North Shields has more than it’s fair share of good pubs. Here are some that Wyell and I have enjoyed.
It’s difficult to find any faults whatsoever with the Magnesia Bank. The beer is excellent and there is a wide selection with the majority being from local micro breweries. There are normally six cask beers on at a time.
Good food too. A decent lunch menu and excellent lamb from the pubs own flock of sheep!
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Prince of Wales
A Samuel Smith’s pub, so if price is your greatest motivator you should head here.
The one cask beer (Old Brewery Bitter) is in excellent condition.
Fish is a speciality. The crab sandwiches are delicious. The crabs may well have walked from the fish quay themselves as it is only a few hundred metres down the road.
Entering the Prince of Wales feels almost like stepping back in time. This is traditional multi-room pub which hasn’t been altered for years.
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Teac Fiddler
We’ve only been here once. I’m not generally a fan of Irish pubs. The beer is usually limited to keg. The food unremarkable, the atmosphere, like the decor, fake and the Guinness marketing overbearing. The Teac Fiddler is pleasantly surprising however. There is a decent selection of cask ales (Bass, Deuchars IPA and Jennings Cumberland Ale) and a good menu which includes some traditional Irish dishes.
On the one occasion we have eaten at the Teac Fiddler I had an excellent bowl of Irish stew and Wyell had some tasty grilled chicken.
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Good pint of JB (Abbot Ale and a guest are also available) and free soup!
A number of bottle conditioned beers are also available including Durham Brewery’s excellent Evensong.
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Located between North Shields and Tynemouth. The Tynemouth Lodge has Bass, Deuchars IPA and Belhaven 80/-.
No food.
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Tap & Spile
We have only eaten here once. On each occasion we have returned since they have not been serving food. Good beer (Deuchars IPA) and tasty chips.
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Wooden Doll Inn
A great pub for a pint on a summers evening after work. The outside seating overlooks the mouth of the Tyne and you can wave to those on the decks of the departing ferries. If you’re lucky there may be a bowl of whitebait on the bar from which you can help yourself.
A Jennings pub which also sells decent food.
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