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Coach & Horses, Hexham
Hexham
NE46 1PQ
Pub Type
Punch TavernsReviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about Coach & Horses
Old looking building maybe having an archway to a rear yard filled and turned into a seating area. To the left is the public bar, a long thin place with a counter on the right, banquette seating takes up the front part, with tall but too closely arranged tables and stools opposite the bar. It has the four beer engines with Anarchy Blonde Star and HB Farne Island both doubled up, keggy Molson Coors stuff on the two quad T-bars plus of course Guinness. Intrusive sports TV (TNT). A pool table is located at the back of the bar. A second sitting area is available over the other side of the former coach way.
On 18th September 2026
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Coach & Horses
A prominent pub in the centre of the High Street that looks as though it was perhaps an old coaching inn at one time, it looks as though it’s had some extensive refurbishment at some expense and now looks as though it at least trying to be a little more upmarket.
Internally it’s not unpleasant, but is a little bland without much in the way of any character. It’s a L-shaped pub with a passageway between the two halves. The right-hand bar appears to be the main drinking area including the bar counter, and this had dark wood strip on the floor along with some tiling around the bar, and red patterned carpet at the rear which had been partially sectioned off with some glazed wood partitioning to create a separate area. The paintwork on the walls and ceilings were a very pale grey or brown, and although there was a feature wall with some wallpaper at the front, there was really very little of any note. The room to the left looked to be more geared up for dining and was a little cosier with carpet on the floor, pale green paintwork on much of the walls, a couple of very light beams on the ceiling and a fireplace with a wooden mantlepiece at one end. A small snug in a recess off of this room had some colourful artwork on the walls and fitted banquette style red padded bench seating.
Despite four pumps on the bar, they were both doubled up leaving Timothy Taylor Boltmaker and Anarchy Blond Star as the sole offerings. Ciders fared no better with Strongbow being the only option, unfortunately. I’ve mixed feelings about this – the staff were friendly, and the food was pretty good and a generous portion, but I’m not sure I’d bother coming back just for a drink.
On 26th July 2024
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Coach & Horses
Walking past and peering in made me think it was a GBG pre-emptive. Has clearly been done-up recently at expense and smart it looks too. Split down the middle by a glazed retaining wall, a handsome turquoise bar is off right with banquette seating. The left corridor is exposed brick featuring a couple of semi-booths with a dining room off further. My Allendale Pale was easily GBG standard (NBSS 3.5) with their Wolf and Jarrow Rivet Catcher as the other options, although a couple of the pumps were oddly obscured by a straw holder. WhatPub says that it shares common management with the County Hotel, which helps explain things. I liked it here and imagine it’d be a tidy evening venue.
On 15th February 2024
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Coach & Horses
Agree with hondo
On 5th October 2011
- rating: 5
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hondo . left this review about Coach & Horses
A bit rough & ready with a standard draught selection. The pub has a pool table.
On 21st April 2010
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