Woodies, Leeds

I'd never been to Woodies before, so it was one that I'd intended to do some time during the Super League season. I chose a Friday night game for my first visit. Having parked my bike nearby and approached the door, I nearly turned away in the face of a wall of noise caused by about a hundred people shouting at each other to make themselves heard above the loud music. I persevered, however, and managed to make myself heard to the busy bar staff. I took my half of Leeds Pale (all the beers on the bar were pale) to a quiet corner, in so far as such a place existed here. I found myself looking at a sort of internal advertisement, or mission statement, on the wall behind the bar: "Famous for our 12 quality cask ales!", it proudly proclaimed. Well, there were 12 hand pumps all right, but two of them were for cider, and two were vacant, leaving just eight real ales: and all of them pale or blonde. I can't see myself returning here any time soon. Date of visit: 6th September 2019

Official site of Woodies - www.woodies-leeds.co.uk

Official site of Woodies - www.woodies-leeds.co.uk

Woodies is a decent looking pub that is situated at the top end of Otley road. Once inside there is a decent sized single room with a long bar running down the middle,there is seating on three sides of the bar,there are normal tables and chairs to the front right and tall tables and chairs and bench seating to the rear. There was a very good choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Scarborough Chinook which went down well,the other beers noted were Skinners Betty Stoggs,Leeds Pale and Midnight Bell,Ilkley Pale,Saltaire Rasberry Blonde,White Rose Stairlift to Heaven and Ossett Silver King. The pub was very busy with students on my Saturday dinner visit. I thought this was a decent pub to have a drink in. Pub visited 16/7/2016