Duck and Drake in Leeds

Brilliant music venue in Leeds. Wide choice of cask ales available. Friendly staff.

The flowers out back in the main beer garden look great this time of year. Quiet during the day but busy on a night especially at the weekend with live music. Staff are chilled. Edit - prices have gone up considerably since COVID but not prohibitively so.

Popped in for the first time on a beautiful sunny Friday afternoon - to be welcomed by a selection of dark clouds behind the bar. Unless this place is the equivalent of Karen’s diner… cheer up.

Music pub, has bands on and open nights, though never in Leeds around those times. Exceptional options on real ales if your a real ale drinker (which I am). Offers a pork pie should you want one to compliment your pint.

Lovely old local's pub away from the city centre. Serves a good range of hand pull ales. Also a good music venue.

Very friendly and efficient staff, an amazing choice of beers and tonight 25th September 2022 a great 70's cover band.

A great pub for beer and live music 🎷🎺🎸🥁🎤

Good traditional pub Live music and amazing beer selection. Pork pies really tasty. No frills pub but great beer Staff great Good music and live musis

One of the best pubs in Leeds! A true gem that the city should be proud of. The landlord and staff truly care about the customers. They understand how beer should be served and give the utmost respect whilst doing so. Going to the extent of recognising how you prefer your lager and offering the correct glass is next level standards of service! I was there with a friend on a quiet Monday night and wasn't planning on staying. I only just made the last bus home! It's not my first visit so I happen to know that the live music is always great. For the last 30 years I have been popping in now and again and every visit has been a joy! Wherever you live in the UK it is worth the effort to visit and experience one of the best pubs to exist! Thankyou to the owners and staff! You should be incredibly proud!

Shut at half ten on a match day

Great pub friendly staff and good beer.

Great beer n great live music..

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Really enjoyed my trip and a great pint of Guinness. Only a 4 cos the advertised band never played.

Great band Holy Diva with a good variety of real ales

Tucked away from the busy roads nearby this is a unique retreat and if you’re into rock music will find much to admire. The wooden interior is unique and feels like there’s a lot of history. There’s two different sections when you enter, with the music stage in one and the same staff serving between the two. They were friendly enough and very efficient - helping each other out when things got busy and knowing people’s orders proactively which was great. Prices were reasonable given the location and I’ll certainly be returning for a relaxing drink.

Escondido de las concurridas carreteras cercanas, este es un refugio único y si te gusta la música rock encontrarás mucho que admirar. El interior de madera es único y parece que hay mucha historia. Hay dos secciones diferentes cuando entras, con el escenario musical en un mismo personal que sirve entre los dos. Eran lo suficientemente amables y muy eficientes - ayudándose mutuamente cuando las cosas se ponían ocupadas y conociendo las órdenes de la gente proactivamente, lo cual era genial. Los precios eran razonables dada la ubicación y sin duda volveré para una bebida relajante.

Always a good night at the Duck and Drake

Market traders/Musicians are very dangerous. I have been attacked for years by bikers & hitmen.

This pub serves about 15 different real ales, which are well kept and reasonably priced. There is also a large selection of ciders, lagers, Guinness and spirits. As well as a good selection of traditional snacks, they serve some really tasty pork pies. Lots of music memorabilia adorns the walls. They host live music and have an open mic night. Customers span all drinking age groups and the atmosphere is very friendly. This is largely down to the hard-working, knowledgeable, friendly and cheerful staff There is a seating out front and a very large beer garden out back with plenty of shelter. It's claim to fame was being used in the film 'The Bank of Dave' where it is used to represent a bar in Burnley! This is my favourite bar in Leeds!

Best atmosphere around Leeds, amazing music

Very busy when we called in for a few beers. Very friendly locals and a good choice of beer. Well worth finding, if you're in Leeds.

Great place for no nonsense drinks. Music night was good

A fantastic pub in the heart of Leeds. 👍

Great bar, good music, great beer garden

Great place great atmosphere they keep a very good pint. Staff very welcoming. Give it a try I'm sure like us you will love it

Always friendly welcome. Great range of drinks. Some great bands on too. Beer garden at back is unexpected and nice to sit out.

It was a great Pub when Dusty and Ann had this place but not now thank you

Great pub, one of the best, but too expensive for me as a casual attendee. £4.80 for the cheapest real ale pint. If you like your music, it great. Told by staff, higher prices pay for bands. Sign of a changing Leeds City Centre. Bought just one fine pint.

Brilliant pub. If like myself and my husband who loves real ale they have a great selection. Friendly staff love it

It was awesome great time was had by everyone

Unique pub with great selection of Cask ales ,great atmosphere live bands.

El personal necesita entrenamiento en ciertos temas médicos que estuve en el pub para una reunión a la que soy diabético. Tengo un hipo pedido de comida mi estado mental y físico estaba empeorando me estaba poniendo nervioso e irritado pedí comida sé que era un sábado y estaba ocupado pero expliqué la situación en la que estaba fue totalmente ignorada empeoró entonces una joven se acercó para servirme se enojó porque juré que me disculpo si lo hice pero en ese momento no sabía lo que estaba haciendo finalmente me dieron un paquete de papas fritas y un pastel de cerdo traído seguido de seguridad para matarme ya que estaba teniendo un incidente de diabetes por favor, recapacite a su personal a ciertos problemas que la gente tiene y si causé algún malestar me disculpo sinceramente

I've always liked the "D n D". If you want live bands and decent beer this is a brilliant pub. It is violence free and trouble, which I, for one have never seen, is soon taken care of.

Great pub of character. The Bank of Dave was filmed there. Real ale is served there. Well worth a visit 👍

Great for a small pub, good friendly staff, definitely worth going to see great tribute bands even better when you get a seat.

The place its self is a landmark of Leeds the bar staff especially jade are more than welcoming and friendly lovely little noisy cosy nook to retreat and have a pint and the beer garden a phenom all in its self

Great pub, excellent beer and good for a pork pie or 2. White Rat on hand pump is top drawer

Legally obligated to serve a 125ml wine yet refused

Great venue nice selection of beers we're gonna go back and checkout the garden and the food

Amazing service, fantastic choice of drinks

Top cask ale boozer. Frequented this pub in the mid 80s whilst at Poly. Always visit when in Leeds.

Fantastic British pub! Nothing else to say. It's perfect for what it wants to do. Excellent service excellent cask beers!

Proper little pub right in the centre of Leeds, got a very good Guinness here and the guy behind the bar was lovely.

Great range of real ales. A traditional pub plenty of room inside and out

Gran cervecería, buena selección de cervezas, qué más necesitas, aparte de que está lloviendo, además de un buen local de música, si te gusta la música pesada, no creo que lo hagan Opera 🍺🍺

Great well kept pint..especially the stout🍺🍺

Great pub,great beers and cracking beer garden

Was on our first ever visit to Leeds to visit family member . Family members husband is a regular visitor to the Duck &Drake and told us he would be there on our arrival day. Nice friendly atmosphere ,lovely beer garden

Always a must when going into Leeds. Just round the corner from the market, and always very large selection of real ales. Very large beer garden round the back with huge brollies for shelter.

Bar staff were very rude. Rushed us into finishing our drinks so they could remove us from outside to set up for an event. One of the barmaids did nothing but complain about working to everyone, in full earshot of the punters. It's a shame, it's my first ever visit here and I've always looked forward to trying it. But a disappointed experience means I'll probably never return

A grand pub. The outside is a very well presented area. Always a great atmosphere and always friendly. Great selection of beers and soft drinks.

Great old style boozer, a good crowd in the early evening.

Excellent pub, great choice of beers

Will differently visit again with the other half. Good and friendly people with a secret beer garden.

Classic old boozer, not changed much in 30 years. Plenty of cask ales, old school decor and with two distinct sides like pubs used to have! If you want airs and graces don't come here, but if you want good cask ale in a down to earth proper pub then this is one of the best in town.

Good boozer! If you want a nice place to drink and some live music, you cant go wrong!

Vine aquí para ver una banda en vivo, The Aquebus, que eran increíbles. Gran pub con un ambiente brillante, bebidas baratas, personal amable, asientos al aire libre y actuaciones regulares de música en vivo. ¡Volveremos!

Classic Boozer... Friendly barman, interesting clientèle, choice of outdoor spaces...

Good bar and beer choice. Nice beer garden

Great pub, and nice variety of bands that play at the venue. Wish the garden area could stay open a bit later on these rare summer evenings.

What a blast from the past this place was, reminding me of pubs in my 80s Uni days, even flock wallpaper. Polite helpful staff too! Will go back one day for the live music

Great bar, friendly helpful staff, place was rocking

Nice bar with wide choice of beers whiskeys and wines. Friendly staff and mixture of locals and students

Excellent pub, last went here 25 years ago and it's still superb.

Great choice of real ales and brilliant staff.

Great selection of well kept beers and always a good atmosphere. Excellent staff, a must if your visiting Leeds. Have a nice beer garden out back as well. Great pies.

Always a great pub for a pint and some natter. Staff are great and the beer garden was full of flowers in bloom.

Beer has gone really down hill over last 2 years, various beers like piss, standards have gone to shot. Don't know what is going on, need to get a grip not even cheap ffs. Went tonight and was not offering a fresh pint of landlords when beer was like tea? They said it was OK??.

Bonito lugar para tomar un café cuando esperas el flixbus. Y muy cerca de la parada de autobús de flixbus kirkgate Y este lugar tiene un lado agradable techo. Visita y disfruta de la experiencia

Traditional pub fairly central to the City Centre. A nice walked beer garden. The staff were ok with the sensitive subject of the removing the sparkler on the hand pumps. Three good beers were enjoyed.

Excellent beer, live music on tonight, a bit loud but it was a spur of the moment choice to go there.

Great pub Live music on often. Went in the lounge part tonight, very nice and welcoming, leads to a beer garden 😀 I never knew !! Good selection of beers

I popped in for a good quality ale. Very good ale, but quite pricey. Friendly service from the enthusiastic bar team.

cheap pints, great band, and even better bar snacks.

Lovely pub with a great selection of beers/ales/bitters. Staff are always friendly and easy going. Treat yourself to a scrumptious pork pie and a pint in the beer garden.

Decent pint, a bit quiet when we came, a nice selection of real ales. Mainly heavy rock music over speakers, I think I would come again next time I come to Leeds for the real ale choices

Basic but welcoming. Good selection of beers. Beer garden surprisingly nice.

Great old music pub in Leeds centre. Historic live venue. Great ale selection. And growlers/pork pie's. Nice relaxing outdoor garden area. A must visit at the weekends for live music 🎶

Old fashion pub. With excellent real ale

Great place for real ales and there was an excellent band playing too. Blues/rock fantastic.

An old-fashioned and atmospheric city central area boozer. Great for real ales and selections. There are no frills in this place but a very good atmosphere. If you like pubs with live music, then this is the venue. The gents toilets take you back to the Edwardian era, at least. No CAMRA members discounts but reasonable prices for the city central location.

Great beer, free music, proper pub, quick service, no waiting for girls wanting 4 cocktails when you only want a pint.

What a cracking venue! Right in the heart of Leeds with love music almost every night, great beers and a great atmosphere! Highly recommend!

Excellent no frills traditional pub. Excellent beer, well kept. Good service. Ossett beer is particularly good.

The definition of old school watering hole. On a Monday afternoon it was pretty quiet. Music was good but the clientele was a bit sad. The side of the drinking you don’t wanna end up on. Regardless, clearly a live music venue with a stellar draft/cask list to boot. The usual suspects plus many more. The first time I’ve ever seen Golden Best on cask and for £4.30 I immediately said fire it up! Overall in a great area of town being near the touristy markets of the Corn Exchange and Kirkgate. Can’t go wrong here. A legendary pub for a reason.

I went there for the beer garden as they have one. Ordered a beer and than found out the beer garden was closed. Asked the staff why and they had no reason. Wouldn't recommend

Good night live music can't beat it

Love the Duck, great atmosphere and the best bands!

One of the best pubs in Leeds, friendly staff and punters, great beer garden. Excellent beer and the pork pies are to die for. Love this place

Cracking beer and very good pork pies

One of the best pint I've had in leeds. They certainly know how to keep a good cellar. I'll be back again and again 😀

It's good and it's close. Much cheaper than my local corner shop. Would recommend, just don't try to make eye contact with the miserable lady that sometimes works there. She'll melt your soul!

The Duck and Drake is one of the must go to pubs in Leeds as it has everything a beer drinker wants. The beer is always on top form and there is quite a lot to choose from. I had the two wilde child cask ales, and i can honestly say the gimme s'more was one of the best pints I've ever had, we went to Wilde child the following day and it was on there and the D&D was much better. I also had a pint of the Bank of Dave named after the film of the same name which was partly filmed there. A great traditional pub that is simply awesome.

Great pub, pie, pint and live music!

Great bar service & atmosphere, good choice of drinks but can't comment on food as we didn't have any.

Great bar, venue with a fantastic beer garden, friendly staff and on top of all that dogfriendly!! Love it there!

Great beers real ale sold at this pub and live music friendly place to drink in Leeds this is the only place to come to drink in Leeds

Lovely traditional pub with great ales, a wide selection and lovely pie and peas. Friendly service, great value and a warm atmosphere.

Proper English pub with proper locally brewed beers. Called ona Friday night after an event in Leeds, on route back to the train station. There was a live band playing blues and rockabilly style music - brilliant! Friendly locals and hard working bar staff who seemed to know instinctively who was next to be served. Great night, highly recommended.