The Domino Club - Leeds

The name 'Reform ' suggest something different, new, and better. This bar, despite the name, fails to stand out from the crowd in anyway. Like most of the bars at this end of town, drinks are expensive and the atmosphere is usually good, but it has no character when compared to Verve or Mojo. The décor tries to be special, but ends up rather ordinary, and, although it 's fine selection of beers would be impressive anywhere else, in this area of town, it 's par for the course. On the plus side, it has some comfy sofas, and doesn 't usually get as busy as places like Mojo, which can be refreshing if you 're not into having your personal space invaded. Until about 3AM, however, when it can become full of revellers fresh from the clubs that take advantage of it 's late opening hours to further pound their livers and ruin the atmosphere.

I 'm hesitant to throw 4 stars at a place after one visit. But then i think if it had that much of an effect the once it probably can again. So we 're walking up the street, a few cocktails along aiming for another bar in town. The bouncer shouts at us as we pass, hey come in here! We look, i shout back why? he says, cos i 'll give you free shots! Well thought we thats a turn up for the books. So we let this rare bouncer take us to the bar. To the front of the queue mind, these guys gals) are getting free shots! He doesn 't specify the cheapest or anything like that, he just smiles, says have a good night and off he goes. So we get a range of types of shot, all free and order our drinks. We find a pair of sofas to sit on, despite it being well into a busy saturday night and we realise that the music is ****** brilliant. Pure cheese for the most part but with some classic rock thrown in for fun. So so far we 've great staff, good music. Well as it happens even without the shots being free it seems Reform is fairly cheap at least in terms of its neighbours), all the more so if you happen to hold a regulars card. So three for three on the good bar tally for me. Just one night maybe, but one night made awesome by a completely accidental visit.

Beer? Check. Cocktails? Check. Classic rock anthems to sign yourself hoarse along to? Check, check and double check. The Reform is a great place to spend a night with reasonable prices, great music and friendly, banterful staff. (Yes alright, I made up a word but honestly, they really re full of banter! Oh, they're also open till 6am once a month. Plenty of time for merriment mischief!

Good beer and cocktails, batman used to work at hard rock cafe before it closed down and makes a good cocktail if you like em, they have a members card which saves you 20%off a round, pays for it's self straight away, can also be used at verve and call lane social.

This bar holds the somewhat questionable distinction of being the latest bar in Leeds, opening until 6am on the last Saturday of every month, so my only experiences of it have involved crawling in, shame-faced and post-club, to squeeze in one last pint before bed. As such, my impressions of it are no doubt very different from what one might experience on, say, 6pm on a Wednesday night, and I get the feeling from the décor that there's even an attempt to be classy being made somewhere along the line. Stop by in the early hours, however, and you'll find a meat market that's only slightly more upmarket than Oceana in terms of its clientele, and a room full of people who obviously haven't managed to pull at the club making a last-gasp attempt. Drinks ain't cheap, but that doesn't seem to stop the punters piling through the doors after other establishments have shut theirs.