The New Union Wakefield Eatery & Bar in Wakefield

Travelled all the way from East Sussex to visit this pub. Great atmosphere.

The onion rings are too tier wow would add a photo but they’re already gone lmao

Just had some lunch here in New union really nice food and fair priced

Had my sister 18th here last night. Staff could not have been more helpful, lovely and polite. Absolutely fantastic night. Defo one to remember! Thanks so much guys 🎉❤️

Great atmosphere, lovely bar staff, had a great night

friendly pub, good atmosphere and a good start to a night out

This pub has dramatically improved recently! Lovely atmosphere, super friendly staff, reasonable priced and brilliant atmosphere!

An amazing night out. The Staff were 5 out of 5. Will definitely visit again.

Such a welcoming place, been going here a while but now under new management and I can say it’s definitely done the place a massive favour. Cannot wait to see what’s to come! 😁

First time in since new management, great atmosphere with really good offers on drinks!

Absolutely brilliant place, couldn’t ask for better staff, always welcoming and so friendly. Always a brilliant start to a night out 🫣

I really love the New Union, it’s such a friendly atmosphere for the LGBT+ community. I’ve been coming here nearly every week for about a year and a half and it’s my favourite pub.

The best pub in Wakefield, the best atmosphere and the new management are lovely!

much better management and friendly staff.

Since the new owner taking over the buisness it has massively improved can wait to see the new refurbishment and will keep coming back love this place friendly warm and a great atmosphere had a great weekend :)

Since going back in to the new union with the new owner it’s such a fantastic atmosphere and venue is clean and smells so nice going in to venue the staff is so polite and everyone is welcoming the toilets could still be done with updated toilets but other than that they are clean and tidy

The best pub around. The new management are very welcoming with a great atmosphere at the pub.

Love this place!! Such an amazing atmosphere!!

New management is amazing, very welcoming to all. Friendly atmosphere and always great deals on.

Amazing staff, friendly atmosphere

Best bar wench in town, always serves with a smile. Actually no bad smells for once, hope it stays like this!

Really dirty place was empty so no excuse for sticky tables don't think the toilet had been cleaned this year.

Called in the New Union today with a couple of friends. David the manager made us very welcome. It was clean and the San Miguel was excellent (although a little pricey at £4.75 a pint)! Would recomend it and will be calling in again.

I come here every time I'm in Wakefield as I know I'm guaranteed to get a pint with a friendly chat from both the owner and the many regulars. From the random amazing events to the chilled out indie quiet nights, it's always a good vibe.

The New Union is a unique venue in Wakefield. It is very supportive of the LBQT community and has a really great vibe about it. There's regular shows throughout the night and the Pride weekend was sensational. Bar staff really on the ball, professional, very friendly and drinks reasonable priced. Mixed clientele and it all works. Keep up the good work.

Terrible service terrible beer can tell the lines are not cleaned as often as they should be, bar staff and manager I believe very rude and unprofessional and unhygienic could smell the body odour bad breath and a smell of faeces from the manager, also clothed not ironed and hanging from his bottom were you could see all, the pub itself looks and smells like it hasn’t been cleaned for years! Drug bags all over the toilets both mens and ladies which is horrible to see, the toilets are also vile and look and smell like they have never been cleaned, children running wild all over the pub until all hours! All in all a very bad experience.

This place is amazing with the right group, go there to have a safe fun time and you won't be disappointed, A rare refuge for lgbtq+ people

Love the staff, the entertainment is top notch LGBTQ, great night out

Great bar staff wonderful night out everyone so friendly and great beer choice great dj and karioki night drag night are pritty great too

Great bar, great service, great bar staff very polite karaoke nights on Fridays and djs on Saturdays. Drag nights and other events are very entertaining.

I didn't have food whent for a drink very friendly place

Relaxed, friendly chilled place with welcoming vibe.

A bit dull, but my visit was early on Wednesday night.

Really nice layout friendly staff Good value, I would definitely visit again when in Wakefield for a few days or on a night out

David and the team always make you very welcome. Great beer, good atmosphere. Enjoy the karaoke night. Great clientele. Always fun. Nice outdoor area too.

Completely dead and the barman took forever

Great night. The quiz night on Thursday night is friendly and fun.

Admittedly I came during the late afternoon so it was very quiet on a weekday. I've been coming here since it was the slug and lettuce. The service was friendly, helpful and informative even though I had to ask for service. Quite impressed by the stage area which I'm assuming must be quite entertaining when they have events on. I just felt the physical place looked a bit tired and need of a refurb. The lager didn't taste brilliant unfortunately. Hence the 3 star rating because I wanted to give more because the staff, once I talked to them,were really good.

It would not hurt to clean up the toilet a little, but in general - a great place!

Always enjoy it here lovely atmosphere xx

I have visited The New Union several times during the week And weekends day and night. As I drink Alcohol rarely, I'm always welcomed for a coffee and chat. David and Staff are very welcoming and pleasant as are the regulars, Always someone to chat with. Clean and tidy Outside and In, plus shelter in the beer garden for Smoker's. Good access for wheelchair users and plenty of comfortable seating. Excellent acts and Karaoke plus quiz nights.

The venue is super welcoming, both the manager and crowd are wonderful, but the furniture really needs updating, the sofas are collapsing in on themselves, and none of the tables match

Love the bar and the people in it. Staff are always friendly and welcoming and there's usually something going on along with a highly inclusive atmosphere. Dungeons and Dragons groups Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. Friday night Karaoke Saturday night often has cabaret There's other things on too but It's a shame the furniture is in desperate need of refurbishment, the tables have all seen better days, and mix and match look can be quite off putting at times or I'd give 5 stars every time. A lot of the seating is becoming worn out so most people simply opt to stand.

Broken glass on floor near pool table. Sticky carpets and disgusting toilets. Really gone sown hill.

Back in the day this bar was raving but I still go in brilliant atmosphere and fantastic staff

Coming here for years now. Still love the people but needs a refurbish. Tables and chairs are old. Hope they can get some new better once soon.

Lovely pub, could do with redecorating though.

Well what can I say……….. I went into the new Union looking for food, but they do not serve food anymore, manager was very friendly and greeted me with a smile, excellent customer service skills, since that day I have been in many times on different days and nights, the bar area is always clean and tidy, same as the toilets but the whole pub could do with being updated as it is looking tired, I have seen the manager trying to get customers in through Facebook and other social media outlets, but this can be difficult with the outdated decor and tired looking bar. Furniture is sparse and could do with being matching. To say this is a marstons pub the Calder and hop is the same brewery and is more upto date with a vibrant colour scheme.

Kudos to the highly inclusive, atmosphere. Rainbow flags everywhere, so if you're not LGBTQ+ friendly, you're the exception to the 'all-welcome' rule! Unfortunately I can't give the same for the drinks on offer. Very 'generic' selection of lagers, a bitter, and 'the usual suspects' in the optics. That said, it was a fun place for a Hallowe'en party!

Nice place nice atmosphere a bit dead

Pleasant barstaff, clean toilets (gents at least) very little atmosphere, but it was lunchtime, evening may be different. Tetleys draught beer on form. Three stars for the lack of atmosphere. I'll go again on the way home from shopping for a quick pint

Run down, scruffy looking, nothing to welcome you back. Marstons pubs at there best.

A proper credit to Wakefield. Really lovely atmosphere, especially on Pride days and other special events

We visited for wakefield pride, and loved it, however the miserable bar staff in the new union were awful, who ever is the general manager needs to train the staff on customer skills.

Really great pub, good atmosphere and drinks range.

Beautiful beer, I’m a new regular.

Brilliant pub , they welcome everybody, Fridays and Saturday nights are great , karaoke on Friday from 9 and two fabulous drag queens on from 9 on a Saturday. The people that work here aren’t just friends they are family. Theres plenty of space for you to sit and prices aren’t too bad either. Photography night every month too. Fully recommend this pub to anybody!

Regular at this venue great place and bar staff, have some good drag acts and entertainment. A place that should have more investment to reflect same standard as other modern venues I. The area.

Friendly staff and customers. Great weekend parties and entertainment.

Filthy, not sure when it was last cleaned…

Very friendly landlord and staff great music. They now serve food for every taste Vegan, Octo/lacto Vegetarian, and Meat eaters enjoy.

Amazing staff! Pints taste just as good for the great price! 😍 Can't wait to try the food! Thank you for great experience

Great staff Amazing atmosphere. Can't ask for more . Also has disabled access Heated outdoor smoking area

Brilliant pub. Use this as my regular because the staff and people are so friendly and polite. Always feel welcome and comfortable. Ordered a burger from the menu and I couldn't fault it. Absoloutly beautiful. Best burger I've had in a long time. Great value for money.

Brilliant friendly pub, always made welcome, David and his staff are always very quick to serve customers well recomended

A lovely place to visit and lovely people and staff.

It's a dump the toilets are that bad I waited untill I got home

Exalant larger exalant service well looked after 👍

Nice relaxing place for a drink with friends

Best service out of all the open outdoor pubs. Dave's the best worker of all.

Everything in order. Felt very safe .had a great afternoon service fantastic couldn't do enough to make you feel welcome. 😀

Highly not recommended violent venue and staff.

Ordered two double gin and tonics costing £12.80 and was given to tiny plastic tumblers filled with ice and hardly and gin and cheap tonic. Complete rip off!

Good place and no bussy on weekends like normally bar or pub

Used to go in but not at moment

Large pub with a beer garden,a bit dirty and unloved

A real gem, there are so few gay pubs like this left in the UK. No attitude, just a great welcome from David and Scott & staff.

Very warm and welcoming, LGBTQ+ venue! Always has a cozy and warm atmosphere, decently priced drinks and even host drag shows every so often. Highly Recommend a visit

Me and my friends come here all the time the staff are amazing everyone is friendly its a great place!

Very dirty pub. But friendly staff

Friendly staff and a nice venue

Nice enough pub with outside smoking area. However, the entertainment at this venue is cheap, tacky and plays to the few regulars there. Awful drag acts and mediocre DJ's - always the same cliquey faces who visit on the couple of occasions we visited. Such a shame. Wakefield Pride was an amazing event in 2019 but at this venue, the atmosphere was lacking, as was the entertainment, in particular, terrible drag acts Madam JJ and Madam Nicol. Many people moved on to better events on the day. Again a shame, as the bar staff were nice enough. Food was good. Toilets were dirty.

Good couple off hours, friendly staff and other customers were friendly, only down side no draught beer but will call again

Had a game of pool and a drink good bar

Ok quiet when we went in could be busy at weekends

Went to new union today, they have grest range of drinks, friendly staff. Dinner time saturday the accomodate a roll playing group, been told they do other events. Prices arr reasonable and quite busy at weekends.

Great place to have a drink friendly bar staff great music

Love this place. A safe haven for the lgbt community

TAbsolute sh.. hole . Dirty toilets. Staff up their own ar.. . Very cliquish. Very dated . Needs a lot of money spending on it to bring it up to 2018 . Dozens of pubs much better in Wakefield. Never busy. Same old faces every night . Awful

Very friendly bar staff and management a fantastic atmosphere would definitely recommend a visit

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A friendly clean bar. Spacious. Good priced quality drinks available.

Mad day at Wakefield Pride event. Staff did their best. 👍

Went here for Wakefield Pride. A great fun venue, friendly staff, well worth a visit if you are in town. The night that we went there was a Cher tribute act on who was superb. The venue is large, with a smoking area in a beer garden.

Went here for Pride 2018, absolutely terrible service, was not busy, and had 5 people behind the bar, and only one row of customers. Yet it still took me over 20 minutes to get served, hardly any stock behind the bar. All i kept hearing a girl working behind the bar say was “Well I dont normally work here”! No preparation for pride at all. Wont be back!!

This place could be better , it needs a good clean outside and the interior decor let's it down.

Great place to be .Good food available. Great quality and service... Friendly staff and customers.... Afternoon or evenings *****

Great pub, really great atmophere with really friendly and welcoming regulars and great staff - well worth a visit and a bite to eat from a varied menu with loads of great food on offer

Great place n great staff. Dave is so funny.

Nice place and bar staff. Shame it was a bit quiet. Possibly the most disgusting toilets I've ever smelt.