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The Lamplighter, Northampton
Northampton
NN1 3JS
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Reviews of The Lamplighter (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Lamplighter
This is a nice backstreet boozer, just a short walk from the town centre, with a reputation for good cask ale. The pub has a roughly square, open-plan room with the servery to the left and plenty of seating elsewhere. The bar has a nice dark wood counter with a matching mirrored bar back and some of the more impressive, yet not too obtrusive, Halloween decorations I think I’ve ever seen in a pub. The room is bare boarded, but with a few large rugs to help dampen down the noise, plus a small raised carpeted area to the front right, which has seating options but looks like it might also double as a stage for live music. Tables and chairs fill the centre of the room, whilst some high tables and stools have been squeezed into the front left corner, next to the bar. There are a couple of nice old tiled fireplaces to the front and rear, various brewery mirrors on the walls and a nice lincrusta ceiling, all of which add character, and the room benefited from muted lighting, which lent a cosy atmosphere to an otherwise open space. A patio garden could be seen to the rear, with a sizable covered section to one side, whilst a reasonable selection of indie tunes played in the background.
There were three cask ales on the bar when I arrived - Phipps Ratcliffe’s Celebrated Stout, NVB Pulping On Your Stereo and Vale VPA. I ordered a pint of the latter, only for it to splutter out its death rattle, but the friendly barman suggested I wait a minute for him to pull through a replacement, Brewster’s Hophead, which he then poured me a lovely fresh pint of.
I liked this place and thought it covered a lot of bases pretty well, serving a mixed crowd of punters, offering comfortable seating in a well presented space and serving good quality beer with friendly and helpful service. I do wonder if I would’ve found the place a little less warm and cosy feeling had I come during daylight hours, as it’s ultimately just an open-plan square room, but on this visit, it worked well and I’d be more than happy to return.
On 29th December 2022
- rating: 7
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Lamplighter
Nice use of a back street pub, it is opened up downstairs, looks like for live music so does lose a little character, but there is an upstairs room as well.
On 20th October 2019
- rating: 8
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Moby Duck left this review about The Lamplighter
A backstreet corner pub opened out into one large room and maybe loses a little character it once may have once had.The pub boasts 8 handpumps with seven ales on during my visit , Vale, Great Oakley,Nobbys and Oakham were the breweries represented, Oakham Citra was in good shape.
A decent pub well worth a look.
On 6th May 2018
- rating: 7
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- Accommodation : No last updated 30 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 30 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 19 December 2011 by hondo .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 30 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 29 December 2022 by Pub SignMan
- Function Room : Yes last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 22 May 2015 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : Yes - Every Monday plus other evenings - last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : Yes - Wednesday - last updated 30 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 13 August 2016 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 30 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 14 September 2018 by Komakino .
