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The New Inn, Canterbury
Canterbury
CT1 1NP
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Reviews of The New Inn (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about The New Inn
I passed this likely looking back street local before opening time, and by coincidence had it recommended to me by the first person I talked to (we were waiting outside the Butchers Arms for it to open, but that's another story), so decided to call in for a last beer later that day. It's a fairly narrow room with bare boards, bench seating around the walls and stools at the bar. A group of locals were gathered around the landlady at the bar, partly obscuring the seven real ales on the hand pumps at the part of the bar where they were sat. I went for the Musket Flintlock 4.2% (brewed in Maidstone) and settled down away from the bar. The other beers were from Brockley, Blackjack, Red Willow, Otter, Gadds and Padstow.
As Ian says below, the landlady really knows her job - her husband pours the drinks and she entertains the customers. She has a knack of keeping the conversation flowing and even brought me into a discussion about vegan food, having no idea that I was a vegetarian: it was just the way she draws her customers together. I left promising to return if I'm ever in Canterbury again.
On 12th May 2019
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3044 recommendations about 2864 pubs]
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Ian Mapp left this review about The New Inn
GBG 2019 Entry. Back Street Terraced locals boozer just out the City Walls. You have to go looking for it.
Lovely greeting from the landlady. So easy to provide but so rare.
Six or so real ales on. Played safe with a decent Adnams Ghost Ship.
Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2NZ78v5
On 11th March 2019
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The New Inn
A good traditional pub, which luckily enough was open on our Monday lunchtime visit. We were greeted by a friendly and bubbly landlady/owner who made us most welcome and we were soon included in the banter with the locals. The owner, Katrina, told us that she has drank in the pub from the days when she was a young student and quoted back then to the previous owners that if they ever sold the pub could she buy it, well here she is the new owner.
The pub did have a lot of nationals on handpump, where she explained that her regular ale drinkers choose what beers they want each week. Unfortunately for us, we missed out on two from the Old Dairy Brewery, which were on last week. Seven ales on pump, so we went for Oakham Helter Skelter and Skinners Big Knocker, which got some laughs from the locals.
On 13th November 2016
- rating: 8
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Canterbury East, 1.13 miles, 21 min walk (show)
Sturry, 2.37 miles, 45 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Car Park : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Darts : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Pool Table : No last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 09 May 2014 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 12 October 2016 by Aqualung .
