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Aire Bar, Leeds
Leeds
LS2 7EW
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Aire Bar - Riverside Bar & Kitchen
All of today’s televised sport on our screens today, glorious sunshine on our south-facing #riverside terrace & col… https://t.co/VQYRgfHuNM
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Reviews of Aire Bar (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about Aire Bar
Although the entrance to the Aire Bar is at street level, there are some stairs down to the basement. The bar occupies several rooms with vaulted ceilings and windows and doors looking towards the riverside terrace. The building was a warehouse associated with the woollen export trade, using the Aire & Calder Navigation. Now the upper floors seem to be accommodation. It was fairly quiet here at the time of my mid-to-late-afternoon visit, with no one actually in the bar - a dozen or so people were outside enjoying some sun and the view across the river. There are two bar counters - suggesting that they get busy later on - which each have three hand pumps offering Ossett White Rat and two Ilkley beers. The Rat was in good condition. The walls had some Leeds-related stuff - "we're going to see you win", "marching on together" and such - and there's a pool table. It's pleasant enough but not my sort of place and nothing to tempt me back - I already know the words to Marching On Together.
On 10th June 2022
- rating: 6
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Alex Conway left this review about Aire Bar
Aire bar is a modern bar located on the Calls and has a nice outside drinking/smoking area overlooking the river. You enter down a couple of flights of stairs into a large open plan room with various sofas tables and chairs scattered around on hard wooden floors. On the left of this room is another room that has been partially knocked through but still retains a separate feel. There are two identical bars on either side of the two main rooms. Following on from this is another “separate room that has been opened up that has the majority of the dining focused seating although food can be ate anywhere in the bar as long as you have a table. The bar a very nice original arched brick celling that has been restored which had a nice traditional feel among the mainly modern backdrop. Sport is a big player her with numerous screens dotted around the pub showing two different matches on my visit. There is a bit of a lack of seating compared to the size and footfall of the bar meaning that even at moderately busy times its usually standing room only which can be a little annoying if you don’t like that kind of thing. The two bars duplicated the usual keg line up and had some rarer national brands such as red stripe and some craft beers such as Sam Adams, kozel and Blue Moon. There was also three cask ales doubled up on each bar serving Tree boom Yorkshire sparkle, Stod Fold Golden (££.50) and another beer I Failed to see. I thought the Yorkshire Sparkle was past its best but drinkable (it had a very bald lifeless taste) but the Stod fold was much better and a nice rich hearty golden beer. I did overhear a man being charged £4.10 for a pint of Amstell which I thought was outrageous in this part of the world but there were plenty in here paying those prices. Overall an enjoyable time was had and they do a pretty good burger menu that is priced quite well. To say it’s a sports bar the prices and decor mean it attracts less dick heads than similar venues would which can only be a good thing and the large groups of mostly men in here all seemed to be on the better behaved spectrum. Wouldn’t out of my way to come back here but if a good match was on and Around the area it’s not a bad spot to grab a decent ale and enjoy the game. Better than many similar venues.
On 9th March 2017
- rating: 7
[User has posted 456 recommendations about 456 pubs]
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Alan Winfield left this review about Aire Bar
You have to go down lots of steps to gain entry to Aire Bar.
Once down the steps there is an oblong shaped room with a vaulted ceiling,the floor is bare boarded,there is a mix of seating types.
I had a drink of Rat White Rat which went down well,i only noted two other beer as the pub was busy on my Early Saturday evening visit,one was from Bosuns and the other called Aire Bar None.
It was very busy on my visit.
I would be happy to visit here again.
Pub visited 24/9/2016
On 9th November 2016
- rating: 7
[User has posted 6113 recommendations about 6113 pubs]
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- Beer Garden : Yes - Riverside terrace closes at 22:30 - last updated 10 June 2022 by Will Larter
- Car Park : No last updated 10 June 2022 by Will Larter
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 10 June 2022 by Will Larter
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 01 September 2010 by hondo .
- Quiz Night : Yes - Thursday - last updated 10 June 2022 by Will Larter
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 01 September 2010 by hondo .
- Wheelchair Access : No - Numerous steps down - last updated 10 June 2022 by Will Larter
