Quick info
About The Pack Horse
The Pack Horse is an old-style pub in Leeds, on Woodhouse Ln, in a Grade 2 listed building with live bands playing in the gig space upstairs. Downstairs, the counter sits apart from the seating area, and one room is given over to a pool table. The drinks list includes Cider, Coors and Moretti Sale Di Mare on tap, and a juke box adds to the music on offer. Dogs are welcome.
Good to know
- ReservationsAccepts reservations
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, restroom
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention live music upstairs, cheap pints, large beer garden and old style listed pub.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention live music upstairs, cheap pints, large beer garden and old style listed pub.
Customer Review Summary
The upstairs gig space is what reviewers raise most, with one calling it a cracking music venue and another praising a live band as quality entertainment. Close behind is the old style character of the pub itself, which a few describe as hardly changed in decades, along with a spacious beer garden, cheap pints and friendly staff and management. Drinks named include Moretti Sale Di Mare on tap and a classic WKD Blue, and one visitor praises the selection of alcohol and the history. Opinion splits on the new management. One longtime local calls it shocking and says the old atmosphere is gone, while another says service has been great since the takeover. Others note the inside is not big, since one room is just a pool table and can't be used for sitting during a game. The toilets draw criticism too, with one of the ladies' toilets broken and a long wait when the pub was busy. A former student fondly recalls the Sunday roast from years back.
Customer Review Summary
The upstairs gig space is what reviewers raise most, with one calling it a cracking music venue and another praising a live band as quality entertainment. Close behind is the old style character of the pub itself, which a few describe as hardly changed in decades, along with a spacious beer garden, cheap pints and friendly staff and management. Drinks named include Moretti Sale Di Mare on tap and a classic WKD Blue, and one visitor praises the selection of alcohol and the history. Opinion splits on the new management. One longtime local calls it shocking and says the old atmosphere is gone, while another says service has been great since the takeover. Others note the inside is not big, since one room is just a pool table and can't be used for sitting during a game. The toilets draw criticism too, with one of the ladies' toilets broken and a long wait when the pub was busy. A former student fondly recalls the Sunday roast from years back.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Really lovely old style pub, spacious beer garden and cracking music venue upstairs. Cheap pints, management are great craic: can’t ask for more. And Moretti Sale Di Mare on tap 😋”
- Google user
“Great atmosphere, lovely staff. Good for gigs.”
- Google user
“Used to be my favourite local. Shocking new management. Old atmosphere gone, as I’m sure most locals would agree”
- Google user
“my favourite pub in leeds ! great service, esp since the new management took over. always a nice cosy time at the Packhorse :)”
- Google user
“Used to drink here circa 2004 when I was at Leeds Uni. They used to do a great roast dinner on a Sunday for about £3 and you could nick pound coins out of the fag machine. Loved it!!!”
Highlights
“Friendly, traditional pub with juke box, upstairs gigs and spacious beer garden.”
- Bar games
- Great beer selection
- Live music
- Live performances
- Trivia night
Amenities
- Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Accepts reservations
- Outdoor seating
- Dogs allowed
- Bar games
Show more amenities
- Cozy
- Beer
- Free water refills
- Outside food allowed
- Seating
- Live music
- Offerings· 3
- Alcohol
- Hard liquor
- Wine
- Facilities· 1
- Restroom
- Highlights· 3
- Great beer selection
- Live performances
- Trivia night
- Atmosphere· 1
- Casual
- Crowd· 3
- Groups
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Transgender safespace
- Accessibility· 1
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
Location
Bars near The Pack Horse
- Stick or Twist4.31,4910.7 miWheelchair accessible
loaded spud, chicken and bacon ciabatta, cocktails
- The Highland Laddie4.84490.8 mi£10–50ReservationsOutdoor seating
sunday roast, pork schnitzel with anchovies, guinness and craft beer
- Merchant Leeds4.51,5930.8 mi£10–20Reservations
karaoke nights, lasagna and garlic bread, steak
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pack HorseReservations · Wheelchair accessible · Outdoor seating | 4.2314 | — | £1–20 | live music upstairs, cheap pints, large beer garden |
| Stick or TwistWheelchair accessible | 4.31,491 | 0.7 mi | — | loaded spud, chicken and bacon ciabatta, cocktails |
| The Highland LaddieReservations · Outdoor seating | 4.8449 | 0.8 mi | £10–50 | sunday roast, pork schnitzel with anchovies, guinness and craft beer |
| Merchant LeedsReservations | 4.51,593 | 0.8 mi | £10–20 | karaoke nights, lasagna and garlic bread, steak |
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