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Cara, Nick and family would like to welcome you to The Old Black Horse

The Old Black Horse is a traditional country pub and kitchen located in Mapperley Village on the edge of Shipley Country Park. We serve food 6 days a week, including our famous ‘Carvery’ Sunday lunches. Our head chef, Tony, uses fresh ingredients to create the delicious dishes on our menu, and his ever changing specials boards.

We are a ‘Free House’ which means we are completely independent and not tied to any brewery, allowing us to bring you a great selection of drinks from all over the world, including local real ales, specialist gins, and international wines.

Pop in and say hello, we can’t wait to meet you.

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4.5/5

JILL MORGAN

4 months ago

1st time treat here for Sunday carvery! Won’t be the last! 6 adults 1new born baby! 1little dog in a pushchair!Really enjoyed the meal tasty selection of veg! Good selection of meat! The staff had been really accommodating by putting us out of the way of passing customers! Good value for money! So nice to be welcome into a dog friendly pub!Thankyou! Been back for Sunday carvery quite a few times since! Can’t fault it!

Alex Nimmo

7 months ago

Sorry to mark down the score for atmosphere, but unfortunately we were the only ones in the restaurant...Billy Nomates! Anyway, good welcome and friendly service. Our first visit and we were looking forward to the haunch of venison as seen on their website but unfortunately not now available. Went for the Jambalaya and thoroughly enjoyed it, really good wholesome food and plenty of it (could easily be shared for two). It is worth returning for the food, and the good choice of ales, and the Old Black Horse does not deserve to be so quiet on a Saturday night (mind you the weather was atrocious for August). Do go and enjoy the food and if decent weather there is a nice outdoor area at the back.

Jessica Hartley

1 year ago

We had a wonderful time on Sunday 26th March at the Old Black Horse. The team worked with myself and partner to surprise the family with a gender reveal cake! 🎂 They kindly stored the cake overnight for us as we did not have room and we couldn't hide it from the family. We had a carvery which is always delicious and has a good selection of meat. The team then surprised us with a bottle of bubbly and a non alcoholic cider for me, which was super lovely and was the cherry on top of an already wonderful day. Thank you to all involved - You were wonderful!

Simon Bailey

1 year ago

We visited here for the first time, with our friends on Sunday. On arrival we were greeted & shown to our tables, on request of two high chairs, they were brought to us clean, which is always nice. We decided to go for four Sunday carveries, & our daughters had two bowls of food, most of it ending up on the floor, but thats babies for you. The veg options on offer looked & tasted great. We also chose to go for desserts, but near to finishing these we were asked by one of the staff we had to look at leaving, due to time on the table running out. We fully appreciate that there are time slots, however it would of be nice to of been told we didn’t have sufficient time to order desserts. Maybe a tip going forward, is to make tables aware they have 30 mins left, as it comes across as being rude to be told we have to leave!

Nathan Spencer

2 years ago

Lovely and well-priced carvery. Cannot fault the choice of vegetables etc. Very tasty and a good amount of meat. Staff friendly and the pub itself is lovely. Would highly recommend

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