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The Bear, Northampton

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11 Sheep Street
Northampton
NN1 2LT

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Northampton Central

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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Bear

Attractive pub from the outside, with a black-and-white façade of uncertain age. Once inside, though, you find a modernised L-shaped sports bar with no real character left. However, later on a Thursday evening, reggae music was the order of the day. Anyway I was pleased to find Landlord and Hobgoblin Ruby (£2.70) available from a pair of handpumps on the main counter, but then one for Abbot at the left-hand end.

On 21^st October 2024 - rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Bear

The Bear is a nice looking pub that is situated in the middle of Northampton.
Once inside the bar faces in an opened out L shaped room,the floor is bare boarded,the seating is tall tables and chairs on the right side,there is a pool table and bar football to the front left,the rear side is down one step and has normal tables and chairs.
There were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of St Austell Tribute which went down well,the other real ale was Hobgoblin,there was also a real Cider on the bar.
Background music was playing and the pub was fairly busy on our pre 11am visit.
I thought this was a decent enough pub to start our Northampton crawl in.

Pub visited 1/10/2016

On 11^th November 2016 - rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about The Bear

Large and impressive half-timbered building. Pretty bland inside, it’s an opened-out L shaped interior, painted an oppressive red and white with polished wood floor. The lower part of the L has booth style seating. Unashamedly sports bar in style, with pool and multiple screens. Two ales on, Hobgoblin and Tribute plus a clutch of boxed ciders. I wasn’t expecting much from the beer but the Tribute was surprisingly good. Once source of facepalm was the innovative(ish) Euro 2016-themed food and drink options but the groups were all wrong. I guess it serves a function for sporting events but I can’t imagine I’d feel the need to see the inside of this place again anytime soon.

On 13^th August 2016 - rating: 5
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