I have written about this pub before when I visited in 2021, but I’m not going to let that stop me from writing about it again. I was in Leeds again in the middle of January 2026 because of an LDWA meeting and I’ll add that I visited a number of independent craft beer and Good Beer Guide listed pubs at the same time.
I won’t repeat the history of the venue as I wrote about that in my last post, but, it was formerly a bank and that’s what they named it after.
The sausage, chips and beans was just £7.05 including the large bottle of Elvis Juice from Brewdog, so it’s hard to complain about the value being offered here.
I perched myself upstairs in the hope of some Hogarthian (of the William Hogarth type) debacle happening down below. Nothing of that nature occurred.
And my now obligatory carpet photo. Yes, I know that I need to get out more. Once again into the reviews section as I always like the treasures that this can uncover. The reviews for the venue are towards the higher end of the scoring for a JD Wetherspoon pub, so all seems generally well.
“Staff served meals however no drinks, I had to tell 4 Staff members about the drinks and even then I had to go downstairs and collect while my meal was going cold.”
In fairness, this happened with my meal. The food arrived just five minutes after ordering, which is slightly ridiculous really, whereas the drink took eight minutes. It plays havoc with my trying to take photos for Untappd. And, yes, I know there’s more to the world than Untappd.
“I ordered the Shawarma Chicken Topped Chips via the Wetherspoons app. The menu said the dish included sauces, but nowhere did it say the sauces would be drizzled all over the food. I couldn’t eat it and asked for it to be replaced or refunded — the manager refused and blamed me for not asking beforehand, despite there being no option to do so on the app. I also selected a straw for my drink in the app, but staff told me they don’t have any straws at all. I contacted customer services, and after a few dismissive replies, they told me they were closing the complaint — without addressing my key points.”
I do feel a little sorry for the manager, having to throw away food because of queries like this after the food is delivered must be quite painful. Although perhaps JD Wetherspoon might just have to relent and show photos of every single dish in the app for those who don’t want to ask at the bar….
“Wall decor with a biography on ‘Cuthbert Brodrick’ led us to believe this was the pub we were in since that was one of the close by options according to our location. We had no menus to tell us otherwise. When our drinks did not came, we went to the bar and asked about them, and we were told that the pub had never received our order, so we showed them the app. They explained that we had ordered to the wrong place and that, despite the misleading decor, they would not refund or replace the drinks.
Normally, I’d agree that selecting the correct location is the individual’s responsibility, but the decor directly in our eyeline matched with the name of an option on the app. Since each location of Wetherspoons has unique decor based on the location’s history, and further due to the inavailability of menus to confirm the location, we certainly felt that weren’t totally to be blame. When I contacted customer services, I asked only for acknowledgement that the decor was misleading, but the company refused to say as much and closed the matter. Wetherspoons does NOT value its customers – we have, like many, been going since our teens for both food and drink – but over £15, I will never go to any of their locations again, and I suggest you don’t, either.”
Much as I think the ordering system is actually really robust with all of its multiple warnings about location, the pubs are only a three minute walk away from each other so I think I would have rushed to the other one to try and salvage my food and drink….
“We ordered some chicken bites, we ate them but were vod. We only ate as was starving and waited 45 minutes for the food. My partner ran to the toilet 15 min after eating and was sick and spent 25 mins on the toilet. I told a female manager and she said, what do you want me to do. You can’t get food poisoning that quick . She was dismissive, rude and had a bad attitude”
That would be bloody fast food poisoning to be fair to the manager….
“Was told by security I couldn’t take my chicken bites outside (I understand alcohol. But chicken bites). Why dont I leave my food unguarded in a spoons (That is a great idea). At worst, you will come back to no food. Well, I guess I won’t be going back. Staff were nice, but security lets it down. I would not recommend when security is at the door. Btw the chicken bites are nice.”
I like this review as they’ve left 5 stars for the food.
Anyway, I digress once again. Everything else was good with the pub, it was clean, seemingly well managed and I was happy with the value for money. And with that, I felt the need to go to a craft beer bar for balance.
