The Pack Horse, Leeds

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Tucked away down an alleyway off of the Briggate shopping street, this isn’t somewhere you’re likely to stumble across by accident, but was nonetheless quite busy on our recent Saturday afternoon visit, perhaps on account of the forthcoming Euro’s match, although fortunately it was Shania Twain at Glastonbury who was on the screens when we arrived. That didn’t last though, once the football was underway it was switched to that, and the volume ramped up considerably with sound even piped to parts of the pub that did not have a screen. You couldn’t even escape to the courtyard, there was a further screen here and yet another speaker at the end of the alleyway to annoy any passing pedestrians.

Internally it’s presumably been opened out at some point, and consists of a series of interconnected rooms, each broadly similar in terms of style but slightly different décor. Flooring was either black and white chequered tiling, flagstone style tiling or old wooden boards, whilst the ceilings were mostly painted dark green with some old wooden joists in some areas. A plethora of plastic footballs hung from the ceiling and there were numerous flags as well, both large and small, all around the pub to compliment the TV screens. There were a few old pictures dotted around the walls, as well as a large old map of the city filling one wall. It was interesting how many of the terraced streets have the same name but with a different suffix, e.g.; Clark Mount, Avenue, Crescent, Terrace, Road, View, Lane and Grove. The room at the rea was a little more contemporary perhaps with some sort of aqua blue shade of paint on the walls with black wood panelling down below, but the obligatory TV screen on the wall spilt the ambience somewhat.

Beers on tap were Ossett White Rat and Timothy Taylor Landlord, whilst the cider choice was a disappointing Strongbow and Strongbow Dark Fruit. Not one I’d bother returning to unless at a quieter time perhaps when there was no sports on, but even then there are far better options nearby.

On 10^th July 2024 - rating: 5
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