Nicholson's Pub in Leeds

Great Service even on Friday Evening. Really busy but 6 of us got ales and meals quickly and to a high standard. Pub packed out and I was dubious about ordering but all fine . Five stars !

Called at Scarborough hotel Leeds City centre and again the service was very good, the barman went the extra mile, a very happy couple 😊

Thankyou to Toby & staff for your kind care and attention when we visited the Scarborough Hotel on 6th August 2025. You more than made up for having to cancel our previous booking at short notice. Lovely to meet you and your staff.

Really nice pub with great selection of ales and lagers. Lovely decor, retro looking bit tastefully done. This pub is 201 years old. Keep up the great work! Totally recommend...and they do food!!!

Highly recommended for lunch with friends or family. Great service for food and drinks by friendly, efficient staff. Take time to browse the extensive menu - particularly the pies. "No. 1 pub in Leeds” is a well-deserved title for the Scarbrough Hotel. I will be going there again in the near future.

Love the Scarborough, absolutely the best pub in Leeds. Great choice of beer, each pint a quality one, great food at reasonable prices. The staff are a credit to Toby the landlord. All go out of their way to help and are very friendly. Toby is a fantastic host, can’t wait for our next visit.

What a really nice pub that also serves good food. Was the hospitality and help of staff that so impressed me. I had visited Leeds on my own, and so glad to say that on different days, both Sam and Josh displayed both an understanding and helpfullness.

Ok so from the outside I was judgmental and thought as soon as I walked in here I was going to get glassed with it being a city centre pub. How wrong was I when visited with a couple of friends last year for a few beers. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and quality beer. Fast forward a year and one of said friends said he had returned with his Mrs to have food and it was excellent. Well that's all I needed as this guy takes no prisoners and tells it as it is. My good lady and I acted on the recommendation and went for a few beers and food yesterday afternoon. The only words I really have it utterly superb. My wife had a pie which was bursting with beef that melted in your mouth and the pastry was superb. I had the brisket burger which nearly had me in tears at the first bite it was that good. In comparison it was around the same price as the disgrace of an establishment called 5 men or something and completely made they look poor. However which isn't difficult as it's basically the same standard as fairground food. Anyway it's not cheap food but you get what you pay for and this place is absolutely worth it. Will be going back on a regular basis for quality food, great beer and good atmosphere. Plus the staff were all great too.

I make regular visits to the Scarbrough Hotel for lunches with retired colleagues, and we all agree it’s the best venue for us to book next time. This is mainly because there’s always a warm welcome with proper pub lunches and great bar service, with well-kept regular and guest beers (-samples readily available). Staff take the time to engage with customers and take care with dietary requirements. The pub is always clean and tidy throughout, even when busy - it’s advisable to book a table for larger parties. I’m not surprised that the reviews are consistently so good. Being so close to City Square and the main rail station, it’s very easy to travel to. (It’ll be even easier when the roadworks are finished!) Highly recommended, yet again.

Our group of retired colleagues returns every month for a great lunch with our beer. The Scarbro' is a traditional-style "proper" pub which is very well run and never disappoints. It's close to Leeds City rail station and 'bus routes, so no need to drive. The friendly staff always give us a warm welcome and ensure that we get the best of service. Its menu choice includes a range of pies and traditional hot main courses, bar meals and snacks. Food is always served hot to the table, and always enjoyable. There's a wide choice of beers the bar, including a range of guest beers - always worth a try. Special thanks to Anetta for her good-humoured professional attention. When you find a pub that you enjoy going to, why change ?

Brought my family here to celebrate Mothers Day. The atmosphere was perfect, the food, as usual, was excellent. My Dad said it was the best pie he had ever eaten and my Mum said the fish and chips were better than any chip chop! There’s plenty of choice for beer and wine. We were well looked after, the staff are really attentive and friendly. The tables are constantly cleaned as people leave so the next customers have nice tables. Highly recommend a visit.

A group of over 30 of us met at the Scarbrough for a works reunion. Toby had reserved us an area so we were all able to be together and have a really good catch up. As usual Toby made sure everything was organised for us and we were well looked after by him and Sam.

This is a lovely pub close to the station in the city. Lovely oxblood leather chairs and old traditional classy style of decor. Loads of great beers to choose from and reasonable prices for a big city. The food looked fab and the menu was broad and looked very appetizing. Loved this place and I shall return.

Have been an infrequent customer for decades (as lived overseas) but is always a firm favourite to meet friends and family. Beers are well looked after, food is tasty and staff are friendly and helpful. These qualities mean it is often busy, which just adds to the ambience

Our regular lunch for a party of 7 retired colleagues was a great success, as usual. Apart from the excellent food (try the steak and ale pie) and wide choice of beer, ale and porter, Anetta's warm welcome and cheerful, helpful service makes the Scarbrough feel like everybody's local. It's only a short walk from the station exit to the front door of this "No. 1 Leeds Pub". Highly recommended (again!).

Lovely friendly welcoming pub, food was fabulous, high standard and get price. They were so good at dealing with allergies very impressed.

We went for a meal as the location was close to our hotel. The food was really nice and friendly bar staff too. We will be back on our next stay in Leeds

A group of 20 of us had a delicious 3 course meal for Burns Night at the Scarbrough last night. As usual the food was tasty and plentiful and the service great. We finished off the evening with a whisky tasting conducted marvellously by Toby! We will be back!

As usual, our monthly pub lunch at the Scarbrough was a great success, thanks to welcoming, obliging staff, great bar service and outstanding food. We look forward to returning in February.

We met up with family for pre Christmas lunch and drinks. The staff were absolutely brilliant, made us very welcome, my Mum is in her 80’s and is so fussy about her food, a guy called Toby was amazing with her. The pub is a lovdjy traditional one with such a nice atmosphere, spotless clean, gorgeous food and great beer. Can’t wait to visit again, thank you! Also directly opposite the train station.

The best fish and chips we have ever had!!! The portion size was massive I was struggling to finish just delicious :) Friendly and helpful bar staff and always a good atmosphere 10/10

Been to this lovely old pub many times over the years but it's at its best for food at the moment. The nachos are the best we've ever had..... And we've had a lot! Friendly atmosphere and service great for all the family. Pre gig / night out or for breakfast. Great veggie options. Go visit x

Love this place,really friendly staff and a great atmosphere, excellent location. The food was incredible and lots on a plate!! Definitely worth a visit if your in Leeds

Called in here on the way to a gig in Leeds, as always excellent service, great range of beers and lovely and warm on a cold winters evening. Always been one of Leeds best pubs and the standards never drop. Always worth a visit when in Leeds.

A well located pub that always has a warm and inviting atmosphere. This is somewhere we regularly attend, and with good reason!

Great selection of cask ales and very friendly staff, needed a place to shelter out of the rain and it's location close to the train station was spot on

Amazing food, drinks and atmosphere. The staff were friendly and attentive. Our favourite place in Leeds city centre.

The selection of food and drinks is always good and varied and the staff really friendly and obliging. Well worth a visit

We called in for late night drinks and enjoyed the wide selection of real ales. As it was a Monday night the place was almost empty so hard to comment on the atmosphere. Staff were friendly and I'm sure it would be a very enjoyable...

It's normal to go the Scarbrough and leave an excellent review, and it's become a bit of a habit to report that this well-run pub excels in every respect, so I am pleased to report again that all is well for those who enjoy a...

Lovely hotel with amazing sea views, be careful when booking as some rooms have no view, the staff are very friendly and helpful

Always impressed by this pub. Polite friendly staff, excellent menu, the place is clean and tidy. Staff always wiping tables. Great value for money and great atmosphere. Well worth a visit when you’re in Leeds.

It's always a pleasure to visit this well-established Leeds watering-hole. They keep a good range of traditional ales in excellent condition, and service is always first class. It can get busy, particularly on match days, but you're never waiting too long at the bar. I've...

Staying overnight in Leeds and looking for a quick bite. They were just stopping the food service, albeit it relatively early, but had an amazing steak and ale pie. The service, was brilliant by the lad, very attentive. Only issue was the carrots were hard,...

The breakfast is excellent, quality ingredients fresh and hot. Will definitely make a return visit next time we stay in Leeds.

Really excellent and friendly customer service. Food was delicious and hearty as well. It arrived in good time and was presented well. Overall a great pub for drinks and a meal with a solid choice of beers and food. I would say that though over...

Textbook example of how to great a customer, provide amazing service and prepare and deliver amazing food. The simple things that so very rarely appear to be on offer these days. Brilliant beer professional service and pies to die for!!!! Thank you for an amazing...

Great lunch the scarbrough hotel, enjoyed the Neck oil and had a really nice Fish and chips. All in a great visit to a great pub with real history.!

Had a small meeting in the right hand side of the pub, a great location, staff are all lovely, very organised. Food was great, had the fish and chips. Beer afterwards was decent, had a madri. Just does what a pub should do, very well....

Not our first visit, but just as good as the last. We pre- booked a table for six following a afternoon at Pontefract Races. On arrival the pub was very busy as you'd expect from a city centre hostelry next to the main train station....

Easily accessible and a good pub (& food) as well. 10 of us ate and all the food was enjoyed by all.

Our group of retired colleagues (seven this time) returned in July for another of our monthly get-togethers over an excellent lunch accompanied by a wide range of bottled and draught ales. As usual the staff were helpful, friendly and hospitable, and coped with special dietary...

A group of about 35 of us went to the Scarbrough for a get together of old work colleagues. Toby reserved us an area so we were all able to be together. As usual Toby and his team looked after us really well and we...

The Scarborough is fantastic - friendly & helpful staff, delicious food & beer. It was our go-to place after a long day at the Ashes and for the 5 days, never disappointed. Highly recommend the fish & chips

Popular pub but found the last available table. Had the option for online ordering from your table but needed to order at the bar for the pie and pint special (5-9). Friendly and helpful staff with all interactions. Steak and ale and fish pies were...

The food and service was excellent. Great selection of beers and choice of food.. The burgers are awesome.. Only warning is if making a booking the same day you may find your table is not reserved. lady at the bar found us a table and...

Searched the city for a Tetley's pub (very fond memories of this proper beer) and found it back where I started at the station. Old wooden panelling, quiet and welcoming atmosphere. Reasonable price. Takes CAMRA card for discount. Happy polite staff.

This is the first time we booked a lunch at this venue. This was an informal team lunch for 7 people. A hidden gem just off the main busy area. Lovely ambience and lunch was above our expectations. Great value for money and all happy....

Amazing pub with lovely food , friendly staff. I really enjoyed the steak and ale Pie with gravy veg and mash definitely worth £14.50 , would definitely visit again.

Absolutely fantastic place to visit! The ale selection was fantastic and we ordered lunch. Fantastic. We recommend a visit.

Scarborough is a gem to Leeds pubs! Thanks to Toby and your great team for a lovely visit. Didn’t eat but will definitely do when I next visit

Another memorable monthly lunch get-together for 7 pals, with friendly, helpful service. The traditional-style Scarbrough Hotel continues to impress with high standards of food, drinks, and general good order all round. There's plenty of comfortable seating, and the kitchen copes well with dietary preferences (-...

Had a couple of drinks and food here on Saturday afternoon. It was very busy and clearly a thriving pub. I had fish and chips which were delicious; my friend had pie and chips which she said was very nice. Staff were very friendly and...

We were visiting Leeds for the football and this was our first stop on late Friday afternoon and we never left until just before closing. The atmosphere was really good and the staff really friendly. Although we didn't eat the food that we saw served...

Just had a fantastic lamb shank pie. Great value and delicious. Friendly service. Highly recommended.

We were at a conference in Leeds and spotted the Scarbrough Hotel on TripAdvisor. We didn't want much so we shared a large fish and chips with a side salad. Impressive meal for £19.

Nice food and a very pleasant atmosphere. Good place to meet as we are a group of friends travelling by train from different parts of the country. The staff are always very friendly and it feels more like a "local" than a city centre pub.

Lovely food with good service. Everyone is so friendly even the landlord takes time out to come and talk to you. Will definitely be going back.

our go to pub in Leeds city centre and never fails to live up to the previous visit excellent food excellent beer excellent staff always a pleasure to visit and toby and his team always make us welcome

A group of 16 of us went to the Scarbrough for something to eat following a bar crawl. As usual the food was tasty and the staff welcoming and friendly. Thanks to Toby and his team.

Good pie's well presented and not over billed with the publicity 'World Famous' good value pub lunch in a proper traditional drinkers pub. Tables are well placed from the main drinking area, makes for relaxing pleasurable visit.

We had a two hour wait between trains so mooched over to this bar. Drinks plus the best bar snacks ever. The mac & cheese bites were most amazing. Landlord is super helpful & nice. It is worth breaking your journey just to be here.

Visiting Leeds so gave this pou a go for lunch. A very enjoyable experience wes had at the Scarborough. The food was of a very acceptable standard and the beer blissful. I would certainly recommend anyone looking for decent food and drink to give this...

The Scarbrough Hotel remains a firm favourite for monthly lunch gatherings. There's a good range of draught ales and stout, plus a varied menu from starters to full main courses and desserts (-never had room for one after a main course!). Staff are friendly and...

Had lunch here yesterday and the food was excellent.We have eaten here before and always been impressed with the quality of the food. I had the cooked Ham eggs and chips.. The ham was really thick lean and tasty. Hubby had the Chicken Garlic Snitzel...

This pub never fails to impress. Once again we had a top night here. Great atmosphere, fantastic choice of Beers and Gins. The food menu has a good choice and is of high quality. Cooked to perfection. The staff are lovely, friendly and polite, always...

Beers good, staff are great and the bars snacks are fantastic.. Have the loaded chips. You won't regret it. Makes the commute to leeds better than working from the local office

We visited The Scarborough Hotel last Thursday for tea. Booking was easy. There is a very good selection of drinks and a really good choice of food. I had the garlic chicken schnitzel which was very tasty. For dessert I had the caramel biscuit torte...

Twenty of us went to the Scarbrough Pub for our Burns Night supper which consisted of 3 delicious and plentiful courses and a whisky tasting. As usual Toby and his team looked after us exceptionally well with a friendly and efficient service. Special thanks also...

Disgraceful!! Paid more than £15 for 2 glasses of wine....£6.40 in the Moot next door, total rip off, can see why people are fed up with our 'customer service ' shocking

Lovely traditional pub great food at reasonable price. Come here often with a group of retired work mates for a catch up always have a good time.

Clean and festive traditional pub. Friendly staff, good selection of beers good vibe. Close to train station and centre of town

Call in here with my wife on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon the pub was rammed with people all enjoying themselves though it was only a little after 12 noon and dread to think how busy it does get, they have a great selection of draught...

Good food and ale in city centre bar. Great atmosphere, thanks to Toby and the team. Worked out great value with Nicholson's 25% discount on total drink and food bill. Highly recommended.

Christmas meal Busy bustling vibe but we had a super quiet area to the side Great selection of cask beer Good price Quick serving Food was generous with a good variety of vegetables cooked well and tasty Price was good Staff were friendly

Xmas shopping and volbeat visit- hit the Scarborough for a pint on route to hotel and it was lush! Busy and buzzing two nice pints of vocation - great and friendly service , and a bit of bar food. Had the chicken bites, scampi, brisket...

Had a gathering of old friends and colleagues last nice. Toby and the team are so friendly and helpful. I’m really grateful to them for making it a successful do. The food was so good and varied and they catered for a friend with a...

We come to Leeds most Decembers for a 'girls' weekend of Christmas shopping and always stop in at The Scarbrough Hotel on our way back to our apartment. It is always buzzy with a great atmosphere. This year, we managed to get a table where...

Wont be visiting again after being charged over 5 quid for a pibt of Timothy taylors and 3 quid and over tgree quid for half a draught soft drink. Outrageous probably explains why it wasnt busy atall compared to nearby pubs.

This visit was with 20+ mates and we were well and truly looked after by Toby, Sally and the team. The venue was extremely busy but nonetheless, we were never waiting long to be served by the hard working bar staff who were friendly and...

Great atmosphere, tasty food, a decent pint of Nicholson’s and, importantly, superb and friendly service from Caitlin.

Toby and his team have to be the friendliest bar staff in Leeds and you can tell they are doing a great job by how busy the pub was on a Thursday lunchtime. We will therefore continue to come back time and time again for...

Although very busy, Toby had organised tables for our party of 15 and we were well looked after, despite some other big parties in the bar that day.

What a great pub. Lovely period premises. Very well maintained. Delightful staff- warm welcome. efficient service. Top quality pub food. It gets very busy. Easy to understand why !

One minute's stroll from Leeds rail station lands you at the door of the Scarbrough Hotel and a typically warm Yorkshire welcome. Plenty of spots to settle down for an afternoon's session in this atmospheric watering hole that's one of CAMRA's network that offers members...

We had dinner and we really enjoyed it. Nice food, friendly staff and good atmosphere. I recommend the ham&eggs and the brownie is a must, one of the best I've ever had.

We called in at the Scarborough Hotel yesterday for lunch. We were served very quickly at the bar by friendly and helpful staff, and our meals were promptly and efficiently served at our table. Good food and beer, and exemplary service, thank you.

An excellent pub, friendly helpful staff, and a wide range of real ales in absolutely top condition. The food is tasty and good value, with great service to match. Only a minute's walk from Leeds station and full of character.

I visited here on a Friday evening. The Scarborough is located in the heart of Leeds. I was charged £5.75 for one pint of beer. It is fine ne to charge these prices, but the publicans must understand that the higher the price, the higher...

Following another excellent experience in September, seven of us returned in October for a highly successful repeat gathering. As usual, the welcome, food and bar service were outstanding, and most of us intend to return in November. It should be mentioned that the Scarbrough Hotel...

Great pub close to the train station and in the centre of Leeds. The food is of a good standard and there is a good choice. Good selection of beers and spirits and always a welcoming smile from the staff. Not to be missed on...

This place never fails to impress. Great atmosphere, great food (I highly recommend the fish) and such lovely staff. They’re always cheery, helpful and polite. Definitely returning next time I’m in Leeds.

Once you walk in you fell very comfortable, it is open and airy with some lovely little cubby holes to sit on your own or in big groups. It is a very clean pub with great staff who are extremely friendly. There is though small...

Lunch and beer very good as always with a good choice. Nice to see the pub busy. Excellent service from the lads behind the bar who are very friendly and helpful. Toilets clean. No complaints.

Service rapide, personel aimable. Fish & Chips nikel ! Vivement l'année prochaine pour venir tester les nombreuses bières.

The food is terrible! Everything is frozen then cooked. Asked server where the fish came from and the response was a supplier. Comes frozen. This place is a joke. Everything tasted like cardboard. Drinks tasted good tho. Looks nice inside. Don't let that tempt you...

I love this pub, if I lived in leeds this would most definitely be my local!! Such friendly staff & lovely atmosphere, my husband always likes to try a different lager/beer/ale so he’s always happy here the white wine is lovely, I’m pretty fussy on...

På fotballtur i Leeds er dette et must. Byens eldste pub med en hærlig atmosfære. Sitt ned og nytt en...

Monthly lunch party for seven retired colleagues, with excellent food, beer (Nicholson's pale recommended), atmosphere and service. Staff were very obliging, despite being short of hands on this occasion. As usual the premises were clean, tidy and well-organised. Altogether, a most enjoyable experience. We plan...

My favourite pub in Leeds. Massive welcome. . Warm, friendly. I actually felt like part of the family in no time. Brilliant. Shout out to Sam, Aidan & Caitlin, who really do the place proud. Hope to return very soon. Xx