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Eating and Drinking in Newport, Newport*

Newport, Newport Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• My God! Newport still has a WIMPY!!! Haven't seen one of them for YEARS!
• Skating is a fast lifestyle - sit down meals are not on the cards but we are all ardent supporters of the great double golden arch of macdonalds. Ronald is like a father too us. we salute you!
• McDonalds (probably the only one with decent food) mainly Indians and curry house nice french restaurant on Clarence place
• best kebab is the... well its the best nuff said.
• Post drinking, Boomers is excellent as is Yummies for Kebabs - I used to date a Greek and he said that he'd tried Kebabs in many countries but that yummies was by far the best - try one with chips and garlic sauce on top - bloody gorgeous!
• Loads look in yellow pages
• stick to the pubs, you can't go wrong
• Hunky Dory's top of charles street Veggie and Vegan fare, top quality stuff ferris Chippe at the bus station cheap big portions
• dEFINATELY THE JEWEL BALTI
• If you like Kebabs go to YUMMIES,
• the railway tandoori, devon place
• McDonalds, High Street. Savoy Sandwich Bar, Dock Street.

Pubs

• murrenger, le pub, riverside & the hornblower are all skater freindly pubs
• If you're looking for a quiet pub with no atmosphere, go to the Ridgeway Inn, cos no one else does!!
• the griffin this is the be all and end all as far as pubs go. it jusy=t doesnt get much better than this!!
• the best pub to go to in newport is the Murrenger don't bother going no where else cause the lager tastes like shit
• The Angel, Le Pub (classy pre tj's hang out), Riverside tavern, Murenger, and the king billy (king Willian I to all those who want the exact terminology) owned by this guy called Gem who is sound. Go on in the decor is cool!
• Loads, and Loads! 15 of them in Caerleon Village
• The Griffin if you want cocktails and friendlt atmosphere. La Bambas for a few more fun cocktails and tequila slammers!
• A good night out is as follows - Pen & Wig, cheap doubles (£1:50) and loads of places to sit and talk with your mates whilst you get started - also a very good range of mutton dressed as lamb to laugh at! Then on to the Griffin for a few cocktails and kamakazes, then to the murrenger (even though their cider is vile)for a couple before heading off to the cotton club. Other optional pubs enroute are Le Pub, the Cross Keys (for pool), O'Neills, and the Riverside.
• The Murenger has always had the best beer and the best jukebox and the best crowd in town. However, The Griffin is good for your young posh totty, and Le Pub is alright as well.
• Go to caerleon i'd say again but loads of pubs in newport...just student prices in caerleon especially minstrels.
• Has to be the Riverside. Beats going over the Bridge to the shite in Newport Town Centre.
• The Riverside Tavern isn't too bad, it stays open until 1am and is great in the summer as you can sit outside and smoke as many joints as you want!
• bloody loads of them...if you want to be an alcoholic come to newport...nice beer too
• Horblower and Murenger do the best beers riverside + Le Pub are nice places but shit beer
• the royal mail on factory road has full size pool table and yummy cheap food
• LOADS
• The Engineers in Baneswell for all you 30 somethings who want a decent town centre hostelry, without the hassle of the town centre kids !!
• For a complete listing of pubs in Newport selling decent beer look at the website of Gwent Branch of The Campaign for Real Ale. The Newport list is at http://members.aol.com/gwentcamra/newport.htm#Newport
• If you're gay or lesbian in Newport, forget it! Go to Cardiff. There is, actually a gay pub in Newport called the Log Box, so-called because it IS the size (or possibly smaller) of a log-box. Basically, if more tha three of you want to go in, two of the bar staff have to leave. That's how small it is. I kid thee not.
• Le Pub, a great place for indie, rock and underground dance music and live bands in the week.
• The Ale house is shut in John Frost square. Good atmos in the Rat & Parrot in Cambrian Road (after dark), Lloyds is also good for a giggle (also in Cambrian Road)
• AVOID like the plague the really bad themed pubs which are springing up in newport, namely the parrot and something, and so on. some good pubs in the alleys by the market...but they are rough.
• Some of the best pubs are The Griffin, in Griffin Street (a little small, but very cosy and a great laugh!)
• Ale House, John Frost Square. Ye Olde Murenger House, High Street. The Hornblower, Commercial Street. (Good for bikers)

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• there are not enough around and they should open till late and not be so expensive
• Coffee shop by the smelly market - and Mr Q's.
• Quite a few now placed all around city centre
• The Rat and Parrot is excellent for coffee etc in the day - avoid it like the plague in the evening though, unless you're a posey wanker that is, in which case you should fit in well.
• Again lots of these too, scarlets, Mr Q, in kingsway and an old toy store that has been converted
• loads but all of them smell of old people and toilets
• Savoy Gorgeous!! BHS MARKS AND SPARKS

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