Leeds has shaped one of the strongest dining scenes in the North, built on character rather than flash. It is the home of Bavette, The Good Food Guide’s Best Local Restaurant 2024, and The Highland Laddie, which claimed the top spot in our 100 Best Pubs 2025 list. Together they ......
Britain’s fondness for a nostalgic pub is helping recent openings like The Devonshire and The Knave of Clubs buck the nationwide trend of pub closures. In the North, Leeds’ ‘newest old pub’ The Highland Laddie is leading the charge, says food writer Thom Archer.
Dining out in Leeds in 2025 looks dramatically different to the dynamic days of the mid-2010s but there’s reasons to be cheerful, writes local expert Thom Archer.
Winner of The Good Food Guide’s Best Local Restaurant Award 2024, Bavette might be in a leafy Leeds suburb but its story starts across the Channel in the Loire Valley.
From expertly made coffee to cocktails in one of the city’s under-the-radar new bars, Luke Downing of Vice & Virtue picks his favourite places in Leeds to eat and drink
