Reviewing every last watering hole in Leeds city centre

Dock 29

There’s actually a bar in Leeds Dock! Imagine that.

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The Turk’s Head

Leeds’s oldest pub has had a serious makeover.

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The Central

A few decent beers in a pleasant-enough-but-somewhat-bland atmosphere.

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The Griffin

The former Griffin Hotel and Censsa gets a makeover by the folks at Taylor Walker.

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Whitelock’s Ale House

Claiming to be Leeds’s oldest pub, Whitelock’s can boast the historic honour of being our 150th review.

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Bridge

Another LGBT bar with no decent beers. Such a shame.

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Rare

Everything here is rare. But it’s definitely more about the meat than the beer.

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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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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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Wetherspoon’s — The Hedley Verity

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

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Revolution — The Electric Press

A great place to go if you like vodka and crowds. Otherwise — Millennium Square has better things to offer.

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Sam’s Chop House

A traditional English eatery in the heart of town with good food and service but not much in the way of beer.

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The Botanist

One of Trinity’s two bars, The Botanist is something a little bit different and has an amazing beer selection to boot.

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The Adelphi

Beautiful Victorian inn reinvented as a trendy gastropub. If you can brave the crowds, great food and beer await inside.

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Wetherspoon’s — Becketts Bank

Just another Wetherspoon’s. Not bad, but there are others available.

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The Palace

A lovely Nicholson’s pub worthy of its name.

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Arts Café

A café bar where the food selection far surpasses the choice of beers.

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The Picture House

A Crown Carvery pub; the carvery is definitely what The Picture House has going for it.

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Nation of Shopkeepers

A list of amenities as long as my arm, but are all the hats and the beards too offputting?

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