Ye Olde Salutation Inn

The Sally Inn is one of three pubs that claim to be the oldest in Nottingham (Ye Olde Trip and The Bell are the other two) and I would say this is the best out of those three for good beer. There are a number of differently sized and shaped rooms, some with one ghost and others have several. There’s usually a rocky theme to the music and clientele but that shouldn’t put you off if it’s not your bag.
If you’re a CAMRA member don’t forget to ask for discount too, I think it’s around 30p a pint.

Another old pub in the centre of Nottingham. Attend a Ghost Walk on Saturday and they’ll take you beneath the pub to the caves. It’s a nice — albeit busy — atmosphere in here. Good music (they play The Smiths!), friendly bar staff, and there’s also live music upstairs.

Premier Nottingham Rock bar
YOSI is a favorite for rockers in nottingham. With a good selection of beer and decent enough food its off to a good start.
Add to this, great atmosphere of a night and Rock Karaōke and bands what more could you ask for.
Love this place, been going for over 20 years now on and off. (maybe once a year when visiting a friend nowadays though).
We always end up here and have a laugh.
The only thing I will say is don’t expect a spick and Span trendy pub. Its probably going to smell and the floor will probably be sticky. There’s likely to be rowdy rockers having a laugh as well!
All in all great.

We ended up here after failing to find a pub down by the canal that wasn’t playing rubbish music. And I am so glad we did. The music was so much better here. As was the beer, the food and the staff.
An old building from 1240 no less, Ye Olde indeed. Proper historic stuff in fairness.
Inside there is the main bar area, but then off to the right there are a few smaller areas that are more intimate.
I ended up getting a bottle of Bulmers with ice (crushed ice that made for a lovely cider slushy), but they also had a few real ales on tap that would have done lovely also. One that stuck in my mind was the Nottingham Brewery EPA, which I had tried the day before from a bottle and liked. Good to see it on tap.
For food I went with the Lasagne with salad and chips, which was really good. Proper lovely pub grub.
The staff all appeared to be rockers, which was fortunate for them because some great rock tunes were coming out of the speakers through out the pub ;)
When back in Notts, I will go out of my way to get back to Ye Olde Salutation Inn.

This is the Nottingham pub that I visit the most. It is a great old building and usually has at least four real ales on tap.
Rock music is very much in evidence on weekend evenings, with regular live bands upstairs (sadly the beer selection up there is limited due to space, but they now have ales back on the bar upstairs so you no longer have to keep going downstairs for beer when you’re seeing a band).
If you’re more into beer than loud music, there are a couple of smaller, quieter rooms at the back.
EDIT: The place has survived the change of management completely intact: same «rock and ale» theme. Well done.

Well altough its one of the oldeSt pubs in the world you wouldn’t think it. Plenty of dark wood and olde worlde features plenty of good real ale and cider. But its a working pub popular with the heavy rock and goth sections of society.

Now, this inn is approximately 9 miles from my house, but I still consider it my local. The one place I would always recommend, Food good, service with a smile, beer always good, with lots of real ale on offer as well as lager, cider etc They even have energy drink on tap! Upstairs has been renamed the Titty Twister bar, after the bar in From dusk Til Dawn, and it suits the name perfectly. If you go upstairs on a friday or saturday night, expect to see leather, lipstick, and lots of chains. This is a typical rocker venue, and it is now affectionately known as the one place to go in Nottingham for rock music. Get down for karaōke on a friday night, or any events on a saturday (Wildside, Degeneration, Show no mercy) there is something for every walkk of rock Big thumbs up to Pete, who has brought this pub into rock history.

My husband and I ate here for a meal during our one-​night stay in Nottingham. The food was delicious, the house wines of good taste, only negative is that there was not a great deal of variety on the menu. Having said that, the stteak with the Shropshire blue cheese salad was absolutely mouth-​watering and cooked to perfection. I have never eaten a more delicious salad!
The atmosphere is lovely and we enjoyed the quaint, intimate feel of the winding corridors so much more space inside than you’d expect, especially if you’re eating in the restaurant. Good ales on offer, too, which made the hubby happy. Would recommend to a friend :)

Another great Medieval pub. Lots of small, private rooms to sit in. Gets especially busy on a Sunday when they serve a wonder (and cheap) roast. Great food!

A really great pub with a great range of drinks (6X!) and nice, welcoming bar staff. It used to be a favourite hang out with goth and alternative types and still clings on to those days although the upstairs doesn’t have its infamous ‘leathers, long hair and black only’ dress code any more! It is very spacious and has a couple of back room snugs which are great for smaller gatherings of friends. This is a great place to come for quiet drinks with chums or to get really rowdy at weekends.

A great local type pub in the centre of Nottingham. Food and drink are reasonably priced. Upstairs recently refurbished so a lot bigger. There are always events going on upstairs and the staff and management are friendly and helpful

A pub with a long history. A plaque near the Maid Marian Way entrances states:
The present house was built c. 1240 on the site of the 13^th century Ale House known as ‘The Archangel Gabriel Salutes the Virgin Mary.’ During the first Civil War 1642 – 1646 part of the house was used as Recruiting Rooms for both Factions. The original still existing Cave Systems was probably Saxon Farm, latter used for Servants Accommodation and Brewing.
It brewed its own ales in its early days long ago these names were painted on the wall outside.
Nottingham has a network of caves underneath used for various occupations and also housing!
‘1240 AD’ is displayed on the apex wall but apparently the first building on the site then belonged to a ‘tanner’ (someone who made animal skins into leather). Their workshops were on the ground floor, with living accommodation above for both the ‘tanner’ and his workers a true ‘cottage’ style industry few and far between today!
1440 borough records recorded this date as having a private dwelling on the site, belonging to a man named John Alastre.
1649 – 1659 Puritans came to power and formed the Commonwealth Government and were not very happy with the religious implications suggested by the ‘then’ pub sign the Archangel Gabriel saluting the Virgin Mary so the
landlord was ordered to take it down or re-​paint it! Not wishing to totally change the sign, nor wanting to lose his license, the then landlord renamed the pub: ‘Soldier and Citizen’.
1660 Restoration of the Monarchy the old innkeeper brought back the old name ‘Salutation’, but let the pub-​sign of the ‘Soldier and Citizen’ remain until it fell apart then the ‘greeting graphic’ was replaced by picture of a handshake.
1937 Following an investigation by the Thoroton Excavation Society, it was thought that the 9^th century caves beneath the pub were lived in by the local Saxon folk — the ghost of a young four year old girl is rumoured to haunt the caves. Five year’s ago, the landlord, who now has a pub in Chesterfield Market Place, told me some weird goings on re hauntings of the pub one was concerning his keys disappearing from the bar and then just reappearing after he’d been upstairs to check if he’d left them up thereand no one else was in the building at the timeand he’d not had a drink either! His wife would not go down the deep cellarshe’d only been down there once and refused to go down there again following ‘an experience’, but she became upset when I asked her to tell me more!
1966 Extensions to the pub led to a wrought iron hand being put up outside, but this was unfortunately stolen on the same night it was put up! (no CCTV in them there day’s and I haven’t got it honest!).
1992 Nottingham University’s Department of Archaeology’s tree dating labs put a date of the oldest timber (the inner ring) in the pub as being circa 1360 apparently in those days timber was not left to season so that date is probably an accurate estimate as to when the pub we know today was actually built, and not 1240 as is stated on the apex wall (that was probably the date of the first building on the site!).
1976 – 1981 regularly frequented by bikers and heavy-​rockers. It is still the main Rock pub.
There have been two major refits since the early 70’s The latter being the introduction of a second public staircase allowing access to the upstairs bar it’s a shame the windows on Houndsgate have been blocked out by the upstairs bar.
Tony Robinson and the Channel Four Time Team programme tried to date all three pubs (the Bell, the Trip to Jerusalem, and the Salutation).
To sum up:
Ye Olde Salutation is an attractive, Grade Two listed building. It is an atmospheric pub has beamed ceilings, flagstone flooring and wood panelling. The present house dates back to 1240 to replace a previous inn on the site. The present building has been trading as a public house since the 15^th century. The smaller of the two snugs that flank the entrance passageway is said to have been used by Cromwell”s soldiers as a recruiting room in the Civil War in the 1640′‘s. There is a network of 9^th century caves under the pub including one once used as servant quarters and brewery. There is a resident medieval ghost of a four year old called Rosie! It has a good range of good value real ales and food. Expect Rockers!