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Number Twenty 2, Darlington

22 Coniscliffe Road
Darlington
DL3 7RG

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Darlington Central

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Strongers . left this review about Number Twenty 2

Number Twenty 2 is a long and thin wooden floored pub with raised seating in the windows either side of the central entrance and a beer shelf up the left-hand wall opposite the L-shaped serving counter mid-way up the right. A mix of seating, including benches, banquettes and more shelving are found in the carpeted rear where there’s a dirty whitewashed feature wall that looks like it belongs in a pub cellar. I counted 12 hand pumps across the counter, the chalkboard listed Daleside Brewery’s Morocco Ale and Bitter, Thornbridge’s Crackendale, St Austell’s Tribute, Hadrian Border Brewery’s Farne Island, Orkney Brewery’s North Light as well as Zetland, Bull and White Boar from Hambleton Brewery’s Village Brewer range. There’s also a premium and craft keg selection, but I went for Daleside’s Bitter which I didn’t really like, but I recognised the taste so I think I ‘ve had it before and didn’t like it then, I really must try to remember these ales! This is a tidy bar with friendly staff, so is certainly worth the double header with the ORB a couple of doors down.

On 6^th February 2026 - rating: 8
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Quinno _ left this review about Number Twenty 2

Upmarket middle-class place with smartly turned-out staff. Surprised it closes at 10pm on a Thursday as it was very busy and could have easily kept going for another hour. Unsure how much of the elegant and characterful interior is recent but suspect it has mostly been bussed-in from reclamations. Someone needs to give the place a spring clean as they still had a sign up for NYE 2024! Vast amount of ale pumps (and an inevitable GBG listing), too many for this tired correspondent to try and count (16, says the review below). There were three on from Village Brewer who were new to me so I plumped for Bull Premium which felt a bit aged/low turnover (NBSS 2.5) but that’s what vast cask offering can end-up doing to the laggard pump(s). Also available were a fair range of offbeat Euro keg and a couple of ciders. Overall it’s an oddity – I rather liked the pub but clearly there were too many ales on and just little things like the long-gone events sign made me wonder. Felt like it should be the best all-rounder in Darlo but missed the mark for me on this occasion. 7.5

On 3^rd July 2024 - rating: 7
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Rob Hunter left this review about Number Twenty 2

Visited here earlier in the week. It had only been open for half an hour at most and there were already a few customers in by the time I arrived. There are 16 hand pulls in total but several of these are duplicated in a seemingly random fashion, which due to the spread of the pumps makes it a bit difficult to take them all in and make a decision. I did notice later there is a chalk board at one end of the bar listing the available beers. Some beers were mainstream nationals, others were more local. A real cider was also available (on the separate bank of four hand pulls at the far end of the bar near the toilets).

I suspect this hasn't always been a pub, and despite the presence of pub like fixtures and fittings that have presumably been reclaimed from elsewhere, it has more of a wine bar vibe with its plinky plonky piano music. This is clearly Darlington's sophisticated real ale venue.

My White Boar by Village Brewer was OK, and set me back £1.60 for a half, so the prices are reasonable. The presence of other customers gave this place a bit of atmosphere. I'd probably return here.

On 16^th January 2020 - rating: 7
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