The Black Friar — Restaurant in Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Black Friar used to be a rock pub, I have fond memories of going when it was this. Around 5 years ago (2019) it was sold to craft union and became essentially a sports bar. Well, as of now the place is under new management and seems to be slowly going back to the rock days of old (with rock nights on Saturdays). Hopefully the friar can become like what it once was! Staff/service are also good, and drink...

The pub looks good, the music is okay and the beers cheap. The reason I've had to reduce its rating is because the beer is so cheap it attracts the idiots. The first time I went in I watch a group start a fight with a middle aged women minding her own business. The second time I went three fights broke out within a 20 minute period! I would avoid until they sort their security as...

We went in for a quiet drink last night got barred for doing nothing wrong because the people who run it Nat and Simon (who weren’t even there) decided to bar us just to disliking one member of the group! The poor staff was so apologetic and knew we hadn’t done anything wrong felt sorry for them, then Nat and Simon wonder why there pubs are failing…….. really...