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I quite liked this place. It felt a little off the beaten track. But it has a lovely exterior and inside there was a friendly welcome and many friendly locals. The pub has a real, traditional feel. Ales were Tetley Cask, Abbeydale Moonshine, Acorn Barnsley Bitter, Bradfield Farmer's Blonde, York Yorkshire Terrier, Greene King Amplified Radio X Gold, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin & Kirstall Three Swords. Just the ticket.
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A great pub in Leeds. The prices are good, especially around Leeds city centre. Theres a great atmosphere of old mates meeting up here and having a laught. It does a good selection of ales which have tasted nice when I have been in. Never mind the Adelphi, give me this pub any day of the week.
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After a long day in Leeds I had 2 more pubs left to visit, after moving from the Palace I walked up Vicar Lane and into the Templar.
I was greeted by a mass of people all enjoying conversations and their beer. 8 hand pumps offering mainly local beers, I opted for a pint of Main Line from Settle Brewing Co @ 3.8%. As well as the ales they also had Brew Dog Punk IPA on tap, surprising to see in a pub like this.
Busy with a cracking friendly atmosphere again not the sort you would find in a city centre down south.
Original Burmantoff tiles adorn the outside wall.
This place really is a hidden gem and is a must for any ale drinker visiting Leeds, I personally would head to here then North if you are short of time. I'll be back soon.
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Visited this pub for the first time last week and i was impressed. Good mix of customers and busy for a midweek evening. Traditional pub which had a good selection of ales, with seven pumps to choose from. I went for a Kelham Island Brewery ale, well kept. I will now be adding this to my list of go to places in the city.
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I've only started visiting Leeds recently and this is a gem of a find. Traditional, busy and friendly at the times that I have visited, but the real attraction has been the beer.
Two beers stood out to me particularly: York Brewery Terrier and Kirkstall Pale Ale. Both were sublime, to die for, gorgeous, etc. But these beers always are good. The thing was that you could just tell the care that had gone into getting these beers into the cellar and out again at the highest possible quality. I can't put my finger on how I could tell, but you just can. Sometimes beers are really, really good. Occasionally they are EXCEPTIONAL! This pub sells exceptional beer.
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An old style drinking man's pub on the fringes of the city centre reminiscent of those Tetely Bittermen ads of the late 70's. Seemed only appropriate to try a pint of Tetley's whcih was okay (though not sure where it is brewed these days).
anonymous - 8 Jan 2012 11:06 |
Slightly to the north of the main pub "circuit", the Templar Hotel is a splendidly traditional street corner pub.
Externally, a splendid tiled exterior tells us that this was formerly a Melbourne's pub with separate "lounge" and "vaults" entrances. It's now a Tetley's pub.
Inside, we find a lovely wood panelled Brewers Tudor carpeted and comfortable interior with leaded decorative windows and stained glass screens creating a number of drinking booths. It's a long, narrowish bar with a room on the end at the left which has fixed seating around the edge of the room and retains old bell pushes.
An information board tells us that the premises became a pub between 1809 and 1842 and that it was previously owned by Leeds and Wakefield Breweries, the Melbourne's, and then it was sold to Tetley's in 1964. Various prints tell us the story of the Knights Templar.
There's numerous small TV's dotted around the interior and, on my recent June visit, some of these were showing a World Cup game and others an England cricket one day international, thus appearing to satisfy all wishes. The ceiling was draped with flags of the various World Cup countries.
On the beer front, it's a Tetley's pub and the Tetley's Bitter - � 1.95p - was being sold in copious quantities. Tetley Mild was also on and, surprisingly, guests from Bateman and Saltaire Breweries. The Tetley's was in good form.
This is a real drinkers pub, full of character, with more of a pubby feel than most around here and it's pretty near the top of my list for a re-visit when I'm next in Leeds.
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A lovely pub that was doing a roaring trade early on a Monday lunchtime. The beer (Saltaire Blonde) was poor - I paid for a pint and only drank half of it. It's lack of taste suggested all the flavour had been removed by a tight sparkler. Rather disappointing.
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I have to say this is one of my favorite pubs ( its certainly in the top 5) and go in here at least once a week, a proper pub, always a good pint and always busy. we have seen this type of pub rapidly vanish off the map but fingers crossed the templar is here to stay. The retro wood panels are from the 1930s i believe.
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I was last in the Templar twenty-five years ago, but revisited last Friday. The Tetleys is just perfect; it's increasingly difficult to get a good pint, but this was spot on. The only less than perfect comment I would make is that the language in the place can get a little "salty", Not somewhere to take anyone that's not broadminded.
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I'd do anything to have this pub close to home. A proper pub with a good mix of clientelle. Always superb Tetleys. Sport on the TV's but not obtrusive.
My favourite pub in Leeds and one I walk all the way from the station to, even if just for one pint.
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I was in this nice little pub on Wed 13th May ( with 3 of my brothers and their mates)
It was just across the road from the travelodge where we were staying , I found this a very nice little pub , good crowd , nice range of cheap beers , they even let us bring some Pizza into the pub for soakage as it was a long day on the beer
I would reccomend this friendly pub to any visitors .......
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Another solid corner pub on the north side of Leeds City centre. Only slight issue when I visited was that it doesn't appear to have a smoking area , so the smokers collect outside the two doors on the pavement and can be a bit off putting. But my advice is to not be put off and go inside for a decent pint of Tetleys and the traditional boothed interior.
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Late review from November, and this was our first port of call in our first visit to Leeds GBG pubs. Tetley Mild was the beer I was after not having found it anywhere else before and it was great. Also enjoyed a Wells Bombardier. The interior style is worth looking at with booths and tiling.
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A great traditional pub with most of the interior & exterior looking pretty original. It is a Tetley�s pub and has bitter and mild and a guest of Marston�s Pedigree. As Tetley�s Mild is pretty rare in our part of the country most of us requested this. The bar staff did not mind removing the sparkler for our pints. I believe the Tetley Mild was a reasonable �2.00 a pint. We sat in a traditional boothed area with wooden panelling to either side.
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A proper Tetleys pub with a quality pint of Bitter, and a mile away from the modern bars just up the road. A worthwhile detour from the Headrow.
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