The Bankers Cat in Leeds

One of my favourite bars in Leeds even though the service is iffy. Some of the staff seem to look through you and go off and serve someone else. Maybe I'm invisible? It's a shame really as everything else about the place is excellent. I haven't eaten there.

I have always loved the Banker's Cat bar. It is one of the fanciest bars in Leeds. It serves a range of different beers, rums, whiskeys, liquors and much more. This bar has never disappointed me. As it always has an atmosphere, you don't need bookings and it gives a fancy experience as if you are in a movie scene of a traditional English bar. The staff are polite, creative and can give suggestions and advice in what is best to try! Therefore can highly recommend this venue.

Very smart and stylish pub in the heart of Leeds City Centre. Great choice of beers and ales. The atmosphere, decor, and surroundings were pleasing on the senses .

Great pub in a great location. Great choice of beers as well and quite cosy

Excellent Thornbridge pub. Central and close to train station. Great range of beers on, lovely building so great place to pop for a drink

Has a traditional pub atmosphere. The staff are pleasant and a good choice of ales, continental beers and lagers. Only one bitter though.

Didn't have food but lovely bar for drinks

Delicious craft beers in a relaxed yet refined atmosphere

Wonderful pub near Leeds railway station. Excellent range of beers. I had the Thornbridge bitter which I'd highly recommend. The internal design/decor of the pub is brilliant too. The staff were very friendly. I went to a few pubs in Leeds city centre during a 5-day stay and this pub was easily the best.

Good selection of beers nice atmosphere

Busy city centre pub. Lovely interior and a good selection of thornbridge beers.

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Very quirky old pub, had a few nice ales. Like all the old wooden cubicles.

Lots of lovely beers brewed by themselves.

Elegant classic pub, very clean and with a select atmosphere, good atmosphere and fast service. Average food, good selection of beers, highly recommended

Beautiful pub with some wonderful ales. Highly recommend it, staff also friendly. My favourite place in Leeds now.

It’s a Thornbridge pub so expect lots of expensive craft beer……which to be fair are rather decent. Service was friendly Place looks a lot like a pub I know in Newcastle, only this one is better

Eight real ales and excellent range of other beers. I drank Mind Games 8.5 Thornbridge bottled beer. That good I had drink more . Quality pub very well maintained. A pleasure to visit . Friendly knowledgeable staff. Highly Recommended.

Not here for food, but my boss had come down from Edinburgh for my performance review. Of course, I had to help him recover from listening to how amazing I am with a pint 😄 I usually come into this place earlier in the day so it was lovely to see it busy with office types relaxing and chatting. Always an excellent range of ales here, with one of the finest Thornbridge offerings, Jaipur!!! These people know what a good range needs to contain, with everything from pale, through bitter, to stout - all on cask. If you're looking for a heavy imperial stout, you're out of luck unless there's some cans I haven't spotted, but that's fine. Staff are always lovely and look after you. The front has large windows which makes it nice and light, and the interior has been done in a lovely wood panelled style, with open tables on one side and booths on the other. There are, however, two serious points we need to address. 1. I am concerned about the suitability of this place in the zombie apocalypse. Those large windows will be bugger to defend as there aren't enough tables. 2. The missing apostrophe, which results in the unofficial name of 'the bankers (sic) cat'. Yes, my friends and I are pedants!

Really friendly staff and great atmosphere.

One thing to mention the toilets. You have to go past the mens cubicles to get to the ladies but none of the men using the cubicles ever close the doors. Just need to swap the cubicles around.

Great selection of beers. Comfortable seating and plenty of it.

Very friendly bar staff and a great selection of beers

A great place for cocktails. Tiny and very loud but that's part of its appeal. Superb atmosphere and expertly prepared drinks.

A special bar of high class decor. Very popular with all types.

Very good pub, quiet, comfortable, with a great selection of beers.

No food but love this traditional bar, with real Ales for some and plenty of choice in wine, gin and other spirits for others. Lovely atmosphere, nice staff and good prices.

Outstanding service from Jasmin. The bar was busy, she made sure we were looked after. Her patience was second to none. Informative, friendly, an asset your business

I noticed online before the trip that this pub sold Thornbridge beers, so had to call in. it was good to sample the Jaipur beer again

Ignored by bar staff for 10 minutes whilst they served everyone around us, needless to say, we took our custom elsewhere. Very disappointing.

A nice pub and the review would have been higher but for customer service. Spent many minutes at the bar. Staff came to till in front of me and saw me. Told I was “hard to see” stood at the wrong “side” of the bar. My fault then?

Excellent atmosphere and beer choices

Called in with family on a day out to Leeds good pub except no gluten free beer.

Just popped in for a Christmas Eve drink. Enjoyed it. Only in for half an hour. Nice place to be. Buzzing (obvs). Great beer selection. Have a look!

Me and my wife where in Leeds and we chose this pub as it was freezing cold outside. This pub has got to be the warmest most friendliest pub in all of Leeds. Great beer great service. And what a beautiful building. 10/10 from us both.

Very busy, but we'll worth a visit.

Thornbridge pub so excellent ales service was slow because not enough bar staff.

very friendly staff and great choice of beer.

Great service and quality lager!

Fabulous bank converted into a bar. Owned by the Thornbridge brewery. I always visit here when in Leeds. The real ales are always in great condition. I often wonder why the full Thornbridge range isn't on offer?? Some Thornbridge ales are more difficult to track down,so if they are all available, it would be great!!

Feels like it's been there forever so they've done a great job in converting the building to a pub. Always a great range of Thornbridge and guests. Friendly staff.

Great vibe, great service, but terrible beers that tasted off. We love Thornbridge ales but they were not good here. The toilets are abysmal - out of order, dirty and confusing. And miles away from the bar.

There are so few decent ‘pubs’ in Leeds, what with ‘street food’ and ‘craft’ being the norm for new places. This venue is not now new, having been here a while now. The team have changed a little bit, particularly recently, but they still do the same great job keeping up with things and Marcus, the manager, is always happy and smiling. This is my local, I haven’t reviewed it in a while, but I still drop in several times a week and still thoroughly enjoy every visit. Christmas time is coming so I imagine it will be mad busy for a while but I’ll try and squeeze in for a pint of I can. I highly recommend it for a decent drink in a decent pub.

Just a poor attitude to customer service.

Piłem tam kilka piw craftowych, jedno nawet kosztowało 12£ ale było naprawdę tego warte :D Na dole jest wg mnie lepszy klimat, bo nie tak głośno i da się w ogóle pogadać

This is a more upmarket pub with prices on the expensive side however the decor inside is beautiful, the staff are all very polite and customers are mostly quiet and dignified without the drunken disorder that plagues many other pubs.

Great Bar with large selection of beers in several styles.

Busy place great beer choice fantastic atmosphere

Didn't have food. The beer really good and service bob on..highly recommended guys. They have you covered 👍👍

A nice pint and the staff were very friendly. The pub was very busy.

Bought 2 glasses of wine & 2 halves of beer & charged £33.75! Rang to complain, very dismissive, told me the wine was £14.75 a glass & we should have checked the menu. Just asked for a Cabernet Sauvignon, never told the price, machine pointed at me so I couldn't see the amount on the screen. Lessons learned - always ask the price, check the amount on the screen & don't go near the Bankers Cat.

One of my favourite pubs in Leeds. I am a big fan of Thornbridge beers, which of course makes this place very attractive to visit

Nice place for a quick drink or to settle for the evening

Always enjoy Bankers Cat. The staff are great + decent beer & nice atmosphere !!

Popped in for a quick pint before the train home. Great selection of Thornbridge beers. Had the porter and it was good. Managed to get a seat but was very busy. Would go again

Brilliant bar. Great atmosphere and an excellent pint of Guinness

I visited this Leeds pun on Wednesday 10th November 2021 This Leeds real ale pub 4 minuites walk from the railway station is a predominantly Thornbridge brew pub with ample real ales on A must to visit when in this area of Leeds Friday 29th September 2023, we again attended this really good real ale pub. There were plenty of hand pumps on from mainly thornbridge brewery. The 2 beers i had were superb. The staff were well organised, and there was a great atmospheric presence inside this full pub. People in here were a after work tea time drinkers and people on a friday night out. Well done, whoever does day to day running of this pub. You are doing lots of things good

Good pub if you like the classic British pub with good cask ales, booths to sit in and polished wood. Not a great selection of craft beers or interesting styles though for those inclined that way (myself included)

Fantastic old victorian pub retaining lots of its old world charm but found the staff quite rude and seemed they didn't realy want to communicate with anyone. Maybe some staff training is in order

First time we've been in . Nice and relaxed atmosphere and a good pint of their own lager..

A banging place for a drink but omg there are a few cringey things about the decor. The stained glass thats says "passions innovatione cognitio" is just a Latin version of live laugh love. None of the team know how to pour a cask ale at all. No part pour and settle. They do a full pour all they way. They must be wasting a third of every cask barrel they have. The beers are good quality but the people here are not trained on how to pour or look after them. Loads of potential but don't seem to have any passion, despite what the stained glass tells you. Pies weren't great either. Otherwise absolutely banging boozer so 5 stars

This is a nice little place. It has a variety of beers and lagers and spirits available. Don't tend to sell the traditional which I quite like as you can try all sorts of things. They also have some good bar snacks on offer as well. The toilets are down some flights of stairs though, so if you're no good with stairs then don't go to the toilet

Modern style pub with a good selection of real ales.,if a bit expensive for a townmy.

Perhaps the prettiest pub I've ever visited. The interior is simply gorgeous and the atmosphere unparalleled. Ventilation/air conditioning was spot on and the beer selection was fantastic. Very good service as well.

A quality experience fantastic Thornbridge pub,formerly it was a Bank and has been converted with style. If you like Thornbridge beers it's a no brainer.

Great pub, always start here before moving into town.

Lovely pub Nice beer Be sure to check out down stairs for some quiet comfy seating

Fantastic pub with some even better beers. Such a great variety.

The ambience and interior was delightful. Definitely visit there again!

Great pun with excellent hand pulled beers.

Liars and deceivers. Lie about the price on the menu. Charge you a different price at the till.

First time in this pub good atmosphere and beer ok .

Superb Real Ale Pub Full range of Thornbridge Ales including the legendary Jaipur. Lovely building and 5 minutes walk from Leeds Railway Station. A must visit.

Friendly bar staff, crisp cold Lukas lager served in a frosted glass straight from the freezer. The downstairs vault is a great feature, with seating & tables it's a nice area for a quieter pint.

This pub is a diamond, the Thornbridge regular ales are top notch and the guest beets are carefully and knowledgeably selected to go alongside them. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable always giving a warm welcome. The whole pub is immaculately clean and the gleaming brasswork is a feature in itself. The Bankers Cat is a great pub on so many levels. 5 stars without question and a credit to the staff.

Lovely pub with a nice atmosphere. I was able to sit and talk with my friends rather than shout.

Didn't eat. Excellent decor. Lovely staff. A very restful bar in Leeds. I will go back soon.

We only stopped for a coupke of beers. A great city centre pub with a good range of ales.

Great for getting away from the usual mayhem of Leeds bars. Love the decor and good selection of drinks

Quick service, clean and nice environment

Good selection of Thornbridge beers

Good selection of beers, good atmosphere.

Nice traditional feel with a great atmosphere and a good choice of beers.

First visit, will definitely not be my last. Good choice of beers. Looking forward to going back.

Very nice bar but not cheap, £7.50 Gin and Lemonade, £5 for a pint of cider. Lovely bar though!

Busy city centre bar. Good choice of drinks. Just very loud

Good selection of drinks and a great place to call in.

My missus and I called here during our weekend stay in Leeds what an absolute gem of a place. Lovely decor and a brilliant selection of beers, cannot wait to visit again soon!

Great pub and atmosphere. Wide range of drinks that you don't find in your typical pub. Would highly recommend

Lovely place for a Wine or Beer ..central location in Leeds.

Really nice pub that almost feels old world. Pleasant atmosphere and staff

Wow. Excellent, beautiful atmospheric place. Pleasant communication. Polite Service. Great beer.

Clean and lovely staff, great selection of drinks 😍

How can you reserve tables in a pub, then not use and stand at the bar?? But beers good

I'm avoiding drink at the minute and I still enjoyed this pub; I don't know what greater accolade there is to be honest

Enjoyed a cosy booth. Again a wide range of ales.

Great bar. Good atmosphere. Cosy.👍

First time we've been in but a great atmosphere. Toilets were 21st century too which was a bonus as in everything you need in the cubicle, basin, hand dryer. In and out. Will defo call in again (for a drink not just the loo)

Thornbridge are putting together some excellent city centre pubs. The 'cats' are out on the town.

Nice pub. Good atmosphere. Good selection of real beer. Had a 1/3 pint of the 13.5% beer. Very nice.