Calder in Calderdale

Found The Calder by chance a so happy we did food service and staff are great and so clean a big thank you to Steve (the manger) who was so helpful and went out of his way to help to down load the app to get rewards when we vist any of the pub chain we will always to The Calder when in Btighouse

The calder is a great place to go and have a few drinks and some food great atmosphere and great staff. The food was great I had the mixed grill and it's made to my taste well done.

birthday/anniversary lunch great service helpful staff great value for money tasty food at time we went was quite so made it more relaxing

We called in on Thursday lunch time for something to eat. We didn't have too long to wait for our food to arrive and we both enjoyed our meals. The only negative comment is that my Dad had ordered Lasagne which stated on the menu it was served with a side salad and garlic bread, but there was no garlic bread on his plate. I wanted to ask about it, but he didn't want me to make a fuss....so I didn't say anything. Apart from that little mishap, a very enjoyable visit.

Recently refurbished and what an improvement, looks really nice now with a nice atmosphere, food was very nice too, I would definitely recommend a visit there.

Nice meal. Big portions and enjoyed it. FNice friendly staff. Nice pub. Staff are friendly. I came with friend. From Helen Hatch.

Had the best time ever in The Calder the other week. The staff are lovely, in particular Madi and Tracy. Food is great, and perfectly priced.

Went here for lunch and not only was the service excellent but the food was AMAZING, freshly cooked, tasty and at a great price. Would definitely recommend.

Both drinks orders were incorrect, the waitresses were rude and tried to argue when we complained, and the food was also ordered wrong so we ordered more so we didn’t have to go and deal with the bar tenders to try and take the food back. This is really upsetting as I am a regular of this pub.

We have been a couple of times for breakfast and it is so much better than wetherspoons across the road, which is where we used to go.

We often go for breakfast in brighouse usually on a saturday morning and usually to the wetherspoons across the road , This week we tried the Calder and it was a pleasant suprice m, a much better quality breakfast than across the road and not long to wait, i would have given five stars but for the male member of staff who kept wandering around the tables and rudely kept just taking things off our table without asking eg ,menus and condiments etc.

This was the first time I'd actually ordered food here, and wasn't impressed at all. After a wait of approximately 40 minutes, our subs arrived. The beef inside was not to my liking at all, very thick but so chewy, it wasn't nice at all. It was a very busy day, so I didn't complain.... maybe I should have, as its definitely put me off from eating their again

Went to watch England match there loss of bar staff so Very little wait for drinks crowd a bit rough but pub handles them well

Bought mac & cheese £6.49 small bowl ( bag of paste cost 50p / cheese £1 ) also steak was like burnt offerings chips white uncooked

Been calling in this pub for the last 3 years or so on and off when meeting up with couple of friends or with my sister. House wine is 9.49 a bottle and there are plenty of different meal deals including burgers chicken dishes, pies jacket potatoes and paninis. Offer on desserts as well eg two for a fiver including ice cream fudge cake, sticky toffee pudding and profiteroles. Today it was really quiet, but we were in from 2.30pm until 5.45pm. Lots of seating, and ladies loos of which there are plenty are up a few steep stairs. Still need to experience a Saturday night in there when they have the disco on. Staff always helpful.

Me and my sister went Thursday teatime. we had gammon it looked like it was cooked on a dirty griddle, the gammon was also very undercooked. Staff didn't look impressed when we sent them back. Also the seating area was dirty with stains all over. Won't be going again

Having lived in Brighouse for 9 years I had always avoided the Calder, more to the reputation of the previous establishment there. Went about 6 months ago, after a neighbour recommended it, and have been a fair few times since. Food is not particularly outstanding or adventurous - but it's very good value and good quality. Plenty of offers and drinks are more than reasonably priced - and it's a pub that sales hand pumped ales where the staff know their stuff. Can get busy, and lots of tables but they fill up quick. Well worth a visit and the Menu is on line and it's very much upto date with both offers and choices. Will continue to go there for meals now A+

just made it for last food orders, went for the Gammon, very nice but could have been hotter. staff did their best to help us get fed as it was a rush. place turns into areal hive later on

Lively Pub serving great pub food good atmosphere family friendly variety of dishes good menu vegetarian options

Visited on a Friday evening and found the 2-for-1 cocktails offer very good value. We didn't eat here but the food we saw did look nice. The pub was full with characters and had a party atmosphere with Dancefloor music after 930

Obviously very busy on this weekend but managed to get seated. Food similar menu to JDW nearby and at similar prices. Surroundings pleasant. Our party (6 + 2) were all happy with their orders.

A regular at the calder for a few drinks and some food, getting really p...ed off with kids running around playing cowboys and Indians, some parents need to take their kids to the park to blow off steam instead of getting tanked up whilst their offspring spoil it for others.

Call here quiet often only downfall don't sell fireball and apple juice. They have music on in back ground . Have sky sports so good for football. Staff pleasant. Do recommend.

As a family of four we went to the Calder as the wether spoons was full , as we wanted...

Staff very helpful and food service was quick and typical pub grub. It was hot and tasty and good value and sometimes that's all you need. I'll go there again when it's not a special night out or just for a drink as it has a good atmosphere.

Had to send food back due to being very old and inedible. Asked to see manager who seemed annoyed we had complained.I asked for a refund and left.

Very briefly, the food here is reasonable and fairly priced, and the service pretty good, but let down by the fact that this place used to be a cinema and has terrible acoustics for a restaurant.Coupled with this was the company policy of playing loud music throughout, making it virtually impossible to have a conversation without shouting. Perhaps it would help to follow Weatherspoons policy of not playing music, and finding some way to improve the acoustics. Then it would be a viable competitor for Weatherspoons restaurant round the corner, The Richard Ostler, to which it is comparable for food and cost.

I am a regular at this pub for food . It's generally very good hence my returns. But went last week and decided to have steak and my husband had mixed grill. Others in our party had sausage and mash and Mac and cheese. It all arrived and as always looked lovely. Most of it was except for the steak. My husband just left it as it was full of gristle. Mine was mixed but very gristly this was shame . The rest of the food was lovely . I suppose I could have complained but pub was busy as were staff and we paid a flying visit. As always staff were lovely and service fast. Just steer away from steak.

When British pubs are good, they are hard to beat. Had actually intended to have a look in Wetherspoons, but this one caught my eye. A fine array of real ales on display (including the best IPA known to mankind "Jaipur"). Manager Steve was really on the ball, and managed to take our food order whilst we were still deciding. Daughter number one chose a bacon burger, whilst I inevitably went for the beef & ale pie. Smiling waitress was very prompt with our order, and for pub-grub the food was absolutely spot on. Table cleared quickly, and generally the service was absolutely 10/10. I'm not easily pleased, but when someone has the formula bang on, it's only fair to give them a bloody good review. Well done chaps.......

I visited the Calder just after it's refurb before Christmas and was reasonably impressed. The food isn't all that bad, compared to many others I've been in anyway. I've been back a few times. Last visit I had Fish and Chips which were more or less as I expected for pub grub, frozen chips and peas but they were hot and edible.The beer is my main reason to visit. They have a collector card system where you get a stamp for every pint of real ale bought and once you've collected 7 stamps you get your next pint free :-) They've had some good beers on and on my most recent visit I was in heaven as they had both Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker and Landlord on ! The Elland Brewery 'Calder Pale' is a regular, I didn't really notice what else was on, the Boltmaker was really on form so I stuck with that. It was a Saturday evening so there was a DJ on too. He played music right back to rock 'n roll of the 50's plus a lot of party music from the 70s and 80s. More my sort of music than the thump thump thump of most pub discos.

Just had a basic bangers n mash,poor to say the least,the sausages were probably nice originally but these were obviously warmed up,couldn't cut them they were rock hard,they had been nuked in the microwave to within an inch of their life,lazy food preparation!

I have been before food is standard for price but service is slow waiters and rude and unresponsive and on this occasion me food was overly burnt and I could not eat.it

As my title says, tried it for a different menu, the pricing is on a par and the dining / drinking is also similar, not as busy as the Wetherspoons across the road but the food was very good along with the quantity and speed of service

Small portions and very dry food especially the chicken fillet. For the price could of gone elsewhere for the quality won't be eating in this establishment again.

Town centre location with road side parking nearby. Good food at reasonable prices. Cheap drinks and friendly staff. We are occasional visitors to the Calder as it is a great place to eat and drink. Gets very busy later on but we eat around 6pm and find it relaxing and not too noisy. Recent redecoration which has improved it even more.

There were 10 of us, including a baby, full breakfast £3.49! At that I didn't expect much, thought they might use small plates and one of each of everything, stingy portions etc, but, how wrong was I! It was lovely, a real full Breakfast. Okay, it wasn't the biggest, trimmed breakfast I've ever had, but, I couldn't fault it at all. Well cooked, plenty for me, clean dining area, spacious and not crammed together like most places. Friendly staff. It only lost out on a five star rating because, after my wife had double checked the order with them, they still managed to forget my wife's breakfast. That was soon remedied, but minus one star. Would definately recommend a visit for breakfast on a budget.

A frequent visitor to the Calder brighouse, whether it's for a drink or food. Menu has a wide range of classic pub food, with lots of deals (burger and a drink, 2 meals for £8.50, etc). Portions not too small. Food arrives quickly unless it's busy, in which they tell you before you order (which we appreciate) Drinks are average for a pub, not Wetherspoons cheap but not extortionate. The refurb has massively improved the settings! One of the best places to go in brighouse if it's for a cheap quick lunch. Don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed.

Went for a family meal to the recently refurbished Calder (£250,000 total cost of refurb!) and boasted a 'new and improved menu, with plenty of new dishes' in the Brighouse Echo... Myself and my family was expecting something at least different from the normal, bog standard dishes previously served and was gravely disappointed to find the 'new and improved' dishes, when they arrived, didn't even match the previous sloppy standards served up before the refurb. Although each of my family members chose different meals - each meal had many common and predominant theme; tasteless, small portion sizes and was thrown together with absolutely no care and attention. This was a real pity because both the surroundings and waiting staff was actually quite nice. We arrived hopeful and hungry and left feeling hopeless and hungry. I advise the manager to invest in sourcing good quality local produce and the kitchen (this is more valuable to customer satisfaction than chandeliers and patterned wallpaper) - this may in turn support the Chef to take some pride in putting dishes together instead of throwing things onto a plate.

Atmosphere good staff ok food needs to be improved on as my and the wife's was still frozen when it arrived

If you are wanting value for money, but no compromise on service and quality, then the Calder is for you! Great food, wonderful staff, always a warm welcome !!!

The Calder has been done out and it looks a lot different. At first glance it looks a lot bigger inside but that maybe because it's a lot lighter than last time I saw it, which was a disco night. They still have those on Friday and Saturday with some Sunday's as well.I called in mainly to check out the beer, 5 hand pumps on the bar now, was only 4 before. One let down - Green King IPA is a regular, don't like it myself. Black Sheep seems to be a regular too. Local Elland Brewery have provided a pump clip to rename Elland Pale as 'Calder Pale', nice touch. The two guests on this visit, Elland Brewery 'Ellium' and Great Yorkshire Brewery 'Yorkshire Pale'. My choice of the day was the Ellium.They are doing a promotion on cask ales, you get a collector card and have it stamped each time you buy a pint. Buy 7 pints and the 8th is free. Prices on real ale is standardised with anything up to 3.9% at £2.60, The Yorkshire Pale was 4.0% and that was £2.70. While I was there I tried the menu. My acid test is the steak pie, wherever I go. In this case it was pretty standard. The pie was a corner piece with a lot of shortcrust pastry, top, bottom and the sides. The meat was steak in ale and pretty fair, not the best I've ever head, but certainly not the worst. No big lumps of fat or gristle like some places, and no added veg like carrots or mushrooms either. Served with the usual pub grub frozen chips and peas and a little jug of gravy. I don't like my plate flooded so this was a plus point.From ordering to service was just 8 minutes on a midweek afternoon. They won't win any prizes for exceptional grub, but it's reasonable and not badly priced. They had an offer on two meals from a given menu, about the cost of a meal and a half.Staff were friendly and even smile, I dislike being in a place where the staff look bored and don't want to be there, these people were attentive and knew their stuff. Well done The Calder, keep that up and I'll be back.

It's spacious and has cozy seating. Good service, good food and good value for money. The night vibe is great!Whether you going as a couple or with a group you won't be disappointed.

Went off the cuff with my family was cheap, filling and preety cheerful...May return due to good value drinks an meal offers, thought puddings were over priced

A very good gastro pub. A reasonable menu, always well prepared and presented. Young and polite staff.