Calder and Hops in Wakefield

Decent pub, staff are friendly & efficient they are good with telling you about offers that may be in place.

Bit loud for 14.30 pm on a Saturday afternoon

Approx 12:15pm on Fri 27 Sep. It's a good job for the place that I'm not a 'Mystery Diner'! It's also good (for me) that I had a 30% off main meal voucher! There were only 12 to 15 people in with 2 staff (+ chef(s)?) present. Service at the bar was good (apart from having no Staropramen lager). I ordered an 8oz sirloin steak to be cooked medium rare and took my seat. I had to ask for the table to be cleared, which it was apart from a used coffee cup and saucer. At the time of clearing, the table wasn't cleaned (wiped down) which I had to ask to be done later! My meal arrived, the steak, although tender with little fat, was cooked 'medium', the chips were barely lukewarm, the peas, mushrooms and onion rings were 'ok'. Not once was I given a check back to ask me how's my meal, it's not as if the place was heaving with customers! In all, a totally unsatisfactory experience, I won't be coming back!

Still the same very good place to go

Had a fabulous afternoon at the Sister Act Brunch on the 13 September It was a lively, fun , happy atmosphere . The service was excellent and the drinks were flowing. Thank you so much 5* entertainment Worth every penny will be booking another

Highly recommended the calder ad Hops Brunch Attended the Sister Act Brunch yesterday. The drinks were flowing. The atmosphere was amazing,fun and very entertaining. Will definitely do another 5* Thank you for a fun filled afternoon x

Never eaten there but its a good place to be and a good atmosphere.

Had excellent meal ,Surf & Turf steak perfectly cooked med rare,chicken wings tasty to share as starter

Good clean well spaced out nice food

Really disappointing experience. Tables are sticky and dirty. No salad option. Vegetarian burger was a stodgy, mushy tasteless mess. Sausage so peppery and nasty , my friend was coughing .No Aperol Spritz available. Cocktails seemed very tasteless compared to a few months ago. Staff seem unmotivated and fed up. Obviously there are issues with management of this company and bar . Will not return. Such as a shame.

Great place, great staff, sun trap outside area

Dirty and sticky tablets. Dirty and sticky menu. Long time for food. Stake was hard. Sleeping staff. Horrible metal dishes.

Just the warm welcome you want coming on from the wind and the snow! Christmas Dinner was awesome. Starter, main and dessert for only £12.49 I had the veggie option with tasty, deep fried camembert to start with, followed by a mouth watering parsnip rosti with all the trimmings and finished off with a naughty raspberry and white chocolate meringue. Portion sizes were perfect and I even had room for a beer when I finished. My significant other had a juicy prawn cocktail, roast turkey with all the trimmings and meringue to finish. The reserved table was nicely laid and the service was warm and cordial. Can't recommend the experience highly enough. Well worth every penny and equally we'll deserved 5 stars.

Very nice place to have a drink

Fantastic atmosphere, friendly staff and lovely food. Kids meals are huge and well worth the money.

Best place to start a night out in wakey. Great food and pleasant staff

No fish. No Pinot Grigio. No vinegar. Chicken burger dry and had to ask for the pot of burger sauce. Macaroni cheese tasteless and stringy. Place looked dirty, especially the carpets. Arms were sticking to the tables, so dirty. Avoid this place at all costs. Would give no stars if possible.

A nice pub, I wish I could have stayed for a few more pints

Good food and service. 7 in the group and not one complain. Kebab really good

Took a while to get served but prices wasnt too bad. Came in to watch UCL final & they said they dont have BT haha straight out after to the next place that did.

Great place, great food and a good choice of beers and ales.

I called in for a bite to eat and the menu has improved since my last visit. Some really good stuff on it. Definitely worth a visit. The food arrived fast too.and reasonably priced.

Went on a Tuesday afternoon and there was me and 4 other people in there. Friendly bar staff and reasonably priced drinks. Can't rate food because it wasn't being served and there was no atmosphere which isn't surprising given the time of day.

They shut part of the seating area down at dinner times.. understandable but it means a lot of couples sitting at tables meant for 6 or more. They do a lovely kebab meat and chips which was new on the menu and means I will go in even more now.

Me and my family love this place we always have such a wonderful time. The staff are friendly and helpful. Great food .we will return again and again

Lovely pub, relaxed atmosphere and good service. Customers make a pub, and this one is no exception. Good food and reasonably priced too.

First visit last night (Friday 19/4/24) good atmosphere. Reasonable prices and entertaining karaoke.

What am amazing pub .very friendly very accommodating Food is always lovely Entertainment is always on point xxxx

Karaoke weds are great fun. Food is amazing

APPALLING!! Filthy drugy toilets stick of weed Horrible food & overpriced Shocking service Sticky dirty tables Loud rude staff vaping and joking around during shift. Will not eat here again!

Just a city centre Wakefield pub with ding food and not interested staff serving

The staff here are friendly and helpful. I've visited at different days and times and always had excellent service

Visit twice today either side of an event in Wakefield. Food was great. The venue itself is spacious and tidy. Nice atmosphere. Gray value. Very dog friendly. Everything a pub should be really.

To be honest, we went in for food on a rainy Wednesday afternoon, so I wouldn't expect it to be rocking atmosphere wise but we really enjoyed our food and the staff were lovely.

Just an all-around great pub. Foods good, standard pub food. Good service. I love that they look after one of their locals by reserving him his table near the bar and pass his drinks over, shows they do look after you. Good place to meet your friends. Drag shows are ace too

Called in had drinks & a sandwich to eat this is a decent size pub with lots of seating areas the bar had a great choice of drinks & the sandwich was well presented, I would recommend a visit it’s worth it,

Just an average expensive pub!!

The food has become way too expensive and so has beer cider etc. £4.90 for one Guinness is pure greed. The cowboy burger used to come with onion rings in it, the burger used to be a lot bigger. Marstons sort yourself out, im not paying almost £10 for less of a burger

Outstanding place. Lovely, helpful staff Lovely food

First time, and it won't be the last. Popped in on a Saturday midday, and it was busy. We needed to wait for a table. Then waited a hour for food! But it was a very busy weekend. The rhubarb festival weekend so everywhere was busy. Overall it was good.

Nice pub shame about the staff, very slow as evidenced by the long wait to be served, miserable faces, and seem to have the attitude that they're doing the customer a favour by serving them. Surprised as it's a Craft Union pub. Sorry its a franchised Marstons.

Good pub, decent priced meals for what you get

Not the best Sunday lunch ive had, by a long shot.

Great food, quick service, and a good atmosphere. Definitely going back soon. X

Staff very nice,quick service, food was lovely,great afternoon with friends well enjoyed thank you.

Asked for medium steak and got well done Was given bread knife for my meat Peas weren’t cooked properly Everything else was fine Staff were fine Waiting time was fine

Been coming in for years.. absolutely fantastic food and drink. Best place to start your night out round wakefield. Drag Queen night i absolutely loved.. manager Michael has improved the pub alot.. well done Michael 👏

Amazing staff great service and good food

Good grief, went in about 4pm with a woman leaving the pub showing somebody her bottom and screaming (laughing) when we got in there was a group of woman screaming and laughing. I'm not against people having a laugh but when you have have a screach, shrill laught maybe calm it down. The tables were being cleared slowly but no one came out to wipe any of them down while I was there. Ours was filthy which is the reason we didn't eat there. I assumed this was because the 3 chimneys was closed. I realise the pub has no control of who is in and leaving the pub but the cleanliness needs looking at. Bit disappointed as we were looking forward our visit.

Ordered food, which took over 45 minutes to arrive the place wasn’t that busy or serving much food and I had a child with me waiting that long. When the food came out I had around 5 pieces of chicken in my curry and naan was soggy, my little girls sausage was burnt and too hard, my mums burger meat was dry and a few strand of lettuce. As one of the staff members approached to ask if everything was ok we asked if more salad such as tomatoes etc could be added to the burger as it stated came with salad the waiter shrugged his shoulders and walked away. As my mum was getting served for drinks she asked for an Americano with room to put milk in as she was told coffee always comes with frothy milk which she doesn’t like, to then be told by the server with a smerk ‘you know you aren’t meant to drink it like that’ my mum explained again I don’t like frothy coffee and I was told you don’t make it any other way. The server then put the Americano on the bar and said next time order a coffee. Unfortunately as we visited here quite alot we will not be visiting anymore and really disappointed in the service

Lovely food and pleasant atmosphere 👌

It's lovely. Pleasant staff, reasonable priced food, drinks on the average to expensive side, but ok, especiallyif there's offers on what you are drinking. It's the kind of place you could lose a few hours in.

First time eating here, the food was amazing, compliments to the chef, will definately be back!!

Nice and friendly staff, food good.

Staff are lovely, and my customer loves it here after being at work all day.

My friends and I (all pensioners) came for Xmas lunch, table set nice with crackers and festive napkins and oh my goodness the food was outstanding from starters to succulent turkey and dessert, the sticky toffee pudding that I had was the lightest, tastiest pudding I've ever eaten and all this for £16.99 per head! But not only that, the pub was very very busy, with other people having food from the main menu, but service was still impeccable, the staff ran around making sure everyone was taken care of. I'd also like to say, I don't know how the chef coped, but they did, so thank you for a fantastic afternoon.

The food was nice, but the chips weren't to my test, but that is a personal dislike.

Had Christmas dinner in group of 10 excellent food at a reasonable price. Bar staff / waiters quick and efficient.. Would recommend Christmas dinner.

Different selection of real ales. Good place for a good swill.

Despite pub being very busy I got served and the food order arrived quickly. Used to use wetherspoons in Wakefield but the Calder and Hops is much better. Also they let dogs in.

Monday afters ,a few people in service was good but food was poor ( think weatherspoons) or farmfoods ! Wouldn't eat there again but ok for a drink

Greeted by Harry, food order placed had one minute to decide, quick for me lol, as they was just closing for food orders, had a lovely meal served perfect and most importantly all hot, top marks, thankyou 😋.

Don't go if your hungry portion were very small and after 1 hour wait saying they had groups in we were next they served another 5 tables who came in after us refused my blue light discount why I don't no absolute terrible food and experience definitely not going back there

A well decorated and welcoming venue with a good choice of drinks

Run out of baguettes, which I understand however, they must have dropped half the chicken on the way over to the table! It didn't even cover half the sandwich. Also run out of a few beers and got my drink order wrong.

For a Pub...the food was really good...it wasn't long from ordering to coming out ...hot!. Friendly and pleasant staff there.

Gets full early,but soon gets empty later on.

Lovely food and the pino I had was delish.

Lovely place staff friendly great place to meet people before they head up to shaky wakey 🤣

Called in here for the first time in a while on 20/10/2023 mid afternoon for a drink. Had a pint of San Miguel that was excellent! Used to come in here years back when it was The Gate, can't speak for what it's like on an evening but nice relaxed atmosphere through the afternoon with a few people in as well.

I like it in Calder and hops, staff are friendly, price isn't too bad and a good atmosphere.

Lovely place Breakfast was delicious 😋

Ordered spicy burger, cane well over cooked, bought sirloin steak medium rare, it came with a butter knife, onion rings greasy as hell, chips over cooked. The Guinness isn't the best, we've definitely had better in weatherspoons.

The music is awful. The Guinness is one of the worst pints I’ve ever had the misfortune of being served. And the food… well was ok, it wasn’t cold and there were decent portions. My partner had steak but didn’t get a steak knife. My burger was over cooked. But at least the food wasn’t cold.

If you like the band busted , then this is ideal venue ! ....pretty sure I heard the same song of the band X3 in an hour 🤔 ...but great atsmpohere

Great 80's mysuc playing (late Friday afternoon). Cheap beer and good atmosphere. Food looked reasonably priced (we didnt have any as we'd been out for lunch)

Food was amazing. Really enjoyed it and you definitely get your monies worth. Will defo dine again.

We last visited in July and had a good experience (4out of 5*). This visit around 3pm on Fri 29th Sept was terrible. I fancied Southern Fried Hunter's Chicken but they had none left, so we both ordered Hunter's Chicken, which is usually very nice and good value. When it arrived we were a bit shocked. My wife said not to say anything but I had to call the member of staff across and ask if we had been given small portions by mistake or if the meals were the normal size. He said they are as ordered. I asked where our grilled tomato was, he went into the kitchen and returned to tell us they had run out of tomatoes. (Best take all the burgers off the menu then!) I asked why we had been given a few little strips of iceberg lettuce, when the menu states the meal is finished with rocket. He didn't have an answer. The chef didn't come out to apologise. Most places would have brought out a few onion rings, mushrooms or chips as a substitute for the grilled tomatoes and rocket, but not here, not today. There seemed to be a real lack of customer care and we won't be returning for food. Poor effort.

Halfway decent town centre boozer, not that there is much competition nowadays. But seriously it had a Christmas tree up on September the 25th. SEPTEMBER THE TWENTY-FIFTH!

Best place to start ur night out in wakey, food fantastic and friendly staff

Rude staff , they even took my daughters drink from her even though she is 19 , an absolute horrible place , will never go back again, and the steak was as tough as old boots .

Wonderful food. Wonderful friendly staff.. defo coming again

Great pub good choice,of beers we didn't eat,sport on so that's good,we would visit again 😀

Nice pub. Plenty of space for disabled customers. Prices competitive too

Nice place worth a visit we called in with friends had a couple of drinks, friendly staff, pub clean plenty of room inside to sit.

In the last few months the pub has gone downhill, all good staff have left the pubs attracting not the best clientel. Can't get a well poured pint. Diabolical management and staff that are lazy and clearly untrained as they are desperate. Music is more like a festival than a quiet family pub.

This place is great for eating on a weekday. I would highly recommend the steak night on a Thursday, it is very tasty and also great value for money. It also has a great atmosphere on a weekend. The staff are great and the manager Michael has really turned the place around.

Great lunch. We each had Hunter's Chicken, which was lovely, followed by Jam Sponge pudding on a special offer. The sponge had plenty of strawberry jam and custard and was a real winner. The food arrived hot and service was good, with a friendly waitress who was considerate enough to ask if we wanted a few minutes between serving the main and the pudding. Next time I'll have to ask if the jam pudding comes in a larger portion if ordered as a separate dish.

Great pub would like to see more real ales though

Kim spot on very professional and funny.. Harry very polite. Assets to this pub we frequently visit.

The staff are very polite and the food is great. I also love the fact they have quite a variety of vegetarian and vegan food

Very friendly and helpful atmosphere. Good deals on cocktails and plenty of options for food. The ultimate spicy beef burger was very tasty.

In diesem Lokal gibts richtig Stimmung, sogar Mittwochs, da ist karaoke Abend. Viele kalte Biere zur auswahl. Und ein Billardtisch steht auch👌

Absolutely superb breakfast and service highly recommend

Quality beer selection and a decent food menu. Service was quick and polite, the food by far surpassed what we were expecting. Quality for money leaving very happy customers.

Polite service, nice selection of drinks. Quality music and excellent food menus. Portions larger than expected and absolutely delicious. Would highly recommend.

Quick, easy and fine for a quick pub lunch with friends this is really a 'Meh' review - I'd go back - but not for a special occasion. Prone to serving the wrong order (mid week lunchtime) which adds to the fun (& is sorted without fuss) but shouldn't really happen.

Had an absolute amazing hen night and such friendly bar staff and missy was brilliant

Called in for some food, a nice place to sit and eat, music not too loud, but my tuna melt baguette was not very hot. Chips were great though.

I come for lunch twice a week with my dad i travel from filey North Yorkshire and i am so happy with the food and the service everyone is so friendly. Sean is very helpful and has always answered my questions and helped me with my needs. Amazing place to eat and be comfortable. Thankyou all staff at swan and cygnet especially Sean.