Old Engine House

Walk into the Old Engine House and you're getting the real deal—this is the sort of pub where locals prop up the bar on a Tuesday afternoon and mean it. Newton Road's got that residential feel, away from the seafront chaos, and that's exactly the vibe you get here. The place does solid pub classics without pretension, keeps a respectable selection of ales on rotation, and the kind of staff who remember your name after a visit or two. It's Greene King, so you know what you're getting: reliable, unpretentious, the sort of place that works equally well for a quick pint after work or a lazy weekend lunch with the papers.