The Office Ale House, Harrogate

This is the place Starbeck has needed for a good long while, a friendly place with good beer. Formerly a shop, it’s a pretty tight space but they’ve managed to use it well with the bar along one wall and tables scattered around. Don’t miss the cool floor where it looks like you’re about to stand on beermats or pump clips only to realise they’re under a transparent resin! There’s a terrace out front for the warmer months (and smokers). Four cask beers, often from Roosters, Daleside and Turning Point, with a Roosters keg font, a couple of ciders, a small fridge of Turning Point cans and a range of other cans and bottles in a larger fridge. Conversation is encouraged with low volume background music, except when an act is playing, which seems to be fairly regularly in the evenings. Seems like a solid community pub, albeit with limited opening hours

A shop conversion with a cheery welcome, and properly decorated for a change, with a few tables, high stools round the edges and lots of space. A couple of tables are also provided on the pavement at the front. The four cask ales were Wensleydale Living the Dream, Bosuns Brew Tempest and a couple from Roosters, with a couple of craft keg also. Perhaps a bit lacking in character, although this might develop, but a fair place for a pint.