The restaurant in the town that is the easiest to go if you are new to Newark. We already went there twice, and do not hope to go there again.
This place looks nice from the outside, typical British on the outside, typical British on the inside. The tables are either too high or too low, but the impression is OK. The staff is a bit dodgy, but not too much. Oh, forgot to tell: it's a Wetherspoon franchise pub.
The menu is also the usual 'spoon type, the so a bit fast food concentrated.
The first time I had a chili, it was not bad, the garnish was fresh salad, quite OK. The second time I went for some grill food, the result was amazingly bad. The others were also complaining. The Abbot's Ale I had was very much OK, the rest: not worth mentioning.
A bad place to eat, even though a nice place to be. Look for something else, if you are in the center of Newark, like we are doing now.