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The Cellar Door, Newport
Newport
NP20 4NZ
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Reviews of The Cellar Door (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Cellar Door
Micropub close to Newport railway station and with fairly limited opening hours, opening just 4 days per week and not until 4 or 5pm on those days.
I arrived shortly after opening on a Friday and was the only customer throughout my visit. Although after a quick walk into town and back, I passed by again to find 3 or 4 customers had arrived.
The barmaid was very chirpy and singing along to music that was playing. Two real ales on were Electric Bear Mocha The Week & Fine Tuned APA. A couple of ciders were listed on a board to the side of the bar. Both were from Palmers Upland Cyder, but when I ordered the one, it had apparently run out. So, the solitary cider was Cheeky Jackdaw. Craft beers dispensed from taps on a fridge were Electric Bear Mixtape, Misfit Denim Demon & Dark Revolution Hey Mr. DJ.
With the cider I wanted off, I chose the Mocha The Week instead, which was probably the best beer I've had in a long time. With decent beer (and probably cider), friendly staff and a clean, welcoming interior, this was easily my favourite pub on a tour of Gwent. I have plenty more pubs to try in Newport, but I doubt I'll find many (if any) better than this one.
On 5th February 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2452 recommendations about 2451 pubs]
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Aqualung . left this review about The Cellar Door
The Cellar Door almost overlooks the West end of Newport Rail Station. It's a proper micropub with no music or TVs. It's a fairly typical sized roughly rectangular room with a laminate wood floor and a small bar counter at the rear right. Most of the limited furnishings are low tables and chairs. There is a log burning stove in the centre of the right hand wall which was welcome on a cold day. There's talk on What Pub of a lounge that isn't ready yet.
There were just three beers from the three hand pumps. These were Ludlow Black Knight, Pennine Hair Of The Dog and Brecon Copper Beacons. I went for the Black Knight which was in good nick. I also tried two of the local ciders from the boxes stacked behind the bar. All were £3.00.
My concern about this place is that it doesn't appear to have a cellar or cold room. I may be wrong about this but couldn't see one. This isn't that important in early December but in a prolonged hot spell could cause big problems.
Despite this it seems a decent micropub that has only been going around a month so the clip collection is still quite small.
On 24th December 2017
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]
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aleand hearty left this review about The Cellar Door
Micro-pub converted from a former computer shop.
On 21st August 2017
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 582 recommendations about 564 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Car Park : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Darts : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Jukebox : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : Yes last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : Yes last updated 21 August 2017 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Pool Table : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Quiz Night : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 21 August 2017 by Aqualung .
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 21 August 2017 by Aqualung .
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : No last updated 08 December 2017 by Aqualung .
