Newcastle Tap, Newcastle Central, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Unlike other venues in this pub chain it's not set in a station building but in a rather dull office block conversion over the road from Newcastle station. Despite that it makes for a pretty good real ale venue with a glass fronted cellar above the bar. It was quite busy on my Friday afternoon visit. There's a huge array of taps on a wall behind the bar counter but only 8 are cask. I found it quite difficult reading the names behind the bar but I went for a York Sunne (£3.60) which was in good nick. Despite the bland building it's worth a look.

A brand new pub converted from an office block. It's one room with the bar straight in front of you. There's interesting wooden panelling on the left hand side. All the beers are stored upstairs, you can see the barrels through the display window. There are no handpumps the beers are dispensed through taps at the rear of the bar. Food is available from a limited menu. My pint was in excellent nick and Ms CAMRA liked her red wine. We'll be coming back here again.