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The Prince Rupert, Newark

Pub added by Nigel Sheppard
46 Stodman Street
Newark
NG24 1AW
Phone: 01636918121

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Steve C left this review about The Prince Rupert

The Prince Rupert is a Knead run pub with various split level seating areas that wrap around a central bar counter that supports six hand pumps that were drawing Brain’s Rev James, Oakham’s Citra and Abbeydale’s Moonshine alongside, Orkney Brewery’s Stout and Tidal Bay. Snail’s Bank Cider was also available alongside six premium keg products and Brixton Brewery’s Atlantic. There are additional tables upstairs that were apparently all reserved, my guess is that the area had been cleaned and it was just closed due to it being a very quiet Thursday evening. This was a pleasant enough stop off and I’d revisit if passing.

On 22nd July 2023 - rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Prince Rupert

Interesting old pub, with a variety of seating / dining areas - mostly in the original building, but some under cover of what must just have been a rear yard. Just Rev. James and Oakham Citra (£4.20) available from two of the six handpumps on the first day back of indoor opening, but I'm sure that the range is usually more extensive.

On 2nd June 2021 - rating: 7
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Gill Smith left this review about The Prince Rupert

Enjoyed our visit to this multi roomed Good Beer Guide pub with it's good selection of ales. We chose Half Moon Port Out and Elephant School (Brentwood) Big Bulls which were both fine.

On 8th August 2018 - rating: 8
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Quinno _ left this review about The Prince Rupert

Olde Tudor building which retains an impressive sense of history and a myriad of tight rooms with original interior beams, settles and scrubbed tables which is described in detail below. To rear left is sympathetically added conservatory style extension and there’s loads of breweriana scattered about. The bar itself is unusually situated in its own little room, so people don’t have the space to hang about in here. Upmarket place with papers and a selection of Newark's moneyed residents you won't see in PoundPub. There is a big food offering here but there were a gratifying amount of drinkers and unreserved tables for the task. Six pumps at the bar, featuring 2x Oakham, Beer Mats, Boss Brewery, Rev James and two ciders. My Citra was in very good nick, purchased after I ditched the Boss thinking it undrinkable (it turned out to be, whilst looking it up on my phone during the Oakham, a cask saison – which is as much use to the world as a marzipan dildo). Efficient but friendly service from the mature barmaid. Assumed this would be a poncey place but I left quite impressed. 7.5

On 18th December 2017 - rating: 8
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Prince Rupert

When i first went in this pub it was called The Woolpack,a John Smiths tied house that had no real on on my first visit,but there was handpumped John Smiths bitter on at later visits.

The Prince Rupert now as a different looking frontage to when it was The Woolpack.
Once inside the is pretty much unchanged with quite a few different rooms,there are two rooms either side of the corridor which leads to the bar which is in a small area to the rear,there is an area off this to the left which has normal tables and chairs,there is also another area behind the bar which as more seating.
There was a good choice of real ales on the bar,we had a drink of Oakham JHB which went down a treat,the other real ales noted were Scribblers Beyond Reasonable Stout,Brains Reverand James,there were a coupe more beers i failed to note.
Food seems to be a big draw here with most customers having meals.
The pub was packed on our Saturday dinner visit.
A very pleasant pub that my wife really liked.

Woolpack first visited 20/3/1983

Old photo taken 21/4/1987

Prince Rupert visited 6/8/2016

On 15th October 2016 - rating: 9
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Aqualung . left this review about The Prince Rupert

This is clearly a very old building although the roof looks modern so one must assume it was leaking before. Inside the age of the building is very apparent with lots of small rooms and the usual beams plus wooden floorboards. It was busy on my Saturday afternoon visit with many people coming primarily for the food. One of the rooms had a live acoustic band.
The bar has six hand pumps with beers on my visit being Brains Rev James, Oakham JHB, Idle Valley Indolent Philosopher, Mallard Quackerjack, Newark BLH4 and Totally Brewed Slap In The Face. I went for the Indolent Philosopher (£3.70) which was an excellent strong dark beer. The only minor gripe I had with this place apart from it being very busy are the prices. My obscure stout was 5.3% ABV so not too outrageous but £3.50 for JHB or £3.60 for Rev James is excessive. Despite that niggle I thought it was a good pub but there are better value pubs in Newark.

On 17th September 2015 - rating: 7
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. Wittenden left this review about The Prince Rupert

A very attractive ancient town pub, ably described by earlier contributors. We were travelling south from York, and it proved to be too late to reach our regular lunch stop, but I remembered reading about this pub, which we reached before the kitchen closed.
An eclectic mix of small ancient rooms with newer annexes:time was pressing, so we didn’t venture upstairs to see the timber framed rooms advertised below.A long, narrow bar in the centre of the pub offered a range of seven or eight handpumps,primed with beers largely unknown to me. A pleasant touch:the landlord had placed samples of each beer in mini Kilner jars in front of the relevant pump.
I was pleased to see JHB from Oakham, a brewery much admired, but seldom seen on my home turf. This was followed by Baronet, a good brown bitter from Dukeries Brewery of Worksop. Both beers were served in grand condition.Interesting looking ciders were also available, as was proper leaf tea,a plus factor in my book.
This pub is part of a small, enterprising chain known as Knead, which also owns the Tobie Norris in Stamford. Service was friendly, the food good:pricey, as mentioned by other contributors,but not by southeast standards.
Good beer and real tea-what could be better?

On 5th September 2014 - no rating submitted
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Old Boots left this review about The Prince Rupert

As pointed out below pricey food and drink but the historic interior goes some way to mitigate this. Sub divided into many rooms over two floors some with a seventeenth century timbered look which have been sympathetically treated. Settles and scrubbed pine tables fit the style wonderfully. A visit is certainly required for the interior and a choice of seven beers.

On 28th July 2014 - no rating submitted
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Will Larter left this review about The Prince Rupert

This is an interesting building, with many different rooms on two floors all worth a visit - a little like looking around a museum, apart from the piped pop music in every room. (Lose a rating point straight away, in my book.) The bar is centrally placed in a room of its own, which doesn't really invite drinkers to stay after making their selection. There are five beers on hand pump and a real cider too, with the beer range constantly changing and apparently no regular offering. The pricing policy by abv is noted on a blackboard beside the bar, but can be summarised in one word: expensive. (Luckily it wasn't my round.) Most people at the time of our visit were eating, and we had a quick look at the menu, and just as quickly put it down again. This place may become more pub-like in the evening, as previous reviews suggest, but at the time of our lunchtime visit it was more like a cafe in a museum, that just happens to (quirkily) offer a range of real ales.

On 27th January 2014 - rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Prince Rupert

You will find it very difficult to fault this pub. Both the interior and exterior are kept to an exremely high standard. We enjoyed our Friday lunch time visit as it wasn't too busy, which gave us a good opportunity to have a good look round the pub from top to bottom. There were six ales on offer on our visit and the St Austell Spring Brew was very refreshing. The food I thought was overpriced for a lunchtime menu. If you wanted the steak pie, you had to pay an extra charge for the veg and extra for chips, which worked out at £15. Pizza was £12 and each topping was extra, hence their lunchtime trade was quiet.

On 7th April 2013 - rating: 9
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