The Old Ball, Pizza Kitchen & Bar Review

Nice remodeling. Great selection of lager and craft beer and food. Show all sports, albeit a bit too loudly!

Nice traditional pub with external seating weather permitting.can be rowdy at times world cup I visited very hot day but we'll situated pub large carpark.worth a visit

Lovely food, roomy and quiet pub with plenty of seating. Very nice place to go for lunch. Burgers were great!

Don't forget to check your car in at the bar to avoid a fine. A decent pub, bright and clean. Lots of TVs around for sports, and a large beer garden overlooking an extremely busy roundabout, which makes for entertaining people watching.

Bobbed to watch Rhinos beat Catalans. Beer is reasonably priced and plenty of screens to watch the game. While I didn't eat, three lads at the side of me did and their food, looked and smelled amazing. The calzone was huge. Good pub to start a Horsforth crawl.

Used to be a fabulous boozer but landlord is such a miserable fellow now!

Be careful with the parking - make sure you enter your reg plate at the bar

Very pore for food service and outside tables were very dirty

Visited on a quiet, post-lunch, wet Wednesday afternoon.
The staff we friendly, polite and helpful; and although it was quiet kept themselves busy keeping the bar spotlessly clean - always a good sign!
The food options are... a little limited (salad, pasta, burgers or their signature stone-baked 12" pizza) but if the quality of my Sloppy Joe burger is anything to go by then worth popping in again to try the pizza next time.

Parking Charge for a pub who does a bit of food. Staff don t even let customers know about it; yes there are signs around but you don t expect a charge for parking at an average pub, with average food and average staff.

Good for watching football, beer and food fine. Recommend

There was an old guy near me who was so drunk he pissed himself - and still they served him more beer. It looks nice on the outside - on the inside it s a regular unremarkable pub.

Lively sports bar with nice traditional stone baked pizzas

The car park system is shocking - bar staff don't even inform you that there is a car park system you need to sign in if you're frequenting the joint

It's great if u like a sports atmosphere. Good pizza. Etc

Popped in on a Wednesday lunch time. Great food, loads of choice. Perfect ale and really friendly welcoming staff, clearly enjoy their jobs and were happy to engage in conversation. Nice personal touch. I will definitely be back again soon!

This place is cheap enough, decent pub grub and they always have the sport on. Reasonable range of beers though whatever I want always seems to have run out

great value on food ,just make sure you register your car reg

Cracking atmosphere and they also do awesome pizza. Prices aren't bad either.

Very good social space - warm, welcoming, plently of room. Looks very tidy and fresh after the refurbishment. Perhaps not the best pub for real ales (normally Doombar, Leeds Pale and Greene King IPA, often run out of them), although there is an adequate choice of tap beers and ciders, again a significant improvement since the refurbishment. Large menu destined to suit many tastes, although pizzas are a little rich in flavour. Staff are excellent, always quick to serve yet still very friendly. Decent prices for the area.

great pub ..very friendly staff .. love going in for a few quiet pints and meeting my good pal mick

Fantastic pub to watch the football and grab a pint.The pizza's here are amazing made by hand in real ovens there a must to try!!!!!!Watch out for the parking as you must put your number plate in a machine at bar or you will get a fine.Lots of outdoor seating areas make this a very chilled out place.....well worth a visit!!!!!!

pleasant place to sit outside for a a drink on a summers day . nice looking menu with pizza's but i haven't tried that ! Very busy and popular at times.

Fantastic value for money exceptional staff homely and friendly

Recent refurbishment caters diners and not drinkers. Disappointing

Not been here since it's been refurbished, but wow it has changed. Went in at lunchtime with 2 x 3 year olds. Got told to keep my kids under control, rude staff. Said we should "come in order, eat our meal and go". Poor customer service from a staff member looking like we ruined her day. Have a kids menu so expect kids. It was pretty much dead inside so we weren't causing issues. Kids pizza looked like it came out of a frozen box. What happened to stone baked pizza.
Food average. Not going back, so rude!

Been a couple of times recently and both times we enjoyed the food.The staff were really helpful especially Sophie and worked hard cleaning the tables,chairs etc.

Newly decorated, friendly staff, comfortable, easy food. Just a nice straightforward pub.

Staff were super keen and friendly. Food was good and fairly priced.

Went for a quick bite to eat at lunch time it was very quiet. Nothing special got a shredded chicken wrap looked inside and was more like leftover scraps from Sunday lunch didn't look shredded at all. The chips were just from the freezer and wasn't that cheap! Given a two as the staff were ok

Just moved to the area and called in last month for a few shandys not knowing about the parking sarger until my wife showed me her fine. Not a good moment but a simple conversation had the fine cancelled! Great staff great atmosphere thanks will be back

Lovely afternoon drink in the sunshine - plenty of outdoor seating. Good selection of beers, gins and ciders - everyone was happy.

Called in after attending a course at the leeds uni. Very nice experience and will be going back again.

The staff also dealt with a pest who had, had too much to drink.

Quality pub good atmosphere and lots of live sport to enjoy. Shame the only negative reviews are about the car park cameras which is not something the pub controls. Although if people just read the signs and type in you re reg you won t get a fine!

Only one normal bitter and once was off because cleaning pipes in the afternoon. This should never happen during opening hours.

nice for splash and dash but nothing beyond pub food and drink , pizza was ok'ish and place seems attracts good looking women's in the summer as well and has large parking so worth a quick pit stop

When are they going to keep the kitchen open longer than 8.45pm.

Just been done out again. Not so sure of the booths at the front. No more Pizza Oven to look at. Good service with plenty of staff. Average prices with a cricket theme.

Nice place would recommend only issue is no bitter just largers

This pub looks great and I couldn t fault the food we were served on the two occasions we visited. Unfortunately the great food was always accompanied by a long wait and the service was poor. Staff seemed put out by us, and treated our every request as if we were asking to going off-menu. I hope that the venue can soon find the system and staff it needs to support an otherwise strong menu, making it the place to go for a good night out in Horsforth.

Went for food but we are vegan / vegetarian. They have a huge menu for vegans but most of the options weren't available when we went to the bar to order. Nowhere did it say what time breakfast was served til but turns out we were 3 minutes late for breakfast which removed most of the available food options. Finished our drinks and went to the greenhouse in horsforth for food instead which are more accommodating

Ok pub with a pizzeria. 241 offers during the week. Near the top end of town Street and other bars.

Had a good visit, great atmosphere , nice food. We'll be back!

POOR food quality. Was excellent when it reopened after refurb but the standard has since dropped dramatically and the presentation is BAD. No tomatoes on Margherita regular, Pizzas are SUPER greasy and MAKE DO INGREDIENTS on absolutely all orders. NO STANDARD AT ALL. Too RICH tasting like oregano mixed heavy with the tomato sauce base. Reduced Pizza sizes. Relish for Burgers comes on a lifeless leaf with poor quality filling and a cheap side dip like a scoop of Morrisons seafood jar sauce. What a shame as it had lots of potential after reopening but like most pubs and Chefs it doesn't take long for them to slack off and rush the food.

Recently refurbished, great feel to it. Good place to go watch sports and very comfortable.

Went to Horsforth on Sunday with mrs and to take step son back to University. After unpacking all the gear, we were all feeling a bit peckish, so we decided to give The Old Ball a visit, as is was local to Trinity University. Firstly, had to enter car reg into computer at Bar not to get a parking ticket "different to back in Sunny Hartlepool, but no cost, so problem. I ordered smothered chicken and thrice cooked chips, mrs got a fish finger wrap and same chips and Liam got a Burger with chips. Had to wait a while, but we could see from other orders being served, that this was "home cooked". All our 3 meals meals were very good and the chips a treat. Good pub, with plenty of room at each table for access, with numerous TVs. Pleasant visit to a good pub and will certainly give this place another visit, when next in Horsforth.

Food was great, priced very well interior and exterior were exquisite and the staff were lovely!

We don't come here often but it's been pleasant over the last year when we have. It's got nice open spaces Inside and is clean and tidy. We've enjoyed quiet afternoons, but haven't been on an evening for a long time. There's a pool table and they show BT Sports (which might get get there for an evening actually!). The service at the bar was pretty disappointing on our last visit, but nicely overshadowed by the food service. The menu is small, and not great for me being coeliac, there wasn't anything I could adapt and didn't fancy getting into detailed discussion about options with the bar staff. So I opted not to eat, but my other half chose a pizza and was really impressed- love that they have a pizza oven on site!

Great pub to watch sports but has a hostile atmosphere at times. Good food and a small ale selection makes this a good destination.

Love the atmosphere at the old ball, two for Tuesday pizza offer is great, and collect points on a spice card for promotion stuff and money off.

The owners have turned this pub into a fantastic venue with stone baked pizza and guest ales.

Be aware of the new parking charges here, you have 10 minutes to get your car registered or you get fined.

Clean and comfortable. Not too loud. Enjoyed my visit.