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Gadabout, Leicester
Leicester
LE1 5FQ
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Taps Bar
Due to unforeseen circumstances @taps_leicester will unfortunately not be open today. Back open as normal tomorrow and every day next week.
12:28 PM Apr 9th 2017 from Twitter for iPhone
Reviews of Gadabout (Average Rating: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
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custodian 42 left this review about Gadabout
Enter and the bar is on the left. Just two keg offerings so nothing special.
On 17th March 2020
- rating: 4
[User has posted 1693 recommendations about 1691 pubs]
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Pub SignMan left this review about Taps
Situated in the historic part of Leicester city centre, in a building thought to date back to the mid 17th Century, this is a hybrid restaurant and craft beer bar that strangely didn't feel like one or the other. The interior has been laid out quite sensibly, with the servery opposite the entrance to the left hand side of the building where some limited seating in the shape of high stools and pleasant high backed benches offer drinkers somewhere to relax during peak dining hours. The servery has a curved white counter and a beautiful cabinet acting as the bar back. The room is bare boarded but eventually gives way to a tile floored space which seemed ideal for diners, although a couple of tables had those 'pour our own beer' taps mounted on them in what was presumably an attempt to give the place a USP. This seems a bit out of place among the formally arranged tables and chairs supplemented by a few short benches, which to all intents and purposes looks like a restaurant. Bare brick walls lined with evocative old photos and plain mirrors give the place a bit of character without being overly memorable, but there is a final area tucked away behind the bar which seemed arguably the best spot. Curved brick walls with plenty of breweriana and sensible pew seating with comfy cushioning made this quite a cosy little corner and it was no surprise to find this space full and the rest of the pub all but empty. Some 1950's tunes played quietly in the background and the food that came out looked pretty god, although I didn't actually see a menu.
It's a little tricky to spot at first, but there was a single handpull on the bar dispensing Hardy and Hanson's Rocking Rudolph which I decided to give a try. The service was friendly and welcoming and the beer was in reasonable shape - perhaps suffering a little from lack of throughput. A small keg range was ably supplemented by a decent bottled beer selection, with a large blackboard near the bar listing all of the options.
I felt that this place had a fair bit of potential - it's an interesting, historic building with a good ambiance and some cosy nooks, but it seems to be suffering from a bit of an identity crisis and I found it tricky settling down as a result. A few tweaks could make this worth a look, but as things stand, I'd probably give this a swerve in the future.
On 1st February 2016
- rating: 5
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ROB Camra left this review about Taps
Called in last night on my way back to the hotel. Full of young, think they're trendy punters ordering cocktails. No real ale on the bar and after waiting 5 minutes to be served I decided to leave it. I won't be back.
On 23rd March 2013
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 3223 recommendations about 3134 pubs]
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