Templar Hotel, Leeds

A return visit to this fine pub and sometime during the intervening four years since I was in last has seen an improvement on the Ale range on offer. Double the amount of beers are now available and although still the place for a reliable pint of Tetleys Cask there is now much more regional choice and fine pints of Thwaits Wainwrights Gold and Copper Dragon Black Gold were enjoyed. Still has that old style boozer feel to it and was quite lively on this early Friday evening with an eclectic mix of friendly locals. The improved range of beer on offer allows me to bump the review level up one point from before.

Another good traditional pub and one I could quite happily stay in for a good few hours. There were eight ales to choose from, I went for the Kirkstall Three Swords which was superb. The Copper Dragon Black Gold was another good beer on our visit. Have to agree with BF, that the PG tour was definitely in full swing, by the time we arrived here. Would defo return here when back in Leeds.

A very traditional street corner city centre boozer,both the exterior and interior have features well worth observing.The open plan interior has a lot of rich wood panelling with three banquettes at the front of the pub,and a back section with a bench seat around the walls with a flatscreen above the fireplace featuring the racing .This rear area was taken over by the PuG tour save for one bemused local who waited patiently for the storm to pass. I counted eight handpumps with quite a bit of local produce and my Kirkstall Three Swords was in fine shape.Tetley ales still in evidence despite the change of provenance.Well worth including on any tour,the calm atmosphere would tempt me into a longer stay on my next visit.

This was a really friendly pub that had a mix of clientele giving a good atmosphere. Not a bad choice of ales on the bar and we had Thwaites Wainwright and Kirkstall Three Swords.

As usual JB is spot on with his description below. We visited on a Saturday lunchtime. It was packed with mainly male, middle aged drinkers. Apart from Tetleys Mild & Bitter there were also 4 changing guest ales all from local breweries. My pint was in good nick as was the other halfs sparkling water :-)) It's a bit loud and boisterous, but very good natured. A proper drinkers pub.

A lovely green tiled exterior catches the eye when passing this street corner boozer, though a few characters hanging around outside put me off a bit. However the 2009 GBG entry meant it was there to be ticked, so in I went anyway. Disappointingly on my visit there were only three ales, Tetley Bitter, Tetley Mild and Wells Bombardier. My Tetley Mild was fine and cheap to boot (£1.95). The interior has a traditional feel about it, with some booths and dark wood panelling (dating from the 1930’s apparently). It was very busy and the clientele were a very local bunch of males, with some fairly earthy language and a lot of tattoos going on. There were TV’s dotted around showing the cricket which were muted in favour of piped music featuring some odd choices given the customer base, including Debbie Gibson at one point. Perhaps it was jukebox and some joker was putting it on? Toilets were minging, which I sort of expected. On the strength of this visit, ‘OK but not essential’ sums it up. There's potential though.

i visit this pub on a regular basis i agree with the other reviews good beer good company but this pub is under threat from the proposed eastgate development we can not let this happen this is one of the last old fashioned pubs in leeds