Bankhouse Inn — Restaurant in Leeds

A Doggone Disappointment at the Bankhouse Inn

I'm all for quaint local spots with quirky rules, but the Bankhouse Inn takes the cake... and then doesn't let you eat it where you want! We called ahead to check if our furry friend could join us, and the response was a tail-wagging yes, along with a mention of a special dog-friendly area.

However, upon our arrival, it was like playing musical chairs with a twist - only three specific tables were deemed worthy of their food. The catch? Those tables were like rare artifacts – visible but not available, as they were occupied by patrons who seemed to have signed an oath to only drink.

After a 20-minute wait (which in dog years felt like a century), our cider finally arrived. But our efforts to flag down a waitress for food felt like trying to catch a frisbee with no arms. When we finally got a waitress to our table, she spun a yarn about "establishment rules" that would make a bureaucrat dizzy. Only those three mystical tables could partake in their culinary delights.

The reason? As clear as a foggy day in London. They could've seated us in the non-dog section (sans our four-legged companion), but apparently, the kitchen's capacity to serve food doesn't extend beyond those three chosen tables.

My wife, a previous patron and a self-proclaimed fan, had sung praises of this place. Today, however, I'm left feeling like we stumbled into a scene from "The League of Gentlemen" – a local pub for local people, and clearly, we weren't local enough. Our dog, equally unimpressed, rates it 2 paws down. Would not recommend, unless you enjoy a side of perplexing policies with your...

Bankhouse has gone down hill so much!

We were there from 4:30 in the afternoon yesterday had glasses collected from our table exactly twice in 5 hours! Only stayed that long to watch the cardinals! Pub had about 10 teens behind the bar which all of them could’ve been glass collecting at least. Every time we went to the bar the ones that could serve got the order wrong (order a cider they give us a beer, order a rum and lemonade you just got lemonade) when they did get the order right the syrups on the soft drinks run out and it tasted awful so we asked for a fresh drink, they said no problem we will bring it over right away... half an hour later we had to go to the bar to chase it up.

We also ordered some starters and chips to go alongside the starter... starter came then 45 mins later “oh did you order chips, here” no sorry for the delay nothing! Never seen service so shocking & if it wasn’t for us wanting to see the cardinals we would’ve been out of there after our first round (when we found out the bar was running pretty dry: No bottled ciders, no jäger, no corrs light etc.)

I’ve always loved the Bankhouse and it’s such a shame to see it going to the...

Food is not very good here at all especially for the price point, the prices are all wrong, the sirloin steak is 1cm thick and comes out like a piece of frying steak really lethargic non of the fat cooked and pale in colour as the grill isn’t hot enough, starter felt a bit mix match deep fried black pudding with pancetta and the most boring side salad iv ever seen, the pancetta was tasteless maybe use guanciali or season the dish!, it just felt to me that the chef was very inexperienced and he’s tried putting a great sounding menu together and charging top dollar for the dishes when he can’t cook them or present them properly, the salad here is the same as mixed bag salad at Asda with a few cherry tomatoes you can’t serve this in a pub like that! The menu and chefs need work to take this place to where it deserves to be or the place will lose popularity very very quickly and I’m in this game I know, hopefully management will look into this as customers are noticing your not up to scratch but your...