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An old style drinking man's pub on the fringes of the city centre reminiscent of those Tetely Bittermen ads of the late 70's. Seemed only appropriate to try a pint of Tetley's whcih was okay (though not sure where it is brewed these days).
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Slightly to the north of the main pub "circuit", the Templar Hotel is a splendidly traditional street corner pub.
Externally, a splendid tiled exterior tells us that this was formerly a Melbourne's pub with separate "lounge" and "vaults" entrances. It's now a Tetley's pub.
Inside, we find a lovely wood panelled Brewers Tudor carpeted and comfortable interior with leaded decorative windows and stained glass screens creating a number of drinking booths. It's a long, narrowish bar with a room on the end at the left which has fixed seating around the edge of the room and retains old bell pushes.
An information board tells us that the premises became a pub between 1809 and 1842 and that it was previously owned by Leeds and Wakefield Breweries, the Melbourne's, and then it was sold to Tetley's in 1964. Various prints tell us the story of the Knights Templar.
There's numerous small TV's dotted around the interior and, on my recent June visit, some of these were showing a World Cup game and others an England cricket one day international, thus appearing to satisfy all wishes. The ceiling was draped with flags of the various World Cup countries.
On the beer front, it's a Tetley's pub and the Tetley's Bitter - £ 1.95p - was being sold in copious quantities. Tetley Mild was also on and, surprisingly, guests from Bateman and Saltaire Breweries. The Tetley's was in good form.
This is a real drinkers pub, full of character, with more of a pubby feel than most around here and it's pretty near the top of my list for a re-visit when I'm next in Leeds.
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A lovely pub that was doing a roaring trade early on a Monday lunchtime. The beer (Saltaire Blonde) was poor - I paid for a pint and only drank half of it. It's lack of taste suggested all the flavour had been removed by a tight sparkler. Rather disappointing.
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I have to say this is one of my favorite pubs ( its certainly in the top 5) and go in here at least once a week, a proper pub, always a good pint and always busy. we have seen this type of pub rapidly vanish off the map but fingers crossed the templar is here to stay. The retro wood panels are from the 1930s i believe.
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I was last in the Templar twenty-five years ago, but revisited last Friday. The Tetleys is just perfect; it's increasingly difficult to get a good pint, but this was spot on. The only less than perfect comment I would make is that the language in the place can get a little "salty", Not somewhere to take anyone that's not broadminded.
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I'd do anything to have this pub close to home. A proper pub with a good mix of clientelle. Always superb Tetleys. Sport on the TV's but not obtrusive.
My favourite pub in Leeds and one I walk all the way from the station to, even if just for one pint.
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I was in this nice little pub on Wed 13th May ( with 3 of my brothers and their mates)
It was just across the road from the travelodge where we were staying , I found this a very nice little pub , good crowd , nice range of cheap beers , they even let us bring some Pizza into the pub for soakage as it was a long day on the beer
I would reccomend this friendly pub to any visitors .......
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Another solid corner pub on the north side of Leeds City centre. Only slight issue when I visited was that it doesn't appear to have a smoking area , so the smokers collect outside the two doors on the pavement and can be a bit off putting. But my advice is to not be put off and go inside for a decent pint of Tetleys and the traditional boothed interior.
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Late review from November, and this was our first port of call in our first visit to Leeds GBG pubs. Tetley Mild was the beer I was after not having found it anywhere else before and it was great. Also enjoyed a Wells Bombardier. The interior style is worth looking at with booths and tiling.
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A great traditional pub with most of the interior & exterior looking pretty original. It is a Tetley’s pub and has bitter and mild and a guest of Marston’s Pedigree. As Tetley’s Mild is pretty rare in our part of the country most of us requested this. The bar staff did not mind removing the sparkler for our pints. I believe the Tetley Mild was a reasonable £2.00 a pint. We sat in a traditional boothed area with wooden panelling to either side.
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A proper Tetleys pub with a quality pint of Bitter, and a mile away from the modern bars just up the road. A worthwhile detour from the Headrow.
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