Yorkshire Evening Post - Bar and Pub Reviews Feed

Pub review: The Owl, Rodley, The Roebuck, Otley

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:18 GMT

IT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Bar review: The Botanist, Trinity Leeds, Boar Lane, Leeds

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:38 GMT

Going out for sophisticated inner city cocktails and maintaining your allotment aren’t two past times that immediately meld together.

Pub review: Friends Of Ham, New Station Street, Leeds

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:36:19 GMT

OF COURSE, I’d always thought the interface between craft ale haven and up-market charcuterie had been shamefully neglected.

Bar review: Seven, Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:26:55 GMT

Jazz, foreign movies and poetry are a mixture of highbrow arts that typify the notion of culture.

Pub review: The Nook, Victoria Square, Holmfirth

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:31 GMT

ITS Sunday name is the Rose and Crown, but this 250-year-old stone built alehouse, squeezed between an airless alleyway and the River Ribble, has been called the Nook for longer than most people can remember.

Bar review: The New Conservatory, Albion Place, Leeds

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:55:47 GMT

A dark wooden marble-topped bar beset with nautical carvings of women and gleaming brass fixtures is the majestic if not overindulgent centrepiece of this inner city business bar.

Pub review: North Leeds Beer Festival, St. Aidan’s Church, Roundhay

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:05:14 GMT

There was a time when a beer festival was a really special event.

Bar review: Bar 166, Town Street, Horsforth

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:01:01 GMT

The warm and welcoming feel of a good old fashioned pub, with an open fire and comfortable furniture is often a far cry from the clean edges and minimalist decor in Leeds’s city centre bars and clubs.

Pudsey pub voted Leeds’s ‘best boozer’

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:19:18 GMT

Proud landlord Gary Smith raises a glass to his punters and to YEP readers – after they named his pub the Best Boozer in Leeds.

Pub review: The Devon, Kingswear Crescent, Crossgates

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:46:16 GMT

IT’S Sunday lunchtime at the Devon – and its credentials as a straight-up community local could scarcely be more evident.

Bar review: Fab Cafe, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:42:11 GMT

Science fiction is escapism at its very best.

Pub review: Alfred, Stonegate Road, Meanwood, Leeds

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:07:29 GMT

IT’S Sunday afternoon, yet the echoes of two frantic weekend nights still hang heavy in the air.

Bar review: East@Enigma Bar & Grill, New Side Road, Horsforth

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:05:58 GMT

You don’t need a code breaker to work out why East@Enigma has quickly become a firm favourite for diners in Horsforth.

Pub review: Fox and Hounds, Tinshill Road, Leeds

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:03:48 GMT

Though it’s just a stone’s throw from Horsforth railway station, I’ve always thought of the Fox and Hounds as being in Tinshill; perhaps it’s the railway line itself which divides the two communities.

Bar review: Shooters Sports Bar, The Headrow, Leeds

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:51:21 GMT

The very idea of a dedicated sports bar conjures up images of football-themed wallpaper you might see in a child’s bedroom, astro turf carpets and burly rugby fans.

Pub review: Beer and Chocolate Tasting, The Brewery Tap, Leeds

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:46:19 GMT

THE question of how to make beer more attractive to women has exercised the minds of brewers and landlords, marketeers and pub corporations for generations.

Bar review: Kobe Bar, New Road Side, Horsforth, Leeds

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:40:41 GMT

A dominating curved bar, backed with expensive champagne, spirits and bottle-filled fridges, sits before you as you walk through the doors of Horsforth’s bar stalwart Kobe.

Pub review: Brewdog, White Cloth Hall, Leeds

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:52:11 GMT

They’ve taken their time, but Brewdog have finally landed in Leeds.

Bar review: The Alchemist, Trinity Leeds, Boar Lane, Leeds

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:40:45 GMT

Thousands crammed into Leeds city centre for an early look at the much-anticipated Trinity Leeds last week.