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Corn Dolly, Bradford
Bradford
BD1 4DE
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Old Boots left this review about Corn Dolly
One of my favourite Bradford pubs so I was surprised I hadn’t reviewed it before. It’s roughly two rooms partly separated by a wall running three quarters of the way across the pub, oddly for an internal wall it has a window in it. The counter runs along the back wall and is home to eight hand pulls spread in pairs along the counter with various solos and trios of interesting and mundane beers between them, the cask choice is mostly Yorkshire beers similar in range to that found by other reviewers and in excellent condition. The walls are in a mock half timber and are covered in much Bradford City F.C. stuff, Camra awards from this year and also dating back many years, the rest is humorous signs and of course pump clips on the ceiling. Banquette seating all round and there’s carpet, music is fairly constant when busy from a juke box on the wall and there’s a games machine. The right hand side has a pool table and darts otherwise pretty similar to the left side. Very handy for Foster Square station although up a couple of flights of steps, and not it’s that far from the city centre via the newish Broadway shopping centre. It’s a classic.
On 10th December 2023
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Quinno _ left this review about Corn Dolly
Unchanged from my visit several years back bar a new beer garden and more Bradford City stuff than I recall from previous. Six cask on over three banks of two. Boltmaker is the standard whilst smaller breweries make up the rest. My Selby American Pale was passable (NBSS 2.5) but throughput was lacking on a hot day outside the Boltmaker. It’s a nice traditional old pub, but a shame that the beer wasn’t really up to snuff. Hot days sort the sheep from the goats on the ale front. GBG'22 listed.
November 2015
An old school two room (knocked through a little but ostensibly separated) boozer. Fairly untouched 70s refurb with ye olde black beams and plaster wattle walls. Copper topped bar and tables add to the effect. The left side was more quiet (look out for Bradford City memorabilia here), whilst the right had pool, a collection of trophies and a telly, tuned to Rugby World Cup on my visit. Hundreds of old pump clips everywhere, a testament to their ale range. Whilst we’re on the subject, there were eight on the go, I tried Moorhouse Ruby, Tim Taylor Boltmaker and Durham White Gold which were in very good nick. Friendly, mature clientèle who we got chatting to and one of them was good enough to return my keys which I had somehow left on the bar. As mentioned, it’s 10 mins uphill from Forster Square but well-worth the schlep. Taxis are also dirt cheap in Bradford. Rated 8
On 25th June 2022
- rating: 7
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Corn Dolly
A great real ale pub on the outskirts of the city centre,it used to be called The Wharf in the days before the nearby Bradford Canal was filled in .The interior is traditional with a large open plan lounge,a second section unvisited by me with the bar running along much of the rear wall.Bench seating and wooden tables and chairs with plenty of pump clips around the walls and ceiling.Bradford City ephemera ,but the star of the show here is the ale range with 8 handpumps functional serving on my trip Vocation Heart & Soul (NBSS 3.5),Osset Excelsius,Abbeydale Moonshine,TT Bolt Maker,Phoenix White Tornado,Moorhouse White Witch,Revelation Swoon Chocolate Fudge Milk Stout and something I missed.A decent selection in a pleasing setting popular with real ale types and with a very good soundtrack,a must visit on any ale tour of the city centre.
On 11th November 2021
- rating: 8
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- Accommodation : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Terrestrial only - last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - Not via main entrance!! - last updated 29 October 2019 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
