Commercial Inn

You'll find the Commercial Inn doing what it does best on Wollaton Road — being the sort of pub where regulars actually know the bar staff and strangers become mates by closing time. It's the kind of place that takes its beer seriously without being pretentious about it, with rotating real ales that deserve proper attention. The food's straightforward and honest, the sort of stuff you actually fancy eating with a pint rather than Instagram-worthy plates, and it's priced like a pub should be. Beeston's got plenty of options these days, but this one keeps pulling people back because it gets the fundamentals right.