Newcastle Bar Reviews – Newcastle Nightlife

Welcome to the Newcastle Bar Reviews. Here you will find the league table of some of the best bars in town with reviews by Michael 84. Newcastle is an amazing vibrant and diverse city well know for it’s nightlife, with hundreds of bars which all offer their own brand of what makes a good night out. Here you’ll find the top bars which are located around the centre of the toon. Unfortunately not every bar or nightclub make the list, but they may get included in the future.

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Latest Update: July 2018

Pos	Ch	Bar Name	Points	Type	Music	Area	Cost	Value	Crowd	Drinks	Style	Staff	X
		Revolution	85	Bar	House/Chart	Diamond Strip	£££	16	17	17	19	16	1
		Alvinos	82	Bar	House/Chart	City Centre	£££	16	16	16	17	18	1
		Tiger Hornsby	73	Bar	All	Quayside	££££	14	14	14	16	15	1
		Town Wall	72	Bar	None	Central Station	££	15	15	14	14	14	1
		The Quayside Bar	72	Bar		Quayside	£	16	14	14	15	13	1
		Tiger Tiger	71	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	The Gate	££££	15	14	13	15	14	1
		Tokyo	70	Bar	House/Chart	Central Station	££££	14	14	14	15	13	1
		Popolo	70	Bar	House/Chart	Quayside	£££	13	14	15	14	14	1
		Soho	69	Bar	None	Haymarket	££££	13	13	13	15	15	1
		Milecastle	68	Bar	Pop/Chart/Oldies	Central Station	£	15	14	14	12	13	1
		Pleased To Meet You PTMY	68	Bar/Restaurant	N/A	Bigg Market	£££££	13	13	15	14	13	1
		Browns	68	Bar/Restaurant	None	Grey Street	££££	14	13	13	14	14	1
		Waiting Rooms	67	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	Central Station	£££	13	13	14	13	14	1
		Barluga	67	Bar	None	Grey Street	£££	13	13	14	14	13	1
		Bonbar	67	Bar/Club	RnB/House/Chart	Central Station	££££	14	13	13	14	13	1
		Jalou	66	Bar	House/Chart/RnB	Central Station	£££££	13	14	13	13	13	1
		Harry's Bar	66	Bar	Pop/Chart	City Centre	££££	12	14	14	14	12	1
		Pacific House	65	Bar		Haymarket	£££	13	12	13	14	13	1
		Ember Lounge	64	Bar	Dance	Bigg Market	£££££	12	12	12	14	14	1
		Perdu	64	Bar	House/Chart	Diamond Strip	££££	12	12	13	14	13	1
		Bacchus	63	Bar	None	City Centre	£££	13	11	15	12	12	1
		Lola Jeans	63	Bar	Background Music	City Centre	£££	13	12	13	12	13	1
		Filthy's	63	Bar	Pop/Live	Bigg Market	£££	13	12	12	12	14	1
		Bar B	62	Bar	Chart	The Gate	££	12	12	12	13	13	1
		Mushroom	61	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	City Centre	££	13	11	13	12	12	1
		Metropolis	61	Bar	Pop/Chart/House	Central Station	££	12	13	10	13	13	1
		Mimo	61	Bar	House/Chart/RnB	Central Station	££	13	13	11	11	13	1
		Label	60	Bar	RnB/Pop/Chart	City Centre	£££	11	12	10	13	14	1
		Science	60	Bar	Random	Central Station	£££	12	11	11	13	13	1
		Tup Tup Palace	58.5	Club	RnB/House/Chart	Diamond Strip	££££	11	13	14	14	13	0.9
		The Hop & Cleaver	58.5	Bar	NA	Quayside	£££	13	12	13	13	14	0.9
		Head Of Steam	58	Bar	Indie/None	Central Station	£	12	10	11	13	12	1
		Floritas	58	Bar	House/Chart	Diamond Strip	£££££	9	12	11	13	13	1
		House Of Smith	57.6	Bar	House/Chart	Diamond Strip	££££	12	13	13	14	12	0.9
		Quilted Camel	57	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	Quayside	£££	12	11	11	11	12	1
		Cosey Joes	57	Bar	Pop/Chart/Oldies	Bigg Market	££	12	11	11	10	13	1
		MSA	56.7	Bar	Hip Hop/Soul	City Centre	££££	12	14	12	13	12	0.9
		Beyond Bar	56	Bar	House/Chart	The Gate	££££	11	11	11	12	11	1
		Centurion	56	Bar	None	Central Station	££££	9	11	11	12	13	1
		Keel Row	55.8	Bar	RnB/Pop/Chart	The Gate	£	16	9	14	9	14	0.9
		Bijoux	55.8	Bar	Pop/Chart	Diamond Strip	£££	12	13	12	12	13	0.9
		The Living Room	55.8	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	Grey Street	££££	11	12	14	12	13	0.9
		Lady Grey's	55.8	Bar	None	City Centre	£££	12	12	13	12	13	0.9
		Bier Keller	55	Bar	Pop/Themed	Bigg Market	£££	12	11	12	8	12	1
		Pitcher & Piano	54.9	Bar		Quayside	££££	12	12	12	13	12	0.9
		Opera Bar	54.9	Bar		The Gate	£££	12	13	13	11	12	0.9
		Madame Koo	54	Club	House/Chart	Diamond Strip	£££	12	12	12	11	13	0.9
		Sinners	54	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	The Gate	££	13	9	10	10	12	1
		Empress	54	Bar	House/Chart	Quayside	££	13	11	12	12	12	0.9
		Soho Rooms	53.1	Bar/Club	House/Chart	Diamond Strip	£££	12	12	12	10	13	0.9
		Slug And Lettuce	52.2	Bar		Quayside	£££	12	12	11	11	12	0.9
		Aveika	52	Bar/Restaurant	RnB/House/Chart	Quayside	£££££	11	11	12	12	6	1
		The Telegraph	50.4	Bar	NA	Central Station	££	11	11	11	12	11	0.9
		Mono	50.4	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	City Centre	£££	7	12	12	13	12	0.9
		Livello	50	Bar	House	Quayside	££££	11	9	12	12	6	1
		Hoochie Coochie	48.6	Bar	Soul/RnB	City Centre	£££	11	10	14	13	6	0.9
		Players	37	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	The Gate	££	10	9	9	6	2	1
		The Botanist	23	Bar/Restaurant	LIVE	Monument	£££££	0	5	0	16	1	1
		The Alchemist	0	Bar/Restaurant		City Centre	£££££
		The Laundrette	0	Restaurant	Music	Westgate Road	££££
		The Lodge	-1	Bar	Pop/Chart	Collingwood St.	£££						1
		Offshore 44	-1	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	Quayside	££						1
		Chase	-1	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	Quayside	££						1
		City Vaults	-1	Bar	RnB/Pop/Chart	Bigg Market	££	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Fluid	-1	Bar/Restaurant		Gallowgate	£££
		Indigo	-1	Bar	Rnb/House/Chart	The Gate	££						1
		Union Rooms	-1	Bar	None	Central Station	£	16	13	13	12	13	1
		Nectar	-1	Bar	House/Chill	City Centre	£££			0
		Sam Jacks	-1	Bar	RnB/House/Chart	The Gate	££
		Canteen And Cocktails	-1	Bar/Restaurant	House	Quayside	£££	14	15	15	16	16	1

The Newcastle Bar Index ranking is based on several factors, with points awarded for certain criteria. There is a new feature, a multiplier (labelled X) which will increase (or decrease) the points scored for an establishment, which is based on how recent the points were given. Just like the stock market or any league table, the positions can change. Everything is taken into account, from the friendliness of the staff and door, selection and price or drinks, music, décor, speed of service, the types and number of people in the establishment or even the toilets! All aspects of a night out are taken into consideration to give the most comprehensive database of night spots in the Toon.

Find out more about each place by clicking on the name, where there may be reviews, pictures and all the information you could need for the places including dress code, address and closing times.

Keep coming back, because like any table, things change! 😉 Bars are awarded points based on criteria, which includes Cost, Value, Crowd, Drinks, Style And Staff, with a 20 points maximum in each category for a grand total of 100 points. The points are awarded by myself, friends and readers of this blog, and are genuine thoughts about the establishments. Who will be top this week? 😉

If you want to find where the bars are in Newcastle, check out the Newcastle bar map here.

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Categories explained

Bar Name – Name of the bar
Type – What kind of place? Bar/Restaurant/Club (note some bars are open later i.e. late bars, and some bars will turn into night clubs later on i.e. charge to get in). The vast majority of the bars on this list will not close earlier than 1AM on the weekend.
Music – The type of music that is typically played at the weekend (note: some bars will play different music on different nights, especially through the week if they have a specific event/night)
Area – The area which the bar is in. You can split Newcastle up into several different areas and there are bars within that area.

Cost – Rated out of 5 (£) with 1 being cheap and 5 pound signs being expensive. It’s not only a scale of price, but price in the particular area the bar is in.
Value – Is it cheap and cheerful? It is expensive but worth the money? Or is it cheap and nasty or an expensive waste of money?
Crowd – Lots of people or an empty bar? What are the people like? friendly, posh, rude, nice, welcoming, fun, boring, charvas, etc What are the girls like? And men?
Drinks – A big range of drinks? Good drinks within the range? Any offers/deals? Price could be a factor
Style – What does the place look like? Flooring/Toilets/Furniture? What is the music like? How stylish is the place?
Staff – Are the bar staff friendly? Are they quick to serve? Door staff?
X – X is a multiplier. The value of all the previous criteria is times by the multiplier to get the total. The multiplier value is based on the frequency of visits within a given time, as well as how recently the score was given. The typical values are 0.9 (not visited for a long period) and 1 (recently visited).