The Castle, Newark

Excellent beer pub. Great range on the bar during our visit from Sunchaser to Elgoods Black Dog. I had a pint of Castle Ale which was excellent. No music at 2pm just a crowd of drinkers and late lunch eaters. The pub was so good that we returned at 6pm for a second pint having crawled round most of the decent watering holes in the town.

A visit to this pub was amazing, the staff were fun and knowlegeable, and helped me choose a beer I had not thought of trying before, the music was exellent with the band playing most of my favourite stuff, from eagles to jeff wayne war of the worlds!! definitely going there again!!the layout of the pub is cosy, with plenty of nooks and crannies if you wanted to talk, or up near the band space to stand. Oh and the toilets were so clean and tidy, smelt nice, and massive!!

A greater range of beers than on previous visits but this really is a small pub,with an inefficient seating arrangement in the lower front area and too crowded to justify allowing a poor acoustic band to occupy most of the rear seating area beyond the bar.The owners need to focus on either ale or music but trying to do both leaves a lot of punters feeling frustrated.Shame.