Guidebook for Leeds

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Guidebook for Leeds

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closest train station
29 locals recommend
Leeds Train Station
New Station Street
29 locals recommend
closest train station
if travelling by bus
34 locals recommend
Leeds City Bus Station
New York Street
34 locals recommend
if travelling by bus
Pool tables, Table tennis & Cocktails - rembember to BOOK a table though!
8 locals recommend
Roxy Ball Room Leeds Boar Lane
58 Boar Ln
8 locals recommend
Pool tables, Table tennis & Cocktails - rembember to BOOK a table though!
Bowling
8 locals recommend
Roxy Ball Room Leeds Boar Lane
58 Boar Ln
8 locals recommend
Bowling

Food Scene

Street Food vans set up in the food court area (which change every month) within the Trinity shopping centre, Trinity Kitchen. A chance to try something different & also support small businesses.
20 locals recommend
Trinity Kitchen
27 Albion St
20 locals recommend
Street Food vans set up in the food court area (which change every month) within the Trinity shopping centre, Trinity Kitchen. A chance to try something different & also support small businesses.
Brazilian BBQ - Fazenda features continuous tableside service of fifteen* different prime cuts of meat, including beef, chicken, pork and lamb. *seven cuts at lunch time £17.30 12-3pm or £28.30 5-10pm
19 locals recommend
Fazenda Leeds
Unit 4-7 Granary Wharf
19 locals recommend
Brazilian BBQ - Fazenda features continuous tableside service of fifteen* different prime cuts of meat, including beef, chicken, pork and lamb. *seven cuts at lunch time £17.30 12-3pm or £28.30 5-10pm
Coffee & Cake in a cute & quicky venue
15 locals recommend
Mrs Atha's
18 Central Rd
15 locals recommend
Coffee & Cake in a cute & quicky venue
Great Coffee - if you're a bit of a coffee snob, you will love this place! (although small venue)
11 locals recommend
Laynes Espresso
16 New Station St
11 locals recommend
Great Coffee - if you're a bit of a coffee snob, you will love this place! (although small venue)
Everything on the menu involves the cacao bean. Some of the results are strange, some are unbelievable, all are delicious and beautifully cooked - ready your taste buds for new experiences.
Hotel Chocolat
20 Albion Pl
Everything on the menu involves the cacao bean. Some of the results are strange, some are unbelievable, all are delicious and beautifully cooked - ready your taste buds for new experiences.
BBQ Spare Ribs, steak & burgers. Promo Mondays - 'Pig & Chicken versus YOU' £21.95 for unlimited chicken wings & ribs.
Stampede by Cattle Grid
Albion Street
BBQ Spare Ribs, steak & burgers. Promo Mondays - 'Pig & Chicken versus YOU' £21.95 for unlimited chicken wings & ribs.
Classy resturant just above the Trinity Shopping centre with Cocktail bar Angelica just below it.
8 locals recommend
Crafthouse
70 Boar Ln
8 locals recommend
Classy resturant just above the Trinity Shopping centre with Cocktail bar Angelica just below it.
Tasty, Dirty Burgers
Meat Liquor Leeds
1 Bank Street
Tasty, Dirty Burgers
Thai food - great atmosphere, traditionally dresses staff & fab food.
8 locals recommend
Sukhothai Restaurant
15 S Parade
8 locals recommend
Thai food - great atmosphere, traditionally dresses staff & fab food.
Well, there’s everything you’d expect from a burger – and everything you wouldn’t. From the Oreo ice cream sandwich side to the Frazzles toppings!
Almost Famous Leeds
Great George Street
Well, there’s everything you’d expect from a burger – and everything you wouldn’t. From the Oreo ice cream sandwich side to the Frazzles toppings!
Perfectly executed barbeque food, done the way it should be done. Awesome American beers. Friendly and attentive staff Really good value for money. Try out the Bucket of Bones! (if you love ribs)
10 locals recommend
Red's True Barbecue
1 Cloth Hall St
10 locals recommend
Perfectly executed barbeque food, done the way it should be done. Awesome American beers. Friendly and attentive staff Really good value for money. Try out the Bucket of Bones! (if you love ribs)
NEW - & so nice! if you love Tapas Sunday is the day to go, its got a 2-4-1 deal! This also applies to their cocktails & mocktails. Serves tapas, traditional Cuban food, burgers & peri peri chicken.
9 locals recommend
Revolución de Cuba
64-68 Call Ln
9 locals recommend
NEW - & so nice! if you love Tapas Sunday is the day to go, its got a 2-4-1 deal! This also applies to their cocktails & mocktails. Serves tapas, traditional Cuban food, burgers & peri peri chicken.

Arts & Culture

Henry Moore Gallery
74 The Headrow
Art Gallery
Musem
112 locals recommend
Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive
112 locals recommend
Musem
Events
40 locals recommend
First Direct Arena
Arena Way
40 locals recommend
Events
Northern Ballet
2 Quarry Hill
Ballet
Plays & Shows
34 locals recommend
Leeds Playhouse
Quarry Hill
34 locals recommend
Plays & Shows
Shows & Drinks
10 locals recommend
City Varieties Music Hall
Swan Street
10 locals recommend
Shows & Drinks
Plays & Shows
The Carriageworks
3 Millennium Square
Plays & Shows
Plays & Shows
43 locals recommend
Leeds Grand Theatre
46 New Briggate
43 locals recommend
Plays & Shows
CINEMA - with comfy sofa seats & side tables. Order food & drinks whilst seated watching your movie. *Monday nights free pizza with showing (book prior)*
27 locals recommend
Everyman Leeds
Albion Street
27 locals recommend
CINEMA - with comfy sofa seats & side tables. Order food & drinks whilst seated watching your movie. *Monday nights free pizza with showing (book prior)*
Christmas Decor & German sausages!..and other outdoor food stalls & crafts. Runs November 13th - December 20th
Leeds Christmas Market
Christmas Decor & German sausages!..and other outdoor food stalls & crafts. Runs November 13th - December 20th

Drinks & Nightlife

Cocktails with great outdoor seating & view of the city.
17 locals recommend
Sky Lounge
Granary Wharf
17 locals recommend
Cocktails with great outdoor seating & view of the city.
Stone baked Pizza & outdoor seating by canal
Craft Asylum #1
Stone baked Pizza & outdoor seating by canal
Cool Cocktails! Facinating watching the bar staff making and presenting cocktails. A huge range available and some are like science experiments with drama, steam and smoke to match!
9 locals recommend
The Alchemist Trinity
9 locals recommend
Cool Cocktails! Facinating watching the bar staff making and presenting cocktails. A huge range available and some are like science experiments with drama, steam and smoke to match!
Food/ Live music every night (everyone loves a sing-a-long!!!)/ drinks - great atmosphere...& you got to try out their hanging kebabs!!
9 locals recommend
The Botanist
67 Boar Ln
9 locals recommend
Food/ Live music every night (everyone loves a sing-a-long!!!)/ drinks - great atmosphere...& you got to try out their hanging kebabs!!
Drinks & Soul Kitchen (Caribbean & Criole cuisine)
12 locals recommend
The Wardrobe
6 St Peter's Square
12 locals recommend
Drinks & Soul Kitchen (Caribbean & Criole cuisine)
Fancy Posh Cocktails, just sit yourself down and a waiter will come over & take your order
21 locals recommend
Angelica
70 Boar Ln
21 locals recommend
Fancy Posh Cocktails, just sit yourself down and a waiter will come over & take your order
Rooftop terrace/ great food (burgers & pizza slices) & drinks
32 locals recommend
The Belgrave
Cross Belgrave Street
32 locals recommend
Rooftop terrace/ great food (burgers & pizza slices) & drinks
Craft Beer, Quality meats & cheeses
13 locals recommend
Friends of Ham
4-8 New Station St
13 locals recommend
Craft Beer, Quality meats & cheeses
Soul, funk, blues, jazz & reggae music, two floors with a dance floor on the top floor (small dance floor but this place has a great chilled out atmosphere...everyone is so happy!..or drunk!)
10 locals recommend
Smokestack
159A Lower Briggate
10 locals recommend
Soul, funk, blues, jazz & reggae music, two floors with a dance floor on the top floor (small dance floor but this place has a great chilled out atmosphere...everyone is so happy!..or drunk!)
Drinks & Mexican Food
Neon Cactus
35 Call Ln
Drinks & Mexican Food
Crazy busy, loud music/ dancing & drinks on the very popular Call Lane (road with many bars).
Norman Bar
36 Call Ln
Crazy busy, loud music/ dancing & drinks on the very popular Call Lane (road with many bars).
Pool tables & loads of sports to be watched on the many screens.
Shooters Bar Leeds
123 The Headrow
Pool tables & loads of sports to be watched on the many screens.

Shopping

Food & Boutiques, quirky shops, crafts in Grade l-listed building
36 locals recommend
Leeds Corn Exchange
Call Lane
36 locals recommend
Food & Boutiques, quirky shops, crafts in Grade l-listed building
Shopping
9 locals recommend
MAC Cosmetics
111 New Briggate
9 locals recommend
Shopping
Open 9am - 8pm. All the stores you would want under one roof! H&M, DKNY, Hollister, Victoria Secrets, River Island, Top Shop, Next, M&S, Mango, Superdry, Oasis, Office, Urban Outfitters, Primark, etc.
86 locals recommend
Trinity Leeds
27 Albion St
86 locals recommend
Open 9am - 8pm. All the stores you would want under one roof! H&M, DKNY, Hollister, Victoria Secrets, River Island, Top Shop, Next, M&S, Mango, Superdry, Oasis, Office, Urban Outfitters, Primark, etc.

Sightseeing

One of the biggest Parks in Europe it has more than 700 acres (2.8 km2) of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens. If you are lucky you can catch the Leeds Rhino Rugby team traning on Sunday mornings.
46 locals recommend
Roundhay Park station
46 locals recommend
One of the biggest Parks in Europe it has more than 700 acres (2.8 km2) of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens. If you are lucky you can catch the Leeds Rhino Rugby team traning on Sunday mornings.
Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown
41 locals recommend
Temple Newsam House
Temple Newsam Road
41 locals recommend
Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown
Nice Museum - but across the road is the Kirkstall Abbey! The once-giant Cistercian structure is now largely ruins but its still great to look at & might as well have a nice walk around the park!
14 locals recommend
Abbey House Museum
Abbey Road
14 locals recommend
Nice Museum - but across the road is the Kirkstall Abbey! The once-giant Cistercian structure is now largely ruins but its still great to look at & might as well have a nice walk around the park!
Harewood sits at the heart of Yorkshire, one of the Treasure Houses of England. House was built in the 18th century and has art collections to rival the finest in the land in the setting of Yorkshire.
108 locals recommend
Harewood House
108 locals recommend
Harewood sits at the heart of Yorkshire, one of the Treasure Houses of England. House was built in the 18th century and has art collections to rival the finest in the land in the setting of Yorkshire.

Essentials

This is the nearest Tesco (fairly well priced & a sml/med size) just two blocks away - 5min walk, on the other side of canal. Also has a Starbucks, Panini Shack & Juici Sushi next door to it.
35 locals recommend
Tesco Express
Burley Road
35 locals recommend
This is the nearest Tesco (fairly well priced & a sml/med size) just two blocks away - 5min walk, on the other side of canal. Also has a Starbucks, Panini Shack & Juici Sushi next door to it.
Sainsbury's Local in city centre - so if you are already in town and need to get a few bits this is ideally located on the way home. However it's quite small & you won't get much choice but good price
103 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
63 Boar Ln
103 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local in city centre - so if you are already in town and need to get a few bits this is ideally located on the way home. However it's quite small & you won't get much choice but good price
Morrisons supermarket is the largest supermarket you will get in the city centre, this will have everything you need! & at a great price but it will take about 20min to walk back (its near the Arena).
18 locals recommend
Morrisons
18 locals recommend
Morrisons supermarket is the largest supermarket you will get in the city centre, this will have everything you need! & at a great price but it will take about 20min to walk back (its near the Arena).
Tesco Metro (much larger than the 'Express') and right in the city centre, so great if you are already in town and want a bit more choice. Also very reasonably priced.
Tesco Metro
Bond Street
Tesco Metro (much larger than the 'Express') and right in the city centre, so great if you are already in town and want a bit more choice. Also very reasonably priced.