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Hello
I will be up in Newcastle next weekend and would be very grateful for any recommendations for good pubs/bars/clubs - as well as ones to avoid. There wil be about 12 of us on a stag do but we aren't particularly rowdy (any more).
Cheers
What kind of stuff do you like?
I'd stay away from the Bigg Market, its full of pissed up scrotes who like a fight. Mid weeks its alright, Monday nights is when all the student nurses get their allowance... and there's three universities in Newcastle :D
This is one of my favourite places, right next to St. James... the world headquarters, but I can't find their website :mad:
Cheers Firky. The only place i'v heard of is the Big Market - big area of pubs and bars isn't it? Last night someone told me we should try Whitley Bay. Any thoughts?
Mainly we just want someone fairly mainstream & lively and if we can avoid a ruck that would be good!
Soreenkid
06-08-2005, 11:52
Whitley Bay is seedy and grim, very much like Blackpool - only grimmer.
I'd goto the Quayside :)
http://www.newcastlequayside.co.uk/
Newcastle is famed for its nightlife, & Geordies are legendary for their love of a good pub. They've never had it better. With almost 30 pubs lining the Quayside, the residents of Tyneside, & visitors to the region, are certainly spoilt for choice.
Rocket Romano
06-08-2005, 18:28
Avoid the Bigg Market, its full of Tourists looken to add to the Newcastle reputation
The Gate is a great place to start and to end.
Quayside is alright, more refined as the door control is a lot stricter.
Avoid the Bigg Market, its full of Tourists looken to add to the Newcastle reputation
The Gate is a great place to start and to end.
Quayside is alright, more refined as the door control is a lot stricter.
The Gate? Fuck me! That wasn't even built when I came down south, they were still pulling all that part down. Is that big ugly Co-op building still there? :)
Rocket Romano
07-08-2005, 18:08
The Gate? Fuck me! That wasn't even built when I came down south, they were still pulling all that part down. Is that big ugly Co-op building still there? :)
Yeah it is.
But the Gate is the place to be for the middle aged these days.
Huuuuge Odeon, every bloody restaurant you can think of from Bannatyne to Frankie and Benny
Just round the corners is Blackfriars, which is nice?
Firky, you know that they're knocking Westgate House down (concrete blob in middle of Grainger Town, opp Central Station)
The old coach station at Gallowgate are govt offices, the old govt offices been knocked down and Eldon Square is set to be ripped apart, they're totally rebuilding that too
Fookin hell! Where's the money coming from? City of Culture left overs?
If you like real pubs, five minutes along from the Quayside are the Tyne Bar (http://www.thetyne.com/) and The Cluny (http://www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/default.aspx?tabid=10194).
the world headquarters, but I can't find their website :mad:
The site used to be at www.theworldheadquarters.com but now it's just giving a phone number to call for info. The Trent House Bar website is also down, giving the same number.
You're right though, nice place.
Thanks for the info and links. I will pass it all on to the best man and he can take responsibilty for deciding.
I will report back next week on what I thought was good or bad and you can let me know if I have bad taste or not.
Cheers
I'd go to Stereo then Shin dig @ the Foundation.
But it depends what you are in to - what you want etc.
Rocket Romano
08-08-2005, 10:41
Foundation has moved to the new spankingly large Digital Club.
The Cluny is on the Ouseburn Valley Thingy and not the easiest place for visitors to get too...actually scrap that, the new Electric Bus link goes there.
Art gallery cum live music venue cum bar
Any plastics out there wishing to delude themselves for a few hours, may I recommend a visit to one of the Pitcher and Piano clone bars
I'd go to Stereo then Shin dig @ the Foundation.
But it depends what you are in to - what you want etc.
Is Shindig still going? :eek:
Isambard
08-08-2005, 10:47
It's been a few years.......
Bigg market on a Friday and Saturday is just a pain, I used to like it during the week.
Quayside was too posh for me but the Barley Mow was a nice pub a bit further along.
My favourite pub crawl was City Road in Byker.
Rocket Romano
08-08-2005, 10:50
Shindig and the Foundation team can now be found in the middle of Newcastles Pink Triangle in Times Square (the Centre for Life complex)
A lot of the bars and club events are moving to newer premises as the West and East inner city area gets money thrown at it.
Bulletproof and the events at Reds (One of the 3 Northumbria Student Union Bars) are good for a laugh down
Jesmond is fun and has the claim of being one side uber posh, the other uber student and also has the worlds smallest Starbucks
Bulletproof and the events at Reds (One of the 3 Northumbria Student Union Bars) are good for a laugh down
Bulletproof! I headbutted a TV screen at that when I was about 16......
Isambard
08-08-2005, 11:19
Reds (One of the 3 Northumbria Student Union Bars) are good for a laugh down
What a flashback! I set fire to my bottle of poppers in there one night, I was in flames and the bouncer had to roll me on the carpet! :D No real harm done mind.
Donna Ferentes
08-08-2005, 12:28
I don't even remember it and I did my Masters there...
Isambard
08-08-2005, 12:32
The best Friday was the old University mind.
It was called "Bus Stop. the place you get off at" :D
Rocket Romano
08-08-2005, 12:37
Forgot to mention Revolution Vodka Bar and Pravda...both alright and do cheap Smirnoff
Forgot to mention Revolution Vodka Bar and Pravda...both alright and do cheap Smirnoff
Is Pravda still going?? :eek:
Sorry.....sorry...
Is Shindig still going? :eek:
I don't know - it was when I last went there - but that was two years ago?
My cousin knows the bloke who ran it (he owns/used to own Stereo).
I thought I'd give them a plug as he was a decent bloke.
mrkikiet
09-08-2005, 21:43
the gate is pish. the sort of night out you can have in any city in the uk. similar themed bars, at least one of the whetherspoons cohorts, some style bars with djs and over priced drinks. and your pizza hut, nanchos chicken and a cinema.
trent house, the forth, the telegraph then world headquarters (as far as i know this is near FYEO the lap dancing club, can't remember the street), winner.
Jesmond was good about 3 years ago but is now the same as everwhere.
Just wander round and go wherever takes your fancy, the baja beach club probably...
one thing if WHQ is still going it's difficult to get into with big groups of lads.
Isambard
09-08-2005, 21:52
I always thought The Trent House was a bit TOO full of posher cool-er old university type of people but I can see the attraction.
The Forth is the pub right on the High Level Bridge IIRC, good pub, you can sit outside and look down to the Tyne.
Some "local" amusements in the "Gardens" down below The Forth that I think are maybe best not mentioned on this thread. ;)
Shindig and the Foundation team can now be found in the middle of Newcastles Pink Triangle in Times Square (the Centre for Life complex)
is rockies still there and laser quest? :D
j.k
one thing if WHQ is still going it's difficult to get into with big groups of lads.
I can't say I've had a problem there, but we've had a lass or two with us at the same time, and were there often :)
Last time I was there was around this time last year, I hope its still open. It hadn't changed much.
ninjaboy had some mdma that day :D
The Forth is the pub right on the High Level Bridge IIRC, good pub, you can sit outside and look down to the Tyne.
Some "local" amusements in the "Gardens" down below The Forth that I think are maybe best not mentioned on this thread. ;)
Ah, you're thinking of The Bridge at the end of the High Level. The Forth is on Pink Lane and got horribly trendified a couple of years ago when that nasty bar opposite (Coc-V?) opened! The Forth had a fire last year, but I haven't been in since it re-re-opened. (No I didn't do it! :p )
Gotham Town is good for cheap cocktails which is round the corner from The Forth - opposite Central Station.
Isambard
09-08-2005, 22:32
Cheers. I must have been in The Forth back in the day when all the pubs round there were either gay or gangsters. Or in some cases, gay gangsters! You could see the whole Bermuda Traingle was going to get tarted up once the new road from the Redhugh Bridge was fixed. :(
Firky, you know Rockies! :eek:
You'll be telling me you used to hang with the old queens in "The Graveyard" next! :)
mrkikiet
10-08-2005, 11:16
Coco-V is the awful bar across the road from the Forth.
Forth got re-opened after the fire pretty much the same. I never went before it became trendified and i like it as it is. Good jukebox.
Rocket Romano
10-08-2005, 14:10
The Forth is where the beatniks hang out these days, it was probably them that started the fire.
The Telegraph has gone...shall we say.....purple
Rockies is stilll open. A bi-bar. Gay 6 days of the week and on matchday Saturday topless babes all round/
Unfortuanately Laser Quest is long gone. That whole area has been done up, the chip shop moved over the road to luxurious premises. The bulding itself is being entirely renovated.
The Bridge is ok, nice beer garden over the Tyne, but doubled prices lately.
Don't go into Baja, its an Emap Radio dream.
mrkikiet
10-08-2005, 22:23
if you're into not particularly good young local bands and face painting there is the jez fest on the 14th, Jesmond Dene. Built by Lord 'armaments' Armstrong and given to the people of Newcastle.
Rocket Romano
11-08-2005, 19:22
if you're into not particularly good young local bands and face painting there is the jez fest on the 14th, Jesmond Dene. Built by Lord 'armaments' Armstrong and given to the people of Newcastle.
Jesmond Dene fights the renevated Leazes Park as Newcastles prettiest green spot
Thanks for all the recommendations. I liked Newcastle.
We stayed in Jesmond and had a few drinks in Osbournes each day and watched the football there. We were in Chase, Buffalo Joes and a few others in the Quayside (that I can’t remember the names of) and a few bars in The Gate too. We had a good time and drank a lot but there was no hard core clubbing or pulling going on. On the plus side there was no fighting either.
Good friendly people in Newcastle – locals and visitors. To be honest I no longer have the capacity for a Stag Weekend and shall be encouraging Stag Nights from now on.
I got old…… :(
Hey,
Just seen this thread, I know it's pontless to add anything except that about 5 years ago the best pubs in Newcastle were Trillians and Head of Steam.
:)
Rocket Romano
16-08-2005, 10:16
For the attention of Firky from IcNewcastle
A legend of the Newcastle club scene is set for a surprise return, 1 year after it left the party scene.
The Powerhouse, a huge hit with the Newcastle gay scene and the base of improptu concerts from everyone ranging Sir Elton John through to Girls Aloud has announced it will take over the Sugar nightclub on St James Boulevard/Westgate Road.
The Sugar group which went bankrupt a year ago submitted plans to turn the building into a lap dance and strip show venue, but local gays protested and the council rejected the plans.
Yesterday posters went up inside the building confirming the return of the club, who's former premises are currently the site of a massive redevelopment project
The re-opening of the club further strengthens the image of the Newcastle gay community as yet another bar opens in the kindly dubbed pink triangle
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