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The Cluny has been on my list of pubs to visit for years now. For some reason, I failed to make it here the last time I was in the area. But as is often the case with pubs I have been waiting to visit, I was somewhat underwhelmed. It did not help that the bar staff decided to serve people who had walked in after me first. The bar is L-shaped and there is a large beam at the corner. I had moved round the corner to try to get somebody's attention. So others got served first. The ale range was good - Consett Stout, Anarchy Boot Boys, Leeds Midnight Bell, Camerons Ahopalypse Now, Out There Cassini & Sonnet 43 The Raven Bourbon Milk Stout. Ciders were Orchard Pig Maverick Ginger & Chilli & Abrahalls Ruby Tuesday & Down Down. Live music is clearly a feature here and a band was warming up. But as with the previous reviewer, I feel the Cumberland Arms and Free Trade are better pubs in this area of town. Still decent though.
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Not bad but suffers compared to free trade and cumberland for beer range and quality. I'm getting on a bit now and it wasn't really my thing. But the young uns seemed to be enjoying themselves.
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A great location next to railway arches and a river and a venue for great new music that Newcastle should be oroud of. Perhaps the closest thing the city gets to a hipster hangout, the range of beers is also excellent.
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Patchy. Beer terrible, nice interior, customers who are bohemian and left field because they think it makes them cool, live music exceptionally good, awful promotions events that feel like they just want your money rather than doing sonething for their customers. Recent "Ages of landlord" perfect example of this. What was that?! Go for the bands, drink in the cumby/free trade.
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Has everything going for it, good beer range, but all served flat and lifeless for a premium price i expect a premium product and it wasnt.
A shame really as it would be so easy to make it perfect.
Looks a great venue for live bands too.
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A lovely atmosphere, bohemian crowd and good beer. Have had food here a couple of times and it has been a bit variable in quality, but is cheap and decent on the whole. The Cluny seems to have had a lot of thought put in to the running of it, with a dedication to doing things properly (the off-sales concept for real ales is particularly good). Also possibly the best live music venue in town!
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Has a wide selection like most Head of Steam pubs, but like other HoS pubs, is a bit wine barish. Has no atmosphere at all.
It's okay.
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Has a wide selection like most Head of Steam pubs, but like other HoS pubs, is a bit wine barish. Has no atmosphere at all.
It's okay.
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An outstandin range of beers, some cracking burgers and also a venue for many up and coming bands. It's a great place, that is slightly spoilt by it becoming a bit too fashionable.
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Indeed a great place with an excellent choice of ales, many local, as well as Continental beers and lagers, housed in an unusual converted industrial building (seem to remember someone saying it was once a whisky bottling warehouse). Good food available at reasonable prices. Friendly helpful staff and the clientele create a good atmosphere. I left after my last visit with a good-quality souvenir "The Cluny" teeshirt chosen from a range of colours for the princely sum of �2.99, even to fit my slightly generous bulk.
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Great place, lots of ale and friendly staff, the manager even went out of her way to direct me to the Cumberland Inn after my pint. See the report I made on the Ship Inn opposite.
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Modern looking 'L'-shaped bar inside one of the many converted industrial buildings along the Ouseburn valley. About eight real ales on, plus two ciders, so plenty of choice for the aficionado. Hundreds of photographs, posters and flyers also highlight its live music connections. Well worth the 10-15 walk out eastwards from Newcastle city centre.
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I do like the Cluny. Great selection of beers and food is canny too. Good sitting outside in the sun having a few wets. Ouseburn is defo becoming a canny place to go on the pop nowadays.
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Large, rambling place in a converted warehouse in Newcastle's trendy Ouseburn area. The place is a cultural hub used for many things, including live gigs, art events etc, although these take place in seperate rooms that are open at certain times so don't interfere with drinkers. The bar room itself is quite large and furnished in a modern style, and definitely always busy at the weekends, usually (but not exclusively) a younger crowd. There is a great selection of real ales from across the UK and a high turnover. They also do good food. In summer it can be pleasant to sit outside on the grass under the railway viaduct, and there are many other real ale boozers nearby. An essential part of the burgeoning Byker pub scene
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Same management team as the HOS but someone here knows how to keep the beer. Great, lively pub.
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previous comments posted against wrong pub sorry
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Only a moderate pint. Toilets were poor. Long time since that protection machine had a clean.
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Went in Thirsty_Jonny's suggested condition of mind and drouth, and were a little disappointed. Barmaid looked seriously unhappy in her work, Sunchaser OK but no more - have had much better. The kitchen, however, compensated both in terms of charming service and decent food in substantial portions. Twenty live gigs this month - serious music pub. The Q2 bus from the City Centre stops at the far end of Lime Street, just 3 or 4 minutes walk away.
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Excellent pub. Go with an open mind and a raging thirst and you won't be disappointed. Excellent selection of real ales in terms of both quality and breadth of choice. Brilliant food well priced and well presented. Cheerful and colourful staff. Interesting building in a wonderful setting. For those that know of these things - this is the same management as Tilley's, Head of Steam etc. I for one am chuffed its off the beaten track - we wouldn't want everyone knowing one of Newcastle's best kept secrets would we?
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Great pub! They have bands playing most weekends( maybe all weekends?), nice beer and nee strokers. I used to live nearby in Sandyford, now i'm in london, i wish i'd gone to the Cluny more often. Look forward to visiting it again soon.
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Extraordinary range of at least 7 well-priced real ales on, all from local breweries + extensive range of foreign draught beers. Arrived just too late to eat(kitchen closes at 9), but other people's orders looked very good. Heaving by the time we left, interesting building by the river, feels somewhat isolated if you don't know where to find it. Great music and hugely lively atmosphere, but then it was a Saturday night in Newcastle...show me a Newcastle pub/bar that isn't lively and I'll tell you it's shut!
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Good looking pub, nice unpretentious cheap tasty hearty food, GREAT beer, good charity awareness too - a pub that does it bit, great stuff. Ideal hangout for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Looks a great place for live music too judging by the calibre of the artists posters on the walls.
One complaint from my visit though - a chap was in with his young family (estimated child ages 5 and 7) and his wife didn't like the food (burger was undercooked). She only took one bite and the chap sent it back - the staff couldn't care less and told him he wasn't getting any refund, not even half. He rounded everyone up and left. Utterly appaling service, no appreciation / understanding of consumer rights. I won't go back as a result.
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The posh pub (relatively) in Byker - really good beer and lovely lunches. Now getting a real mix of custom due to "Seven Stories" next door. Superb.
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Great venue for live music.
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Great place; great atmposphere; great choice of ales.
anonymous - 18 Apr 2006 20:50 |
Top quality staff, snacks & music - worth the short walk from Sandyford. A bar for all seasons/weathers/moods. Only negative is the ugly glazed entrance screen - shoot the architect now.
Last time I went it was in the expert hands of Dave Campbell and Sarah, formerly of the Head of Steam - wherever these two go a top top bar is always the result.
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Very modern, lots of different beer, full of young people (mainly students) enjoying themselves. One of the very best places in Newcastle if a bit out of the way for some.
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yeah good bar selection of beers one made us laugh beer from prague called strap on ask for that go on i dare ya
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