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New York Tavern, Rotherham
Rotherham
S60 1BD
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about New York Tavern
The New York Tavern was the best of the 23 pubs we tried in Yorkshire over the weekend. Located in the centre of Rotherham, not far from the New York Stadium, it has a proper old-fashioned boozer feel to it, with no TVs or gaming machines, just decent beers (and ciders) and conversation.
The decor is very spartan, but the atmosphere is warm and friendly. All beers were from Chantry, who own the pub, whilst there were 2 ciders from Broadoak. The ales were Iron & Steel Bitter, Diamond Black Stout, New York Pale, Mighty Millers, Steelos & Cashmere Time. The ciders were Moonshine & Purple Haze.
Really friendly place that is almost certainly the best pub in Rotherham.
On 8th July 2021
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about New York Tavern
Wedge-shaped pub, modestly refurbished by Chantry Brewery. You enter via the corner room which benefits from three large windows. The central bar area is well lit but the rear room is much darker. Fairly plainly decorated, with scattered small round / oval tables at the front and regulation rectangular tables at the back. Almost full range of eight of its ales plus Abbeydale Moonshine as a guest and two ciders from a total of 12 handpumps, from which I opted for the Iron & Steel Bitter (£2.20).
On 12th February 2017
- rating: 8
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Pub SignMan left this review about New York Tavern
Formerly the Prince of Wales Feathers, this pub has recently been rejuvenated by the local Chantry Brewery, making it one of two ‘must-do’ pubs in Rotherham, along with the nearby Cutlers Arms. The pub has a simple two room layout. To the left is a rather basic lounge of sorts, with bench seating around the perimeter and a couple of standard tables and chairs in the middle of the room. The space is bare boarded, with a fireplace on the back wall and a good deal of Rotherham football memorabilia on show, including a few nice framed signed shirts. The right hand room is a larger area with the servery along the back wall, close to the doorway for the left hand room. The bar is a fairly simple affair, with a slightly angular counter which helps to ease congestion at the point where the two rooms meet. Seating runs along the front wall and in the rear right corner and there is plenty of additional football memorabilia on show, including an interesting painting of the team’s new stadium, which the pub shares a name with and which is just the other side of the river. The place was doing a roaring trade in the run up to a home fixture, with the smaller premises making it notably more cramped than the nearby Cutlers Arms.
Chantry beers dominated the bar, with options including Mighty Millers, Diamond Black, Women of Steel, New York Pale, Stellos Pale, Iron and Steel, 18 Eight and one other, with at least one real cider and one guest as well, although I failed to note either. The staff were extremely efficient, so queues at the bar were at a minimum, despite the melee. I tried the Stellos Pale which I overheard a couple of chaps raving about, and thought it was fantastic, so much so that I risked missing kick-off in order to try a pint of the Diamond Black, which sadly was not quite up to scratch.
This is a cracking little pub and exactly the sort of friendly, inclusive place I love spending time on football away trips. The folk from Chantry have done a great job here and I hope the pub continues to prosper as it is a fine addition to Rotherham’s ailing pub scene.
On 4th February 2015
- rating: 8
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Alan Winfield left this review about New York Tavern
The New York Tavern is a shortish walk from the middle of Rotherham.
The pub is wedged shaped,once inside the bar faces,there is a smallish area near the bar,there are more rooms either side of the main bar room,i had a drink in the room to the left which had comfy bench seating and small tables and chairs.
There were too many micro beers on the bar to write down,i did notice five beers from the local Chantry brewery,i had a drink of Chantry Iron and Steel which was a very well kept beer at a reasonable price,the other Chantry beers i noted were New York Pale,Mighty Millers and Diamond Black Stout.
This is a very pleasant pub,well worth the short walk.
Pub visited 31/5/2014
On 31st May 2014
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about New York Tavern
The Feathers, as the name is abbreviated on the A-board outside, is a pretty basic boozer on the rat run that is Rotherham's Westgate. After passing the disappointingly closed Alma, Wellington and Cutlers, it was a pleasant surprise to find this, possibly the least interesting of the four from the pub architectural point of view, still going. The A-board promised a beer called Mighty Millers @ £2.35 a pint, so in I went.
The interior is long and thin, with a pool table in the apex of the pub, the bar along the back wall and plenty of comfortable seating around the walls to the right. Elsewhere were fairly ordinary pub tables and chairs, but I sat on one of the upholstered banquettes, which were very smart and didn't clash at all with the dark red patterned carpet. The walls were plain white-painted anaglypta.
On the bar was a solitary hand pump with the aforementioned beer, named in honour of Rotherham United, of course, and brewed at Chantry Brewery in Parkgate, a couple of miles north of here. This was a 5.5% strong pale bitter, which luckily for me didn't feature any of the in-vogue American or New Zealand hops that make beers taste of grapefruit, pineapples and lychees these days. Nowt so fashionable has yet reached Rotherham, it seems. I did notice that the Stones Bitter, the keg version, was on offer at a remarkable £1.50 per pint, just in case there's any objection to the football beer.
The above review of The Prince of Wales Feathers from 26th April 2013 - rating: 5
Recently renamed New York Tavern, taking its name from the new football ground of Rotherham FC, which can be seen - can hardly be missed - from the front door. Chantry Brewery has taken over, and there are now 11 hand pumps where there used to be only one. Six of these had Chantry beers on when we visited, plus two ciders and three guest ales. The beers are mostly named after aspects of the coal or steel industries - we had "18 Eight" which is apparently the percentage of chromium and nickel in stainless steel.
Not much has changed from my previous visit, apart from real ale replacing Carling on the bar, and a bit of sprucing up. It's now definitely worth the short walk from the town centre or the station, especially as it's just £2 a pint for real ales.
On 17th February 2014
- rating: 8
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