The Sparrow, Bradford

Visited on a weekday afternoon earlier in March as part of my planned session on North Parade. I have been before but was looking forward to a return visit. At the bar were four hand pumps for cask, all of which were available, plus 7 keg options. I concentrated on the cask options and had the Equanot Session IPA by Kirkstall which was rather pleasant, and a bitter called Monument (can't remember who that was by). There was a 9% imperial stout, which had me tempted, and of course I ended up giving in to temptation! Nice mix of styles to choose from. I do like it in here but sometimes I find the wooden tables and chairs to be a bit too café style - but the small tables probably mean they can fit more people in so can't complain too much. I don't think they do food but they have an arrangement with a local pizza place where they will place orders for you and they deliver it to your table. Definitely worth including on any visit to North Parade.

The Sparrow is a newish bar that was converted from a shop. Once inside there is a single oblong shaped room with the bar facing,the floor is bare boarded,the seating normal tables and chairs. There was a decent choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Raw Winter Solstice which went down very well,the other beers noted were Great Heck Washington Red,Great Heck Shanknar and one from Tyne Bank brewery. The pub was fairly busy just after 11am with drinkers,i also had a chat with a friendly barmaid. The background music was different but i quite liked it. I thought this was a very pleasant bar to have a drink in. Deserves a 7.5 rating Pub visited 2/1/2016

One of those cafe abr type places. It seems to be a former shop and is one room open plan with basic, uncomfortable seating that you would not want to spend a lot of time sitting in. The lighting towards the back, where the bar is situated dims from the lighter street frontage. The saving grace is the product, local beers & also wines/coffees/bottled beers. Beer quality was ok

A fairly ordinary cafe bar, as described by other reviewers, with just three hand pumps out of four available on our recent visit. These were serving Bristol Milk Stout, Buxton Axe Edge and Ilkley Mary Jane. I had the Mary Jane, which is unspectacular, my drinking companion was very happy with his stout, but the overall experience here was rather downbeat. I don't know if the staff are the same enthusiasts mentioned in previous reviews, but I felt that service was indifferent and distracted, and we went off in search of a real pub.