Unity Works Cafe Bar in Wakefield

Had the best wedding reception at Unity Hall on 1st June 2024. Shellie was amazing from beginning to end, nothing was too much trouble, she went out of her way to make our celebration special & unique. Cannot thank her & the bar staff enough.

Our amazing wedding at unity hall We got married at unity hall in march and the venue was just perfect for what we wanted. Here are some of the reasons we loved it so much: - The venue is really affordable compared to other wedding venues in wakefield. It was a set price for the room and any extras were optional. There were no additional costs for getting married on a weekend which a lot of the venues can charge extra for. - The venue can fit a lot of people, we had 130 guests and there was extra room. There was no limit on the amount of guests unlike other venues. - Shellie went out of her way to make sure our day was perfect, she put so much effort into helping set up the room and making sure everything ran smoothly. Shellie was really knowledgeable, she recommended a DJ, light tech, caterer and wedding hire company, we chose to use them but she was not pushy about using them and you could definitely use your own. We were able to request preferred drinks for behind the bar through shellie and she allowed us to use the kitchen to set up the cakes etc. Shellie also helped us with hiring a lovely wedding car as she works with a local car garage. She was just amazing. - Everything was in one room, we loved that the room was able to host our ceremony, meal and evening do, it meant everyone was together for the whole day and no moving between places. -The room is fully customisable. You can do as much or as little as you want. There is a service entrance and a lift for bringing everything in so we were able to really go to town with decorating the room. Shellie gave us access for the full day before so we could set up. (The lift was also great for guests who needed this on the day) - There is a huge stage for live music. We had a band in the evening and as the venue is set up for music the band were able to set up and preform on stage. The sound was amazing and the guests had a great time because of this. -The location is perfect, lots of parking, a 4 minute walk to the train station and several hotels nearby. If you're considering unity hall for your wedding or event then we would definitely recommend it!!

Great venue. Perfect location for Westgate train station and also plenty of pay and display car parking close by. Communications from the staff was excellent; professional and friendly. Conference room used had good acoustics and was set up as requested. Catering was excellent. Cost of the venue and added extras was considered good value for money. Would definitely book again.

Very nice venue for our work conference for 80 delegates. Shellie from the venue a pleasure to deal with from showing me around initially to booking everything and went over and above on the day of our conference to ensure the day went as well as it did.

Great place for groups to meet as we do for table tennis

Went for my granddaughter's presentation they do not have access for disabled people. Steps to get in, they do have a lift but you cannot access all the floors only 2, someone has to go up the stairs to call the lift to the 3rd floor. What if the disabled person is on their own.

Nice vintage feel but Overpriced.

Huge event space, with helpful and friendly staff would 100% recommend

It has a good parking space for anyone who wants to explore the city centre

Fantastic local venue that pulls out all the stops to make sure you have a great evening. Use it or lose it!

Went here for the skinny living gig and it was incredible :) superb atmosphere,superb service and all round top drawer :) the support acts were good but skinny living knocked it outta the park!! ❤ much love to all xx

Fantastic venue great for conferences, awards, dance shows. Also great catering service and offices and meeting rooms well kept

Great little bar with really friendly and polite staff as well as a good range of drinks. Visited during the day on Saturday for drink with my partner and was really impressed. Will be visiting again!

Been to this bar before and had a lovely time but this time it was totally spoilt by an extremely rude lady with blonde hair who works behind the bar. She knocked a drink over me and then was very nasty to me afterwards. Not what you want on a Saturday night. What a shame!

A well managed business centre with great facilities and service

This renue is one of the best I've been to. Unity Hall and Business Space Limited, located on Westgate in Wakefield, consists of over 20 offices spaces, 5 conferences rooms and 2 hall spaces available for rent. Unity Hall and Business Space Limited, located on Westgate in Wakefield, consists of over 20 offices spaces, 5 conferences rooms and 2 hall spaces available for rent. The listed building is home to various high-profile events in Wakefield. Formally Unity Works now renamed, Unity Hall and Business Space Limited, is headed up by entrepreneur Rob Green. The company is looking to guarantee the future for the 23 businesses currently operating out of the Westgate venue and attract more conferences to the location which was renovated to reflect its 19th century heritage in 2013. Unity House wins because there is nowhere quite like it in the city, It offers banqueting, conference, live events and hospitality as well as office space to numerous business.

Beautiful building. Capa college is currently based here and it is fantastic what they have to offer 16-19 year old. Staff were so welcoming and lovely and pupils here were clearly excited to be there doing what they love best.

It's a great to book for all occasions

Great venue in the right location. It's the West End of Wakefield.

Great venue, could do with additional toilets though

Very nicely decorated and maintains a comfortable feel even though it decorated minimalist style making use of the local history and historical items

Good events venue with a selection of different spaces available

Attended an event in the Major Hall which is an amazing venue. Beautiful original architectural features. Integrated bar.

Great venue, much bigger than you usually get. There's a number of rooms including a massive dance floor in the main hall. Been to a number of great dance events there... Perfect location and amenities

Attended an event through the digital knowledge exchange. Lovely building and great for meetings

Unity hall is a great venue. I have been for all kinds of events from charity dinners to business awards. The last event I went to at Unity was the Wakefield beer festival. The event was really well laid out and made use of the 2 main rooms. The larger of the 2 rooms though can get very hot if it is hot outside, it was getting to the point where people were leaving just due to the heat. Also parking directly at the back on Smythe street is free after 6pm and pretty cheap before hand. You can also pay by phone which is handy. There is another car park across the street which is significantly more expensive.

Visited for a meeting really impressive building and architecture

Useful venue for a wide variety of events.

Would be great if this historic venue could be more widely used.

The hall is spacious and beautiful The hall is so unique to other hall in terms of parking space and the environment including what they offers

Superb venue for our regular Salsa events, very friendly staff and management, beautiful Dancefloor, we have a superb weekend event in October, our dancers loved it.

Great venue. Shame it closed down

This place was badly managed and dirty. I had gone in as I had tickets to see a band and due to it closing I wanted them refunding. The week before I had got in contact and not one of staff knew what they needed to do, the week after I when back only to be informed that I should of been refunded the week before and now it was too late. After some argument I finally got my money back.... it wasn't expensive but its the principal of it.

A nice venue for concert now. It is a pity it is so underused.

This place opened in 2014, but the whole company went into liquidation in September 2017. When it opened, I personally gave it five years, I was wrong, it lasted only three. The beers were warm, not of good quality, they were not given time to rest in the barrels to settle. The staff were clueless in the handling of the product, not their own fault, but the 'management' who would not invest in training. (there is more to working in a pub than pulling pints) Several financial issues with the running of this, and many people who invested in the whole concept have been left bitterly disappointed and have financial losses. Not surprised that HMRC and other agencies are showing great interest in its 'problems'

An amazing weekend was spent at Unity works for the first Yorkshire Salsa Congress! I loved the space at Unity works, it also had so much character. Karen Maguire made this place feel like home! Amazing weekend!!!

sadly closed shame on you wakefield council

If this place had gone bust under private ownership having gone through five million : yes that is £5,000,000.00 of tax payer's money and taken money for tickets that they are now unable to refund then there would be a public outcry and people would be in serious trouble but because it is a "community project " it is ok that the incompetent folk who peed our hard earned money up the wall can go back to their council funded jobs. Outrageous.

Great old venue bought back to life

Alas now gone into receivership.

Had a coffee here which was OK. Had to queue for 10 mins, then ran out of milk, so staff went to get some. Had the coffee, which was just luke warm, but could not be bothered to complain, so left half the cup and went!

Bit disjointed as venues go but good location and pleasant staff

Boring jazz boring staff. Expensive experience

Huge choice of things here from conference rooms to a cafe/bar with entertainment from various genres, interesting building reflecting modern history that has been sympathetically modernised!

Great night with Hue and Cry. What a lovely venue Unity Works is. Will be back for sure!

Wakefield isn't the most "happening" place to be these days (has it ever?!), but it's a shame that more people don't come to this tastefully decorated bar which sits under the Unity Works concert venue.

It's not a very well thought design of structure and poor venue 4 learning due 2 noise levels from outside been so near 2 city centre which is a real shame as courses offered are excellent.

Pleasant bar downstairs. Serves a good range of drinks, although no hand pulled ale last time we were in. The big hall upstairs is a great venue for large events and bands. Smaller upstairs room is stuffy in summer.

A good venue for corporate events.

Great venue for gigs and beer festivals

Awesome acts beautiful building

Fantastic venue offering a wide range of performances. Cracking selection of beers available and really helpful and friendly staff

A bit strange in the way it was laid out, and the room we were in was extremely warm. No air con so the best they could offer was several fans to move the air around. Lunch was very nice, though.

Great place. More like this needed in Wakefield.

A fantastic venue, whether it's for a coffee, to see a live event or business conferencing. It possesses a unique charm that just can't be built or made, truly unique.

Went to Wakefield Festival of Beer. Cracking place for gigs.

Amazing building with some great bands. A must see place to visit in Wakefield

Great venue. Went there for the NPA bodybuilding show.

Six of us called in for a drink (each) before going into the theatre opposite.. Great staff and a good selection of beers.. Only one downside is that the drinks are a bit expensive.

Smothering- the main hall is quite stuffy and warm when people are in. There is not much air circulation which makes the venue quite uncomfortable. People will breathing problems will most likely to suffer in this venue.

We attended the Yorkshire Brick Lego show over the weekend. Had a really great time and loved the venue. It's a lovely place that's been fully modernised but has still kept its history and character.

Good selection of beers, friendly staff. Plus they serve pizza. Win.

Really nice old building that's been reused to serve moder requirements for multiple activities.

Had a really good night here, went to see a local group play. Good selection of drinks in the bar on the corner. A bit short staffed, but the caffrey's is worth queuing for. All in all had a great evening.

Nice bar but rather expensive and tries to be more sophisticated than it is

One of England's historical music venues

Great venue and one of a few in Wakefield now attracting some quality music and events!

Great to have an old venue reinvented, always something going on and decent beers etc available

Love coming to local convention here

Uncomfortable and poor ikea furniture. Only one toilet so poor facilities.

Great asset to Wakefield. New bar on left hand corner is fab. More please. And better acts to draw in the crowds. New years Eve was bang tidy.

great spaces available for booking also great food and drink in the bar downstairs.

Good venue for music, but limited and pricey for drinks (main hall). Main bar on ground-floor has better range and doesn't seem as expensive.

Not a good place to go to if you wish to have a conversation. Usualyy has live music or comedy, and it can get very noisy loud and busy.

Visited unity works for a retirement celebration , the bars were very nice , the downstairs bar was the best one, serving drinks in glasses instead of plastic beakers , very comfortable seating , and nice entertainment , not sure if I could make it a regular thing, drinks were very expensive. I think if your paying top price you should at least get a proper glass !

An excellent little cafe bar in Wakefield with a panoramic view to watch the world go by. Good range of beers and light meals. Sometimes there are live bands on but due to the small size, they are usually acoustic or small set ups. Friendly, laid back atmosphere.

Great place, just what wakey needed

This is a community based social enterprise. Partly funded by members of the local community it attempts to bring back the cooperative nature of what the establishment once was. It has a nice café bar on the street and has, apart from office space, a minor (125 people) and major (I recently had 350 people there for my wife's wake) hall suitable for conferences and events.

Ok venue, went to a lego show.

Beautiful building with lots of attractions.

Check out this little gem. This beautiful building has been brought back to life and filled with an assortment of activities and events. You can either relax in the retro bar/cafe which features regular live music with all genre of music, wander around the Artwalk (held every 2 months) or scan the web page for future events. A friendly relaxing place to be.

Brilliant venue in the heart of Wakefield

What can I say ! Unity works is an incredible venue ! I have been 3 times now ( cast ,cribs & the compleat stone roses ) ! All very good events staff are friendly the place looks awesome. This is just what Wakefield needs ! Just a shame the rest of my home town can't follow in its footsteps ! Well done unity works I love the place !

Friendly staff. Decent beers, and some of those lager things. Interesting surroundings. Terrible acoustics when busy.

Fascinating old building full of many goings-on. Tasty cafe with comfortable sofa.

Visited a few times when in Wakefield when going to do's in the rooms above the bar and when going to the theatre. Good handy central location, with good real ale selection but slightly pricey. Good friendly beer staff, an eclectic mix of tables and chairs and fully glass fronted building to two of the sides of the building so great for watching the busy world go by.

This is a fantastic venue. The sound was great and we had a good view. The bar doesn't have a l lot of choice but it is on par with other venues. Right in the centre of Wakefield so afterwards you'll easily find food etc.

Good to see a new bar doing interesting things of an evening. Loved it! Bar staff friendly and helpful, great atmosphere on a Tuesday evening. What else would you be doing?

Nice place to drop in for coffee or a proper drink. Good staff but most of the picture windows look out on a dreary (and overpriced) carpark. Why does Wakefield try so hard driving visitors away with their parking policy?

Bit strange using an old shop as the entrance but very nice in the main hall. Rest of the building is a bit of a maze, but overall very good.

Amazing atmosphere for gigs, the cafe bar is a nice place to chill.

The bar staff are all very friendly and helpful. The food was excellent, the cocktails are amazing cannot fault. Would highly recommend this place!

visited last week and stopped off for cocktail, and a few drinks. friendly staff and quick service. band was just setting up and could have been a bit noisy for some people

A great historic building, nice cafe with decent coffee and nice lunches

I didn't eat here, only interval drinks, but on a visit to take in YSP and the Hepworth, I fortuitously spotted that they had tickets available that evening for Mark Thomas.

Seems like a very pleasant place. Nice atmosphere for sitting/reason or rehung a performance. A welcoming setting.

This is an old building recently renovated. It has so many rooms where different bands can play at the same time meetings etc can go on in other rooms, which can be hired out, without the noise from the bands being a problem, There is also a bar downstairs. On the main road into town and across from Wakefield Theatre as well as a couple of minutes away from Westgate train station and Wakefield bus station.

Four people called for drinks on Saturday evening Oct 2015. Service was average but the bar staff were the scruffiest I have seen for a long time.

came in for a coffee to see what triniry works cafe/bar had, and it aint got much, the coffee was pretty standard nothing exciting. espresso was pulled before the milk was ready, WHY DOES EVERYONE FAIL ON THIS its milk first coffee second. pleade try again. im sure its a great bar at night but i dont drink. the cafe its self looks great. typical bar service i often find that bar/coffee shops often fall more in the bar section than in the coffee shop section, all you had to say is ENJOY YOUR DRINK!

Called in for a beer with a friend after a visit to the cinema. Very relaxed atmosphere and pleasant, friendly staff. 👍👍