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The Wrens, Leeds

61A New Briggate
Leeds
LS2 8JD

Phone: 01132458888

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Punch Taverns

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Leeds Central

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Graham Coombs left this review about The Wrens

Prominently located on a street corner in the student/nightlife area, this is an old pub which has been tarted up rather too much inside, mainly with lounge-type seating and nasty decor. There is one nice room to the side which has not been too messed about with and retains a good feel though. It does at least have some cask ales on, in contrast to most of its neighbours, and to my surprise in a respectable condition despite it being a quiet lunchtime. On the pumps were Brass Castle Best and Morph, and Ossett Yorkshire Blonde.

On 12^th June 2025 - rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Wrens

With half an hour to kill before my bus to Otley, I decided to pop into this compact, three room pub for a swift half. You enter into a split level room with a split level bar counter, which isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing arrangement, but does at least mean that customers using the Theatre Bar at the front left of the pub are spared having to descend the steps into the main bar to order their drinks. The Theatre Bar itself is arguably the nicest room in the pub, centring around a nice fireplace with a decorative hood and offering comfortable high backed chairs and a curved banquette running around the front corner of the room. The room has bare floorboards and has been decorated with a lot of photos of the city. Unfortunately for me, the room was full, even at the early hour of my visit, so I retreated to the main bar, which has a rather jarring two-tone colour scheme that has resulted in pretty much everything being either black or white. There are four small black high tables with black stools, a series of black and white photos on the white walls and a black and white checkerboard floor, all of which made me feel like I was on the cover of an LP by ‘The Specials’. The front of the servery was mirrored for some strange reason and there was a TV screen (remarkably in colour) showing the day’s early football fixture with music playing instead of commentary. Following the corridor past the left of the bar, a third room appears at the rear. This is also on a lower level and had padded banquettes and another TV screen showing the same match.
The beer had clearly taken a hammering on the Friday night, as the number of turned clips outnumbered the beers that were actually available. I was left with a choice of Theakston Old Peculiar, Taylor Landlord and Ossett Wrens Centenary Blonde (£3.00). I opted for a half of the latter, which the very friendly barmaid struggled greatly to pour, presumably because it was the very dregs of the barrel that she was drawing, as the end product tasted pretty foul. Other ales that had also gone off included Sharp’s Doom Bar, Copper Dragon Golden Pippen, Tetley’s Cask and something from the Leeds Brewery.
Whilst the décor was a bit of a mixed bag, the poor beer tipped this visit the wrong way and I came away wishing I’d spent my time at the bus stop instead. Despite the friendly, if somewhat incompetent, service, this was the worst pub I visited over five days in Leeds this year.

On 3^rd January 2014 - rating: 5
[User has posted 3361 recommendations about 3361 pubs]

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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Wrens

Looks a traditional sort of pub from the outside, it's only once through the doors you will see that the pub is soulless. Some bright spark has decided to take away the original charm of the place and make it into a minimalistic bar serving food and a choice of two boring ales. We found the place to be a bit clicky and two drinkers at the bar looked at me as though I had two heads.

On 7^th December 2013 - no rating submitted
[User has posted 3684 recommendations about 3684 pubs]

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