The Alexandra, Harrogate

After a short spell closed for a refurbishment the Alexandra has reopened with added pizza. The refurb' has been carried out with a very light touch and the only changes seem to be to the decor, as the old pictures were auctioned off to the customers, and the addition of the pizza kitchen. Still with three pumps usually with decent Copper Dragon and Daleside beers plus the usual kegs.. All the big screens are still in place and live music continues.

The Alexandra is a large looking pub that has got quite a few silver tables and chairs at the front for warm weather. I went in a largish room that was fairly quiet on my visit and there were two real ales on the bar i had a drink of Daleside Blonde and this was a decent drink the other beer was Roosters YPA. This pub is not has refined as some of the other pubs i visited in Harrogate. Pub visited 16/7/2007

Not what you might expect entering the pub from the John Street end, a very big room more like a city centre pub than most in Harrogate. Beer wise a keg range much as found anywhere although maybe a little more choice, and two well kept cask beers, local lads Daleside and Copper Dragon on my visit. Multiple big screens on various different channels spread round the room with lots of table and chair style seating, the tables have brass numbers for food orders but I didn't eat here. The staff are young and seem a bit inexperienced hence some short measures here but there are enough of them to cope with reasonable customer levels even if some of the punters are a bit dodgy looking. Nothing much to praise or complain about. There is a pool table at one end and live music here every Thursday which is a good thing in itself.