The Pen & Wig in Newport

Pen and wig pub Newport had chicken curry with chips and the chips was proper fresh chips not frozen and sticky toffee pudding also had a pint of forged Irish stout really nice food would recommend and will come here again the staff was friendly especially ryan who served me would also like to thank cĥef aswell patrick

Brilliant selection of beers. Brilliant food and my best burger ever. Just took quite at bit of time to deliver but that can playing your favour of getting another beer

Excellent service sunday lunch is superb thanks tom and your team

Great home-cooked food. A little jewel in Newport City centre

The chef who was working this afternoon is very good 👍 food was amazing. Staff are lovely and the pub is cosy

Awesome pub , dog friendly, and the staff are amazing !

Hidden germ of Newport Excellent service in a traditional pub with exceptional chefs in place. Certainly best burgers in town - try the Stow Hill burger and you will not be dissapointed - Aaron makes marvels!

Excellent beers. Good value meals.

My fish wasn't cooked to my liking

Well kept cask, good food at a good price, and friendly staff. Very nice pub 👍

Family birthday celebration meal, had Sunday carvery. Food superb, faultless. Staff very welcoming, polite, helpful and cheerful. Pen & Wig, clean and ready as booked in advance. Thanks for warm welcome. Would recommend and definitely use again. 🙂❤

60th birthday upstairs. Great pub place but the bar wasn’t well stocked. Good atmosphere.

Had lunch to today with my family excellent food and service

Nice friendly atmosphere with good seven and great for events. Can't comment on food as only had drinks.

Wooooow! Where can I start! Really nice staff and the food was so good! Proper home made food and amazing value for money!!

Just eaten in this pub as it was recommended to us . Family of 4 and we loved it . Service at the bar was excellent and the food was absolutely delicious . Could not fault the place , atmosphere or service . Definitely the place to eat for pub food .

Excellent selection of drinks and even a decent stout. Food excellent as well.

Reasonable mid pub. Ample seating, average prices. Friendly atmosphere. Nice and spacious seating. Freshly cooked good food with visible kitchen. Good size portions. Good array of ales and lagers various bottled spirits. TV s reens for different events.

Nice pub, very good service and great food

Lovely little pub kind of in the middle of Newport town good food reasonably priced

Me and my husband got Burgers and they came to us burnt to a crisp and tasted like charcoal... staff are freindly enough and atmosphere is okay.... its gone down allot since my last visit....

The best place for food in Newport by far.Great size portions, burgers are large with everything on them and rib eye steak is like 1.5 the size of anywhere else and top quality. Excellent selection of beers also top quality. Lovely friendly beer garden for the summer days.

Quite a cool pub with really great food. If you're a Camera member you get discount.

First time here,I had a carvery very nice,got 4 choices of meat,plenty of veg to choose from,I recommend booking,good atmosphere.

Lunched yesterday with friends - return visit after approx 18 months although my friends are regular diners. Large menu so lots of choice from which I chose Hunters Chicken with Double cooked chips, peas, grilled tomatoes & fried onions priced at £11 99. My friends chose Fish, chips & Mushy Peas - normally £9 99 but part of the "2 for £14 99 offer". Food wasn't long in being served (no other diners) & only 2/3 people drinking at the bar. Some of the chips were undercooked & peas were almost cold. Far too much cheese on the chicken & virtually no bbq sauce. Unfortunately, my meal was soon cold as it was served on a cold plate. I didn't ask for it to be re-heated as I was hungry. My friends thoroughly enjoyed their fish but their chips were also undercooked & the Mushy Peas were cold. This is not the 1st venue I have been to that serves food on cold plates - it spoilt my lunch.

Everything fresh and nice selection of drinks. Really friendly service from all 3 staff I saw. Nice atmosphere as soon as you walk in. Garden is great, it's nice to have somewhere out of the wind. Clean.

Fabulous Sunday dinner many thanks arrive early to be not disappointed

Exceptional. 9 of us for a birthday celebration, the level of service and attention was 1st class. The food was awesome. Highly recommend.

Food was amazing. Tasha is 1 of the best chefs in Wales! Lovely relaxed atmosphere. Prices good too.

Ooh, a burger that would challenge Scooby and Shaggy. You can taste the "fresh" rather than the mass production of a chain. And staff with the nice balance of attentive without being overbearing (bugbear of mine especially when travelling for work) and smiling too. Then the beers, Diablo Dragon, Jemimas Pitchfork. Just wish I didn't have to get up early for work tomorrow, although 1 more wouldn't hurt would it?

Excellent food, good range of beers and friendly bar staff

Ordered a bowl of chips 30 min wait had to cancel still not arrived

Only down point on this visit was the foul language of some people

Always a pleasure to visit this pub the manager I think is called Gareth, tasha serving food and all the rest team are so professional and extremely friendly can’t recommend highly enough! Well done all see you soon :)

Really friendly pub with a great selection of cask real ales - super service and the most amazing Burgers! Interesting view of the open kitchen from the bar too! This was a refreshing location after my first visit to the city, everywhere else looked quite tired and run down!

We had a family party upstairs in the hall, it was a beautiful venue.. the bar staff were lovely. BUT the next day we did not get our deposit back because apparently someone went into the toilets and bent a pipe so they had flood. Absolute rubbish! There was no flooding noticed in the evening and no one at our family party is that aggressive or childish to do such a thing! It has really spoilt the good experience we had there and I will not be returning for nights out, food or booking anything further here. Absolute disgrace.

Went to a private event in the function rooms. Awkward layout and not exactly swish. Too dark and too noisy but this could well have been down to the event organisers rather than the venue itself. Drinks prices pretty expensive for a pub in Wales I must say.

Had a curry and it was like eating cats food . It was disgusting and absolutely vile and I would not recommend this pub for food.

The food is outstanding. You have to wait a while but that's because its all cooked to order. The chips are just like nan used to make, bloody lovely. Staff are always friendly and helpful and pub has a welcoming feel.

Great selection of local and independent ales in a nice traditional wood clad pub in a historic part of town. Great for live sport and for welcoming visitors. Good range of food including burgers. Usually £3.75 for cask ale.

Ok, so the food is ok if you are willing to wait. Due to the other reviews I timed the food and it took 40minutes for 2 burgers. The standard of food is on par with a typical British pub. They do a few vegan options. The staff were friendly and were welcoming. They have good options especially if you like ale. I give them a solid 3, so probably 3.5 but I don't want to round up to a 4. I would recommend them but with a few caveats for the waiting and quality of food.

Great pub. Great choice of beers that are well looked after. A good choice of lagers, ciders and ales. At least 4 cask ales on show. Ordered 4 meals and all 4 were really good. Proper chips as well 😁 Steak Thursday so I had a rump that was a lovely cut and cooked bang on and had my pint for free. Cost £12 Also has 2 meals for £15 .. Fish, chips & beans and chicken and mushroom pie, chips, peas & gravy. Sausage and mash kids meal £5.50. Great value and food was all cooked perfectly. Shout out to the coffee as well, the Latte was lovely ☕👌

Fabulous atmosphere..the food was lush, served nice an hot on time and plenty on the plate. Staff were amazing as it was first game in 6 nations and very busy. One dozen Happy people. Thanks.

We decided to try this pub for a carvery after seeing some reviews. 2 courses for £14.99 was a great price. Delicious roast. We had a choice between 4 different meats and a good choice of vegetables. 5 different desserts to choose from so something for everyone. Definitely would go again, the staff were great as well.

Good Sunday roast from cavery. Generous portions, good choice. Excellent pint of Bass.

Pen & Wig is amazing because the staff are friendly and they have the food and drinks that you may want to eat and drink and it has a lovely atmosphere

Great Sunday lunch Excellent food

Good food, great atmosphere and good staff..

Food a little slow arriving but everything cooked to perfection. No frozen chips here, all food seemed to be freshly prepared. Brilliant.

Gutes Essen, freundliche Bedienung 😄

Great pint of bass beer.The only place locally to get this great beer, Well done.!!!

Wonderful sunday carvery. Everything was cooked really well. Good value. Good beer. Nothing to fault at all... 😀

friendly staff, food cooked in open kitchen, good selection of beers and they show sport.

Went here for an 80s night back 2 weeks ago. From the moment we got there, the atmosphere was pretty bad. The young lady behind the bar who served us just looked like she couldn't be bothered, didn't even smile. It doesn't take a lot to do and can make people feel more welcomed and relaxed. Then, there was no room to actually sit down. After half an hour, we finally found a seat. The table was absolutely disgusting and had not been cleaned. 8pm came, and we decided to go upstairs to the event. Upstairs was lovely all done out like a typical 80's disco. The people on the door were really friendly and made you feel relaxed. The place was empty to begin with, but we were told it would fill up by about 9.30pm, to which it did. But my only complaint was it was supposed to be 80's music, which is why we went, but my wife and I didn't recognise any of the songs, plus I only knew about 2 songs. I was under the impression it was going to be mainstream chart music, not album songs, that not many people know. Around 10 pm, my wife and I decided we were going. Plus, it's really funny that the female DJ was putting songs on that no one knew, but she was singing along to, plus she was on the dance floor all the time. When we arrived home, we both said we wouldn't go there again. Just wasn't what we were expecting. So anyone thinking of going, just be aware, it's what I would call 80's alternative music, not chart music.

Proper little pub with great character. Great for when it’s sunny as the beer garden has loads of seating and umbrellas.

Great carvery on a Sunday. Not expensive. Good selection of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks. Would recommend.

Food was excellent with 6 fresh vegetables to choose from and value for money, but decor is dated .

Best place for home cooked food, if you in a hurry this is not the place, this is proper home cooked food cooked fresh to order.. we had the pen and wig burger, omg not for the light eater, this burger is huge and absolutely stunning, served with homemade chips and garnish. The mix grill was plentyful and cooked to how I requested.. the offers ensured we all had a drink which saved us a few quid being a family of six.. Will definitely be back and would highly recommend.

My favourite pub in newport. Love the food and beer selection.

Visiting the Pen & wig today. First time we have been here. Ordered drinks at the bar. 5minutes later ordered food. Waiting over 40 minutes and no sign of food. Checked with the young man behind the bar to be told my jacket potato was still in the oven? My partner then went to enquire with the manager only to be told they had forgotten our order?! So refund was given. No refund on two drinks each that we had whilst waiting on our food.

We came for a drink & decided to eat when we saw the deals they had on - £10 for a burger & a pint, can’t really ask for any more than that can you? Didn’t expect much from the burger given the price, & was really pleasantly surprised! I certainly didn’t expect the large, well cooked burger that arrived, let alone the mountain of seemingly homemade chips that arrived with it. I’ll certainly be going back, deal or no deal, if they’re knocking out food of that quality!

Very frendly staff great servces and wonderful food all cooked fresh and a great price

Excellent pub. Really tasty food, good friendly service and staff, great selection of drinks. Will definitely go back and would highly recommend.

A pub that does food, so what more can you ask for? A good selection of drinks on draught and the food is tasty and reasonably priced.

Good pub with fantastic food and ales. Upstairs is a great live/hire venue. Unfortunately I wouldn't recommend hiring as the 4 times I've done it I've had problems every time. I wouldn't do it again, but that's just me. Amendment** I have since put on events after talking to the owner and had brilliant nights. Thanks

Had a steak and onion ciabatta which was delicious in a break during filming

Have eaten here several times in September and October and couldn’t rate the food highly enough, but unfortunately the lamb balti I received last week was terrible for the meat was inedible, tough and chewy, but sauce was delicious, had chips with this and they are usually fantastic home style chips but was all little bits and hard, very disappointing

Food is made with love, great choice of beers and drinks and the staff are brilliant

The wait is a joke, for fish! And when it finally came it wasn’t worth the wait, l’m afraid. Came in starving but had lost my appetite by the time the food came

Came in for 1st time for my partners birthday meal and was amazing had to get a takeaway box the portions was soo good. Excellent food thank you natasha .

Amazing team couldn't do enough for you. Food is on point and service to match.. Well done guys x

This is old fashioned wooden floored ale house This pub has a good landlord good clientele and a very good range real ales on handpump Well worth a visit when in Newport Saturday March 11th 2023 I re visited this Newport city centre real pub This pub has got really better since my last visit. The beers were not as many has it is now The atmosphere here is great and the staff friendly and approachable. I would now put this pub in the top 3 ale houses in Newport. Saturday 23rd September 2023 i agin visited this great newport Ale house today 4 hand pumped ales on lively bar staff ales were good i drank and a easy going friendly pub Keep up the good work

Good food and plenty of it. We hadn't booked but they were very accommodating.

Good value pub grub and the Sunday roast….. best I’ve had anywhere and stupidly cheap for what you get!

Went in today with a friend had the special deal of two all day breakfast for 13.99 you get a coffee or tea with mail the breakfast is grilled really healthy meal

Lovely atmosphere. Drinks on the dear side.

Schöner freundlicher Pub und sehr, sehr nettes Personal. Das Essen war super lecker.

Food is absolutely lovely. Portions are big

Been going to Newport for a while now and always wondered what the Pen & Wig was like. Finally tried it last week and was pleasantly surprised. On walking in I'd say it could do with a bit more light and that's really my only negative. We decided to eat as the food that was coming out looked and smelled amazing. I had cod and chips and probably had the biggest piece of cod I've ever had in any pub or restaurant. It was perfectly cooked and tasted great. My partner choose sirloin and she reckons its probably the best cooked and tastiest steak she has had. Ordered medium rare and was perfect. Would highly recommend here if you want really good food at a reasonable price.

Lovely pub, formerly the Georgian House. Well kept beer

I didn't have food but it was a great place for a beer and if it's sunny go out in the garden it's a beautiful place to be

Great deal on the Pub Classics menu for food (Monday to Thursday)

Chicken Balti tasted nice but kept getting burnt bits of chicken, nan was burnt but the chef was busy. No soap in the WC despite me bringing it to their attention. Little moans but I do like the place. Lovely outdoor space.

Hey les Frenchies, venez faire un tour ici, un choix de bières pression impressionnant et des burgers très sympa. 👍

Great pub with fantastic food and a great range of beers

Good night out with sound system fyahray

I go to the NGC gaming night on a Monday in the function room. I also eat downstairs when I'm in town. Gr8 place to hang out, good pub atmosphere.

Good beer garden area at this bar - when we get the weather for it!! Drink selection is good, reasonably priced and taste better than in a few other bars that I won't mention! I do wish the dog owners who visit, and there are too many of them, would be made to sit outside when others are eating or certainly not arrive with soaking wet dogs. You notice the smell on walking through the door. One dog was actually sick in the pub one day during a busy lunch period.

Nice place ,not posh but ok and food good for the price , good sized portions

Celebrating a colleagues leaving doo last night with lovely food and drink made it complete. Big shout out to chef Natasha

Great pub with nice beer garden out back. Good selection of beer. Food and service are excellent with a good choice of food and decent price.

Revitalised pub in the heart of Newport, good for a chilled evening with mates or even to start a good night

Came today for food as Newport market was closed and I’m glad we did: we both had the mix grills and they were cooked to perfection. Best food we have had anywhere in Newport! Looking forward to coming back

Beer garden is fantastic when the sun is out, table tennis table was mint, everyone joins in lol!

Good beer and fantastic foods with proper chips - not frozen ones!

First visit with a friend. Had a few drinks and ordered some food. They have a decent beer garden with a car park. The car park is a pay car park midweek and free on weekends. The beer garden is decked and a decent size. Inside the pub is dark and wooden with numerous little areas to sit and eat. The menu is slightly different once inside in terms of price from the online version I looked at before I visited. We ordered some food and we’re told there was a 45/60 minute wait. They weren’t wrong, it took at least an hour but the food was reasonable once it arrived. I’d visit again as the staff were very nice indeed

Really good pub food. Bar staff and chefs excellent. Great selection of drinks too.

We were a group of friends celebrating one of our friends special birthday 🎂 🥳.We sat outside in the beer garden. Service was very good and pretty quick.

Me my son and grandson had the Sunday lunch, it’s a Carvery and was outstanding the chief was very generous with the meat, and there was a good selection of vegetables available,as we all know the gravy can make or break a Sunday lunch and I happy to say the gravy being served was just perfect,add to this the friendly helpful bar staff, and the amount of space you get at the table to eat your dinner. And it’s winner winner chicken dinner. 10/10 from me,my son and my 3 year old grandson. We will definitely be going back.

Great boozer. One of the best places to watch rugby in town. Excellent beer garden too.