Bailey's, Settle

Official site of Bailey's - www.baileysbar.co.uk

Official site of Bailey's - www.baileysbar.co.uk

Pleasant enough café bar type place that does a couple of cask ales. At the time of my visit these were Hetton Pale Ale and Blonde Beauty, both by Dark Horse Brewery. The Blonde Beauty set me back £2.10 for a half, and was OK if a little uninteresting. There were a few keg taps, including Beavertown Neck Oil, premium lagers and a couple of ciders. A separate Guinness tap was partially hidden off to the left hand side of the bar. Sydney's has been well described previously, but on entering there is a small room in front of the bar with several tables and chairs, a further seating area off to the right, and what looked like another room behind the bar. There was a family in having a meal, a couple of older gents enjoying a pint, and another couple of people in looking for food so there was a reasonable atmosphere and didn't feel like I was in a dentist's waiting room. The front room has bare boards, bare stone walls and big exposed beams. Service felt a little robotic, but not unfriendly. I don't think I would be that fussed about coming back but it was interesting to try. Probably the kind of place I would drag the family on a day out for something to eat just so I had an excuse to investigate the ales! I imagine it gets very busy during peak tourist season and school holidays.