Great pub, really homely, decorated well and looks lovely from the outside with the hanging…read morebaskets. Really popular as always busy and have karaoke, quizzes etc. Really friendly staff and great prices!

Great local pub, very welcoming, serve food 12-2pm and 5-7pm good entertainment and friendly staff…read more Toilets are a disgrace!! I have just visited them : (

I want to be lord of the manor. Okay, the female equivalent. It's what I was born to be. So I…read morealmost feel at home at the splendid Calverley Arms. This is a stunner of a pub. Simple as that. The building is out of this world. It's a grand affair and dates back to the mid to late nineteenth century. You'll be impressed as soon as you see it from the outside. That's always a good start. Once you're in, it doesn't disappoint. I'm in love with the huge roaring real fire and could quite happily stay there for hours on end. The service is fantastic too and it's a great atmosphere in a beautiful building. As for the food, well it's good old decent stuff and the price is more than reasonable. I wouldn't say it's out of this world, unlike the location, but that's mainly because it belongs to a chain. You've got real ales to sink into as well and a fab wine list. You know I love my wine and this doesn't disappoint. All in all this is one pub that you really must get to. Is that clear enough for you. Brilliant.

The lover and I took his ma here for a dinner out and I was pleasantly surprised... mostly because…read morethe last time i came here it was the Elmwood and smelt of boiled cabbage and was a bit disappointing. That was a good few years ago though. However, THIS time... the log fire was perfect to warm Ma W's bones and the whole atmosphere was lovely. I've knocked a star off because their food is quite pricey for pub dinners and when i asked whether their apple was homemade, a resounding "no" was heard... is any of it not shop bought? "ummm.... the crumble". ok. i'll have that. It was ok. mine is better. It's worth looking on their website as they do have offers 241s etc and I joined their mailing list and got a free glass of wine ahem 10minutemail.com ahem

This is a typical pub, a place selling alchoholic drinks, beer, wine etc, nothing special to write…read morehome about unless you visit on the 1st saturday of the month. That is the night that Rocking Johnny performs! Who might I ask you is Rocking Johnny Well imagine this a 60+ year old, jet black hair in giant quiff(dyed of course!), dressing in a tight fitting white silk Elvis catsuit! When I was asked by some friends to go for a drink this was the last thing I was expecting but all I can say is what a fantastic night we had. As you would expect he sings Elvis songs and his energy and enthusiasm get the whole pub rocking along with him. If its a special occasion he will dedicate a song to you and during the evening there were many such requests. My friends and I spent the whole night dancing away til the early hours as the pub has a late night extension. Not what I was expecting but I have already marked the 1st Saturday of next month in my diary as rocking johnny night!

Having been back once again to a warm reception, great beer selection and friendly locals I feel…read morethe need to reinstate my love for this fantastic pub. There's not much more to add to what's already been declared, except that even on a Saturday night this is the loveliest place you hope to grab a pint. No louts, no fancy dress Otley runners, no hassle - just a fabulous place in which to consume your favourite tipples. If you need advice on what to sup, these guys are expert in here, even the odd person propping up the bar might chime in. Love it. Yet again, props to the wonderful bar staff who always patiently allow me to finish my beer at almost 11.30pm - it's always appreciated. Got to check out their Monday quiz sometime, I'm sure it'll be one of the best around!

Before I was of drinking age, I barely noticed Arcadia, and any notice I did pay to the place left…read moreme thinking it was a cafe for some reason. To be fair, on first glance, it does look to be more of a cafe than a classy wine bar, with its simple exterior and location amongst run-of-the-mill shops such as Wilkinsons and Sainsbury's. Once you realise it's actually a watering hole and go in, however, you are rewarded - music plays quietly, old connoisseurs and occasionally wealthy students alike sample the various continental beers (the best of which is Erdinger) and wines, a few lone readers and writers sit about with papers or notebooks, and a couple play one of the many free board games on offer. Arcadia is different from anywhere else in Headingley in terms of it's atmosphere, it's booze, and what it offers. However, it's rates are similar to some places in Headingley - the pricey ones.

So there we were driving around on Sunday looking for somewhere to have "Fathers day" lunch…read more Looking for the usual 2 for 1 or all you can eat for a fiver deals (I'm a bloke from Yorkshire, therefore I'm tight) but to no avail....... then I just remembered this place from my youth and headed over and BINGO! Big chalk board outside said Fathers day lunch £7.50, I conned the wife into going halves (she was fed up of driving round by then) so we went in. We were greeted by friendly bar staff and a more restaurant approach but in a rural pub setting which was a bit odd but good, grabbed a couple of pints of rancid old scrotum or some other cask ale and parked at the table which the waitress helpfully showed us to. The menu had a choice of 4 meals, 5 starters and plenty of puddings (desserts if you're from that London) which were all specials for the day. I chose a steak and ale pie with new spuds etc and the wife a beef dinner with all the trimmings....... service took around 10 minutes so I bought more "Armpit sweat" or "Old bags eyeball juice" or some other beer of some strange name. Believe me when I say it was worth the driving around and having to drink beer with twigs in (I don't have a beard or corduroys or a tank top so I prefer my beer twig free) as I can honestly say it was a genuinely home made pie, in a dish with just a crust on top and filled with half a cow and some fungus pieces (mushrooms of the non magic variety) all swimming in gravy that I believe was made from the tears of an angel. The vegetables were a plenty and in bowls to share between us which gets me on to the wifes choice of roast beef dinner, she said it was the best beef she's ever had and believe me when I say she's had a lot of meat in her lifetime ;) It was melt in the mouth and enough to leave her with a smile on her face and the yorkshire pudding (no that's not the wifes nickname) was fresh made and delicious. So next time you're in the Drig area or even not but want a bally good nosh (sorry I just put my Tim Nice But Dim head on) put BD11 1LJ into your Satnav, you will not be dissapointed.

After a long 'day of dance' on Saturday 8 May 2010 in Bradford, we decided to have a look around…read moreBradford on Sunday 9th. We then looked for a pub to have a proper Yorkshire sunday roast. WOW, were we lucky? This is a nice pub with nice staff but doesn't look anything special. However, the food was just wonderful! Fresh veg, proper home made yorkshire pud and real puddings too. You would expect to pay more for this. We will be back in 2011 for another day of dance and will be heading back to The Spotted Cow!! Peter Crosby near Liverpool

Beautiful place, friendly staff and amazing food. Absolutely can not fault the place and have…read morerecommended it to all my friends and family, will definitely be returning in the near future.

This is one of my local pubs and it's definitely the one that I'd choose over the others, unless I…read morewas out to watch a bit of sport that is as they don't have a tele. It's your typical Yorkshire pub serving a lovely pint of Tetleys, one of my favourites (Leeds Pale) and a couple of guest beers. The landlord is a great bloke and will always try to answer any request - despite the sometimes bemused look on his face ("Hot water and lemon slices, erm, straight away sir") I haven't tried the food but the portions look generous. My favourite time in The Barge is late summers evening, out the back in the beer garden, watching the canal drift by. It's a great place, the locals are all friendly and despite the fact that they ALL seem to know each other the atmosphere is very welcoming.

This is one of the better bars in bradford - its up the west end whch is he main drinking area in…read morebradford and very popular with all the students at the nearby college and university. This is only a small bar which is on two floors but the shape and design of it is very unique and different - from the entrance at the back there are about 6 steps up to the first floor. On the entrance floor there is space for tables but they arent always out to be used. Then on the main floor there is the bar and a few tables - this is nice and snug and gets cosy on a normal night but very packed on a weekend or friday night which are the busy promotion nights where they have cocktails and beers and shots on special offer. Then you go up some more stairs to the upper floor which also has a small bar and has tall high tables and stools - the lighting is blue up here and gives it a really classy feel to it. The toilets are also based on the top floor and these get very busy and you need to be prepared to wait for long stretches to use them. They do food during the day which is the normal pub grub type but, they dont do many special offers on their food whch takes away some of their custom considering other bars nearby do 2 for 1s and that The food is nice and tasty and very filling but it a bit on the dear side. The service is very good here and the staff are lovely and polite but seem to change quite often - mainly students seem to work the bar.

I really wanted to enjoy this local more than I did, and should perhaps go back for a second visit…read morebeing as this was a swift one, but it wasn't my favourite. The outdoor area has a few tables out the front, next to the busy road, but it at least has somewhere to sit and sup out in this warm weather. The bar inside seems decent, and cosy for when it gets a bit more wintery, but I didn't get to see the whole of it as it was a quick pint before moving on. As for the range, it appeared there was a good selection of ale, for those who like cask, and a mixed range of other lagers and soft drinks for those who don't. Standard spirits, if memory recalls. The thing that put me off was the service. It wasn't rude, per se, but I noticed that despite having waited before several of the local bar flies, I was still last to be served. The chap was nice enough, but having worked in a bar before, I considered it good etiquette to serve in order of arrival. It was disappointing, as the rest of the experience was rather pleasant. Perhaps an off night, so as I say, a return may be in order.

This area of Horsforth is rather trendy nowadays dontchaknow, which has led to The Fleece standing…read moreas the lone pub on New Road Side. It looks like a proper Yorkshire watering hole from the outside, with nothing fancy or gimmicky on show to detract from the old stonewall charms. Inside, you'll find a very pubbish-pub if you know what I mean. If you don't, I'll try and explain. Nowadays, pubs are either closing or being bought up by chains, leaving little chance for uniqueness or character. The Fleece, however, has its own distinctive charms (including a pleasing selection of real ales) and it's the sort of place that you imagine hasn't changed in half a century. Commendable.

This was the first of the Suburban bars to appear in Leeds, but sadly, due to such expansion and…read morethe fact that the others are doing well, this inaugural wine bar is no longer what it once was. If you'd gone in a couple of years ago on a Friday night, you would have found a bustling lively lounge full of young professionals and people who prefer to stay in Horsforth rather than venture to the town centre enjoying themselves in the company of a wide selection of booze and some nice music. Go in tonight, however, and it's likely to be a rather empty place with a flat atmosphere and some grumpy bar staff. This is partly due to the adjacent Kobe's popularity, but more to do with the fact that this dog has, unfortunately, had its day.

What's in a name? Quite a lot I say. Especially as mine derives from the Greek meaning bee. Quite…read moreironic for someone who hates the little blighters. Well as a name goes I'm not too keen on anywhere that has to call themselves a style bar. However, I will make an exception in this case. Now let's get down to business. Booze! This is after all why I frequent the majority of places in my life. Maybe not the doctors or gym though! Well no grumbles on this front. If you want cocktails, go forth and feel the love. There are quite simply loads of them for you to work your way through. Classics such as a Bloody Mary and Daiquiris right along to the baby cocktails and creamy concoctions. Plus the price isn't going to scare you off too. Very reasonable they are but I guess that's what you get for daring to explore outside the heart of the city. Finally, the bistro serves up some good grub too so you have something to line that stomach before a night of over indulgence.