The Peacock Hotel

Walk up Mansfield Road towards the city centre and The Peacock Hotel announces itself with the kind of honest front that makes you want to step inside. This is proper local pub territory—the kind of place where regulars have their spots and the staff actually know what they're pouring. You'll find a decent selection of ales, the sort of honest food that doesn't pretend to be anything fancy, and a crowd that's genuinely here to drink and chat rather than pose. It's the Nottingham pub experience without the faffing about.