The Cross Keys, Holbeck - pub details
Address: 107 Water Lane, Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 5WD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 27131)
Leeds (0.3 miles), Burley Park (2 miles), Cottingley (2.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Pub suggested by NorthernSoul68 on 22 Dec 2005
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> Current user rating: 7.7/10 (rated by 7 users)
> Local guides: Leeds pub guide, West Yorkshire pub guide
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user reviews of the Cross Keys, Holbeck
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| Interesting pub with good beer. Before 9pm on a Friday evening it is a standard gastropub, but suddenly it empties out. Our party ordered food at 8.30 and it took an age to arrive (perhaps the last order of the evening). My oxtail stew was tasty if not very warm. Still worth a visit simontheeditor - 12 May 2009 19:36 |
| Now it’s not often (if at all), that I walk into a pub to find four real ale handpumps , and I don’t recognise any of them. But then its not every day that you find a pub that takes its Beers from local Micro breweries as I now understand from the previous postings below. For the record the beers on offer this bank holiday weekend were Roosters IPA, Acorn Old Moor Porter, Silverback from the Brass Monkey Brewery and Doctor Mortons Famous Ancient Greece from Abbeydale brewery, all from Yorkshire I believe. Really liked the Roosters IPA but wasn’t so keen on the Silverback. As for the pub it’s of a high standard of traditional décor laid out as one bar but in two sections, a main and larger one to the right and then smaller section to the left which has large wooden tables mainly for dining. There is a function room upstairs which is reached by use of a metal spiral staircase, which somehow seems to become a feature of the bar area instead of an intrusion. Agree with the food menu as it was more in line with what I would describe as ‘posh nosh’ and priced accordingly. For example the chalk board offered for Sunday lunch a whole Roast Rib of Beef, served whole at the table so that you can carve it yourself. Has to be pre-ordered and serves 5 and will set you back £75.00. I guess a great idea for a special occasion, but I still have the feeling that if I were shelling out £15.00 for Roast Beef I’d be looking for someone else to do the donkeywork. So in conclusion, a really nice comfortable pub where I’d definitely come back for the beer. Gann - 13 Apr 2009 22:40 |
| Excuse my earlier curmudgeonly comments regarding the salad.. Food is prepared with care and very tasty. Beers very good and change regularly. Staff are very friendly and welcoming. mikey64 - 12 Jul 2008 10:27 |
| Agree with Rich in terms of the target market of the pub but nonetheless difficult to fault on range of beers (had a very good 'Decade' last week but beers change regularly). Food was good quality although sometimes smallish portions. Prices generally acceptable but not £2.50 for a side salad. Definitely return for the good beer but would shop around for the food. mikey64 - 5 Jul 2008 11:19 |
| An old backstreet pub in the former industrial area of Holbeck, just south of Leeds city centre. The interior has a very modern feel - open plan with lots of exposed brickwork, bare plaster walls and recycled oak beams. It was fairly quiet on a Saturday evening in the main bar, although there was a private funcion in full swing upstairs which sounded to be heaving. Clearly targetted at the aspiring classes, with a posh sounding food menu and no mainstream beers as far as I recall. Four ales from smaller local brewers on handpump and half a dozen or so imported continental beers on draught. Some traditionalists might find it a bit pretentious, but it's good at what it does and well worth a visit for the range of beers. Rich66 - 20 Feb 2008 21:41 |
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