The Railway Pub Marsden — Restaurant in Kirklees

Nice country pub, conveniently located next to Marsden train station. Good selection of beers and ales, well priced also. It was a good place to get a pint before embarking on a long walk around the nearby moors.

Downside would be some of the clientele when we returned to Marsden after our walk. Atmosphere spoiled by a large group of middle-aged yobs on the "ale trail". Aggressive, confrontational, loud and swearing constantly. Spoiling a pleasant Saturday afternoon when families and children would've been in the vicinity. They then piled onto a train to Huddersfield to go and take their knuckle-dragging antics elsewhere. One of them was particularly precious about his best pair of Sports Direct trainers he was wearing. They probably had nowhere else to be on a Saturday afternoon what with it being the international break.

Shame because the pub itself was nice and we encountered other ale trail folk who were far more pleasant. Think this one group was just particularly bad.

In conclusion, I would recommend this pub to anyone in Marsden but advise caution if you happen to be visiting on a Saturday afternoon. There's a reason the pints are served in plastic cups...

Wow... Great beer! Shame about the attitude of the grunting staff member.

When ordering, I requested the beer to be poured without the sparkler. ( Some may shudder?) Appreciating the barmaid did not understand, I explained the bit of plastic needs to come off... From the back room - someone announced that it will be flat, with the dismissive "humph"....

Due to the fact that I was waiting for somebody, I was in two minds if to move on, was this a dismissive comment or intentional jibe is unclear. But I felt rather uneasy as I waited, the young barmaid was rather pleasant, although the tone had been set by the commentary from the room behind the bar.. Shame really as the beer would have tasted better without the sour comment.

Having worked in hotels, it always reminds me of the incident in Leeds city centre, where are our barman responded to a request for coffee with a dismissive " don't do coffee, just do beer". They just walked out, who knows if they wanted to stay a little longer...

Would I visit again? To judge on this one visit may be harsh, but the beer was good enough to try again! So I...

It's potentially a very attractive pub, with good beer and a warm setting. We visited on Saturday afternoon ahead of an Ale Trail invasion and were served beer in plastic glasses. I sympathize with the owners and will write to West Yorks Police to ask what they plan to do but for our party, the glasses and being regaled by the landlady of horror stories of violence mean that we won't be returning. Why would I want to drink in a pub where the owners are so sure of violence and anti social behaviour that they refuse to use glass for fear that the will be thrown or smashed in people's faces?. What a state this...