The Hop is the best place in Wakefield to go for a pint! Plus the music is great, staff are…read morefriendly and it's beautiful inside

Recently I had an opportunity to visit The Hop in Wakefield. A friend of mine was holding his…read moreYorkshire album launch here so a bunch of us made the trip over to see the gig and had a fantastic time. The outside patio area is lovely, and a total summer necessity, with plenty of seating available. The bar inside is surprisingly large, with numerous little nooks and rooms to choose from, and various bars to drink from. The downstairs seems to be the main band area, where the heavier music is played, since when we arrived a bigger band was setting up to play. Upstairs there's the Guerrilla Rooms, where the intimate acoustic unveiling was set, a great space for gigs which accommodates at least 60 people - possibly more, I'm not great at judging space! It's a gorgeous building, with lovely brickwork and warming décor. The staff were all excellent, prompt at serving and really friendly, with a fabulous drinks selection from real ale, to foreign bears, to a range of spirits so no taste isn't catered for. It seems it's the perfect venue for a quiet drink, bustling group outing or packed out gig - somehow they've figured the magic formula that has something for all. More than anything this place injects a bit of class and personality into the Westgate (or just off Westgate) run, and they are more than worth your custom. For blues, beer and a fabulous night out this place comes highly on the hitlist.

This place has a special place in my heart, due to it being a regular haunt of mine as an…read moreundergraduate. I used to work in a pub nearby, back in the good old days where Wakefield was a haven of students and locals alike due to the Arts Campus of Bretton Hall (sadly no longer a part of the Uni). The pub my friends and I worked at was at O'Donoghue's - about ten minutes walk from Boons. Our usual practice was to finish up at the standard time of 11.30pm and then head over for last orders here. There's a fairly decent pool table, at least it was back then, which I've noticed that not many of my usual pubs in Leeds have. Being quite keen on a good game of pool this was always a bonus to while away the time over a nice pint. As far as I remember they served a standard range of lagers, beers, mixers and soft drinks but it was more the environment and later opening times that we used to come here for than specialist beers. They also used to hold regular live music, and in Wakefield the music is awesome. There is a plethora of fabulous blues bands, solo artists, acoustic musicians, Irish players and others to go and see and a number of them used to play here. My first ever live performance was in this very pub, amongst all my Uni friends on our last night out before moving to Leeds, and so I obviously look back fondly on this place! The staff were always lovely, the pub itself is a stone's throw away from the station and it's large enough to accommodate a group of folk. All in all, this is a grand old pub full of good cheer and a warm welcome.

Great traditional pub, serving traditional beers. Pool Table. Large screen for watching sport and…read morefireplace. Checkout their own beers.

A beautiful medieval pub standing on the heath in Wakefield, which is a walk out from the centre of…read moretown. This means that somebody will have to drive or order a taxi. A real pub consisting of small interlocking rooms with panelled walls, stone slab flooring and white washed plaster, the Kings Arms oozes traditional authenticity and character, flooding the senses and imagination with histories of harder times and the imagined stories of the occupants and visitors. The wood panelling is obviously edwardian or maybe even earlier with church-pew-like seating of genuine old hard dark woods and cabinets and chests. The beers on offer are standard fare alongside real-ale offerings from Clarkes Brewery - a small independent brewery based in Wakefield. Food is of a high, gourmet english/french quality with moderate to high prices for a more 'select' clientelle. Full of character and worth a look.

Now, Wakefield can strike the fear in some of the less well travelled Yorskhire folk but sure…read moreenough, like any small town, it has it's absolute gems. I think you have to live in a city to truly seek out the best it has to offer, unless you're fantastically lucky on your constitutionals, and this place is not exactly somewhere you'd stumble upon along the standard routes through town. It's situated on a little back street, which at first glance might appear to be leading no where, but my goodness it leads somewhere. This fantastic little micro-brewery-cum-pub is an excellent venue for ale drinkers, musicians and deliberating scholars alike. I used to frequent this place as a young undergraduate with my musical companions, often with guitars in tow for an impromptu session. I distinctly remember polishing off many a half of their Moonshine, a flat pale cider if memory serves, and promptly setting off into the night merry as Christmas. That stuff was lethal! But nonetheless an excellent way to kick off the night. Although the pub catered to the CAMRA drinkers among us, it had plenty of other options, although seldom drank by myself - it was real ale or orange juice all the way, and the orange juice rarely got a look in! The décor is lovely; rustic pub paraphenalia adorns the space. The staff were always accommodating, in spite of the pandemic of us student-types flocking in each term and over all I couldn't fault this diamond in the rough.

If you happen to find yourself in Wakefield and are looking for a lovely and quirky pub - then…read moreFernandes should be high on your list. Owned by Ossett Brewery, the building which was formerly a malthouse is down a bit of a dingy alley and behind a row of small shops off Kirkgate but it's definitely worth overcoming your preconceptions and heading inside. There's a brewery in the basement, continental Bier keller on the first floor and brewery tap on the second floor, complete with high vaulted ceilings and impressive bar with 11 hand pumps. To me it looked like a cross between a saloon and the backstage of a theatre with its rescued pub signs and unusual breweriana. We loved it all. It's a comfortable, homely space to have some drinks - and it's dog-friendly. The hospitableness of the young barman with his impressive handlebar moustache just added to our enjoyment; if we didn't have to head back home we'd have easily stayed until they closed. A local gem.

This is one of the quietest pubs in Wakefield but has livened up a bit judging by my recent visit…read more I used to sit in a corner and enjoy the peace and quiet on wet afternoons, drinking sweet cider and watching dustmotes in shafts of sunlight. The clientele consisted of flat-capped old geezers and sober professionals. This time a stray dart narrowly missed my ear as I sat down, and the age-group of the clientele seems to have been revised downwards considerably. I'm not a beer connoisseur, but the service is good and prompt and the atmosphere still pleasant if a little less peaceful than in previous years. Sitting with your lager and crisps in an old-fashioned pub and letting the hubbub settle around you as you think about nothing much - it's one of the great zen experiences of life.

Great pub with fabulous atmosphere and good selection of ales .Well worth a visit if you like a no…read morenonsense traditional boozer .

Not only a friendly bar, but also an excellent restaurant with an amazing selection of freshly…read morecooked meals from an extensive menu. The restaurant has a conservatory area and there is also a reasonably sized beer garden. Right opposite Newmillardam country park.

Nice pub, especially at this time of the year (winter) as they have a log fire and serve mulled…read morewine. The restaurant food is very nice but not cheap. The bar food is much better as it's tasty, good value and you get massive portions! We especially like going on a Wednesday evening as it's quiz night (think there is another on Sunday's too but it's music so we've never gone). It's a very friendly night and good fun. Not won it yet though!

This very busy pub has a great selection of food at amazing prices…read more The outside looks nice, with its floral decorations and very traditional styling. The inside is tired and in desperate need of decoration, but to be fair this place is all about serving great value food and drink to a high volume of customers. It's noisy, bustling and the tables are turned faster than anywhere else I have visited. £18:50 got us two large starters, two fish and chips and a couple of drinks. The food arrived in no time and we were out of the door in well under an hour. My only complaint last time we were here was the miserable staff, who thankfully seem to have been replaced by a fresh young crew.

It seems there are more pubs than people in Otley sometimes, and when like the Three Horseshoes…read morehides among the terrace cottages of the main road, anyone could be forgiven for not paying attention. It's not an unforgettable pub, but it is one of the less remarkable in the town in my book - although it's always busy so maybe I'm missing something. The main selling point of this place is undeniably the fact that it has benches outside the front door, practically on the road (seriously, if a car mounts the kerb you're a gonner) enabling you to watch the historic market town go about it's business, something which few other pubs round here can boast. Sitting out the front is a rare pleasure that makes the Thee Horseshoes a fairly good place to be on a rare sunny day. Aside from that, it's a very average pub and has everything you'd expect - because it's usually so busy, the atmosphere is better than most other Otley pubs too, which is a bonus.

This is probably one of our favourite restaurants in Wakefield. Everytime we've been the food is…read morealways lovely, the vegetables are always fresh and the prices are very reasonable. The staff are friendly and helpful and the pub and upstairs dining room are both equally as nice to spend a couple of hours over a meal - try their Sunday dinners!!

Holmfield House is a historic pub set in the middle of Wakefield Park. It is a hotel as well as a…read morepub and has pleasant grounds. A lovely place to go for a drink on a warm summer afternoon! I have visited intermittently throughout my life, often in childhood spending an hour in the beergarden with my parents after a walk in the park and twenty minutes feeding the ducks on the pond and climbing the trees around the bird houses. The park also has bowling, athletic and tennis facilities: I am sure a drink after engaging in any of these activities would be pleasant also!

absolutely love and recommend the pie and ale night, fanstasticread more

It's exactly what you'd expect from a Wetherspoons, but with an extra side order of disappointment…read more Me and my girlfriend nipped in for a quick spot of lunch to get out of the cold. We both went for the gourmet chicken burger. What we ended up with chicken overcooked to the point that it was trying to pull your teeth out with every bite and a tepid congealed cheese sauce topping. The food is poor, the atmosphere is even poorer. Foul mouthed drunks will sit and swear extremely loudly and once there a group of guys got their friend incredibly drunk and stripped him naked outside in the middle of the afternoon. Apparently this was hillarious. Avoid this place at all costs.

Don't ever judge a book by it's cover, from the outside it looks like a rough pub behind some high…read morerise flats but on the inside it's totally different. It's a typical Wetherspoons pub, the service was very good, the price of a pint of beer was very good, there was a nice range of alcoholic drinks, there were also a food menu and a beer menu on all of the tables, which is what impressed me the most. There was also a wide screen TV for the news. This may have only been my first visit to the place but on this occasion, it definately wont be my last!