Penny Bun, Otley

Ruthlessly modernised old pub now unmistakably a restaurant although very tastefully and no doubt expensively done, it is also on its third name in recent times. The layout of two rooms plus a newer rear extension remain but are now refurnished with, in one area to the right, banquette seating at modern square and rectangular tables with a modern version of an favourite pub seat on the opposite side of the tables. There are just low tables, stools and armchairs in the left hand room. The extension has booth like seating to one side and a long table in the middle. The L shaped counter sits between the two front rooms and houses two duo keg taps on one face and two handpulls on the other, in keeping with the general low level pretentiousness of the place the taps and pulls are unlabelled. You may be unsurprised to learn the default beer glass is a bloody jug and the menu prices are single or double digits in the main, although my mediocre White Rat was shown as 5.5 There is also obtrusive and constant music, the décor however is not the usual grey walls. An interesting decor feature is a collection of old beer and other drinks bottles some of which are embossed, there is precious little other decor. The toilets (WCs) are upstairs and denoted by F, M or U on the doors off the shared washing vestibule, although the F cubicles have their own sinks, there is an accessible toilet on the ground floor. There are also ramps from the car park past the outside seating patio, so disabled access isn’t bad.

Official site of Penny Bun - pennybunilkley.co.uk

Official site of Penny Bun - pennybunilkley.co.uk