Yeadon Stoops, Leeds

Pub, Beefeater and Premier Inn rolled into one not far from Leeds Bradford Airport, standing on a busy crossroads and across the road from Murgatroyds’ famous fish and chip restaurant. A stone built building with the Beefeater to the left and the multi space bar to the right. Raised areas to the front and in the left hand corner with odd bits of wall in between, not a great use of space. Screen and machines are present. The counter is L shaped and has umpteen T-bars and two pulls, a dodgy Doombar on one; the other was unclipped. The Doombar had its usual sweetish stale mushrooms flavour. Not sure of the target demographic, maybe family diners or lost air travellers, as there is no proper pedestrian entrance from the road that may be a clue.

The Yeadon Stoops is a large modern Beefeater pub that is situated close to a busy crossroads on the Eastern edge of Yeadon. Once inside the main bar area is square shaped with the bar facing,there are raised areas to the front and rear right which have normal tables and chairs and some bench seating,the area near the bar has tall tables and chairs,the room is carpeted and quite smart. There were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Wychwood Reinbeer which was quite a nice drink,the other beer was Black Sheep Bitter. The dining area is to the left and probably extends to the rear,signs say wait here to be seated so normal drinkers are not allowed in this area. This is a pleasant enough pub that probably gets a lot of its custom from the attached hotel. Not really my sort of pub but it was comfortable and warm on a cold day. Pub visited 13/12/2014