Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about:
Date for PuG crawl in Cambridge. with Pangolin
on the Pub Forum
Detail Pages
The Leopard, Doncaster
Doncaster
DN1 3AA
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
John Bonser left this review about The Leopard
Occupying a prominent street corner position close to the station is The Leopard, a large two bar pub.
Externally impressive, with a fine glazed green tiled exterior bearing the lettering of Warwick and Richardson Limited Newark Ales and Stout, the interior is a fairly traditional 2 bar interior with a slightly worn and old fashioned feel to it. The public bar on the left as you go in via the central doors has a pool table, juke box and several TV’s dotted around. The lounge bar is carpeted and comfortable, if a bit tired looking in places. A high shelf round the room contains a collection of brewery memorabilia – bar top dispensers, brewery jugs etc – of which a round Watneys Red Barrel keg dispenser particularly caught my eye.
This is very much a music pub with an upstairs room where live bands feature at weekends.
3 real ales were on on my recent mid – afternoon visit – John Smiths Cask, Shardlow Ireland and Sparkler from the local Glentworth Brewery, the latter being a fine pint ( £ 2.70p ).
There’s a few reasonable pubs close to the station and you could do worse than call in here if you’ve time to kill before your train arrives
On 6th April 2011
- rating: 6
[User has posted 560 recommendations about 560 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
James Joines left this review about The Leopard
Real Ale available
On 28th March 2010
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 841 recommendations about 835 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Roger Button left this review about The Leopard
This decent sized corner pub near the station has a very dated but tradition style. Above the classic glazed tile exterior, the bold lettering depicts the former owners Warwick & Richardson Brewery and their Newark Ales & Stouts. The interior still retains the old fashioned Lounge / Public Bar set up. The carpeted lounge bar has a very tired and slightly tatty feel to it with a few bits of bric a brac spread around and those nicotine coloured walls that were popular to mask the residues of cigarette smoke. In fairness, any attempt to brighten it up or modernise it would probably spoil its dated and lived in character. The public bar is equally drab in an interesting kind of way with a stone tiled floor, heavy drape curtains, Pool area, juke box and a couple of TV's. Beyond is a small patio area. It was fairly quiet on my post match evening and the bar was mainly populated by Spurs fans having a quick celebratory pint after caning the locals 5-1.
Upstairs is a 200 capacity music venue with live bands on Fridays and Saturdays. A few notable bands such as Travis and Kasabian have passed through on their way to stardom and the place seems to do an admiral job showcasing local acts as well as hosting a few regulars of the “toilet” circuit.
The place does have a good reputation for ales on my visit the 3 consisted of RCH Steam Silver, Glentworth Summer Rain and the rather more mundane John Smiths. It's fair to say the Leopard won't be to everyone's taste and probably has more of a nostalgic appeal to people who drank in pubs in the 60's and 70's. That said the beers were good, it is handy for the station and you may just spot the next big thing on the music scene. If you just fancy brief stop, there are a selection of pubs nearby so it does make a decent stop as part of a pub crawl
On 14th September 2009
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1239 recommendations about 1233 pubs]