When I first moved to Bradford I did originally think this was a bank and upon realising it was a…read morepub it seemed very grown up and not my cup of tea at all. However on venturing in there I was pleasantly suprised, the staff at the time were great, really friendly and I went clubbing with a few of them. There is an upstairs area as well as the ground floor area, it is a lot more laid back than Yates.

This place was recommended to me by the staff at the City Vault pub also in the city centre, I…read moreLUUUURVE that place. We were looking for somewhere that did a Sunday roast and unfortunately the City Vault don't. I was pleasantly surprised by the interior, it was cosy and a little old fashioned which I personally like in a pub! We ordered two beef roasts, costing a very affordable £5.25 each! The sliced roast beef came with half a giant Yorkshire pud, a ball of sage and onion stuffing, some roast, mashed and boiled potatoes (sounds a lot but it actually wasn't as they only put a few of each style on the plate), veg and gravy. It wasn't the best beef I've ever had but it was nice enough, especially considering the price! My favourite parts of the meal were the roast potatoes and the gravy. The Yorkshire pud was pretty decent too. We proceeded to order a cappuccino and a hot chocolate but my friend confused the staff by changing her order last minute and they ended up bringing over a cappuccino, a latte AND a hot chocolate. They were kind enough to let us keep the extra one for no extra charge. I really like it when staff in restaurants and bars do this because the alterative is chucking it away and what's the point in that :) The coffee itself wasn't great so I won't be ordering that again, too bitter. I plan on trying the chicken next time.

While visiting Bury Open Market on one of the Market Days (Friday), my wife and I were a little…read morehungry and in need of a rest. This huge Lloyds Number One is directly oppposite the Bus Interchange and looks good if you are Wetherspoons fans. It is am impressive conversion of what seemed to be an interesting local cinema. Reading the plaque outside, we found it had been a number of things in its past, including a warehouse and a religious building. Inside, the feeling is that it is just in the process of conversion and will be stunning when completed. This made reading the plaque even stranger as the conversion was actually seven years ago! As with all Wetherspoons outlets, there was a selection of good real ales (not a large selection, but at least four), the advertised real cider was bottled. I asked for the draught real cider and was offered Strongbow... The food we had was actually superb. Knowing it is standard "instant" meals, we never expect anything fancy, but the cod fillet in pomodoro sauce with rice was wonderful. My wife had the fish, chips and peas and actually ate the chips; those who know her will know what a recommendation that is!

Located down steep steps, giving the impression of entering a locals only lock in…read more Used to be a great place to swagger to at 1am with £4, a thirst for ale and a yearning for singing Japanese karaoke with foreign students (a regular on Friday nights). I pray that it hasn't changed one bit .. maybe that heady smell of candy floss, stale urine and ripe guiness wouldn't be missed too much though. Long live the George and all who sing in her!

My band toured through Leeds, and we stayed at The George. Very nice staff! One of the. Even came…read moreout to our show, which I thought was really cool. Decent beer selection, decent whiskey selection, decent prices. I'd definitely stay there again!

So there we were driving around on Sunday looking for somewhere to have "Fathers day" lunch…read more Looking for the usual 2 for 1 or all you can eat for a fiver deals (I'm a bloke from Yorkshire, therefore I'm tight) but to no avail....... then I just remembered this place from my youth and headed over and BINGO! Big chalk board outside said Fathers day lunch £7.50, I conned the wife into going halves (she was fed up of driving round by then) so we went in. We were greeted by friendly bar staff and a more restaurant approach but in a rural pub setting which was a bit odd but good, grabbed a couple of pints of rancid old scrotum or some other cask ale and parked at the table which the waitress helpfully showed us to. The menu had a choice of 4 meals, 5 starters and plenty of puddings (desserts if you're from that London) which were all specials for the day. I chose a steak and ale pie with new spuds etc and the wife a beef dinner with all the trimmings....... service took around 10 minutes so I bought more "Armpit sweat" or "Old bags eyeball juice" or some other beer of some strange name. Believe me when I say it was worth the driving around and having to drink beer with twigs in (I don't have a beard or corduroys or a tank top so I prefer my beer twig free) as I can honestly say it was a genuinely home made pie, in a dish with just a crust on top and filled with half a cow and some fungus pieces (mushrooms of the non magic variety) all swimming in gravy that I believe was made from the tears of an angel. The vegetables were a plenty and in bowls to share between us which gets me on to the wifes choice of roast beef dinner, she said it was the best beef she's ever had and believe me when I say she's had a lot of meat in her lifetime ;) It was melt in the mouth and enough to leave her with a smile on her face and the yorkshire pudding (no that's not the wifes nickname) was fresh made and delicious. So next time you're in the Drig area or even not but want a bally good nosh (sorry I just put my Tim Nice But Dim head on) put BD11 1LJ into your Satnav, you will not be dissapointed.

After a long 'day of dance' on Saturday 8 May 2010 in Bradford, we decided to have a look around…read moreBradford on Sunday 9th. We then looked for a pub to have a proper Yorkshire sunday roast. WOW, were we lucky? This is a nice pub with nice staff but doesn't look anything special. However, the food was just wonderful! Fresh veg, proper home made yorkshire pud and real puddings too. You would expect to pay more for this. We will be back in 2011 for another day of dance and will be heading back to The Spotted Cow!! Peter Crosby near Liverpool

We had an incredibly, delicious meal at Bingley Arms--and it was very affordable!!! The wait staff…read morewas friendly, funny and warm. They were very willing to make suggestions on the menu. They answered questions about the incredible history of the pub and even took some members of our group on a tour. We highly recommend this pub. If we are ever in the Yorkshire area again, we will definitely return T he next time we are here!!!

Not only did we have an exceptional meal, supurb libations, and great service at The Bingley Arms…read morelast night, but the kind server gave us a history of this "oldest pub in England"! We highly recommend it!

Nice good clean old style pub with regular locals & visitors,with excellent…read more hand pulled bitter,other Sam Smiths beers & superb lagers at very good prices- cheaper & dare i say better than Weatherspoons. From Satisfied too infrequent customer over many years.Beautiful to sit outside canal when warm sunny weather.Nice drink Nice prices......wish it was nearer with Bus Train or Taxi fare cheaper to visit without car.

Went recently after a funeral for the wake. Presented with 2 dozen sandwiches, a catering tin of…read morechips, a dozen fancy cakes and tea and coffee from a machine for 30 guests. Drinks from the bar for these 30 people who just had one each came to a staggering £275. Not what I call a good deal so won't be going there any time soon.

You know when you wake up, and there's no food in the house, and everyone is waiting for someone…read moreelse to drag their carcasses out of bed to go get eggs, bacon & bread from the store but no one does? Welllll that was today in my house. It was like a game of chicken...hubs and I letting our tummies rumble until cracks started to form in the walls of the house. But we stubbornly held our ground, secretly willing the other one to get dressed and go buy some food. After mutually flying the white flag of surrender, we did what all lazy people do...we went out to eat. Virtually every time we've dined out as a family has been a disaster.....some demon black cloud follows us around and puts the whammy on us. So we ventured out to Chorlton. I had remembered a place I liked from a while back (Scotts Hill) but lo and behold, it's something else now with a dogs face etched on the glass. It looked a bit too much of a gamble, since no one was in there. However, we saw a steady stream of people coming in and out of The Sedge Lynn, so we hurried over to get out of the cold. The first thing I noticed was it was a Wetherspoons. 'Well, if I get food poisoning at least they are likely to cover medical expenses' was the first thought I had. The second thought was how beautiful the building was. I'm a sucker for a gorgeous Victorian-style structure, so I gawked at the massive vaulted ceilings, mouldings, and wood beams. Glancing at the menu, I was pleasantly surprised to see the calorie content listed for each dish. My mouth dropped open when I saw how many arterie-clogging units of fat were in some of the dishes I normally would have opted for. I went with a chicken breast sarnie with salad on the side (I know, yawn-fest). Hubs had the chicken roast dinner and the lad had a cheeseburger. After placing our order, hubs came over snickering, saying the barman must have made a mistake because the bill came to £15.81. Our dishes came over and to my surprise, it all looked rather edible. I dug into my chicken sandwich, expecting it to taste of cardboard but no...it was good. A few chews in, and I realised it was actually.......delicious! Juicy, tasty, seasoned, soft bun..it was all there! It even came with a homemade salsa sauce, which gave the chicken a little extra 'pop'. Glancing over at hubs, he was bobbing his head up and down in approval of his roast. The chicken was moist and delicious, veg was cooked but there was still a bit of bite in them (not boiled within an inch of their lives like you find with most roast dinners) lovely Yorkshire puddings, proper roasty potatoes and thick gravy. My son, who is notoriously picky, took a bite and stopped. I was expecting him to turn his nose up and spit it out on the plate. Instead, he said 'damn, it's good!' I just had to sneak a few of his chips, as I was well jel that I didn't order some. My side salad was very blah. But that's the nature of salad, not the fault of the pub. The chips were cooked to perfection. Crunchy outside, fluffy inside. Mmmmmm-mmmmmm Could it be? Were we having a tasty meal...in a restuarant....at a Wetherspoons....for £15???? Now I started feeling guilty and decided we needed to fess up and pay what we should have. I got the calculator app out on my mobile (I soooo suck at math) and to my astonishment, the bill was SUPPOSED to be £15.81!!!!!! WTF?!?!?!?! We were so pleased with ourselves that we ordered a few more pints, told stories and made each other laugh. Don't worry, we took a taxi home. We could afford to! So two big, giant thumbs up for The Sedge Lynn. Will they be winning any Michelin stars? No, not at all. But will they win our patronage? Hell yeah.

Guinness was served within 10 seconds in one go,hardy any head and tasted bad…read more It was £3.10 its cheap for guinness but I'd rather pay more for a good pint. My first pint was good the second time I was served by a girl with a long face and bad attitude.

Ah well, here we go again.The Bridge Inn has re-opened again; again; again. It's like Groundhog…read moreDay! Still short on customers and still high on riff-raff and too-expensive drinks. Shame 'cos this ought to be a good pub. One day.. The day has come! Prices are down, the pub has been done up, the riff-raff appear to be staying away and the new management are trying so hard to make sure you can have a great night out. Fingers crossed.

I passed this stunning little place whilst traveling up to haslingdon I was driving over the tops…read morecause the views up here are wonderful but having come across this shop I stopped because one I was starving and two because it looks fantastic outside all black and white an very modern I pulled up in a car park which has ample spaces for plenty of cars which is fantastic because its so hard normally to park near food places I was greeted my the owner which I now know is Dave marsh who has recently just got it back and running it with his wife daughter and sonDave is well known for his famous fish & chips all around rochdale this was the first time I had met him in person but have heard that he does the best fish around rochdale and believe me when I ordered my fish & chips I was not disappointed this was indeed the best fish & chips I had tasted around for miles I love my food but couldn't finish this huge meal you need to try for yourself to see how good it really is you can sit in or take out there's even seating outside if you want to enjoy the sunshine all in all I give this shop a ten out of ten for food service and stunning decor and will be coming again