Wetherspoons, Leedsback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Good beer, nothing special but good for a railway station pub, 6/10
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Exactly. What score to give a bar that does reasonably-kept beers sometimes with an interesting range, but is also the haunt of drunks (face down at the table ... the staff just say 'Don't serve that one). That end of Leeds station is older than the rest and quite atmospheric however.
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Having drunk here several times over the past few months I have to admit that the beer quality has only varied between 'good' and 'excellent'.
However, I have never found it relaxing to on my visits. The decor is of the 'bleached wood and bland' variety and so is not really the problem.
Ultimately, I think it's the mix of punters. Basically, it's agitated, clock-watching commuters/ train catchers versus large, raucous crowds of 'vertical drinkers' out on the pish.
Sometimes there's an almost palpable tension in the place.Fortunately,the pleasures of match day have passed me by.
One saving grace is that Rooster's 'YPA' is a regular beer.
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In the style of a station buffet bar, so it attracts all kinds of customers, and is best avoided on matchdays - Leeds and Barnsley "fans" clashed in August. Having said that, the beer quality is very good.
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Visited in April 2006 so must have seen the old version which was pretty dire for a Wetherspoons pub.
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I think the author of the previous comment is confusing this pub with the Wetherspoons "Becketts Bank" on Park Row. Wetherspoons at 1 City Square is at the far end of the Leeds railway station North concourse.
Until recently it was a rather run down place: sticky carpets, terrible service, rough punters, and if you wanted to avoid fag smoke, you had to sit in a small area next to the loos.
Following a refurbishment in June 2006 most of the pub is now non-smoking, some of the more earthy clientele seem to have gone elsewhere, more staff have appeared, and the atmosphere is generally much pleasanter.
The large outdoor area catches the sun in the evening, and its not a bad spot to wait if you're being met from a train.
anonymous - 5 Jul 2006 10:03 |
Good range of beers and cheap but nothing else to recommend it. You'd be wise to avoid the place if Leeds Utd are playing as there's often trouble. Pub is on Park Row, not City Square.
anonymous - 15 Jan 2006 16:54 |
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