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The New Oxford, Salford

Pub added by elizabeth mcgraw
11 Bexley Square
Salford
M3 6DB
Phone: 01618327082

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Rob Hunter left this review about The New Oxford

Busy and pretty rowdy on my recent Saturday night visit towards the end of November, perhaps not helped by some loud stumbling gentlemen who had clearly been indulging in a slight excess of strong Belgian beers. Completely unaware of their surroundings, banging into furniture and other customers, spilling drinks - you can picture the scene.

Loads of real ale as usual and two real ciders observed. My second ale was perhaps not in the best of nick. I will be back, but this was a bit of a let down compared to previous visits.

On 6th December 2023 - no rating submitted
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The New Oxford

Almost 12 years since I was last drinking in Salford, I returned to the New Oxford, remembering it as one of the two best pubs in the area. My favourite of the two was the Crescent, which I see has now closed.

The New Oxford is a traditional corner pub set in a nice square with a large range of cask ales and ciders, as well as a sizeable bottled beer selection. Having just come from Sadler's Cat, where I'd had a nice Cloudwater stout, I was hoping for another dark beer. However, exactly the same stout was on here. The full cask selection was Cloudwater SoCal & Coming Home, Roosters Dreaming Of A Wheat Christmas, Thirst Class Mosaic Pale, Rat Snow Rat, Bristol Beer Factory Independence, Eagles Crag Pale Eagle, Phoenix Spotland Gold, Mallinson's Columbus, Ashover Font & Moorhouse's White Witch. Ciders were Lilley's Fire Dancer & Raspberry Mojito.

With friendly and knowledgeable bar staff and a traditional two-room interior, this is easily the best pub in Salford nowadays.

On 8th January 2023 - rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The New Oxford

Impressive corner pub in what is now a quiet suburban square that benefits from the surrounding heritage. It retains two separate bars, both refurbished but keeping their traditional feel. Plenty of outdoor seating too for the better weather. Excellent choice of ten real ales - including my Eagle's Feather from Eagle's Crag (£4.50) - at least 20 beers from the (mostly crafty) keg taps and a great selection of bottled Belgian offerings.

On 12th September 2022 - rating: 8
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Rob Hunter left this review about The New Oxford

First time re-visiting since the C-word struck so worth an updated review. 10 cask ales were available and there were a few unclipped pumps on top. A mix of styles and certainly enough to choose from. Various keg beers too.

Pretty much a two room layout (one to the front and one behind the central bar) and there is also a sectioned off seating area to the front of the pub on the square.

Always worth a visit when in the area, in my opinion.

On 12th September 2022 - rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The New Oxford

Lot to love at this 2022 Good Beer Guide Entry.

Positioned in a quiet, pedestrianised cobbled square - it has plenty of outdoor seating. Inside, its multi roomed around a central bar - with different hand pulls both sides. There is a chalk board detailing whats on. Something like 20 lines in total.

And don't miss the fine collection of Belgian bottles.

A very comfortable and interesting place to have a drink and somewhere I will come back to.

On 26th July 2022 - rating: 9
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Steve C left this review about The New Oxford

Built in the 1830’s, the New Oxford is a two room corner pub that is best known for the double sided central bar that supports 20 hand pumps for drawing cask ales and ciders. During my visit on Wednesday evening there were eight cask ales available, none of which were mainstream to my knowledge. There were also two real ciders alongside the 20 or so premium and craft keg options. A large chalk board on the left hand wall also lists a huge list of Belgian bottled beers. The front bar is L-shaped and the rear is open plan rectangular. Both have televisions that were off. There is no football shown here, but the Six Nations was advertised. There was some background music. The doors are open daily at noon until midnight, 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. This place is a must visit for real ale fans.

On 12th March 2022 - rating: 8
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The New Oxford

A two roomed pub, with a central bar serving both rooms, plus an outside drinking area. The interior looked as though it had a recent make over, with new looking green leather banquette seating throughout, rosewood coloured timberwork and shiny new copper hanging lamps. Fourteen beers to choose from on our visit, the only downside was the beer board. It only gave the name of the beer and the brewery and no indication of what style or colour of the beers. I had to ask the barmaid what pales they had on, so she rattled off about five of them. A friendly drinker at the bar recommended his Oakham JHB, so we went for the Oakham and Stod Fold Brewery Dr Avoi IPA. The pub also had an extensive range of bottled Belgium beers. The only drawback on our visit, was that the music was far too loud.

On 28th July 2019 - rating: 8
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Rob Hunter left this review about The New Oxford

A decent pub and definitely has the best real ale selection in the area. Plenty of different styles available so something for everyone to choose from. There is also a giant blackboard listing their bottled offerings.

The only downside is that it's difficult to get a seat when it's busy, and because they have so many pumps it can be difficult to take them all in, especially when people are crowded round the bar. There is a separate blackboard listing the cask ales, but not sure if this is kept bang up to date as we struggled to locate some of the ones listed (we had already ordered by that point, but were just being nosey).

Friendly staff and good beer choice - definitely worth a look.

On 13th February 2018 - rating: 8
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Pub SignMan left this review about The New Oxford

Located in Bexley Square, next to Salford Town Hall, the New Oxford is arguably the premier alehouse on either side of the Irwell. It certainly stakes a good claim thanks to what I think amounted to 18 hand pumps, although I may easily have miscounted. Ale options in the front bar on my recent visit were Beer Studio Mount Lublin, Wells Bombardier Pale Ale, Slaters Queen Bee, Bude Porthbud Pale Ale, Purple Moose Elderflower Ale, Green Duck Rain Dance, Tigertops Night Train, Empire Porter, Chadwicks Dark Side and Dorking Number One, with a load more on the pumps in the rear bar, all handily listed on boards opposite the bar. These boards also noted three cider options and a good keg range which included plenty of obscure Belgian beers - a feature of the pub, with many more Belgian offerings in bottled form. I tried a pint of the Rain Dance (£3.30), served to me by a very friendly old school landlady and in pretty good shape - not always a given in pubs with so many handpulls.
It is perhaps fitting that the pub offers a large range of Belgian beers, given that the main bar feels a bit like a typical Belgian 'brown bar'. A corner entrance takes you into a bare boarded L-shaped room with some nice checker tiling around the servery. The bar has a tongue and groove counter lined with comfy bar stools, a simple mirrored bar back and a lovely stained glass gantry. Smart banquette seating runs opposite the bar and along the back wall, supported by some wide, well padded low stools, whilst a couple of high tables and stools are squeezed into the far corner of the room. The walls have been painted red with white uppers, much of which has been covered by the inevitable pump clip collection and those aforementioned beer boards. A few bits of breweriana, an Irish rugby scarf and some posters for live sports coverage round out the decor, which is for the most part kept simple but effective. The rear bar has a kitchen serving hatch on the back wall, but beyond that I couldn't properly explore as the room was in darkness with some of the seating stacked up, although some customers did go in there towards the end of my stay. TV screens in both rooms were showing At The Races and Sky Sports News with music playing in the background.
This is a nice pub with friendly staff and locals and, of course, that beer line up. As beer exhibition pubs go, it certainly delivers and will no doubt be a big draw for real ale fans, beer tickers and Belgian beer aficionados, although whether it will appeal to anyone outside those niche groups is up for debate. I enjoyed my time here and would certainly like to visit again to give those handpulls a bit more of a workout.

On 18th April 2017 - rating: 8
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Al Bundy left this review about The New Oxford

A corker of a pub with about a billion handpumps spread over 2 rooms. A fantastic variety of ales to choose from and if you drink Belgian stuff you're in. Recommended.

On 29th October 2015 - rating: 9
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