The Eldon
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Price Range : Under $10 (£)
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Adress: 190 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9DX
Phone: +44 113 245 3591
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I've liked The Eldon for years and I still do. My friend did Mechanical Engineering at university (The Eldon's opposite that department) so we'd meet here for a pint (or seven) after her lectures. But that was a long time ago, and I digress.
The Eldon's a proper pub. It's the sort of place where the staff know your name and you have your own cushion and they dangle dried hops from the ceiling.
Some of the tables are made from beer barrels (just in case you didn't know it was a pub), and the food is tasty and the wine is of a decent standard.
A cheaper round than you'd get in town. -
Rowena H.
The Eldon is one of those pubs on the periphery of Leeds city centre and as such seems to try and fit a few categories. It's pretty sutdenty for the most part, being a stone's throw away from the main campus of Leeds University this isn't too much of a surprise.
In the way of drinks it goes down a more traditional pub route although I couldn't testify that their lager is anything to write home about, nor particularly their choice of ales. It is a pub without much of the exciting things that make a pub worth choosing over a bar.
It can be rowdy at times, either packed with students on the Otley Run, or full of pub goers for whichever sports event that might be showing. My friend used to come here to watch cricket, though I'm not sure why he picked here over a perfectly reasonable living room.
This place is cheap and fair, but not my favourite place to be. -
Li F.
It's alright is The Eldon, that seems to be a typical response to, whaddya think of The Eldon? It's alright it is. Hmmmm. I can't quite decide if The Eldon tries too hard or doesn't try enough.
It is a bit student central, as Rowena said it's not far at all from the main Leeds campus, and many of the students tend to pour into here of a dinner and evening time. Which is pretty odd, because minus the student blood, there's a lot of old timer regulars propping up the bar and generally killing time, discussing how unfair everything is and sucking air through their teeth.
It's definitely cheap and cheerful, and would have probably appealed to my 18 year old self, with the £1.50 nights, open mic nights and quiz nights when the prize is beer, cheapo pub grub and gathering for the big screen viewing of the footy matches, but now, it's a bit not to my liking, for all of the reasons above, it appeals to the fresh out of college crowd, which is fine, and also irritating when the place gets a bit alcohol fuelled lary. It's alright for a post work day pint, it's alright for food and cheap beer, it's alright for lots of things, but it doesn't go beyond that for me. -
Alex K.
To me, all the pubs between Hyde Park and town are somewhat of a let down, which is bizarre as this is the exact area where the university is located.
The four or five pubs on this stretch of road are all a little bit confused - they are old man pubs full of students but with a very local feel. This should work well really, but for some reason, it doesn't.
The Eldon is perhaps the best example of this - right opposite the uni and near a few colleges, it is always bustling during term time, and the fact that it's on the Otley Run means that even at non-term time weekends, there's usually a lively atmosphere.
It can be a bit too full on sometimes, especially if there's a football match on, but, on the upside, it is darn cheap and it is a real pub. Probably better to stop off here on the way into down rather than to finish up here, though. -
John C.
The Eldon is a pub situated opposite Leeds University where its position would make one feel that its food is synonymous with students and not very good. Nothing could be further from this truth. The 26 year old chef should enter on the TV programme Masterchef: The Professionals and if the food he prepared for me is anything to go by, he has a good chance of winning. My friends and I dined on block for an early Christmas meal where the chef catered for twenty. The food was as good as if he had just catered for me. The soup of roast pepper and tomato tasted of roast pepper and tomato and not something from a packet. The sage and onion stuffing served in the form of balls was out of this world. I have never had stuffing served with a crispy outer and a soft, moist middle and I do a lot of dining. The roast potatoes were not greasy nor dried out, they were perfect. Everything the chef prepared was outstanding. Some had fish and were treated to the same high quality of cuisine. Alas I have one complaint the turkey served was processed. My companions and I would have gladly paid more to include turkey sliced off the bone. I do hope the management takes note.