New Inn, Durhamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The New Inn is no longer a Scream pub.In fact it has grown up,it is more of a local/student pub now.It has a very nice interior and a great beer garden with heaters and a outside tv.It has Sky Sports and ESPN .We popped in to watch the 1/4 final of The Rugby World Cup between England and France and the place was packed with locals and students.It was a great atmosphere and although England lost we had a great time.Definatly worth a visit if you have not been for a while.It has been totally transformed.
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Another Scream pub, with the formula 'perfected' in other university towns being replicated to the letter. Lots of lager at prices that cause you to wince (even with one of their student yellow cards), bored staff, fried/microwaved food and a general plasticky feel to the place. However, it doesn't have any competition for about 400 metres in any direction (the nearest is the exquisite Victoria) and, for supposedly bright people, enough students appear suckered enough to make it their regular. Leave them to it.
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Like the Hogshead, before the dawn of New Labour (I wonder if there�s a connection here?) the New Inn was a friendly two roomed traditional pub comprising of a quiet lounge and a more raucous pool room. A makeover exploited the large student population, and its now a pub I feel too old to enter. Plenty of quiz machines, jukeboxes, and bandits to entertain the masses, and at least a Black Sheep handpump has been added to the bar now.
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grim but not in an interesting way...full of student tossers who make the vast majority of decent, unobnoxious students look bad
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There is no real ale(which is not good for me) and the drinks are not that cheap (without one of those discount cards). It's plastic and fake, even the bar staff looked bored.
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I'm struggling to find anything positive to say about this pub.
There is a relatively wide range of lager, bitter and RTDs, although no real ale.
The food is not pleasant and during lunchtimes the whole pub will often fill with the stench of burning fat. The beer garden is essentially the carpark next to the main road and it is shaded in summer evenings.
I suppose the atmosphere is generally young and friendly, although there are lots of other pubs in Durham that offer far more.
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A soulless, uninteresting pub with overpriced drinks and little to offer in the way of decent food or company to make up for it. We ducked in here while walking around Durham, and stayed for a drink--a definite mistake.
I suppose this place might be acceptable if your main goal in going out is to drink indifferent beer in a student-friendly atmosphere, but otherwise, there are a lot of superior options in the middle of town.
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This is a fairly poor pub all told. Some friends seem to swear by the "Scream-burger" but the market tavern is equally cheap and far superior if you're looking for pub grub in Durham.
As expected from a scream pub, beer is not very nice or interesting, and pretty expensive unless you've got a yellow card. I'm a student myself but get irritated by the purely student clientelle here, as i prefer to be in a mixed environment with some locals.
Truth be told, I only ever come here because it's next to the science site for the uni, and even then the victoria's well worth the extra 5 minutes walk.
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I don't like this place! Atmosphere is non-existant (unless you like being surrounded by drunk idiots). The food is distinctly unpleasant and, like all scream bars, the drinks are overpriced unless you buy one of their stupid little cards to bring them down to normal price. This place would be a no-go even if it were in the town centre but the fact that you must leave other pubs behind and go out of your way to go there... It's one redeeming feature is that (if it still does it) it serves irn-bru on tap.
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Oh God, where to start.
This place is conceivably the worst pub I've ever been to. I absolutely HATE it. I've been to a fair few Scream pubs in my life and they're all mediocre, but this takes it to a new low. The food is abysmal, the beer is unpleasant and limited, the decor is shocking, the soafas are filthy and the toilets sometimes terrifying. There is no reason ever to come to this pub - it's too far out of Durham to be convenient or "on the way" and The Swan & Three and The Colpitts are cheaper and much closer.
And the thing that REALLY tops it off, is that The New Inn is a traditional landmark in Durham, like The Cock o' The North (God rest its soul), and I now get depressed when anyone mentions it or I see it on a bus timetable and I think of the glory days of this pub which I am sadly too young to remember...
On the plus side, the staff do their best to be cheery, but you get the impression that they hate the fact that they work in such an abominable hole and would rather be doing something else for �4.50 an hour.
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top notch pub good music and atmosphere helped by the lack of durhams somewhat unfriendly local population (all be it a very small minority) only problem is distance from city centre
anonymous - 30 Oct 2005 14:46 |
A great place to drink. Drinks are fairly cheap, food is cheap, always arrives quickly and is just right. There is some outside seating, which is very helpful in summer.
It can get rather busy at times, but I have never seen it too bad. Staff are courteous.
A great place for lunchtime/afternoon drinking.
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This pub is a one of the Scream/ Yellow card affliated pubs, and as such it is decorated in the very standard manner. However, don't let that put you off, it is still nice, and fairly friendly, although it can get very busy and filled with students from across the road (Durham University). There is a pool table and an aray of bar games, a pleasant laid-back place to spend an evening, or start a night out.
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