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Firebug, Leicester

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Millstone Lane
Leicester
LE1 5JN
Phone: 01162551228
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Leased (Marstons)

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Reviews of Firebug (Average Rating: 5 of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Quinno _ left this review about Firebug

Housed in the former Leicester Gas Offices, this is a large opened-out late nite barn adorned with alphabetti spaghetti Pride flags on my visit. Games consoles on some of the raised seats. A forest of mainstream kegs, the only one of interest from Salt was off so I swerved to a Sharps Atlantic which was pretty poor and had clearly been on for quite some time (there are two pumps round the far side and one hidden at the main bar but none of them were operational). Friendly Hindu barmaid and oddly, there's cobs – doesn’t feel like the sort of venue that’d sell them. Music firmly from the early 00's- if they're aiming for the student coin they might be missing something obvious. Anyway, don't bother given you’ve got much better a few yards away.

On 2nd October 2025 - rating: 4
[User has posted 5754 recommendations about 5735 pubs]

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Strongers . left this review about Firebug

The Firebug is a long thin L-shaped pub with a long central bar and a raised seating area, which may double up as a stage, in the central corner. Its mostly standing room so aimed more for the weekend drinker than me on a Wednesday evening, although there was still a good crowd in and the barman that served me was both cool and nice, which is a rare combination in a city pub. I didn’t spot a television, but rock music was coming out of the speakers. Only one of the four hand pumps was in operation drawing Wychwood’s Hobgoblin. Premium keg and Carling were also available. I would have used this pub in my younger days.

On 4th March 2023 - rating: 5
[User has posted 6274 recommendations about 6237 pubs]

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ROB Camra left this review about Firebug

Whilst in the Swan & Rushes I showed the barmaid my list of Leicester real ale pubs supplied at the CAMRA beer festival. There's one missing she said, it's called Firebug. A real ale pub that no-one else was going to visit during the PuG crawl? Well OB and I just had to go. We sauntered up there via the Derby & Rutland and who should be sat at the bar in here when we arrived? Yep, the barmaid from the S & R. :-)) This is a music venue and is aimed at the late night crowd, so it was a bit dead at around 4 p.m. It's mainly a big open space aimed at vertical drinking and most of the features have been lost as a result. There is a very long bar full of lager fonts etc, but hidden away a bit at the right hand corner are 4 cask ale handpumps. 3 beers were available, all from the extended Marstons range and my pint of Hobgoblin was in decent condition. It's a reasonable enough pub in a large barn kind of way. I'd be interested to visit later in the evening as I guess it would be very different. Good to see a place like this serving real ale though.

On 23rd April 2013 - rating: 6
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Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Strongers .
Leicester, 0.63 miles, 12 min walk (show)
South Wigston, 4.13 miles, 1 hr 19 min walk (show)
Syston, 5.19 miles, 1 hr 40 min walk (show)
Latest updates View all updates for Firebug, Leicester
2nd Oct 2025, 22:00
Review submitted by Quinno _
 
8th Sep 2025, 22:23
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  • Accommodation : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Bar Billiards : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Beer Festivals : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • CAMRA Discount : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Car Park : No last updated 29 August 2024 by paulof horsham
  • Child Friendly : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Dog Friendly : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Function Room : Yes - According to Facebook page - last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Hot Food : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Jukebox : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Karaoke : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Live Music : Yes last updated 29 August 2024 by paulof horsham
  • Micropub : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Pinball : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Real Ale : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • Real Cider : No last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 02 October 2025 by Quinno _
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