The Firkin in St. Helens

Great bar with great staff, good selection of craft and real ales, can be a bit noisy at times when full of people and barking dogs.. but a great place to socialise

A bustling little tap house basically, located within the up-coming Newton-le-Willows. Not the widest selection of beers, ciders, etc, but enough and some novel ones to make it a worthwhile visit if you are in the area.

Great atmosphere, loads of beer choice.

A must visit bar with a great range and style of beers available.

Great place, great atmosphere, top notch.

Excellent real ale, craft beer pub, recommend.

This is not my local pub, but it certainly is my regular. The staff is great and they always have great craft ales on tap. They also always have gluten free options.

A few drinks with friends in a great little bar.

Only been the 1time not for me .. no food severed here not keen on I P A s

Good variety of beer and cider on tap. Changes every week and also has options for wine and cans. Fantastic place to visit if you enjoy trying different ales! No hot food served, just crisps and other snacks in bags

Brilliant beers, brilliant people and just brilliant. Leave all your stresses at the door and go in, it's like an extension of your living room :D

Nice pub with great selection of beer

The Firkin is just splendid, isn't it? Friendly, an incredible selection of rotating drinks choices each week, and dogs allowed. Love it!

the food was alright, worse than expected but edible, but there was a lot of commotion and after reporting to the employees they didnt care. disgraceful behavious

First visited the Firkin when it opened, many years ago. Had the opportunity to visit in Feb 2024 and really enjoyed it. Had an excellent craft beer, it was served at a good temperature in a clean glass from happy staff.

The Firkin is a great local micro pub situated on Newton High Street. It boasts an impressive range of cask ales as well as craft keg. These guys take their beer seriously and the quality is superb. It gets very busy and can be hard to find anywhere to sit depending on your time of visit. It's a dog friendly pub, but there can sometimes be too many dogs. Although the owners seem fairly responsible and keep their dogs well behaved. Overall this is a great pub and I'd highly recommend.

Busy local bar with amazing beers. Lovely atmosphere and great crowd

Excellent bar with lovely locals and staff. Never seen so many great beers. A great place to be!

Love this place , great atmosphere and the selection box beers fantastic

Compact boozer selling lots of different types of mad booze, ipa's, stouts, strong cider etc. Dog friendly too, with treats to boot! One of the best pubs in the high St in my opinion 😁🍻

Excellent selection of real ales and ciders. A must if you're passing along Newton High Street.

First visit. Excellent range and quality

One of my favourite pubs along the High St always a great selection of beer. Dog friendly and nice people

Lovely little bar with great selection of real ales and keg craft beers. Staff good and friendly locals. Will be back.

Friendly staff and dog 🐕 friendly

Everyone was very friendly a good atmosphere.

Spent a nice hour in here. Great choice of ales.

Lovely little ale House. Great selection of beers and sours. Very friendly staff too

Sunday 21st May 2023 We visited this CAMRA PUB Great atmosphere and staff 6 good interesting real ales to sample tonight Owners look after beers, this 1 roomed micropub styled drinking house I found right up my street A non music place tonight, but the real ales is what the place is all about I would strongly recommend this pub to all real ale drinkers

Fantastic local bar open Thursday to Sunday. Serves cask, keg, cans and bottles, ales and cider. Very popular with the locals. Try before you buy and they also serve a tasting platter of three thirds of ale. Pies available if you're in need of a snack. Down side: no rear beer garden, however there are a few pavement seats.

Nice atmosphere,friendly people

Had a great time. Lots of great craft beers from regional craft breweries. We absolutely will be going back.

Beer not very well kept today disappointed.

Lovely pub, friendly crowd, a wide range of perfectly kept beer at reasonable prices. What's not to love?!

Good selection of guest beers.Good atmosphere and service.Decent prices.

Great local ale bar. Always a good selection of craft beers. Dog friendly too!

First time I've visited, standard of real ale is exceptional. Will be making a return visit very soon.

Great selection of real ale and ciders with a friendly helpful staff that clearly love their beer!

Really relaxing, friendly, real ale bar.

Great service. Great range of beers ciders ales.

Lovely and cosy going in but then turned on air con. Great atmosphere though.

A little disappointed on this visit as a lot of the ales we're not available and no orange juice for our non drinker. Think it had been a busy Saturday night so we were just unfortunate on the Sunday lunchtime perhaps.

Great selection. Great price. Great company what more ?

Cracking little pub, very friendly, helpful staff, great beer, visited 2 nights in a row while working in the area, will book a hotel within walking distance next time I’m working in the area, really really good beer!!!

Great little bar with good selection of craft beers. Looking forward to returning.

Great place with great choice of beers and lagers. I think being dog friendly good idea and welcoming. Busy but some seats available with good atmosphere.

Great little find just moved to the area. Friendly staff, nice atmosphere, popular place, good choice of ales. Quite roomy inside

Great ale,staff and atmosphere What else is needed? B

Great selection of beers and friendly atmosphere

Great time with friends, nice place to have a few drinks.

A great selection of beers and a relaxed atmosphere.

Best place for beers in the north west. An amazing choice of beers and wines

As always a great selection of beer. Nice atmosphere and always busy so you know the beer is fresh. Best place around.

Very good bar. Excellent choice of ales, ciders and stouts. Great atmosphere

An absolute gem of a place! Offering a great range of both cask and keg beers - a visit to The Firkin is always a wonderful experience. If you are lucky enough to find yourself in Newton,please make sure you pay a visit to The Firkin.

Fantastic choice of craft beers and ales, great atmosphere and lovely staff.

Good atmosphere and friendly folk.

Awesome little boozer with a big personality. Very friendly staff/customers. Vast selection of drinks. Highly recommended. 5☆☆☆☆☆

Although this is a quite small bar it has a fantastic beer range - at least 6 real ales on hand pull and 6 craft beers on tap. Staff are very friendly and the atmosphere is great as the place is filled with people who appreciate the beer

Just a great place to enjoy some great beers.

Friendly real ale bar, good prices.

Always a great place to drink fine beer, but it's getting back to its old form with the removal of more restrictions. There are permanently some interesting beers to be had, consistently well looked after.

Great real ale bar. Great selection of beers rotated regularly.

Nice drinking experience... Friendly atmosphere...Reasonable prices... Good choice of gins... Will go back there...

May be a bit small inside but a great place to drink real beers, and prices not to bad either, well worth a visit.

Great beer and really friendly staff.

Great selection of beers. Good atmosphere

Fantastic ales ...Best place to visit in Newton le Willows

Great bar that is taking Covid precautions seriously. Very well organised for such a small place.

Fab staff and our dog looked after 🐕🌈to

With 8 rotating hand pumps, 6 keg taps and two dedicated cider pumps you cannot knock the amazing variety of beers on offer. New bottled and canned beers weekly and choices on a variety of wine, there is definitely something for everyone here. Did I mention it was also dog-friendly? what is not to love.

Great real ale pub that serves lots of beers and ciders brewed in the local area.

An absolute banger of a pub. No music, no fruit machines just good conversation and awesome ale and cider regularly changing to give a wide array of choice and tastes. Dog friendly to, like all pubs should be.

Great selection of ever changing beers and served by a friendly, knowledgeable team. Great little place

No music. No gaming machine. No TV. Just superb real ale & ciders being enjoyed by the clientele. Pleasant atmosphere due to people talking with each other. 👍🆗️🍺☺️

We always love the firkin. The staff are fantastic. If you are into beers this is the place to go.

Just great beers, what more do you want.

Fantastic micropub. Great selection of ales

Good choice of real ale with welcoming, knowledgeable staff who are happy to suggest new ales to try depending on your likes and dislikes of beers

By far the best real ale in the area.

Great bar with great selection of beers and staff very friendly

The beer selection (cask and keg) are consistently fantastic. Proper tap room with doggies!

It has a good atmosphere and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable. The food on offer is versatile and good value for money as well as very tasty.

A small and welcoming original bar. Friendly bar staff, lady behind the bar adapted our taster board deal to what we wanted with no fuss. Decent, local atmosphere and a broad selection of craft beers and real ales.

Really nice food drinks and staff.

Awesome. Some fantastic real ales at great prices

Great beer. Gets a bit too busy to move sometimes but that alone is proof something is being done right.

No kids no tv's just good beer perfect

Great selection of beers on with a weekly changing menu!

Real ale , Real people. Enough said.

Great friendly local bar and even better you can take the dog in

Great beer and always a good crowd with a very friendly atmosphere

Love this little pub, great choice of real ales and great atmosphere

The best real ale, craft beer bar in the local area. Always new beers to try each week and if you can’t find what you want on cask or keg there’s always a great range of bottles and cans. Two ciders on hand pull as well. Great staff, knowledgeable and friendly.

Cracking micro pub, with eight cask + two ciders, also craft keg (?)

Nice range of beers, good atmosphere

Nice place could do with a some background tunes on

Fantastic place. So friendly. Great place . Xxx

Lovely little place, plenty of craft ales, cider and gin.

Really great beers. Really clean. And bloody beautiful bar staff. All dressed like stevie nicks tho