| Pub | Comments | Location |
|---|---|---|
| NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE | ||
| Bridge Hotel | About ten real ales on sale in this gem of a pub which is fantastic inside and out.
Last visited May 2012. |
Castle Garth |
| Centurion | A stunning high room with walls and ceilings totally clad in superb ceramics. Excellent real ale as well. Conveniently located in the main station.
Last visited April 2013. |
Central Station |
| Crown Posada | A tiny corridor bar with a great historic interior including cut glass mirrors. Note the leaning pads below the drinking shelves. Excellent real ale. Posada is Spanish for inn, by the way.
Last visited May 2012. |
Side |
| Head of Steam | A pleasant bar with excellent ales upstairs in this plain building, and there's also a music venue downstairs, I'm told. Nothing on the ground floor except the toilets.
Last visited May 2007. |
Neville Street |
| Newcastle Arms | A very fine preserved boozer for locals, serving excellent real ale.
Last visited May 2012. |
St Andrew's Street |
| Newcastle Tap | A busy noisy modern pub conveniently located just across the road from the station. Not too busy for me to find a seat at half five on a Saturday. A wide range of cask and keg beers is offered; the cask I had, Disco Balls from Shiny Brewery, was excellent. The pizza menu offers beer-infused dough, I wish I'd had time to try it! I sat next to a wall made of slices of barrel, I'm not sure whether to say it looks great or what a waste!
Last visited June 2023. |
Neville Street |
| Duke of Wellington | Good grief! Good quality real ale in comfortable surroundings but I was the only customer on a Tuesday evening. Why?
Last visited May 2012. |
High Bridge |
| Split Chimp | A large micro-pub in a railway arch which is high enough to accommodate a mezzanine floor. Miscellaneous furniture includes leather armchairs, rows of cinema seats, and so on. Excellent ales.
Last visited June 2023. |
Westgate Road / Clavering Place |
| Wetherspoon's Keel Row | A modern Wetherspoon's hidden in a cinema complex, very popular on a Friday morning.
Last visited April 2022. |
Newgate Street / Low Friar Street |
| Wetherspoon's Mile Castle | A smaller than average Wetherspoon's in the Lloyds No. 1 category, but there's more upstairs I think.
Last visited May 2012. |
Westgate Road |
| Wetherspoon's Quayside | A restored dockside warehouse contains a very busy Lloyds No. 1, packed with tourists and stag and hen parties when I visited on a Saturday afternoon.
Last visited May 2012. |
The Close |
| Wetherspoon's Union Rooms | An old building restored for Wetherspoon's use retaining original features including marble columns. A number of different rooms have totally different decor.
Last visited May 2012. |
Westgate Road |
| SUNDERLAND | ||
| Wetherspoon's William Jameson | A very large and busy Wetherspoon's on the main shopping street. Nice decor and some comfortable-looking booths.
Last visited May 2012. |
Fawcett Street |
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