Harry's Bar, Wakefield

I have been going in this fine bar for many years today was the first since last October due to lockdown to find very mediocre real ale even my wifes lager war not very nice the single member of staff struggled to pull the beer lucked like her first time pulling real ale sad to see a once fine bar going down hill

I turned up at this famous place on a Saturday afternoon. The single room described below was very busy so I sat on one of the benches outside in a relatively cold wind which was perfect after endless days of heat. The nine hand pumps had two unused, Tigertops Peti Novice, Kelham Island Best, a house beer, Five Towns Fascination (a collaboration) & Owt L Do, Great Newsome Holderness Dark and North Riding Cascade Pale. I went for the Peti Novice (£2.85) and the Fascination (£3.25) both of which were in good nick. I thought this was a good place but it's a shame it doesn't open before 16:00 on a Saturday. It's GBG 2018 listed.

The final stop of an excellent evening in Wakefield so details are a touch hazy. The place is comfortable, the customers convivial on our Saturday evening visit and the bar staff fun and friendly including a charmingly cheeky barmaid. If that weren't enough there was a wide selection of largely local ales available all in superb condition and everything that we tried flew. My Five Towns Moss Garden was superb and I noted beers from North Riding and Tigertops both noted Yorkshire breweries with Tigertops, like Five Towns, representing Wakefield itself. Fantastic.