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Great selection of ales. Busiest pub in Leeds on a Friday after the office bods are let out of their cages. Now that Leeds United aren't good anymore, matchday isn't a problem so much here either(Football fans do indeed only sing when they're winning). Food is ok but its the beer you'll come back for. Checkout my pub crawl to either start or finish at the taps.
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Too crowded and too many BT types in there.
Better to go to The Prince of Wales over the road.
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Had a great pint of Bradfords brewers Ruby Mild (4.4%)....good atmosphere in the pub... unlike its past rep as home of Leeds' football 'reception committee'
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I’ve only been to the Scarbrough Hotel once about 3 years ago but the recent comments suggest it is as good as I remember it. It’s a nicely presented pub both inside and out with friendly staff who were happy to talk about the good range of ales on offer. I do recall that we decided to stay a while longer and get a later train, something that I imagine is a common occurrence with Leeds‘ thirsty commuters.
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Called in the other night, my first visit for a a few weeks.Needn't have worried, the beer quality was great as usual.Also ended up catching a later train... as usual!
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excellent pub very convient for the train station very good food and a good choice of real ales bar staff very friendly and helpfull a pub I should vist more often might have to take more train journeys
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I used to love the "Taps". It had two large rooms, the lounge and the tap room, with a small difference in the price of your Tetleys depending if you were stood on carpet or lino. The facade is still original but the old interior has been ripped out and the two rooms made into one. Another old NF pub in the seventies, it is unfortunately more upmarket nowadays.
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Busy, friendly pub handy for City Station. Ales always in tip-top condition and reasonably priced for city-centre. Well worth missing a train for!
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Comfortable "traditional" style pub ,but beer quality and range has been consistently fantastic in my experience. Every time I go in I seem to find an ale I haven't tried before that I really enjoy, and served in peak condition.
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I popped in today at lunchtime, the place having been recommended to me. I wasn’t disappointed, this is a “proper” old pub with friendly staff and a good selection of real ales. As I don’t live in Leeds I shall be sorry to miss the forthcoming beer festival (starts 27 July 07).
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Firstly, to be pedantic, it's actually the SCARBROUGH Hotel, named after a previous owner Henry Scarbrough and not the coastal resort! (If you're a fan of local history check out the back of the food menu for a fascinating account of the place).
It's a good sized, one roomed, L-shaped bar largely fitted out in wood and leather.Its slightly theatrical feel doffs a cap to its previous incarnation as a music hall venue.
I find the left hand side far more relaxing, without the three glaring fruit machines and the overhead TV.
Beer quality is consistently good and that is reflected in a Good Beer Guide listing for several years.There are 6 hand pumps, with 'Tetley's' as a regular and up to five guest ales. Yorkshire micros are featured heavily.Disappointingly, there were only three guests during this visit.
The food appears to be based on a 'safe' menu, but from what I saw was well presented.Certainly two 'suits' at the bar were raving about the steak and ale pie.
The Scarbrough can get horrendously busy.If you're not a football fan and United are playing at home, I'd avoid like the plague on a Saturday tea time.However, as a regular Thursday night visitor it's been four or five deep at the bar when I've called in the last few times.
Definitely worth a punt though. I've lost track of the number of trains I've missed whilst drinking here!
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Very handy for the train station but far, far better than your average station pub. Great ales, food is worth trying too.
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The closest good pub to the railway station. Eight high quality real ales are always on tap, and the pub holds regular beer festivals. Gets insanely busy on Friday evenings. The pub does employ bar staff, and may close when Leeds are playing high profile opposition.
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Beer really well kept here and changes all the time. Couple of beer festivals each year also.
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Great place to meet near the railway station.
Good selection of fine beers always on offer.
Plenty of atmostphere, especially on match days...
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A well attended pub with a wide choice of ales but strangely lacking in atmosphere even when busy on a Saturday night. Also closes at 11 on the dot even at the weekend. Probably best treated as a starting point for a crawl.
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Excellent pub close to station. Can get very busy in the evenings and at weekends. Good choice of beers.
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Traditional style pub, very handy if you've got time to kill before catching a train from Leeds. Six ales, Tetley plus five from smaller local brewers. Wylam Bitter was very nice indeed.
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Great beer, good atmosphere friendly bar staff. Alot of the real ales are from yorkshire breweries
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Popular pub just over the road from Leeds main train station. Wood interior, changing real ales (Wylam Bitter, St Peter Mild and Tetley Bitter on my visit), all in good condition.
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