The Alexandra, Newport

Quinno _ left this review about The Alexandra

Quick revisit. Ordered a Rhymney Dark on cask, barmaid flicked a keg switch. Quick as a flash I jumped in assuming she’d mis-heard. Nope, it turned out said beer was on both keg and cask. After switching over to the handpull, the inevitable outcome ensued – a beer that hadn’t been shifting (NBSS 2). So beware when you go in to check that your choice isn’t duplicated onto the keg…

May 2024
Converted by Rhymney Brewery from an old RBS bank branch in 2021, it looks a little foreboding from outside but inside is a tastefully modernised local full of old boys and a friendly landlord as wide as he is tall. There's some booth seating off left alongside rear and side spurs plus nice parquet style flooring. Several maritime prints are among the wall decorations which also include dockland scenes - the pub takes its name from Newport's Alexandra Docks. Three Rhymney ales, I followed the locals and got on the Export. £2.60 a pint! And tidy, too (NBSS 3.5). Newport is hardly awash with quality pubs, so this one is an immediate winner. It's GBG listed. Rated 7

On 4^th December 2024 - rating: 6
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