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The Gadabout, Leicester

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10 Guildhall Lane
Leicester
LE1 5FQ

Phone: 01162530904

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Leicester Central

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Quinno _ left this review about The Gadabout

Lounge bar in a quiet and historic street near the cathedral with bold colours over two rooms and a nicely curved bar. Some little hot air balloons hung from the ceiling which was quite neat. There's some impressive and cosy crypt/vault seating area downstairs as well. Friendly barman and a laid-back atmosphere. A couple of mildly interesting kegs in Beartown and Murphy's Stout, the latter of which was served in a mug so thick and chunky I was barely able to drink from it. It's a good stab at a bar and if you had to pick a venue in town for a semi-posh works do or a casual first date, this would be it. A bit more range/imagination on the beer front would make me want to visit again under my own steam 5.5

On 10^th October 2025 - rating: 6
[User has posted 5754 recommendations about 5735 pubs]

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custodian 42 left this review about Gadabout

Enter and the bar is on the left. Just two keg offerings so nothing special.

On 17^th March 2020 - rating: 4
[User has posted 1693 recommendations about 1691 pubs]

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Pub SignMan left this review about Taps

Situated in the historic part of Leicester city centre, in a building thought to date back to the mid 17th Century, this is a hybrid restaurant and craft beer bar that strangely didn't feel like one or the other. The interior has been laid out quite sensibly, with the servery opposite the entrance to the left hand side of the building where some limited seating in the shape of high stools and pleasant high backed benches offer drinkers somewhere to relax during peak dining hours. The servery has a curved white counter and a beautiful cabinet acting as the bar back. The room is bare boarded but eventually gives way to a tile floored space which seemed ideal for diners, although a couple of tables had those 'pour our own beer' taps mounted on them in what was presumably an attempt to give the place a USP. This seems a bit out of place among the formally arranged tables and chairs supplemented by a few short benches, which to all intents and purposes looks like a restaurant. Bare brick walls lined with evocative old photos and plain mirrors give the place a bit of character without being overly memorable, but there is a final area tucked away behind the bar which seemed arguably the best spot. Curved brick walls with plenty of breweriana and sensible pew seating with comfy cushioning made this quite a cosy little corner and it was no surprise to find this space full and the rest of the pub all but empty. Some 1950's tunes played quietly in the background and the food that came out looked pretty god, although I didn't actually see a menu.
It's a little tricky to spot at first, but there was a single handpull on the bar dispensing Hardy and Hanson's Rocking Rudolph which I decided to give a try. The service was friendly and welcoming and the beer was in reasonable shape - perhaps suffering a little from lack of throughput. A small keg range was ably supplemented by a decent bottled beer selection, with a large blackboard near the bar listing all of the options.
I felt that this place had a fair bit of potential - it's an interesting, historic building with a good ambiance and some cosy nooks, but it seems to be suffering from a bit of an identity crisis and I found it tricky settling down as a result. A few tweaks could make this worth a look, but as things stand, I'd probably give this a swerve in the future.

On 1^st February 2016 - rating: 5
[User has posted 3387 recommendations about 3387 pubs]

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