The Black Bull
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About The Black Bull
On Market Place in Doncaster, The Black Bull is a pub built around a large bar area facing the square. The room accommodates a crowd, and music runs loud at times, particularly on weekends and during the day. Out back, a seating area extends into a conservatory space, giving a second spot away from the main bar. There is no booking system, the pub runs on a walk-in basis throughout.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, restroom
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention loud music, outdoor seating area, old peculier ale and accessible toilet downstairs.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention loud music, outdoor seating area, old peculier ale and accessible toilet downstairs.
Customer Review Summary
Friendly, welcoming staff form the throughline across reviews at this market place pub, with several praising the bar team and door staff as polite, efficient, and accommodating even during busy stag and Christmas parties. The seasonal Xmas dinner and conservatory seating draw specific mention, alongside a call for a rotating guest ale rather than the single Old Peculier on tap, and a lighter note praising the pub's "tarts" offering. The most recurring complaint is volume: several reviewers describe the music as too loud to hold a conversation, with one leaving mid-drink over lunchtime levels. Others find drinks fairly expensive and the pub not to their taste, preferring quieter venues elsewhere in the city centre. One reviewer separately raises concern about sexually explicit comments left uncensored on the pub's Instagram posts, describing it as off-putting. Positive visitors recall being welcomed and entertained through a stag weekend, credited to bar and door staff alike.
Customer Review Summary
Friendly, welcoming staff form the throughline across reviews at this market place pub, with several praising the bar team and door staff as polite, efficient, and accommodating even during busy stag and Christmas parties. The seasonal Xmas dinner and conservatory seating draw specific mention, alongside a call for a rotating guest ale rather than the single Old Peculier on tap, and a lighter note praising the pub's "tarts" offering. The most recurring complaint is volume: several reviewers describe the music as too loud to hold a conversation, with one leaving mid-drink over lunchtime levels. Others find drinks fairly expensive and the pub not to their taste, preferring quieter venues elsewhere in the city centre. One reviewer separately raises concern about sexually explicit comments left uncensored on the pub's Instagram posts, describing it as off-putting. Positive visitors recall being welcomed and entertained through a stag weekend, credited to bar and door staff alike.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Not sure if they serve grub, but menu of tarts on offer is well up there. Keep up the tarting!”
- Google user
“So many posts on their Instagram hypersexualising punters with lots of men in the comments naming all the sexual acts they want to do to women and girls. No one has taken these posts down and they obviously appreciate the publicity as some of these explicit comments have thousands of likes. Really disappointing for a family pub and off putting for potential new female customers.”
- Google user
“Just survived a stag weekend in Doncaster! Most of which was spent in the black bull!! Credit to all those that work there, from bar staff to the door men! Couldn't be more welcoming! Ticked all the boxes massively so many thanks for tolerating us, smiling and entertaining us!amazing place! Amazing people xx”
- Google user
“May bank long weekend. Far, far too loud of music, you couldn’t hear yourself think, let alone talk to someone. I understand music this loud at night vibes but come on, lunch time cranked so you can’t possibly have a conversation. Maybe it’s an English thing. I’m sure you don’t get many out of country visitors but we were forced to leave! Didn’t even finish our drink, just too loud.”
- Google user
“Visited here on sunday afternoon / evening. Very quiet atmosphere. Drinks are fairly expensive in here. There are better places to drink in the city centre than this place”
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 1
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
Location
Bars near The Black Bull
- 1.6 mi
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- The Old Brewhouse4.62501.8 miOutdoor seating
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- The Counting House4.11172.5 miReservationsOutdoor seating
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black BullWheelchair accessible | 4.3889 | — | loud music, outdoor seating area, old peculier ale |
| The Mallard, Cusworth, Doncaster | 4.5186 | 1.6 mi | reasonably priced drinks, private function room for parties, refurbished outdoor patio seating |
| The Old BrewhouseOutdoor seating | 4.6250 | 1.8 mi | stone baked pizzas, craft ales, outdoor courtyard seating |
| The Counting HouseReservations · Outdoor seating | 4.1117 | 2.5 mi | tapas and sharing boards, pint of blue moon, chicken paella disappointment |
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