High Cross, Leicester - pub details
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Address: 103-105 High Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 4JB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 10380) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Leicester (0.7 miles), South Wigston (3.9 miles), Syston (5 miles)
Chain: Wetherspoons
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 18 users)
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user reviews of High Cross, Leicester
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| Busy city centre Wetherspoons with locals enjoying Leicester City's title celebrations. It's fairly typical of the chain with a large-open plan room and plenty of seating. Ales were Ruddles Best, Greene King Abbot, Grainstore Ten Fifty, Oakham Green Devil IPA, Lymestone Stonefish Mild, Nottingham Rock Mild, Sharps Doom Bar, Ascot Anastasia Exile Stout, Wild Weather Choppy Waters & Marstons One Is 90. Cider was Bottle Kicking Cider Company Traditional Medium. Decent branch. blue_scrumpy - 8 May 2016 16:47 |
| One of the homes of Leicester's ageing football hooligan firm, The Baby Squad. If you like your beer with a helping of dodgy looks and dash of violence if you sit in someones chair, this is the place for you. Manpie - 26 Nov 2014 19:16 |
| As mentioned, an above average Wetherspoons, preferable to their other offerings in the city (though it was handy for the bus stop home). anonymous - 21 Sep 2012 18:09 |
| Popped in a couple of times this week for the JDW Beer Festival, as this is the only city centre 'Spoons that is capable of keeping halfway drinkable ale. First visit was on a weekday mid-afternoon, and I have to say it was something of an eye-opener in terms of the clientele; we all know that you don't get the higher end of the social strata in JDW pubs at the best of times, but I do not expect to see Baby Squad members proudly wearing their Stone Island insignia being served in any but the roughest of Estate pubs. I did query this with the manager who advised that they HAVE barred a few members, but they have decided not to stop the rest of them (a) drinking in there and (b) making themselves readily identifiable ... needless to say, you wouldn't catch me dead in there on a football day! Aside from the thug element, of rather more concern was watching several people who were clearly VERY drunk, still being served ... as a general rule, when someone comes in, sits down and starts shouting random things and laughing loudly to themselves it's better to refuse service. The same is generally also true when people are so hammered they can't speak properly, but this doesn't seem to bother staff or management. My return visit was on Saturday mrning, just before midday, and was a better session - there seemed to be less social detritus, and the atmosphere was a bit calmer. What let me down on this visit was the food; I ordered the classic breakfast, but asked for it without hash browns / black pudding or mushroom. This in and of itself was not a problem, however I do resent being expected to pay the FULL breakfast price without being offered substitute breakfast items - extra sausage, bacon or even toast would surely not be beyond their remit, and would seem like half decent customer service. Oh well, I guess it's to be expected from a company whose business model is morally questionable at the best of times (ie: selling cheap booze to people who have nothing better to do with their days than spend the benefit money they receive from the taxes the rest of us pay getting smashed continuously). On the bright side though, I picked up 12 beers over the two visits, and although condition was far from perfect they were at least drinkable... I'd like to see either Lloyds or the Last Plantagenate manage that! All_Hail_The_Ale - 8 Nov 2010 14:43 |
| Slightly above average Wetherspoons. dynamiteninja - 24 May 2010 19:10 |
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