Recently went to see West Brom play at Derby and visited The Smithfield for the first time. It certainly won't be the last. Excellent choice of real ales and craft beers. The food was good too and reasonably priced. Spent a pleasant hour or so...More

Real ale on cask from £3.30. Decent match day menu with food from £5. Friendly customers. Terrific view of the Derwent. Brilliant pub.

We arrived at 6 . Much jollity had been had. Only to be greeted by the CAMRA King of Derby. Where The Smithfield had been voted CAMRA Pub of the year 2019 20. We made ourselves know to be from Newbury,Thame and Newcastle CAMRA. Although...More

Having prepared ourselves for what was meant to be the tasting of interesting ales with class wasn't happy. Add to that lack of atmosphere and grubby surrounds traveled a long way for nothing. Fortunately, a couple of pubs down the way made up for the...More

Went with 2 friends. Very disappointed. Poor attitude of staff and didn't think much to the beer. Are CAMRA standards slipping?

Wow, congratulations on winning pub of the year twice. But having a member of staff off duty drunk and cursing at every opportunity. Two 'potential' customers turned round and walked out. I hope the alcoholic postman being rude isn't the norm.More

So I dreamt I found an old lamp in a junk shop, rubbed it and a genie granted me wishes to make myself a happy place. I wished for a place that sold beers because that always makes me happy. Beers that taste as if...More