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The Bear, Northampton
Northampton
NN1 2LT
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Bear
The Bear is a nice looking pub that is situated in the middle of Northampton.
Once inside the bar faces in an opened out L shaped room,the floor is bare boarded,the seating is tall tables and chairs on the right side,there is a pool table and bar football to the front left,the rear side is down one step and has normal tables and chairs.
There were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of St Austell Tribute which went down well,the other real ale was Hobgoblin,there was also a real Cider on the bar.
Background music was playing and the pub was fairly busy on our pre 11am visit.
I thought this was a decent enough pub to start our Northampton crawl in.
Pub visited 1/10/2016
On 11th November 2016
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about The Bear
Large and impressive half-timbered building. Pretty bland inside, it’s an opened-out L shaped interior, painted an oppressive red and white with polished wood floor. The lower part of the L has booth style seating. Unashamedly sports bar in style, with pool and multiple screens. Two ales on, Hobgoblin and Tribute plus a clutch of boxed ciders. I wasn’t expecting much from the beer but the Tribute was surprisingly good. Once source of facepalm was the innovative(ish) Euro 2016-themed food and drink options but the groups were all wrong. I guess it serves a function for sporting events but I can’t imagine I’d feel the need to see the inside of this place again anytime soon.
On 13th August 2016
- rating: 5
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ROB Camra left this review about The Bear
A very good looking half timbered building from the outside. Inside it's been broken out into one large room though with a pool table at one end. There is a large sign outside that says "We Sell Cask Ale", they're lying. If they don't have any cask ale on a Friday late afternoon, when are they going to be selling it? There are 2 handpumps though, one was empty, the other had a GK IPA clip turned round. I turned round as well!
On 8th July 2014
- rating: 3
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TJ McGahan left this review about The Bear
As of today’s date the bear has raised over £18k for local cancer charities, this weekend is the start of 3 days of fund raising for the Lynn Warren fundraising weekend in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care Northampton, be sure to call in & help us raise as much as possible, Remember every penny counts.
On 17th September 2010
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TJ McGahan left this review about The Bear
Saturday night the bear plays host to Northampton top karaoke, with the one and only Joeyoke, this is a karaoke night not to be missed, & is the talk of the town.
On 17th September 2010
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TJ McGahan left this review about The Bear
The Bear on a Friday evening is home to Jagger & Woody, Formally from heart FM, this is a great night out, and is very busy, normally the start of point for the town centre.
On 17th September 2010
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TJ McGahan left this review about The Bear
The Bear is situated in the Heart of Northampton Town Centre; it offers a good home cooked traditional food at reasonable prices, with pensioner’s meal deals Monday to Saturday, pub games, beer garden, & a landlord & landlady second to none. Make sure you call in.
On 17th September 2010
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