Pub review: Lamb & Flag, Leeds

One of the beauties of Leeds is the broad range of pubs, from high quality fine dining establishments to proper spit-and-sawdust establishments.

And just when you feel like you’re getting a handle on all that Leeds has to offer, you find another legendary pub that you knew nothing about but which you feel you really ought to have been familiar with.

One such place is the Lamb & Flag, which I’m sure proper Loiners will be familiar with. It is on Church Row, next to the Leeds Parish Church and just a yell away from the new BBC headquarters and the culture quarter. The Lamb & Flag’s name seems to be religious in meaning, which seems to fit given that it is neighbouring the Parish Church. The name apparently comes from the symbol of Christ as the victorious Lamb of God of the Book of Revelation, carrying a banner with a cross.

It looks like it has been here forever. Actually it is restored from a crumbling 19th century building.