Varsity Pub Leds in Leeds

Great atmosphere, good tunes and drink are good prices, the bar staff are the best. We will be back again. Great night had by all cheers

Beer run out !!! It’s Saturday!!! What does the manager actually do, he never seems to be around Staff are a credit to the place

I came here for dinner before catching my train home and was told I could not come in because I had drinks in my shopping bag! I explained to the hostile staff that I had bought the drinks for my train journey home but was told I was not welcome! If you open a public house around the corner from a supermarket, you must expect customers to be coming in with shopping bags containing all kinds of drinks, it doesn't mean they are drinking them in your public house. This place obviously doesn't appreciate custom. I went to The Grind for something to eat and had great service and food. I hope this place becomes one of the many inns forecast to close down this year, if you play silly games, you win silly prizes.

I used to love coming into the merchant on a Thursday night for a drink and a catch up with some friends. Fantastic chilled atmosphere, amazing welcoming staff, and just good vibes all round. Unfortunately due to sensitivity to noise and the new found sensory overload, I find myself having to find a new venue for my Thursday night catch ups. Nice to see the merchant looking after its regulars rather than catering to a nonexistent karaoke crowd on a quiet midweek evening. I wish the team all the best, however I cannot continue to enjoy a tasty beverage and catch up in this venue

Absolutely phenomenal, loved the atmosphere, made the business drinks extra special, could use a good clean behind the bar/display cases though

We visited this in November it’s a Great pub, very friendly, highly recommended. We came in a large group and they were very accommodating

Had a great time with work colleges. Hopefully we will come again. Thanks for a great time!!! I’d recommend to everyone!!!

Bang on lovley spot would recommend to anyone in Leeds. Spoons would not let us in so we came here instead

was amazing, get me on the wheel, i came with some friends in november 2023 and had a great time the staff were great thanks ever ever so much

Been coming here to eat for years. However new menu has little choice now. Need to find somewhere new.

Brilliant service, everyone was extremely helpful, especially Amy and Yasmine! Thank you very much for your service!

The place is great cause it has cocktails and the rugby. We came with friends for a catch up weekend for my birthday and it was fab.

Great pub/bar, wonderful staff, a great experience. Played pool and experience as a whole. Wonderfullll time with my friends

We were staying in Leeds for the night, whilst looking for somewhere to eat, we found The Merchant. Excellent food, great service and friendly staff. The two security guys on the door were helpful and polite. Next time we are in Leeds we will be visiting The Merchant @gain.

Beautiful experience, great place to watch the football, champions league, premier league and the cup competitions as well.

Great experience with the boys. The staff were phenomenal. The Man Utd game against Bayern was a thriller. 5 stars worthy, what a place.

Very rude lady with her hair up I changed my mind for a drink it was like it was so inconvenient for her it is my 50th birthday and her customer service skills leave a lot to be desired

10/10 would recommend. Go here every Monday!, bar staff Amy is always serving with a smile , and got great drink deals!!!

What’s the banging music and DJ at 1 pm about, still no busier than usual… Build on your demographic what you have already have

Great atmosphere and staff the best experience I’ve had for a long time fast and reliable. Deffo would recommend to friends and famil

Great service, quick service and highly recommended, staff are friendly and very helpful, would come back again

Spin the wheel ! Called in after bongo bingo ! Came for shots ! No music! Pub filled ! Cheap drinks!

Not a bad pub good deals on booze takes ages to do it though for a free drink. Quiet atmosphere recommend

Great staff . Cheap drinks. And the chef was an absolute Chocalegend . Would definitely recommend . Going again very soon

brilliant ! great drinks great prices - even better staff ! came for friends birthday, will be back for sure.

Staff are lovely and the service is always quick ! Would always recommend it here if you are coming this end of town.

Good location, great prices, friendly staff. Great place to watch sport and play pool. Good choice for pre Arena gig

PERSON AT THE BAR SLAGGING CUSTOMERS OFF CALLING PEOPLE LEISBIAN WEIRDOS GAYS THEN BEGGING CIGS OUTSIDE NO WONDER THE PLACE IS EMPTY ON A NIGHT

Nice and welcoming staff and cool environment just one big suggestion is to lose the black guy dealing and doing coke in the guys toilet !!!!

Such a cool place - really good selection of beers and sprits. The bar staff were lovely. I will definitely be back in the future.

Not too happy with a member of staff who before his shift was smoking weed in the sitting area outside. I don't know his name but he was dressed as a woman. However this is a nice bar and reasonably priced. Oh yeah I disagree...

Great staff, super friendly and the service was excellent. Could not recommend any more. Feel like it’s the hidden gem in Leeds. Big ups to the fruit machine man

Came in for a great time, stayed for the best time. A fantastic choice of drinks at a reasonable price for city centre Leeds!

5 stars out of 5, the Best pub in Leeds, great atmosphere on their karaoke night, big up Reegan the bar man he smashed it tonight

Really good service came with friends would definitely recommend and come back again. Had a brilliant night

Gr8 service and staff very pleasant 😎😎😎 could get more customers if drinks were cheap all week round

Brilliant service l have been here a few times and always had good service good food and such a fun night out

Great atmosphere, Ben was a solid lad and went out of his way to serve us, the pub is a great place to drink

Best night of my life with Ben , how could I do any better. The way he poured that carlesberg was out of this world

Ben was great, he had great customer service. Would definitely come back the atmosphere was great. Thanks

Ben was such a fabulous host - he catered for all! We blooming love The Merchant and we now love Ben just as much! Thank you for making us feel so old haha! Brilliant night in The Merchant

Mate let me tell you now, my brekkie was fantastic. I could not have asked for better service fore my sambucca at 7 am xx

Sambuca for breakfast is the one. Wouldn't have done it without my mum! Big merchant, she's my serpent

Banging burgers and good value boozers. Highly recommend to anyone visiting Leeds or in the local area.

Lovely evening, off shift staff even getting involved in a light hearted pool tournament with the regulars. Would highly recommend!

Popped in here for a drink with Tom. The music was loud, but the tunes, nothing post 2005, were excellent. We really enjoyed people watching- the groups having the time of their lives on the dance floor and the four older people having the worst...

We visit the Merchant at lunchtime when we are in Leeds city centre. The food is always tasty and good value for money. We especially like the meatball subs. We always get good friendly service from Luci when she is on the bar.

I came here for lunch the other day. Lovely pub, lovely atmosphere and lovely food. Luci really looked after us x

My twin brother Stephen and I were hitting some of the pubs along Woodhouse Lane when we decided to drop into The Merchant Pub and what a great find. I loved the look of this pub, quite modern, lovely decor and furnishings, cozy sums it up best, tv's and big screens to enjoy the sport and plenty of seating options spread throughout this pub, just a cracking pub to unwind in. We were here on a Monday night, we grabbed a table were we ordered a beer each, these were served in excellent condition being iced cold and sparkling and we just kicked back and took in the great pub we were in. Beer served here was spot on, Carling beer is not my usual tipple, more a real ale and craft beer fan myself but on a hot night this light, hoppy and unpretentious lager style beer really hit the spot. We both really enjoyed our beers in here, only stayed for the one each before moving on and for a first time visit to The Merchant Pub we had a very positive experience. The Merchant Pub is easy to locate along Woodhouse Lane, a street and area teeming with pubs, bars and restaurants. Opening hours are;Monday to Friday, Open from Midday. Saturday & Sunday, Open from 11.30am. A wonderful pub,most definitely well worth checking out if you're in the area.

Had the best time watching the football, everyone was dead friendly, great service from all the bar staff and had a great chat with the door staff! Definitely recommend!

Always pop in here on my way home from work for a quick pint. Great selection of lagers, efficient friendly service, reasonably priced for city centre. Love this pub will see you again soon .

We were calling in for a drink on mon 26th Oct around 3.40 it was my husbands 50th, so just a quick drink before we went for food! Has we arrived the lad was sat at the door on his phone playing a game!! Told us we couldn’t go in has a group of 4 just sed u Carnt all sit together if he had bothered to ask us we could have told him we all lived together me my husband daughter & son, has we looked in there was 6 people all sat together!! He was more interested in playing on his phone very bad customer services. He was very ignorant

Came before 12pm to get full English breakfast for £2.99! Cheap breakfast fill your tummy. Least it is food

Paré como estábamos en el áreaMuy al estilo de las cucharas húmedas pero con una mejor elección de alimentosMás limpio y mejor funcionamiento. Como en las mesas, limpio y no pegajoso. No quedan platos y vasos que interfieran para siempre con los clientes.El personal es mucho más amable también

The pub looks amazing after the refurb, the staff are friendly and good is really good quality for the money

Visited on a Saturday afternoon. Nice decor. Clean. Cheap drinks. Great atmosphere - football showing and music on in the back ground. Staff very efficient. Didn’t have good but menu and food looked good.

Just had our works Xmas party here and what a great time.staff where very helpful and prices great food very tasty.i would highly recommend

Llamamos aquí para tomar una copa antes del concierto antes de ir al Leeds Arena. Fantástico servicio, muy amable y acogedor. Grandes cervezas reales. No tuvimos tiempo para comer, pero la comida se veía excelente y cuando volvimos a llamar después del concierto nos decepcionó habernos perdido los últimos pedidos de comida. El ambiente era muy bueno y el mobiliario y la decoración parecían muy nuevos. Excelente.

Llamado un domingo por la noche camino a la arena de Leeds Direct. Tenía solo 15 minutos para ordenar ya que el servicio de comida se detenía. Pedimos 2 de las hamburguesas dobles con un topping de elección y una bebida. Fantástico valor a solo 7. 29 cada uno! Buen servicio y buena comida caliente recién hecha, ¿qué más se puede pedir? Definitivamente volveremos cuando esté en Leeds y podemos recomendar encarecidamente este lugar.

A modern day dilemma for my partner and we had a gig three hours away and the opening game of the World Cup at eleven in the morning. Arriving in Leeds nice and early we didn’t venture too far before finding this bar who would play the rugby for us. The guy serving us, I believe I overheard being called Ray even showed us a corner of the restaurant where he could isolate the tv volume , so we could enjoy the rugby while everyone listened to some god awful music. Loads of vegetarian and vegan options on the menu. Of course my greedy eyes saw the biggest offering. A quadruple soy burger !!!! It was the size of my head and delicious. With a choice of toppings, I opted for Korean barbecue, a lovey sweet sticky sauce, which complemented the patties perfectly. Dairy free cheese was also on offer at an extra price, so of course a couple of those got added to the party too. The ever hungry me saw a dessert option too. An apple custard pie with dairy free ice cream. Sweet pastry, plenty of filling with a crumbly too. Piping hot with a good sized ball of ice cream. We lounged for a good few hours snacking and over dosing on caffeine. Thanks to all the staff for having us. A great way to start our little Leeds trip. We will remember you for next time we come. Highly recommended for greedy vegans and meat eaters alike!

Solía ser un habitual aquí, pero los inodoros de damas y caballeros ya no son una absoluta desgracia, no hay asientos de inodoro en algunos de los inodoros de señoras, orina por todo el piso en los caballeros, moscas volando por todas partes, puertas colgando de las bisagras. la vestimenta del personal se ve muy aburrida y triste todo el lugar necesita una renovación completa a. s. a. pag. No volveré hasta que resuelva estos problemas

Nice pub stopped for a few drinks great music wasn’t too loud as we are in our 50’s so do like to be able to talk didn’t eat but food looked good .

Two barstaff, slim blonde lady - serving 2-3 customers at once. Very efficient.

Me metí en una pinta rápida y una hamburguesa

Llamé por casualidad, como decimos, ya que estaba en mi ruta de regreso a mi hotel. El grillo estaba en la televisión, lo que me atrajo primero. Era temprano en la noche, así que no estaba demasiado ocupado, pero era una buena combinación de empleados de último día que querían tomar una pinta. Buen ambiente alegre y personal muy servicial. Los que me sirvieron de todos modos.

Fuimos al bar y pedimos una ronda de bebidas, una de las bebidas era un café negro con whisky, después de 15 minutos volví a preguntar dónde estaba y la desagradable señora me dijo que estaba al tanto y lo traería. cuando tengo la oportunidad En el mejor de los casos, el bar solo estaba lleno al 10% y durante bastante tiempo no había otros clientes esperando en el bar. No volveremos ya que hay muchos más establecimientos amigables en el área.

Apareció después de dejar caer a su hija en la arena. Me alojé por unos pocos tragos antes de salir.

Bar staff great- bouncers shout in your ear when off duty to leave bad bad bad. Reporting going in as not happy

Staff are friendly and make you feel welcome. Door staff well trained. Only downside is food leaves a lot to be desired

I couldn't be more disappointed with the Horrible Elitist policies on clothing me and my partner were subjected to last night on Halloween.What kind of pub even has a clothes policy? We were told no tracksuit bottoms even though I've been popping in and out wearing walking trousers that look the exact same for two years seeing as it's just outside my bus stop. You've lost a loyal customer now anyway

My wife and I were attending a show at the Arena and called in here as we wanted to eat beforehand. The young lady who took our order was very pleasant, but after half an hour I enquire did about our order from another barman.

Came across this bar ; was wanting to watch the football it was here or the “ walkabout “ did end up at walkabout . Not a bad bar but there are far better ones , cleaner ones : food didn’t look very good so we gave it a miss .

Nosotros somos dos parejas yendo a la Arena. Fue alrededor de las 6. 30. Encontramos nuestra mesa y todos escogieron lo que queríamos comer y beber. La comida que servían cerca parecía buena y, como viajamos desde Doncaster, todos estábamos hambrientos.

the quiz is a fiddle people using there phones all the time to get the ansers can hardly understand the bloke doing the quiz the quiz is based around students not general people

Llegué a un viaje de compras a Leeds con mi madre y al final de la visita quería pasar un buen rato antes de que nos recogieran. Encontré este lugar y me sorprendió gratamente una buena pinta era un pub adecuado. Puede decir que sería un lugar animado en una noche jajaja.

intentamos entrar al comerciante, pero los porteros nos negaron y llamaron a dos de nosotros, los muchachos homosexuales fuimos a conocer a mi primo, quien dice que él está allí la mayoría de las noches, supongo que depende de qué humor estén los guardias si te dejan entrar o no si tienes una noche de muchachos, evita este lugar en un fin de semana, pero si tú y tu pareja entran durante la semana cuando está vacía, los gorilas te dejan entrar si nuestro dinero no es lo suficientemente bueno en un fin de semana le darán a este lugar Echar de menos por completo si logras pasar a los porteros, entonces lager en un vaso tibio te está esperando, el cuestionario es un poco travieso, el mismo equipo que gana todas las semanas debería ser miembro de menza. no olvides el té caliente que se te servirá en el bar, lo siento, parece té, el vaso está tan caliente, pedí dos azúcares

Entramos en la calle el martes a la hora del té en nuestro camino hacia First Direct Arena. Mis hijos adolescentes tenían sándwiches de pollo que realmente disfrutaban, mi marido tenía pastel de carne y yo había asado bistec. Soy un poco loco de carne, así que para 13 no esperaba mucho. ¡Qué equivocado podría ser! Conseguí un gran trozo de bistec, cocinado a la perfección y medio raro (¡te sorprendería ver cuántos lugares he estado en los que no puedo cocinar bistec medio raro!) El personal también fue muy atento (bueno, el pub estaba bastante) pero Realmente disfrutamos nuestra visita.

En primer lugar, debo destacar la decoración del local así como su amplitud y limpieza. Excelente!

Popped in for a pint, stuck up bar staff more interested in telling a group of students to keep the noise down than offering customer service. Seriously, these students were just enjoying themselves, bar staff make out they are Millwall.

To be honest we were headed for a 'spoons but came across The Merchant and went on in. Was themed very much like a Weatherspoon's with daily specials, took the proffered daily special Steak pie with a cheesy topping, although I ordered it with mash and it came with chips, I must admit the chips were lovely An additional gravy boat was a nice touch and the pie was delightful, to be honest better than any pie I have had in a 'spoons.

Disgusting toilets, had no food on because the chef couldn't cope with the amount of orders but didn't put a sign up saying so. Sat there for 10 mins choosing our food to go up to the counter to be told, sorry foods off.

We had three meals and 2 beers for just under £20. Food was of good quality and service was quick as expected as it was just getting busy.

Great for stag and hen parties, good drinks and quite affordable, good music and staff including bounces were friendly as well

Excellent service as aspected. Clean and tidy. Toilets are clean. Food tasty staff great.and quick. Music good and nice level

So it started as a rough morning, the lads+Mia all struggling from the sesh. To come eat, diabolically, outrageous food. Oh not to mention we had a 19 hour wait. Ps your bartender tried touching me Up the fax!

Segunda vez aquí mientras visitan leeds para un concierto. Gran ambiente y una comida fantástica, también descubrí que si va a asistir a un concierto en el estadio de primera y directa de leeds mostrar tus entradas puedes conseguir un 25% de descuento en la factura. Creo que debería hacer esto más lugares no tienen esta oferta en Manchester. El personal es muy amable.

Llega en Leeds con hambre y esta como el primer lugar en el que nos llegó. Pedimos el tablón, que llegó con 5 grandes platefuls de alimentos - mucho más de lo que nos podíamos comer. Dicho esto, es muy agradable y mucho mejor de...

Llamamos en el comerciante casi todos los martes, y ocasiones especiales, la comida es excelente y el personal es amable. Excelente servicio por favor probar todos lo pasamos genial

Mi hija y yo a veces tengo que visitar Leeds para asistir a citas de hospital y estamos encantados de encontrar un sitio que tiene una buena relación calidad-precio comida. menú La comida siempre es de buena calidad y el servicio es bueno. Nosotros siempre nos tratan de un postre y la oferta 2 por 1 de postre es una ventaja.

Excellent service, very timely. Excellent value for money on the menu and a lot of choice to be had. A couple of our party had the burger & drink for £5.49 Tuesday offer which was very cheap but also very good food.

When we are in Leeds we always stop by here for a few drinks, great prices and a great atmosphere. They have a very good selection of beers and a great selection of food on the menu. There is always a great verity of music playing although sometimes this can be very very loud. Very busy at weeks witch makes for a great atmosphere.

Visited this place today with 23 other family members for my father-in-laws 70th, if I could give 10* I would. The manager Matt, staff Gemma, Stacey ,Ben & the chef James have been fantastic, the food was out of this world & the over all service was 100%. I hope someone from your head office sees this as you all deserve a medal for all the hard work you do. We will definitely be coming back again soon as everyone was so impressed with everything. Thank you all for making a family come together & all commented on the excellent service they received.

We called in this week for a spot of lunch and a few drinks ! The manager and staff looked after Us Perfectly . Get yourself in for a visit .

The food was lovely would recommend to anyone and the bar staff are great very friendly the place is very clean and just a good place to grab a bit to eat definitely be coming again

Great night to be had here. Until it comes to last orders at the bar. The music was 90's style. We were enjoying our night. Was told to finish up our drinks. No patience to be had. First man was hurrying us as he wanted to go home. (Fair enough) second man was extremely rude. Coursing at us to go home. Another member of staff from the bar came down shouting at us stating that we were told that we had 10mins to drink our last drinks. Very strict with their times. Poor attitude from 2 members of staff. Disappointing end to the night!

The new owners of this pub have gone about trying to bring it upmarket and away from it's problematic past. Very nice place, good staff, very reasonable food. Good place to start a night out and handy for the Arena

came here with a few friends, to celebrate my friends birthday, we'd heard good things about the Friday night karaoke project, it lived up to its good reputation!! we all had a good time! the staff also looked to be enjoying there selves singing and dancing on the bar obviously whilst serving ( amazing multi-tasking skills!) drinks we're too pricey, such a good atmosphere! 100% would recommend anyone to go

This venue used to be our go to venue in Leeds not so long ago, unfortunately, the place got a make over and rapidly deteriorated from there.How any place can justify such a steep price increase in so short a space of time is baffling and they don't really cater anymore for regular visitors, plus how is it possible to run out of your most popular beer? Surely you order to meet demand.All in all it was one place that should have been left as it was, if renovations are designed to improve a venue then somebody never bothered telling that to the company which owns The Merchant, useful for the First Direct arena, but for very little else.

I went out for a meal with some friends on a Friday night before drinks in town. We have been in The Merchant a few times but never eaten in there before. The menu is very reasonably priced and there's a good veggie selection. As the member of staff brought our food to the table, he dropped a number of chips. I asked for a top up and he took them away, actually bringing us two bowls instead! I was really surprised and that seemed great service. The drinks prices are really reasonable considering it's a city centre pub. It's a very eclectic mix of clientele so a great place if you like people watching!! You get all sorts!I would recommend for a cheap and tasty meal - probably not the best place for a romantic dinner! It just depends on what you're looking for :-)

Came for a quick bite to eat here, didn't have my first choice (Mexican burrito) so I had steak and mushroom salad, was nice.