The Palace, Leeds

A Nicholsons (M&B) owned pub, this place has a bit of historical provenance though the interior has been shorn of a great deal of the more obvious stuff – it’s horse shoe shaped, set over two levels with various drinking ‘areas’ with a lower bar area at the rear; you can tell where the old rooms used to be. The wood panelling and large old clock inside by the bar are nice throwback items though. Quite an array of ales to be had on my visit - the Coach House Gunpowder Mild was decent, with the Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted very drinkable indeed. There was also Old Rosie for the Zoider heads. Muted Sky Sports on the TV, piped music very MoR for my tastes. Food was available, with the Nicholsons sausage slant in evidence. It seemed a bit quieter in here than the other pubs I sampled that day. A pleasant place to sit and watch the world go by. I’d say it’s worth seeking out if crawling Leeds, though it is a good few minutes walk out of the way of the immediate city centre.

not been in this pub for quite a while what a let down on a sunday night at 8 pm the pub was vertually empty i ordered a pint of roosters beer normally very good but this time it was sour the bar staff did not seemed bothered about it but they did replace it whith a differant beer but this too was rather poor this pub was always busy in the past what a shame to see a pub deteriorate so much

The Palace is a large looking pub that is fairly close to the bus station. Once inside here i went in the front area of the pub that was very busy so i ordered a drink that i could see this was Abbeydale Absolution which was very nice the other beers that i could see were Tetley bitter,Taylor Landlord and Bass. If i had come in here when it was less busy i might have had a better look round.