The Barrels Ale House in Northumberland - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

The Barrels is a great wee pub on Bridge Street in Berwick, traditional style bar with a range of beers, lagers and spirits. A quirky interior with an eclectic range of paraphernalia on the walls and hanging from the ceiling.There is a cellar area with a second bar which hosts free live music and DJ sets and although small has a great atmosphere as it is quickly full. They also host a regular free film night where you can enjoy interesting films on the big screen and chat about the film afterwards over a pint.

10/10 an old pub with well looked after beers. Titanic Plumb Porter is tops. Brilliant little pub and not too expensive x

Interesting decor. Great atmosphere. No food. Would recommend.

Characterful place ruined by the staff. Four of us arrived with an 18 month old for a couple of drinks whilst we were visiting. Not sure if the barman was anti-out of towners, anti-children or was just having a bad day, but hospitable he wasn't, which is a bit of a pre-requisite for running a public house, where people should be made to feel welcome. We were made to feel quite the opposite. He whinged that we had brought a pram in, but said that he would "let us off" as he hadn't seen us come in. Then proceeded to tell us to keep our 18 month old sat down. A really nice group of older people came and sat next to us and were chatting with us. They were great craic and loved the little fella, but said that they had experienced the same on previous visits. Then a big group of young people came in and were struggling to fit in the space. The barman wasn't happy with them sitting on the arms of the couches, so told them to stand up. Seems to be a common theme. Needs a change in attitude and then the atmosphere will follow.

Amazing olde world pub. Brilliant.

Lovely pub, great decoration, staff and beer.

Really friendly staff and locals. Made us feel really welcome.

Great pub with a very friendly atmosphere.

What a great pub. As a visitor from way down south, I enjoyed the brilliant surroundings, the chat from the barman and the fine selection of cask ales. Why aren't there more pubs like this?

Really enjoyed the atmosphere and friendliness of this bar. They had a couple of nice pale ales too which is always a good thing.

Excellent beer. Great crack. Martin was entertaining as usual. Good night out. Need I say more.

Average bar in toon, evening visit on a Wednesday, nothing startling but a few bods in nonetheless

Vibrant boozer in a nice street. Hum drum beer range but based on how busy it is no one else minded so I need to park my beer snob 🙂. Music venue too at weekends. One of the better boozers in town

Quirky live music bar. Excellent service and friendly bar staff.

Excellent pub and excellent beers especially the cask ale line up.

Spent many a lively evening here

Best pub around. Always busy, great atmosphere, lovely stuff.

Great selection of real ales, very friendly and just the sort of pub I like, no frills and no kids!

Cool pub in the centre of Berwick-upon-Tweed. I stumbled across the place on a cold, windy Monday evening in March. It was quite busy for a Monday evening, and the barman and regulars in there were immediately really friendly and made me feel very welcome. I propped up the bar and enjoyed some good beer and great chat. Monday is local music night on the sound system. Only the main bar was open when I visited, but downstairs there is a cellar space where they hold regular gigs (a real mix of stuff from all types of music to film nights). I'd definitely recommend visiting The Barrels if you're in town! Cheers

Sympathetic owner, friendly people. Good place for a few beers!

Cozy little pub with a great interior

Brilliant place. Good selection of beers, some local brews. The staff and the punters are very friendly. There's also live music downstairs on the weekend

Worst pub ever!! Jesus, felt like covid was born there its so grotty & minging!

Just had a pint twixt match and train. 5 handpumps offering a sensible range of beers. Cosy, warm venue (needed to be, freezing outside). Good service, friendly customers.

Been visiting for years, Always great, and a great venue for local live music performances!

Pleasant town centre bar with good range of real ales. I liked the Rudgate Chocolate stout. It was pretty quiet when we visited so only stayed for the one

Great eclectic pub. Good selection of hand pulls. (fizzy piss too) Service was spot on.

Lovely dog friendly pub! Gorgeous real ale, and welcoming landlord. A proper pub no glamping up 🙂🍺

Great pub with the weekend music in the basement

Something different. Loved it 🥰

Cosy, quirky pub with fascinating décor and a great selection of alcohol. It's not wheelchair accessible but if you can manage a couple of steps in it does level access loos.

What a pub should be, great choice of beers.

Unique place,friendly staff and customers.Can definitely recommend the Gooseberry Gin.👍

Lovely cask ale choice, reasonably priced

Very friendly bar with a lovely quirky building and some very good ales on tap. One of the better establishments we have visited in Berwick and we will definitely be returning soon.

Tip top. The plumb porter was lovely. Great atmosphere.

No food just a proper pub excellent bar staff 👍

Great Pint lovely old style character pub.

Cracking real ale proper pub. It's got the lot. Quirky. Decent live music. 5 cask ales. Even Bass which you don't see so often.

Being fortunate enough to travel for a living, I’ve made it my purpose to find great places to visit and explore whilst staying in the locality. Pubs, proper pubs, have a very special place in my heart. I was brought up in them and I love to find a good one - especially one run by a great, and entertaining beer keeper. Sorry if you’re thinking I meant Martin was this person I was eluding to, (just kidding Martin) a couple of nights I’ve had to stop, on my reccy of the toon, and I have to say, by far the most welcoming. Thank you and see you again soon. John.

Always a pleasure going to the barrels. Quirky, fun and a great atmosphere.

Great pub, small bar serving real ales, no loud music and no noisy bandits,only the sound of people having a good time. The best in Berwick. 😊

Good fun at the barrells with regular live acts. Good selection of ales and iPas too!

great ales and a great atmosphere

Proper pub served a lovely pint.

10.30 on a Sunday evening and very busy

Good range of real ale with usually at least one dark beer

Great little pub, called in here as we finished walking the Northumberland Coast Path for a celebration drink. Barman recommended a nice hoppy ale that we enjoyed. Pest pub we’d been in all week.

Cracking pub . Highly recommended

Great pub and dog friendly. Has several ales too.

Great old pub with lots of fantastic pics of the past

Great traditional wee pub. Good beers

Great pub with live music, bands are worth seeing at weekends

The Barrels is a Berwick institution and a fabulous quirky, yet traditional pub with great beer, locals and atmosphere. It has 4 or 5 real ales on regular rotation and all the usual mainstream kegs of beer and cider. Nice crisps! Mad decor! The cellar bar downstairs is also a great venue for sweaty weekend gigs. If you’re in Berwick and like nice beer, consider it to be number 1 and 4 of the Bridge Street pub crawl with numbers 2 and 3 being The Curfew and Atelier 😀

Good to see it back to the way it used to be.

Great for a midday cooling drink. Shame we weren't around for the evening music event too. Good selection of beers and friendly barman.

Visited after ringing practice at tge Town Hall. Friendly local pub.

Great little pub fantastic selection of beers and spirits

Friendly wee pub in a busy part of Berwick-upon-Tweed, discovered the Plum Porter here and it's fair to say that it's now a favourite of mine. Great to hear they are starting the gigs and music nights back here and I'll definitely be back!

Lovely pint well kept cellar, good atmosphere

Nice, interesting place to be, lot's to look at on the walls and love the old barber's chair at the bar! Fair prices and the guy behind the bar was friendly and welcoming. Had to have an extra pint!

Quirky bar with a nice old fashioned vibe. Staff were very friendly, seems to have gigs one ever so often

Nice boozer but the landlord clearly doesn’t like non-locals. Rude and obnoxious. Nice place though.

Awesome pub serving great beer, with great prices

Outstanding pub, friendly atmosphere, beer is excellent. Clean, warm, and tidy.

Great vibe in the place once again, live music every weekend and good selection of drinks. Couple of cobwebs but feels like a real pub.

Great pub with lovely selection of beer. Would love to make this my local.

Great beer. Real pub Real atmosphere. Excellent friendly staff.

A popular pub with a great friendly atmosphere. Wonderful bar staff 👏.

Great real ale pub where we always seem to talk to people and have a great time

This is the best pub in Berwick great range of real ales full of locals what more could you want

Great beer choice. Excellent, knowledgeable bat staff and a lovely atmosphere

Decent pint but a bit rough round the edges…

Beautiful experience, thanks 👍😅

Traditional pub with good beers, good people and a good laugh

This pub has no competition for at least 20 miles. Get there early or you will be standing. Good beer, good craic, amazing decor..... arrive and be happy

I always used to visit this place several times during our annual pilgrimage to Berwick (the dentists chair at the bar always fascinated me). However, upon our last visit we found that the cask ales did not change during the week and the prices had gone through the roof (I have since heard it us under new ownership). The most expensive place for cask ales on Bridge Street by far and sadly the clientele had deteriorated - whilst not the fault of the staff, I disliked drinking a pint adjacent to a couple of locals (a guess from the accent) whose every other word began with 'f'. After this, approximately half way through our visit to Berwick-upon-Tweed we did not call back. I will stick to The Curfew and Atelier on Bridge Street.

Great place...Great beers...chat from staff top quality

Great atmospheric pub, good pint loved the dentist /barbers chair at the bar. And Martin the manager great for chat .

Unusual, maybe because I don't go to pubs anymore. Lots of character, friendly staff and locals. Good selection of Gins,which I haven't heard of..lol!

Great pub. Barman was great.. Would visit again

Nice old fashioned beer house. Good ale on tap. Nice atmosphere.

Quirky music memorabilia little pub real ales dog friendly

This pub and the micropub nearby are the best I visited in Berwick. Nice real ales.

Excellent real ale pub, slightly off the beaten track, but well worth the effort!

Friendly, great atmosphere and decor. Cheap drinks.

Great local pub good selection of beers/Whisky/ Vodka.

Definitely the most characterful pub in Berwick.

Really good night, friendly atmosphere, decent beer and a band on downstairs

Lovely place, framed photo/music memorabilia. Good selection of ales, including some non alcoholic ones. Welcoming atmosphere. Would love to visit again when music events on.

Great friendly pub. With loads of memorabilia

Lovely pub, traditional bar, friendly service and good atmosphere.

This is a real oldy worldy pub. Bit lively at times, but then,that's what you want in a pub.

Was told about this place by a friend who stayed in Berwick-upon-Tweed on holiday, like us just recently. Great place for meeting people and enjoying yourselves and good range of real ales and other drinks

Quirky, loads of great pictures. Great pub 🍺

Lovely lady behind bar, made to feel welcome.

Can't remember, but l can't think of anything outstandingly bad, or good. I have diagnosed memory issues, so l need to be asked immediately after visiting somewhere!!!

Really nice pub with a good selection of ales well worth a visit

Ale wasn't the best and atmosphere was lacking. Wouldn't recommend it for the best real ale experience.

Really good pub in Berwick-upon-Tweed.