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The Tiny Toad, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Heaton
Postal town: Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE6 5LS
Served areas
Reviews of The Tiny Toad (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Tiny Toad
Now called The Tiny Toad, I doubt this place will retain its Good Beer Guide status for the 2026 Guide. Most of the micropub's 4 handpulls have been removed, leaving just the one which was dispensing Vocation Bread & Butter on my Saturday afternoon visit. Cider could be found on top of a fridge with a good selection of cans and bottles. The 5 ciders on were Seacider Rhubarb, White Peach & Blood Orange ciders & Weston's Old Rosie & Vintage Organic.
The pub now appears to be majoring on their keg selection, which included Vault City Sugar Plum Spritz, Camden Eazy & Stout, Galway Hooker Lughnasadh, Black Sheep One For The Toad & Allendale Pennine Pale.
There are a couple of small rooms. The front room with the bar has just one table and a drinking shelf. We occupied the table which is in the window. I sat on one of casks which act as stools at the table. I was expecting there to be to some kind of padding on top of the cask, but it was in fact just a loose cushion directly on top of the cask, making it extremely uncomfortable. There is a second room to the rear with more seating. The one other customer who came in ventured into that space.
Whilst I never visited the premises when it was the Heaton Tap, I get the feeling that it has gone downhill and the changes made have been for the worse. Hopefully this place gets more custom at other times of the day. Otherwise, I fear for its future.
On 31st March 2025
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3040 recommendations about 3038 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Heaton Tap
Narrow side-street micro-pub, with only enough room for a few tall stools in the compact bar area, but further seating is available in the back room and at a few small tables out front. All beers - cask (up to four) and keg (up to seven) - served from taps on the bar-back. Although tempted by some of the latter, I went for an Ossett White Rat (£4.80) in the end. Also has a range of canned and bottled offerings in the fridges.
On 12th October 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 8679 recommendations about 8678 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Heaton Tap
A two roomed micro with some seating out the front, a small bar positioned in the corner of the front room, along with a small room at the rear. Four cask ales on our visit, along with some keg beers and a couple of ciders, plus an extensive range of cans from the chiller cabinet along the right hand wall. The owner was chatty and informative about the pubs in the area and Newcastle city centre. We went for the Orkney Red MacGregor.
On 8th August 2021
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3644 recommendations about 3644 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 30p per pint, 15p per half - last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : No last updated 31 March 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- Darts : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 31 March 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- Function Room : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : Yes last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : No last updated 31 March 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 10 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 31 March 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 31 March 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : No last updated 31 March 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
