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A pleasant pub in an enviable position. Not very busy early Sunday afternoon, so service was excellent & my pint of Doom Bar (3.00) very good. On reflection I seem to be choosing Doom Bar a lot on this trip, I must get more adventurous!
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Really good pub, plenty of room, good ale range, central location, football on the box, decent pub grub, pies available etc, what's not to like?
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A bit of a contrived kind of place when it has no need to be. Once again - in an empty pub the few people that were in crowded round the bar obstructing a view of ales on offer and getting to the till. Found the ale in here a bit iffy.
anonymous - 5 Oct 2014 11:17 |
Haven't been here since 2006, liked it then still like it now. Two visits, Monday evening and Thursday lunchtime. Quiet both times but service quick and friendly. Beers were good and the beef stottie, chips and gravy set me up nicely for my 6 hour trip south.
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Historic establishment by the the High Level Bridge from which fine views can be had of the Tyne and it's other bridges. There were 10 handpulls and we had Habour pale from Cornwall, Firebrick Brewery coalface and Anarchy smokebomb. Nothing wrong with the quality and the range from light to dark was excellent. Here comes the gripe though. It was very quiet, about 7 customers but as soon as we sat down we were asked if we had reserved. Now this place is enormous and 95% of the tables were empty and with nothing on any to indicate reservations were present. Now we could therefore I guess have spent the next half hour playing guess the unreserved table so we went to the far side of the pub where apparantly we were safe, At no time were we offered any helpful advice on where to go. And after half an four we left and exactly the same 95% of the tables was available. That leaves a sour taste.
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It's been regular with me for some years, and has never disappointed.
The good range of beers is generally complemented with fine service.
I've generally cheated, and used the lift in the nearby Vermont hotel, to get from the lower, (Crown Posada) street level up to the Bridge (six floors, I seem to recall). They often stop non-guests at busy times though.
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First visit for me last week. A large Fitzgeralds pub next to the High Level Bridge. Good views of the river from rear windows. Beer quality very good. Has live music in an upstairs room
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Visited around 9pm last Wednesday and enjoyed a good pint of local real ale (most pubs in Newcastle appear to sell locally-brewed beers which is encouraging). Fine decor and very busy with prompt service and no hassle. It's always worth a visit to The Bridge and I have usually not been disappointed.
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Good little pub
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I returned to this pub last week to give it a second perusal. While supping a stale pint of sour Black sheep and tucking into a rather limp processed meat sandwich in the admittedly fine beer garden a boisterous dog shot out of the pub, licked my face, sent my lunch flying, jumped on a nearby table and proceeded to "do a dirt" on the surface. The manager - who I suspect may have imbided a drink or two, even at this early hour (midday) came rushing after it, shrieking "Charley gerrootathere". My stomach turned, and I said - "this dog has just done a dirt on the table while I was eating". "Oh" she replied "that's Charley, he does it all the time, don't worry". Well really - need I say more?
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Fine traditional interior, fantastic wooden bar, great selection of beer, food looked good, again another Newcastle institution, friendly serving wenches too.
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Seems a nice pub, fair few ales on, although the cider is limited.
Empty in the daytime. Rammed in the evening.
If you are passing Newcastle it is probably the best pub for a visit from the train station. About five minutes walk.
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lovley pub and near train staion.ales were fine and bar staff very good.
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I visited the Bridge Hotel for the first time 2 weeks ago. I was going to BITE rate it when I saw Princeofdenmarks comments and thought he must have been to a different pub. So I went again this weekend and checked it out again before rating it and deliberately visited the toilets this time given PODs comments.
I cannot agree with many of his observations. I found the pub to have a new carpet - clearly fitted between our two visits so that is understandable. The toilets were fine by my standards. The beer was excellent and people who were eating seemed to be enjoying their lunches. The views are tremendous and the outdoor terrace is a treat. However I won't be going back. The staff were nothing short of dreadful. 3 people on 'front of house' to deal with the Sunday lunchtime rush and the bar lady of senior years dealt with her first customer and straight away she screwed up the till. Instead of writing down the error and getting on with serving, she distracted another barmaid to help her. So one person left serving a growing host of people and unsurprisingly getting it wrong e.g. serving people out of turn, wrong pint pulled etc. When the till incident was resolved, barmaid number 2 was fine and got on with the job but the bar lady of senior years was outright rude to customers - me included. Guess she'd got the huff after making a schoolboy error on the till - but that isn't my, or any other customers' fault. I don't have to put up with it and I won't - I'm not going back.
Not what you would expect from SJF's pub chain's normal high standards in these areas.
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A pub that sadly seems to have gone to rack and ruin in recent years. The beer is served flat as a pancake with sprinklers taken off when it's busy - rather than do the necessary cellarwork which used to happen, sadly standards seem to have slipped. The carpet and fittings are nothing short of a disgrace, and the stench from the toilets has to be smelled to be believed. They also seem to have an ever-increasing turn over of staff - many old long-serving and knowleagable staff seem to have been replaced with a load of kids. Lovely beer garden, decent food but signs of lack of managerial/beer company interest I'm afraid.
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Will be shut 20th-24th September 2010 for a refurb (carpet to be replaced.)
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I drive 150 miles to Newcastle for home games and this is my pub of choice for pre match beer. The range is ever changing although Black Sheep and Mordue and local micros' beers are nearly always on offer. Service, location, atmosphere are exactly as mentioned in previous reports. This is a great pub.
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Fine traditional pub beside the castle and high level bridge, overlooking the river valley in a very attractive part of Newcastle.
Part of the sir John Fitzgerald chain that owns most of the best pubs in the city centre, It's large and open plan but full of traditional character, from the brewery mirrors to the bar lamps and riot of carved wood and stained glass fittings. Also a fire (sadly not real).
It's particularly pleasant to sit out at the back overlooking the urbanised valley, as there's a surprising amount of greenery here as well.
The beer range is excellent, with an ever-changing range from North Eastern Micros plus Black Sheep usually. My pint of Northumberland was excellent.
This is one of the top 3 pubs in Newcastle and you should definitely try to visit.
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The gen is that the carpet will be replaced soon, as soon as they can get someone brave enough and strong enough to chisel it up!
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One of the best real ale bars in Newcastle. The beer is usually spot on (if a bit on the pricy side)
Good all round atmosphere and well worth a visit.
Could do with a new carpet though, the one around the bar is rotten!!!
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good selection of beer,went in for lunch,got a feta salad,my order come to table and i noticed there was a hair in it,i took it to the bar and told a member of staff that i would like it changing,he said he would send the manager over,within minutes she was at the table and the first thing she said was how did you see that hair,i was gobsmacked i got no apology, i asked for her name,which was christine cromarty and she give me the email adress of head office from which i got no reply,good pub let down by bad management
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Interesting to see all these new entries in the Top 40, despite no corresponding reviews. TALLTORQUIL has clearly got too much time on his hands.
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Lovely pub ; great range of beer and no-quibble service! Lunch finishes early, so can't comment on that...
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A proper pub with proper beer. Loved it, great patio, friendly and efficient staff, the beer was top notch and a choice of 8 beers. A good place to drink before football, handy for the station, not too far from the ground, but not overly packed.
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This one of those rare places where the owner's publicity isn't overdone - it really is one of the finest examples of a proper town pub with a full range of traditional fittings and decor, plus spectacular views of the Tyne bridges from the rear windows and outside terrace. A large selection of real ales, many local. Top of the range.
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Excellent pub, totally agree with SilkTork. Freindly bar staff.
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Fantastic period pub right by the High Level Bridge. Amazing views of the Tyne Bridge, High Level and the Swing Bridge. Nice decor inside - lots of wood, stained glass and little nooks and corners. 7 cask ales - all Northern breweries. Great atmosphere. I really liked this place.
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Great looking pub that still has the feel of a multi roomer despite having been opened out. One of my regular stop off points on the way down to the Crown Posade and/or the Cooperage. Has a good range of real ales usually locally sourced with the odd long distance traveller and they're all well kept. Can get pretty busy at weekends but I've not had much of a problem getting served in here.
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Late comment from August. Enjoyed a Mordue beer in this lovely interesting pub.
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Possibly my fav pub in Newcastle. A proper bar. Normally a canny pint and good boozer. Pity more bars aren't like The Bridge instead of the souless, identi-kit pubs opening all over the place. Has the best beer garden in the toon. Cant beat sitting in the terrace at the back in the summer having a pint and admiring its great view of Tyne, makes you proud to be a geordie. Class!
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Gone a little plastic in recent years, but the beers are rich and varied and USUALLY well-kept. Service is so-so. Has been great; has been appalling when Jack Slack's too busy ogling twin peaks to bother himself. Hey, we pay to do that; you're paid to serve those who stand and ogle.
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Rather grand building with a trendy clientele; nice riverside patio area out the back. Most importantly an excellent range of ales, including a couple of unusual one like Everard's Ginger Fox and Saltaire Backberry Cascade served in peak condition.
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Up there with the best Newcastle pubs and a great location. Rather than chase Jack Carter over the High Level bridge having had the door of their Jag Mk II knocked off, the two villains should've popped in here for a few and life wouldn't have seemed so bad.
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I have been to Newcastle many times but until the last visit I had never found this pub. It is quite atmospheric and "solid". The beers are worth going there for.
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Great pub! The patio/smoking area at the back has a view of the Tyne bridge and is walled by the ancient City wall.
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mmmmmmmmmmm lovely gr8 tasting real ale,spot on,8/10
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Great beer but some crap staff - one bloke in particular. Wish I could describe him in more detail, but worthless SOB will do for now. Your custimers pay your wages, sunshine, so how about stop fannying around talking to the girls behind the bar and try serving.
anonymous - 21 Oct 2006 18:46 |
Good selection of real ales. Sunday lunch is good value and there is a vegetarian option (roast veg and veggie gravy). This pub is massive with different seating areas including my favourite booth type seating. I have only seen it since its refit so can't comment on the changes. There is a carpark right next to the pub too.
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Nice beer. Good pub.
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One of the top ranking boozers in Newcastle. I did prefer the layout in the 80s, two rooms-but then most things are better in your teens rather than your late 30s!
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Great beers and efficient staff, although I preferred the layout as it was in my student days... Aaahhh...
anonymous - 18 Apr 2006 20:22 |
Good beer, very good value Sunday lunches as well when the pub is generally not at all crowded. Spacious and lovely interior, well worth going out of your way to.
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this pub is a really good pub and it is got a gr8 deal of activities there too. the music has been gr8 over the last couple of months. my nephew joe is doing really wel with drive and there gig was great. also the dart competitions are gr8 aswell. nice place to get drunk!
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This is another that gets very busy on football days. I got a slightly warm pint, but that must have been a one-off. The non-smoking bit at the back's a pleasant place to sit, though the view doesn't exactly bring the Acropolis to mind.
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As well as great beer, The Bridge has a very good lunch menu and a smoke free eating area overlooking the river.
mikeo - 25 Aug 2005 16:48 |
Good traditional pub with fine bridge views close to central area. Friendly staff and good choice of cask beers, well served.Only a minute or so from Quayside.
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Had some cracking pints here from various breweries.spacious traditional interior to it & small area at the back to check out the Tyne...Well worth adding to a Newc'astle pub crawl.
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A really good pub, that i came upon accidently, (i would now say i was a bit of a regular) while visiting a play by north east writer Sharon Race called 4s up..didnt even relise that pubs would cater for such an event, but the bridge does. It has a great selection of real ales and friendly staff. Well done to the bridge for showing off new talent in the north east and given artists a chance to shine in a incredibly friendly inviroment.
anonymous - 13 May 2005 14:51 |
Easily one of the best pubs in Newcastle. It has a good selection of real ales and nearly always has a friendly atmosphere (I went in once after a Newcastle home game and it was a little bit lively to say the least). The building is nice and big and situated right next to the old Keep. The beer garden downstairs provides views of the Quayside, including the Sage Music Centre and the car park used in Get Carter. I prefer looking at the car park.
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Apart from the young clientele who come to see the live bands upstairs, this tends to be a fairly 'grown-up' pub. A good selection of well-kept beers served by courteous, efficient staff. As an ex-pat Londoner, this is the pub that I like to bring visiting friends from 'down south' to see. It's a good example of what a good old fashoned Geordie pub should be.
Des - 25 Aug 2004 11:48 |
Part of the very high standard local "Sir John Fitzgerald" chain; this is a good example of the "English pub". Great value for money food at lunchtime. Good selection of ales and a very friendly atmosphere from both sides of the bar.
BGE - 24 Jul 2004 13:58 |
Excellent choice of real ales, and very good food, too. The folk club there (Mondays) remains excellent, the bar service is first-rate, and of course the location can't be beat
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A good real ale pub for Geordie expats visiting from Oz. Good staff, great beer and good to see the music is still alive. I have fond memories of the High Level Ranters concerst in the late 60's
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THe Bridge supplies a good range of Real Ales all well kept and presented. The clientele tends to be a mix of professionals and passing trade. Always clean with a varied choice of music, including live bands. Friendly staff who genuinely care that you are served in a swift and efficient manner without being impersonal, add to the general ambience of this well known bar. Having once been the local of the TV duo the Likely Lads, this bar is well run, and well worth a visit.
Shaun - 19 Dec 2003 01:22 |
A good pub with a decent selection of beers.The beer garden downstairs provides views of the Tyne bridges.
Ronnie Thompson - 25 Jul 2003 22:57 |
Great bar, always with 4/5/6 real ales on tap and all well kept... fairly busy at all times of the day.
Has music on regularly.
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