Great old fashioned pub with gas lights and lots of quaint rooms. Good real ale from Sam Smiths (Old Brewery Bitter). No mobile phone/electronic gadgets allowed - just conversation with people! I like this.

This pub is a gem. No phones, dogs or kids. I am a dog lover and currently have a 4 year old carpathian Shepherd. The beer (Sam Smiths) is superb. Any poor reviews are probably from fruit cider and budweiser drinkers. As various people have said, lots of pubs that are dog/kid /phone friendly so, go there! Don't change Nellie's.

I'm generally reluctant to write negative reviews, and don't get wrong, this pub stands all tests of time, I've loved since I was a lad, but what has happened??? I wholeheartedly agree with preserving the olde world charm here, but it's a pub, why can't you have music, why can't I read the news on my phone? They've tried so hard to not spoil it; the friendly, lively atmosphere has been spoilt! The beers still fine, I did only pop in for a nostalgic pint while waiting for a bus, but new management needed to bring this corpse back to life.

Magic Sam's house this one. I've been to plenty and this pub has proper character. Unchanged and a place of real historical value. Locals i met were cock on. And the Stout exactly how it should be.

left a negative review in May 2022 when I thought this fine old pub was going downhill because of the draconian attitude of the people running it. It hurt me to post at the time but I meant every word I wrote. Perhaps I was a little harsh at the time but my view was backed up by several beer drinkers who agreed with me. So having tried it again several times since and finding a thawing of the miserable attitude of one person in particular it is only fair to review Nellies again. Today, visited with friends and found two roaring fires blazing, a pleasant welcome behind the bar and people actually in the pub, some stood at the bar drinking which was previously banned. Beer on song and a pleasant atmosphere all round, exactly how it should be. The pub was even dressed up for Halloween, so has the penny finally dropped? Is Nellies back to its former glory? Today we thought it was so well done for the change in attitude and long may it continue for you have a beautiful old pub here with a long tradition, so please don't ruin it. Cherish it.

The laminated cheap plastic signs are rubbish, why restore a beautiful pub then ruin it with these crappy looking signs. Also why no swearing? No mobiles etc is okay but f*** me what a daft idea to not let people swear in an over 18 environment.