The Albert

One of the many public houses crammed into this tiny town is The Albert, a hugely traditional pub that, for me, was a bit of a let-​down.
Bang in the middle of the town on the road in from Leeds lies in a pretty enviable spot, and is usually fairly busy. However, it seems to attract the few unfriendly folk in Ilkley in my experience, and my visits there have always been characterised by a bit of animosity from the obvious regulars.
Inside the pub itself everything is fairly traditional, which is cool — a nice simple décor, good beers and prices, plenty of places to sit — but the bar staff and a few of the regular punters don’t come across as friendly as they do in most of the other pubs in Ilkley, which gave me quite the shock when I first entered the Albert. Not so good.