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<b>Note:</b> According to the Aug/Sep 2018 <i>London Drinker</i>, the Newman Arms was taken over by Truman's in mid-2018. We haven't visited since, so some of the details below may be out of date.
<b>Note:</b> According to the April/May 2017 <i>London Drinker</i>, the Newman Arms is temporarily closed for building work and is due to reopen "at some point".
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and [[Sarah]], February 2009. Opening hours taken from the Newman Arms website, July 2018.</div>
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and [[Sarah]], February 2009. Opening hours taken from the Newman Arms website, October 2015.</div>
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category='Function Room,Needs New Photo,Pub Food,Pubs,Real Ale'
category='Function Room,Pub Food,Pubs,Real Ale,Temporarily Closed'
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formatted_website_text='https://www.thenewmana...'
formatted_website_text=''
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hours_text='Mon-Sat: noon-11:30pm; Sun: closed'
hours_text='noon-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-7pm Sun'
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opening_hours_text='Mon-Sat: noon-11:30pm; Sun: closed'
opening_hours_text='noon-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-7pm Sun'
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phone='020 7436 9777'
phone='020 3643 6285'
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summary='Tiny old-fashioned pub just off Goodge Street, with a small restaurant upstairs.'
website='' website='https://www.thenewmanarms.co.uk/'
summary='Temporarily-closed tiny old-fashioned pub just off Goodge Street, with a small restaurant upstairs.'
website='' website='https://www.thenewmanarms.co.uk/'

A long-standing but tiny pub in Fitzrovia with plenty of literary connections, like a lot of the pubs in this area.

Note: According to the April/May 2017 London Drinker, the Newman Arms is temporarily closed for building work and is due to reopen "at some point".

The main pub room downstairs is friendly and cosy, with fake bookcase in one corner (as well as some actual books along the windowsill), stone slab floor, and a small seating area. There are only three small tables serving the banquette seating under the front windows, as well as some high stools along the side opposite the bar, so it's difficult to get a seat if you go when it's busy -- which is most of the time.

On a Thursday evening after 6pm the place was completely packed both inside and outside, making it difficult to get to the bar. Even so, it doesn't seem too oppressive (perhaps because so many people choose to stand in the street), and service remains friendly.

They have two handpulls, with London Pride (£3.20/pint) and Black Sheep Bitter, and these don't appear to change. There are also the usual lagers, as well as Stowford Press cider.

Upstairs there's a separate restaurant, which seats about 20-25. It used to specialise in pies (see older version of this page for an assessment), but as of 2015 it's run by the Cornwall Project, who also do the food at the Adam and Eve in Homerton.

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Last visited by Ewan and Sarah, February 2009. Opening hours taken from the Newman Arms website, October 2015.

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