The Village Wine Bar Review: Cosy local bar will be a warming one as nights draw in at Farsley
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Luckily, west Leeds has an absolute abundance of bars, pubs and restaurants and, with restrictions lifted it is making it much easier for many of them to return to a pre-pandemic way of working.
One of these is the Village Wine Bar in Farsley. It remained closed for a lot of the on/off lockdowns which affected pubs that served food, or Scotch eggs, that had outside service only or fell foul of the tier system.
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Hide AdKnowing the layout of the pub then it is easy to see why a one way system and two metres between tables was a tricky one to tackle. With that and one thing another it must have been two years since we were in here last and so it was a top choice for getting out mid-week.
From memory the interior is still the same as before. Cosy, open fire, wooden beams, downlighting and private booths. And as this Tuesday night was definitely a sign that nights were drawing in and Autumn was en route - this was welcome.
There was a good selection of drinks behind the bar from some local Leeds ales, and Guinness on draught, to bottles of beer and a fridge stocked full of wines and prosecco and a shelf full of gin.
For a wine bar, there was no wine list as such but I knew I fancied a light rose and the other half ordered a Guinness as standard.
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Hide AdThe Guinness, so I am told was a nice pint and the wine was also fresh and crisp and very easy drinking.
Prices, compared to a lot of places we have been post lockdown, were reasonable and the round came to £8.40.
For the next one, just to make it worth the walk of course, I opted from the vast array of gins. Some specials were on the blackboard and there were other options behind the bar too.
I chose a pink cherry gin and asked about tonics. There were just two options said the barmaid who was a little curt perhaps, so I picked a slimline. It was garnished with fresh fruit, and again, was a reasonable priced round.
Address: 22-26 Town St, Farsley, LS28 5LD
Telephone: 0113 236 3636
Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday, 12pm-11pm; Friday and Saturday, 12pm-12am.
Value: 7/10
Atmosphere: 6/10
Service: 5/10