The New Cross Inn / Bar Alchemy, New Cross - pub details
Address: 323, New Cross Rd, London, SE14 6AS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 1916)
New Cross Gate (0.1 miles), New Cross (0.3 miles)
New Cross Gate (0.1 miles), New Cross (0.2 miles), Deptford (0.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Live music
- Pool table
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> Current user rating: 4.9/10 (rated by 27 users)
> Local guides: London pub guide, South East London pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Goldsmiths Tavern, New Cross (0.0 miles), Hobgoblin, New Cross (0.1 miles), Marquis of Granby, New Cross (0.2 miles), Rosemary Branch, New Cross (0.2 miles), Walpole Arms, New Cross (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the New Cross Inn / Bar Alchemy, New Cross
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| This pub generally has a pretty poor reputation amongst students in the area. Most of the nights there are terrible and the music is awful too. It is a shame other people who have left reviews look down on the 'trendy' people who go to pubs like Amersham, I think they are judging people too fast and if the new cross inn were to have a better reputation and put on better nights which attracted those awful trendy people they would probably have less of the dirty alcoholic type hanging around there and alot more money coming in. Maybe if local people who feel intimidated by the more extravagantly dressed types were to act less hostile towards them, they would not then feel excluded from local pubs they would like to visit which are classed as too trendy. muffin1 - 9 Oct 2009 21:53 |
| re creatures comments to me - customers who think they've come to dabble in an amazing "scene" they once read about in the NME a few years ago and are SO VERY DISAPPOINTED when it's actually a run-down old Irish boozer with crap promoters and shitty bands and psychopaths who try and assault you from across the bar. So when they come in, their faces downcast, noses wrinkling slightly, and look at you like you're not fit to lick their boots, you can understand a little bit of hostility I hate to disappoint you but I've been going to the New Cross Inn since I first moved to London about 18 years ago and have no pretentions of an amazing new cross "scene". I also know how crappy bar work can be - however I dont expect a drama when I enter a pub because you're reading the paper and I've had the audacity to want a drink, in a bar!! As for your assumption that we came in looking down our noses at you - thats quite a joke- we've lived in New Cross for 15 years so we dont really have that kind attitude so again your assumption was way off mark. iheartcupcakes - 11 Aug 2009 18:22 |
| Passed by the other night to have a look seeing as its been taken over by new owners. Who exactly are they marketing it to? The music was awful cheesy soul/funk and the decor looked like it wanted to be a wine bar/boys club. Looks like all the band nights have been scrapped too which is what brought people to the Inn and made it well known as a live music venue for students and locals. Nice to see that there was actually booze in there but I don't think that'll be enough to bring people in. Jane. - 24 Feb 2009 18:29 |
| Before the owners buggered off, I ran Liar Liar Club @ New Cross Inn. A 60's Psych and Soul night with Live bands and DJ's. The night has always been a great night nad has been run for the last year. Problem is that in all this time there has hardly ever been beer. This is down to the lack of care from the owners!!! The barmen/maids have done everything they can to keep the pub afloat but its bloody impossible when you have doughnuts running your pub that dont want to fix shit. Also I do agree with some comments. ALOT of the nights were shit. Too much electro brain melt crap that people had enough of hearing in the area about 3 years ago. Also the use of GAMEBOYS should be band from music forever. IT SOUNDS SHIT STOP DOING IT!!! Other than that the place has brought me many a fond memory and hope the new owners see it for what it really is rather than making it into another Princess Beatrice joint like the Amersham!!! liarliarclub - 12 Feb 2009 13:35 |
| Working in a pub that you love where the owners don't give two shits about the stock or reputation is the worst thing- it used to be packed for great nights of music and those nights still happen but it's rarer. When you've said for the millionth time 'we only have fosters or stella' and you've made the same light hearted joke about it to ease the customers, how can you keep a smile on your face? I try because generally the people and most of the promoters who come in are great, and nights like Modern Love and Zombies Are People Too have a mix of locals and students dancing to bands and popular indie/punk/electro music. Prices are pretty cheap now but it can only last so long. If this place is up for sale, like the promoter below said, I only hope that whoever buys it keeps to the spirit of the inn- we don't need just another regular pub or an overly trendy one like The Amersham Arms. Jane. - 5 Feb 2009 19:54 |
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