The New Cross Inn / Bar Alchemy, New Cross - pub details
Address: 323, New Cross Rd, London, SE14 6AS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 020 8692 1866
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: 5.0/10 (rated by 23 users)
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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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| Ha! At the poster below. I probably was that "petulant madam" serving you. And you know why? Because it's actually painful working at a place you care about a lot, yet has no beer, no money, owners that come in and treat you like shit - and 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! And for your information darling, there's only so long you can keep the "have-a-nice-day" smile fixed on your face while the postmix taps won't work! So sod off. You're lucky you didn't get a cockroach in your pint glass, or that the toilets weren't flooded that day. I'm glad I left - too many people with too much attitude for a shitty dive like the New Cross Inn... creature - 29 Aug 2008 18:11 |
| I've not been to the New Cross Inn since it "gentrified" itself and became Bar Alchemy..and after the appalling night I had there last week it'll be even longer till I return Firstly the service is appalling. God forbid we interupted the petulant madam reading her newspaper to serve us. When she finally put her paper down she poured a pint for my hubby and then I asked for a diet coke. Seriously I've never had such a palava over a soft drink - she couldn't get any of the dispensers to work so kept filling the glass with the water that comes out when the things empty and then finally some syruppy stuff on top. I then asked what other soft drinks they had....NONE. Joy. Also the beer (guiness/newcastle brown) is more expensive than the Underworld in Camden and thats a gig venue. Then the loos - no soap, no hand drier. Typical dive you may thing - till approx 8.30 pm when a woman takes up residence in there (and I'm told a man in the gents) SELLING you soap and hand towels - seriously this is a crappy gig pub in NEW CROSS - not some socialite club in Knightsbridge! PAYING for soap - utter joke. If students and people with silly fringes are willing to pay their trumped up prices then let them - I for one will go to the Albert down the road, where I can wee and wash my hands in peace after a good choice of beer or soft drinks. ickleprincess - 27 May 2008 17:02 |
| I find this place very clicky and studenty, the odd local that you do find in there is definately one too few. The music is a bit hit and miss especially since the students have total control of what's played in there. The decor I have to say is brilliant and I love the fact that it almost has the appearance of a very intimate trendy bar... shame about the music cause if I could go in there for a quiet drink n a chat I would newcrosslover - 30 Apr 2008 15:32 |
| I find this place very clicky and studenty, the odd local that you do find in there is definately one too few. The music is a bit hit and miss especially since the students have total control of what's played in there. The decor I have to say is brilliant and I love the fact that it almost has the appearance of a very intimate trendy bar... shame about the music cause if I could go in there for a quiet drink n a chat I would newcrosslover - 30 Apr 2008 15:32 |
| Times were I would enter here and think "Blimey, this is a bit rough" (the blood on the ceiling was off-putting). Nowadays, the boot is firmly on the other foot as I found out much to my suprise some weeks ago - it's turned into a trendy wine bar, and the bouncers seemed rather pleasant! In my dismay, and bacuase of the lack of violence bubbling under the surface, I had to leave....... easyskip - 15 Dec 2007 15:19 |
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