The Picture House (JD Wetherspoon), Leeds

Old Boots left this review about The Picture House (JD Wetherspoon)

From the name I was expecting an art deco extravaganza of an ex cinema, sadly the cinema was replaced by shops, see Aqualung’s potted history, and is now a modern frontage on the same site with the renovated old bit behind. The street scene is largely Victorian with some 1960s dross mixed in, so the Picture House fits into neither category. It does go back a long way with the usual ‘spoons mix of low seating at the front, tall by the middle left counter and low seating in booths at the back. The place was heaving on a Thursday lunchtime when I popped in, half of Morley could have been in from babies to pensioners, usual ‘spoons then. Two banks of six pulls plus the interspersed T-Bars, the unholy trinity beefed up with guests from North Yorkshire, that is Daleside and Rudgate, and also Exmoor Beast which seems a ‘spoons favourite at present, a Daleside was replaced with a Scottish beer from Loch Lomond while I was there. Not a lot of decor, there’s a big panel with stills from silent movies and the odd bit or piece, the lighting is interesting being reused desk lights in the middle section. Toilets are downstairs at the back and there is also an upstairs outside terrace with views of Queen Street as well as a smaller ground floor terrace at the back. It’s a smaller ‘spoons so the staff were fairly switched on, quick service and tables cleared sooner not later, beer quality pretty good too.

On 28^th February 2025 - no rating submitted
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