Reviewing every last watering hole in Leeds city centre

Lounge Bar & Grill

This truly amazing building hides a pub with a decent enough beer selection and a great terrace. Shame about the interior design.

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Three Legs

Ugh.

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Cosmopolitan Hotel

There is nothing exceptional about the Cosmopolitan. An unexceptional beer selection in unexceptional surroundings.

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51% Bourbon Lounge

As the name suggests, the raison d’être of this spot is bourbon, but there are enough good American crafts to keep us happy.

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Mook

Huge unpretentious bar/club. Look out for Jesus.

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Friends of Ham

Our 100th review is somewhere very special indeed. Are you a friend of ham yet?

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Players Sports Bar

A shitty nightclub with shitty beer.

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Bad Apples

Very dark rock bar where you can get 15% off for being a wanker.

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Baby Jupiter

Great beer choice and a well-executed 1960s theme make this one of the financial quarter’s best offerings.

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The Northern Monkey

A friendly, unpretentious Northern stereotype, with amazing burgers. Shame about the terrible beer selection!

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Browns Bar & Brasserie

Part of a southern chain that seems to have left the north behind. Should be posh, but really isn’t.

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Wax Bar & Jukejoint

They’ve captured the retro atmosphere of the 80s very well. Shame beer wasn’t very good in the 80s.

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Sela

Leeds’s best bet if you’re looking for live jazz, and not bad odds if you’re looking for good beer.

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Duck & Drake

The famous live music venue also has an amazing beer terrace and a ridiculous number of cask ales.

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Crowd of Favours

A June 2013 addition to the Leeds Brewery family, this charming spot has some great beer and a true crowd of amenities.

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Wetherspoon’s — The Hedley Verity

It’s a Wetherspoon’s. See all our other reviews of Wetherspoon’s.

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Brooklyn Bar

Not the best beer in Leeds, by any means, but quite possibly the best beer on Call Lane.

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Fox & Newt

The only pub in the city centre to brew its own cask ale, and that’s not even the best thing about it.

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Stew & Oyster — Calls Landing

A picturesque spot on The Calls, offering a couple of real ales and absolutely flush with craft bottles.

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Aire Bar

Looks like a gym on the outside, but exercise kit is about the only thing you won’t find in here!

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