The Crossed Shuttle

Don’t you just love the fuzzy feeling you get from having your fist intake of alcohol? But anyway, back to Unilocaling.
This is definitely a much better class of Wetherspoon’s pub than I am used to in Leeds.
The large out door seating area, that although is busy and by a road is still a pleasant place to sit and is somewhat of a sun trap.
Inside is very spacious too but I think the seating and labels are a little too close together making you having to navigate around them even when the pub isn’t busy.
I saw lots of people eating and the food looked very standard Wetherspoons food. It all smelled lovely and people were tucking in as they talked.
I only had time for 1 drink and seeing as it was a lovely sunny day I bought a pint of John Smith’s Extra Smooth and headed back out to the benches and tables outside.
I had forgot to wait for my change.
The barman caught me up outside and remarked it would be an expensive at £5.
He was very pleasant indeed and even addressed me as «Sir» which completely caught me off guard.
This pub is full of people both young and not so young which I think makes for a very pleasant atmosphere.
Now I have family in Pudsey I will definitely be calling in here again.

Nice place, nice food and friendly staff. Probably the best place to go for a drink in Pudsey.

If i could give this zero then I would
Let me set the scene…
It’s Children in Need Night, Pudsey Bear was promised to «come home». (wasn’t that Peru? no, perhaps that was a different bear)
Pie eating competition between three men and one dog (the dog won by 57seconds)
The longest sandwich
some gypsies touting ghost rides and pink candyfloss
A parade through town that had two royal mail vans.
The whole evening was strange.
We needed a drink
Preferably in a pub that had a beer garden of sorts as we had Merlot (the dog). Okay the crossed shuttle with it’s tables out the front should be fine… if we can clear some of the fag butts off the table and the mountains of empty pint pots, we might well be able to have a quick one and hopefully Merlot wont get filthy sitting on the vile, stale beer stinking paving stones.
Checked with the bouncers that they didn’t let dogs in and that it’s fine for us to sit outside (Note the Original Oak and their MASSIVE beer garden!!). okay. cool. However, whilst procrastinating about whom was going to go in to order, the bouncer came over and apologised that we would have to leave as apparently the manager didn’t want dogs (bear in mind he is an English Setter and was on the lead) in their «beer garden» as «people might complain about a dog being there and it gives the wrong impression about the pub». what? that it’s NOT full of oiks and drunks? curious.
Although we didn’t even go inside and the bouncer was in fact quite nice, frankly, don’t waste your money on this hell hole.
Avoid