The Head of Steam in Leeds

Visit Leeds regularly with my wife first time in this bar and it will be the last ,absolute rip off,got a large white wine and a pint of what I thought would be like brown ale after I asked the barman if he had a drink similar, it tasted and smelt like coffee? Vile ,the cost of 2 drinks£16.60,,it was cheaper in the hilton were we stayed. £5 cheaper in the other head of steam in Leeds,first and last time visit.

Lovely pub, great staff, a good location and a friendly atmosphere

Nice lively pub, good atmosphere but the prices are over the top.

This is a bar definitely worth the visit. A great choice of beers and a brilliant atmosphere. The Music is also good . Unfortunately the food is not to match for everything else that is good . Greasy fries and the greek giros falls apart .

Fantastic food, so full of flavour! All ten of us had no criticisms!

Great selection of beers for all tastes. Also serves wine and spirits. We had some of the warm pork scratchings which were delicious. The bar staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Great chilled atmosphere.

Great selection of well kept beers. Lovely pint of naughty and nice stout. Something for everyone here, including some Belgian specialities. Friendly service. untapped on screen too.

Amber was a fantastic host, Greg knew his way around a bar tap. Greg’s knowledge of beer and the standards he placed was unnecessarily good

This is a great place we visited on a Sunday night. Live jazz was being sung, and the lead vocalist and band were excellent. Quirky interior with a hugh choice of real ales and drinks. If in leeds nip in

Busy town centre pub with friendly staff and great beer selection - cheers 🍻

Another very good pub close to Leeds station. Can't give food reviews. Didn't eat. But great selection of ales and Belgian beers. Unusual decor and central bar give this pub a unique atmosphere. Live music at weekends.

Very good pub, atmosphere, decor & ales

Great selection of beers, staff friendly, very inclusive venue in a good location

Didn't eat there. Excellent Belgium beer selection.

Great beer selection on cask and keg. Can recommend their own Tortine chocolate porter

On a stag do, only the stag was in fancy dress, they said take it off or get out. We're pretty mellow so quite disappointed.

Great pub with a good selection!

What a great pub, full of great beers, especially Belgium larger, bit pricy but well worth it.

Always the best place to start and / or end an afternoon / evening in the Leeds

Popped in here whilst on my way to a beer festival and was pleasantly surprised at the choice of beer on offer. Also seemed a decent pub with great service and a fun crowd. Couldn't have many but will definitely make a beeline for this place the next time I'm in Leeds.

I was given very attentive and top notch service by manger Callum Kendellen on Saturday. He made sure me and my friends had drinks, had a clean table and were enjoying our day. Very friendly, good manager and made our trip very enjoyable. Thank you Callum

Friendly staff. Great selection of ales and other drinks. Good spot in Leeds

Wonderful pub top draw. 8 real ales. And lots of Belgian beers on draught and bottles. Favourite fantastic pub. Highly. Highly Recommended.

Always get top service in a HoS and they still do CAMRA discount on the Cask ales.

Okay things didn’t go to plan last time I called in, but credit where it is due. My complaint was handled perfectly and the staff were fantastic in sorting things out. Not many bars in Leeds could be better at looking after their customers so we all learn to make things better. Please come in here, you will enjoy it!

It was ok but not a very friendly welcome

Complained about the thrash metal constantly playing, bar staff said it was streamed from HQ!!! Won't be coming again.

Absolutely great beer but let down by the music play list. If like thrash metal then fill your boots.

Sunday afternoon. Didn't eat there just called in for a quick drink as on our way to somewhere else. Bar lady was in no rush to serve us even though not that busy. More interested in tidying up so we left without a drink.

Popped in for a couple of pints whilst on a night out on a visit to Leeds. This was a gem of a find. Great beer selection and a great atmosphere. Not the typical city centre trendy pub, but just a great pub for a pint with friends. The beer was excellent as was the service.

Lovely place for a pint and chill especially mid day.

The pub was a pleasant place to meet up with the rest of the group before moving on to dinner at a restaurant on the opposite side of the street! For this reason we did not eat here.

Comfortable seating. WGood atmosphere. Good range of beer. Music a bit on the loud side as the night progressed.

I just want to thank the staff today. We came earlier this evening and ordered a round of drinks and whilst we were sat a belligerent woman came to our table hassling us being semi-racist. A staff member noticed this instantly and ejected her immediately. The staff were very apologetic and even gave us a discount on our next round of drinks. Definitely recommended and we will visit again!

Nice selection of Ales in here.

Got to be my favourite boozer in Leeds. Top quality choices! Great stuff and great atmosphere!

Excellently kept cask, staff are 11/10 amazing!

I have been a customer of the Head of Steam for many years and have enjoyed the excellent beer selection (especially the Belgian range) and music over the past 6 years. I have spent many a time, as part of a group, or on my own on business trips whilst visiting Leeds. My review would be a 5/5, however, I have unfortunately had to downgrade this to 4/5 due to my recent experience. Occupying the mezzanine has never been a problem until tonight, however, whilst my brother and I were enjoying a quiet pint together, we were approached by young female member of staff, were informed that the mezzanine was closed, were asked to leave, followed by a sarcastic remark, 'hence why the door was shut'. We both left the area, swiftly consumed our drinks downstairs, took our glasses to the bar, and apologised to your staff for the inconvenience caused (much to their confusion), and left. Perhaps next time, if a sign was placed on the mezzanine door indicating it was closed, or a lock installed, such confusion would be avoided next time, you would gain extra sale, and 5 star review would be awarded.

Beer ok.... The toilets are another matter.

On revising what was a very good pub with great bar staff how disappointed I was with my return three barstaff on all stood at the end of the bar on their mobile phones waited three or four minutes to be served by a very rude bar person the beer was good quality will not be revisiting I think the place will be closed down it's six to 12 months what a pity

It's always best to have an opening gambit on these reviews, and I think mine will be 'My Winchester of choice', but I'll come that in a moment. This is a cracking pub in easy striking distance of the station (slightly less so since they closed the stairs and blocked one of the routes to the station, but that's only temporary!) The selection of ales on never fails to please me; whether I'm wanting a good standard ale, or something a little more frisky (my last there was an imperial stout! Lovely!) But what they fail to to lack in beer selection, is made even more superior by warm pork scratchings!! OK, so that's not everyone's bag, but how about the seating? Lots of it, and much split up into booths and nooks and crannies so you can have a nice group chat. We usually drink in a group of four in Leeds, and the booths there are perfect. When very busy, this place seems to easily swallow many bodies without feeling too cramped. The windows are big enough and numerous enough to let in plenty of light if you prefer, but further into the building you can escape it. The staff are fab in here. Always seem to know a good deal about the beers and what they've got in; I seldom catch them snoozing. Anyway, back to the Winchester point, and I always like to consider defensibility in the Zombie apocalypse with these reviews. I reckon this place would be spot on. You've got two main entry points at the front, and the windows, whilst quite big, could be easily barricaded with the numerous tables. Whilst the power is on, you've got some warm hog lumps to keep you going, and the balcony would give you an avenue of retreat if overrun to give you chance to consider some daring feat of bravery to get out.

First visit on a Saturday afternoon. Great choice of beers and the one I chose was excellent. Not many places with the bar in the middle of the pub. Will visit again next time we are in Leeds.

Do not play on the fruit machine. I told the young manager it owes me £20. He saw the machine with the error code and wanted me to contact the company that owns it for the refund. I said no and it's down to you to report which he agreed to do. I gave all my details and a month later I haven't heard anything. I guess the pub is happy on stealing my money.

Been here a few times and the beer selection is great. Tonight, a Sunday, there is meant to be jazz but nothing on and no indication why not. I ordered a gin and tonic and it is a bit of a bugbear when they put the whole bottle of tonic in - give me a choice!

Went for a couple of beers. Fab selection, but it's all a bit pricey! Over 18 quid for 3 Pints?! Lovely drop though 👌

Great pub and excellent beer. Only problem is on recent visits staff seem more interested in standing around on their phones than serving customers. Worse, they see you, finish their conversation and then belatedly serve you as if you are an inconvenience to their conversation. This has happened on several occasions recently to our group and we sat and watched it happen to multiple other customers too. I do feel this pub has gone downhill somewhat since the second branch opened, presumably some staff/management moved to that one. Service is much slicker over the road at Moot Hall Arms, and they are cheaper and also have some decent beers on.

Good bar with a great choice of Belgian beer, would recommend sticking to bottles though as some of the draft is not drunk frequently enough and is past it’s best.

Excellent selection of beers and great staff

Really nice, the staff are great too

Excellent beer choice. Very chilled atmosphere. The only problem is time seems to go too fast.

Visited a few times, would be my local if I lived nearer. A well-kept cellar evident by the quality and choice of beers on offer. Staff are friendly, knowledgeable and welcoming. All in all a great place for a few drinks any time of the day.

Lovely spot!! Will reccomend to my friends. Super friendly staff!

Great bar, lots of world and craft beers and the staff were really friendly and attentive, would recommended to anyone

Beer ok but the pub was freezing cold

Best bar in town for Jazz. Friendly staff and customers. Toilets upstairs & a side balcony.

Great beers and very friendly staff

Head of Steam is a great pub with a fab selection of beer. It can get very busy, but that's because it's a great pub with a fab selection of beer 🍻

Over a fiver a pint is a bit much, but there's a good selection.

A new Head of Steam to me though I’ve been in a few others including the other one in Leeds. A great choice of well kept beers and a surprisingly large a comfortable interior. A good option near to the station.

Barman was a little surly but the girls were more attentive /polite. Good choice of strong beers

We went there to have food on Friday night. Atmosphere is buzzing. Fast service. Good food.

Best pub in leeds for atmosphere and selection of Belgian beers. Sunday Jazz is phenomenal

Wonderful little pub! Jazz is great on a Sunday night!

Huge amount of different craft beers. Lovely atmosphere great staff they were very helpful and gave great advise. The cocktails were fab too x

Loved it. Great food and atmosphere

What cant be said about this place isn't worth saying. The music was incredible, the drinks impeccable and the staff were beyond top notch. Would recommend for drinkers of good beer and great music

Always a great place to have a drink. Friendly staff and a good choice of traditional, craft and Belgian beer. Everyone should be able to find something they like.

Went for a drink, nice atmosphere, friendly staff. Good selection of beer.

Great pub in centre of Leeds. Lots of tables so had no issue finding a seat. Numerous delicious beers to choose from and tasty food. Staff were friendly too. Also appreciated the pubs use of untappd on the pub tv screens.

Great beer as you would expect from this chain (good cask selection, and they had 2 Brew York on keg), superb Jazz band + vocalist who perform there every Sunday, welcoming environment, but a specific shout out to the manager/supervisor with the short hair who said she owes working there to the sax player who taught her - thank you for your hospitality and making my Sunday evening.

Great selection of beers and friendly staff

Another favourite in Leeds gr8 selection of drinks. Not tried food

Down to earth pub, bar tender was really friendly and prices were what you expect from city centre

My partner and I love popping in here when we visit Leeds for a drink or two. Good selection of beers for my partner who likes strong stuff, and I love treating myself to a half of Früli as the drinks are strong and quite dear. £13 for 1 pint and a half pint surprised me quite a lot. Normally the staff is a lot of females who are happy and chatty, but recently visited and it was a long haired younger chap who wasn't very pleasant, but the pub was very quiet...maybe he was bored, idk. Anyway, sure we'll still be back soon!

Didn't have food but a good pub with good choice of beers

Great bar with great selection of beer

Great selection of beers you don't see anywhere else.Helpful staff and comfy seats.I like it a lot.

Very expensive beers now £6+ pint for cask ales, the craft beer example £8.50 pint for 6% ABV. Now owned by Cameron's...

This bar is THE BEST bar in Leeds. The staff are on another level of awesome. I come in with my dog and they constantly check in on us, water and snacks for Humphrey and great service for me. As a single girl I can sometimes get bothered by weirdos, and they always look out for me. And let's not forget their amazing selection of beers! Although its wasted on me, as its delirium red all the way. Cannot speak highly enough about this bar! If the manager is reading this, a huge THANK YOU to you and your team for being so nice to us xx

Never visited a head of steam branch before, this one in Leeds offered a vast range of Ales which I'm sure if that floats your boat you'd be in your element. For me, I'm not too fussed about different Ales so this place was just a pub that sold a lager I like. Atmosphere was OK if your into heavy metal / grunge, I personally like it but the Mrs wasn't a fan so we only stayed for 1.

Great place, would recommend to anyone who enjoys a Belgian beer. Lots of choice and friendly staff.

Popped if for a couple of beers with some customers but felt the staff were rude, ignored me and were barely interested in serving me. The pub was quiet so I was not impressed with the service at all.

Great place, been going years, really good atmosphere, great beer.

Love this bar in the round. Great staff and great beer range. Good music and great seating

The best bar in town starring Emily Brown !

Nice quaint pub with good selection of world beers

Jazz en directo los domingos a las 19:00, buena cerveza, buen servicio, limpio. Precios de UK.

A little musty, but we had a corner table to the 6 of us and near the bar. Good beer and service. A very short walk from the train station.

Nice pub. Great range of beers. Nice atmosphere and friendly staff.

Had great fun at the Monday quiz - I recommend this place great staff great service and most importantly great beer !!

Original leeds head of steam, brilliant location great selection especially Belgium, open till midnight most of the time, hotel next door, take away across the road

Great selection of beers and knowledgeable staff

Great pub with an excellent selection of beers. Warm pork crackling ♥️👌

Awesome little spot with a great range of craft beer. Love music was great too.

Great choice of beers ,doggy friendly with quirky hand pumps

Get yourself down to the jazz club

Good pub, plenty of choice. Handy for the station

Besides the great selection of beers, there is the pork crackling that you must ask here. It is called torresmo in Brazil, so it feels like home.

Some of the prices are far too inflated when compared to elsewhere.

Really cool pub and the jazz band on Sundays make it even better, also there's a cherry beer 9% alcohol that is just amazing.