the past, but no more!! it's sorted keep it up

If you want a decent pint, then this is the place to go. An ever changing array of cask ales with at least 4 or 5 always on the go. Staff are friendly and helpful. Children are allowed before 7 and dogs are welcome.

I've been criticising this pub for the lack of a creamy head on the selection of real ales lately albeit it's one of my favourite pubs. I can now commend the new staff for the delightful pint I was given Friday 22nd March. It was beautiful in taste and the head lasted and clinged to the glass to the very end. Cheers👍👍👍

This pub is next to the train station and a good place to start a bit of a Saturday afternoon/eve pub crawl in Glossop. Good real ales in a very traditional environment.

This is a traditional real ale pub in an old building with plenty of character. The beer was good and there was a fair selection. Felt welcome as a non-local. Worth a stop if you're passing.

I have to be honest this is my type of pub. No glitz just a traditional real ale pub. The staff are friendly and polite. I have previously wrote a review about the quality of the ale and thought I'd give it another chance, but once again it was very disappointing. I specifically requested a decent head and again got soap suds which disappeared within 5 minutes. Every other pub in glossop can serve up a nice creamy head whether it's a light ale or a porter, so why can't The Star Inn????

An ever changing selection of real ales in a traditional pub. cozy and friendly, nothing plastic about this place and is just across the road from Glossop station & bus terminus.

Shockingly bad service which is a shame, because it could be such a nice pub. Won't be going back.TV on full blast - so much so that it drowned out conversation and staff were shocked when we asked for it to be turned down.

Very friendly, centrally located pub. Serves a lovely rotating selection of real ales, not overpriced. toilets could do with a makeover

Great selection of real ales, but the landlord couldn't pull a pint to save his life.

Sirve una buena variedad de bebidas, pero no hay comida, podía hacer una buena limpieza.

Este tradicional pub defrauda en la falta de limpieza y apariencia general en mal estado dentro. Huele y como te sientas puedes ver basura bajo la bancos enfrente de ti.

Best Pub in Glossop in my opinion. It's a proper Pub with all the real Ale you'd want (and other drinks).

Agradable encontrar un pub que se concentra en buenas cervezas sin lujos, televisión o carga de música, empaquetó con bebedores de disfrutar su ale, del que hay una muy buena elección.

No hay muchos pubs antiguo a la izquierda, este podría ser genial si fue limpiado!

As pubs were, but with the difference of wonderful craft ales rotated at dizzying speeds. No TVs or music, just people talking to each other over beer that's as wonderfully kept as it was cheap. Go there before the chains move in to 'improve' it.

lovely small pub, so hand for a quick pint before a train home. Very traditional with a good choice of real ales. This and the globe further down the high street are probably best for atmosphere. Just needs a few quid spending on deco and...

Nice traditional style pub with good atmosphere and helpful bar staff. Real cider/ales and knowledgeable bar staff. Cosy worth visit

Este pub es de la vieja escuela... es como retroceder en el tiempo dentro de lo que es una buena cosa. Tiene mucho carácter. El propietario y el personal realmente sabe lo que hace y rotar la variedad de cerveza, de modo que siempre hay...

Nice friendly...unspoilt pub ...with real ale..n a no fuss atmospher ..perfect for those wishing to have a quite beer..read a...

Fair range of good ales, well kept. Lively crowd of customers, many thirty-somethings. Distinct shortage of grumpy gits hogging bar stools. Quiet back room with interesting photos and posters.

Lovely real authentic pub, no tvs or music blasting loudly, lovely friendly staff and perfect Guinness!

First visit to this pub and it was really nice.Great selection of ales and beers and very friendly staff.Recommended.

With snake pass closed my wife and I called into the Star Inn to cool down and discuss how we might get home. What we found was a real English pub with an excellent selection of real ales and a real draught cider. The landlord was friendly and very helpful with his advice on which road to take. A veritable Oasis in a desert of chain and plastic pubs. We are already planning a return visit. Thank you for such a lovely welcome to Glossop.

When you visit the Star you know you are going to have to make decisions. There is always a good selection of beer and you could have a mini beer festival without going anywhere else. A good mix of customers young and older gives the place a good atmosphere.

Serves good cask ale and is close to the shops and bus station. Clean and welcoming but not outstanding

All you would expect from a Northern pub. Warm welcome, good beers and a friendly staff and clientelle.Central, near the station, its well worth a visit

One of the best pubs ever visited. It is not a restaurant and hopefully never will be, that would spoil it. This is a pub where you go to drink proper beer, not the chemical fizz that most other pubs have to offer. The emphasis is on real ales, ciders and lagers. The pumps offer you a constantly changing variety of well known ales and popular stalwarts. Strong lager and cider are available too as are a couple of bog standard lagers.The pub is well frequented by locals and visitors, a stride away from the rail and bus stations. it is a no frills pub, no juke box, no gaming machine, no wall to wall TV and no nonsense.

Went here for some post-walking pints. The atmosphere was lovely and quaint, they had a range of brilliantly kept real ales (receiving 100% cask marque ratings which they proudly had displayed) and it was just how a pub should be. Not to be missed if you are a fan of real ales and are heading through Glossop.

If you want a traditional English Pub then The Star is the place to go. A good selection of well kept real ales ciders and lagers. This is the best pub in Glossop for real ale.

Just been in this Star Pub Glossop. Just beside the train station. Such a friendly welcome from barman & locals. Fabulous start to our visit to Glossop. Well kept beers. Four local ales on. (Tried three. ) It's an old but historically interesting pub.

Very friendly pub and they even provided a bowl of water for the dogs. The beer is good. From the outside it looks a bit rough but it's inside and the friendly welcome we got was lovely.

This is a good, old-fashioned pretty basic pub with a lively atmosphere and friendly customers. It's slighty shabbily run down but that's part of the charm.The beer was well served and good value.

Why is this down as a restaurant? It's a cracking pub, plenty of good ales and lagers, with a friendly and knowledgeable landlord. Best in Glossop by a mile.

As one of my "locals" The Star is & always has been, a traditional Pub. To Re- iterate previous reviews, it just sells traditional "real ales" in a friendly atmosphere. There aren't many real pubs left in the Glossop area & this is one of the best.

Great real ale and a friendly atmosphere. Probably the best pub in Glossop. They don't do food though.

Don't know how this fab little real ale pub is in your restaurant gude but it doe NO food other than bar snacks (crisps/nuts/sweets) They do fab real ales & guest beers with beer/cider festivals with friendly and efficient staff. All staff and locals will be perhaps amused at this little blip in categorisation but may disappoint any travellers looking for food- the Globe in Glossop is a similar enterprise with cheap, tasty and vegan food (I am not a vegetarian but like the food & beer there)

Lisa & I wanted to say a massive heart felt thank you to the Landlord & staff for last Friday night (07/03/14) for allowing us to hold a friends & family get together for Lisa's 40th birthday. such friendly staff and locals, there was over 40 of us so we took over the a large part of the pub. the ale was fantastic & such a good selection we had such a good night I cant recommend the Star enough if you find yourself in or fancy a trip to Glossop pop into the Star for a warm welcome and great range of ales.

Old fashioned traditional pub situated at the side of the rail station, good beers at reasonable prices but somewhat limited opening hours.

Quite simply, in my opinion, the best ale anywhere in the area. Great choice from small UK breweries, and always a good selection (including some light hoppy ones which are fantastic!) A great pub with a good atmosphere, known in the area for its well kept and varied beer.

Excellent pub and excellent quality real ales, best pub on that side of the snake pass, I always make a point of calling in when I'm over that way.

Absolutely super traditional pub next to Glossop railway station. A good range of beers, both draught and bottled. And a warm welcome.

Cheerful friendly service, excellent ale and reasonably priced. Only down side was no beer garden, just a couple of benches on the pavement.

Called in recently when their beer festival was on, interesting selection of beers and real cider, all excellent quality, well recommended pub.

This street corner local is a beer paradise conveniently located next to the train station. Great selection of regularly changing interesting beers. Well recommended.

Not visited for a few months, but still as good as before. Great range of beers including some from the new Wilson Potter brewery, run by two women, their beers that I have tasted have all been light, but full of taste with a good hoppy finish. Fullers London Pride was also on when I visited, I have only ever had this in London, and it was excellent.

If you're into real ale then you'll be in heaven here. Changing selection of ales, some from local brewers and plenty of others from further afield. Interestingly if you are a true beer aficionado you can have your pint served with or without the sparkler. The Draught Bass they had on recently was the best I have ever tasted.

Really good traditional pub located next to the railway station. The range and quality of real ales on offer is outstanding. Regular breweries seem to include Pictish, Ossett and Abbeydale according to the bar staff, who incidentally, are very knowledgeable about the beer and will give free tasters before you buy. On my last couple of visits there was a range of beers from Roosters, classic Marstons Pedigree, Draught Bass and Fullers London Pride which is quite unusual to find in this area and was in top condition. Old Rosie cider is also available on draught along with bottled Organic and Aspells ciders. Beer Festivals are also held, I think the next one is in July.

Always have at least 4 guest beers on which change regularly, so always something new to try. Friendly, no frills pub, great for a quiet pint or three or a chat with the staff and regulars. Beer is always in excellent condition.

Visited Sunday lunchtime, 4 guest beers all on top form, particularly good was the Alchemist Ale from Pictish Brewery, very pale, well balanced with a good hoppy finish. What was surprising was a regular arrived complete with a selection of cheeses, french bread, and chilli dipping sauces he had made earlier. Quite happy to share it with the customers! Very nice, wish I could find a few more pubs like this closer to me!!

Have been going in here for several years and the beer is always consistently top quality. Changing selection of real ales on offer, sometimes from local producers, usually 3-4 at any one time, along with the usual selection of lagers. Organic and single variety bottled ciders also available along with Old Rosie on hand pump.Only downside is that they don't offer food (other than crisps, nuts etc.)