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Steve C left this review about Blues Bar
Unsurprisingly, there was Blues music playing in the background and the walls are slathered with music memorabilia. The upstairs seating / stage area was closed, although I did note that live music is held here every day, including multiple sets throughout the day on Sundays. The bar area is a single room with a small counter in the left rear corner that faces some small copper topped tables and some prime raised seating in the floor to ceiling front windows. Standard and premium keg was available and the four hand pumps were drawing Craven Brew Co’s Mild and Black sheep’s Blonde alongside Blonde and Bitter from Daleside. The service was very friendly and for somewhere called Blues Café Bar it certainly hits the brief, however I’m an old raver so this isn’t really my bag. Although I did like the hinged wooden seat on the front for those wishing to rest after tackling the incline.
On 26th July 2023
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Blues Bar
Small bar, little bigger than a micro-pub really, so it's difficult to imagine it in use as a music venue? With limited seating, several people took the opportunity to stand outside in the sunshine and make use of a narrow table to place their drinks. Four handpumps, offering a pair of Daleside beers (Blonde and Bitter), Black Sheep Blonde and the Mild from Craven Brew (£2.10, half).
On 17th July 2023
- rating: 7
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Blues Bar
Very close to Betty's Tea Rooms ,so a good place to escape from that madness,this is a dedicated music bar where the small stage is in the front window and live music seems to happen most nights.The room itself is quite small with a modest bar in a rear corner,the stairs lead to a dining room for evening use,while the mural up the stairs features old blues men.The ceiling has a huge amount of music ephemera hanging down.The soundtrack too is blues orientated but at no great volume on my midday visit.
Four handpumps features on my trip Daleside Blonde (NBSS 4),Mild and Bitter with Black Sheep Blonde as a guest.Well worth including on any real ale tour of town,I guess it must get busy when the music of on.
On 8th July 2023
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about Blues Bar
A cosy bar, liberally decorated in music posters and other ephemera (how many drumsticks??) and nicely busy but managed to grab a table. Still mainly serving Yorkshire beers - I enjoyed a pleasant Settle Hoffmans Gold. Good atmosphere, but how busy does it get when the music is on?
On 25th March 2023
- rating: 8
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Old Boots left this review about Blues Bar
Looks to be back on form after some dodgy periods over the last few years. Serving a changing range of four cask beers and music every night.
On 28th September 2021
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Danny O'Revey left this review about Blues Cafe & Bar
Cafe bar near park providing live music every evening. Large windows to the hill at the front, lots of music pronts/photos, cafe style chairs. 4 real ales.
On 9th November 2015
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about Blues Cafe & Bar
This is a popular live music venue overlooking the gardens in the swanky Montpellier Quarter of Harrogate. The bar has a simple single room set up, with a small servery squeezed into the rear left corner and a stage underneath the large front window, which means that performers end up silhouetted during daylight hours. I happened to arrive just as a lively twosome were about to strike up and the place was already packed, with even more fighting their way in once the performance got underway. The servery has a nice 'Blues Bar' painting on the canopy and loads of old gig poster spilling across the ceiling above. Seating is at an absolute premium, with benches down the left hand side and the odd table and chair dotted around elsewhere, but the place is geared up more for vertical drinking whilst watching a performance. The décor obviously has a music theme, with a large mural on the right hand wall next to a staircase which affords some elevated viewing space, and various artist portraits to the left, alongside a collection of drumsticks and some particularly fine retro gig posters. A wheelbarrow suspended from the ceiling was highly incongruous, but there is no doubt a good story to explain its presence. The live music obviously has a leaning towards blues, but the act I saw covered a range of genres and there was a cracking atmosphere which I reluctantly had to leave behind mid-way through in order to catch my train home.
Four handpulls were offering Ilkley Lotus IPA, Roosters Baby Faced Assassin, Saltaire American Nut Brown and York Minster Ale and my pint of the Roosters was in fine fettle, served to me by one of the friendly and well drilled bar staff who seemed to excel at serving people unable to quite make it through to the bar.
I had walked past this place a couple of times during my time in Harrogate and thought it looked a little flat when there was no act on, so I'm glad I timed my visit well by arriving just as the band went onstage. There was a friendly, good natured atmosphere, well kept beer and decent music, which suggests that many a good night could be enjoyed here.
On 18th June 2015
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Blues Cafe & Bar
We popped in on a Saturday afternoon, where we found some loud and overbearing -ossers standing along the small bar. They were also a bit reluctant to move, so we could see what ales were on handpump. These people seemed to be part of the regular 'in crowd', who frequent this place. There were four ales, so we went for the Roosters Yankee and Ossett Pale, both were not that great. This is a vertical drinker's pub, as there are only a couple of seats near the window. This bar is hot and stuffy and I didn't hear any Blues music piped through the speakers. I'd give it a miss next visit to Harrogate.
On 28th May 2015
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Quinno _ left this review about Blues Cafe & Bar
A small live music bar that nonetheless has a decent ale range. Plenty of musical ephemera, including a large collection of drumsticks(!), plenty of black & white pics of musos past and present and a large blues musicians mural on one of the walls. For reasons unexplained, there’s a wheelbarrow stuck to the ceiling. Four ales on, forgot to note exactly what but my Saltaire Brown was in decent form. If you have an extended session in Harrogate, this one’s worth taking in.
On 1st April 2015
- rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about The Blues Cafe Bar
Called in for another quick one and the beer selection on the bar was very poor. Ilkley Joshua Jane and 3 from Greene King. Needless to say I had the Ilkley and also needless to say we only stayed for one. Not a great experience this time around, but I hope it's just a one off.
05/03/2011
Called in a quick one last week and ended up staying for the whole first set of the rather good Al Hughes. Had a a couple of pints of Rooster's Orange Blossom which was rather good as well. I like this place.
16/10/09
Tiny pub that still manages to have live bands on all the time, the stage takes up at least a third of the space in here. Has 4 handpumps serving changing guest beers, the two we tried were excellent. There's a fantastic sepia coloured mural on the wall picturing some of the Blues greats. It's a fine little pub with a friendly clientele and staff.
On 8th July 2013
- rating: 7
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