Lovely Scandinavian inspired cafe. The staff were super friendly and completely professional, an…read moreabsolute credit to the cafe. We will definitely be coming back, the hot chocolate was sublime.

From the owner: Speciality espresso bar.read more

Love this place. My wife has to be gluten free and this place is completely safe. That said, bring…read moreyou gluten loving friends as they will not know the difference. Great food and David even roasts his own coffee beans from Colombia. Great family owned restaurant to support as well. Highly recommend this place and we will definitely be back soon even though we live in the US. :-) She even made me hot tea when I wasn't feeling well. Lovely couple and nice atmosphere.

The food in this place is so fresh it is astonishing. They get the raw ingredients from the counter…read moreand basically cook it in front of you in the open kitchen. It is like you Grandma cooking for you. And the smell of freshly ground coffee is just delightful. It is only a small quaint little place and the opening hours are not the greatest but it is well worth finding the time to visit this place.

In Headingley, where lovely independent cafes and coffee shops are far from rare, Bare Coffee still…read moremanages to stand out as being somewhere special. The cafe is tiny. There are a few tables and chairs inside but I think the capacity for customers must be about 10. Outside at the front there are a couple more tables and there are a few more in the back garden. Fortunately we were able to find space at a table in the back. The atmosphere indoors is chaotic but fun, three members of staff shout orders and jokes to each other behind the tiny coffee bar, each of them laughing and jostling for space. You get the impression that your order won't be delivered very quickly but that it will be worth the wait, and the chaos is exciting rather than stressful, the laughter is infectious. This contrasts to the garden areas which are far more relaxed. Personally, given the right weather, I could happily spend all day here. It's perhaps more of a courtyard than a garden, but it's lined with plants, including strawberry plants. The strawberries were just starting to ripen during my visit and I couldn't help worndering if they use them in their recipes. I ordered the Spanish picadillo hash. It came with fried potatoes, cherry tomatoes, chorizo, black pudding and a fried egg. My sister's enormous veggie breakfast came with sourdough toast (all the bread comes from the Leeds Bread Co-op and loaves are available to buy from the cafe), mushrooms, eggs, cherry tomatoes and leak and cheese veggie sausages. We also both ordered delicious Soy lattes, the coffee is North Star. Everything was exactly as delicious as it sounds. If you're in the Headingley area and looking for brunch I really doubt you could find anything better.

I just loved Banyan. The atmosphere, the wide range of food options from healthy veggie to meaty…read moreand delicious. Service was delightful - warm, attentive & funny. I went twice while in Leeds on business because the healthy options were just what I needed at day's end. A great option in City Centere for all types of tastes & palates.

Yep, loved this place. Great food, good atmosphere.read more

it's easy to drive past this tiny little place and indeed I've done so several times so today I…read moremade a special effort to check it out. I thought that the price for a quarter pound burger was ok (£2.70) and then I found that this included a free tea. It was only when i opened my box that i found it also included chips! I don't think I've ever seen as many staff crammed into a little space before but they all seemed pleasant enough and there wasn't a long wait for my food. Not the best burger I've had but it was very edible and I would come here again (mainly because I'm not fond of spending a lot of money)

From the owner: April 2014. New owner. The café will be renamed Options…read morewith a new menu, new look and even better standards. Offering a range of hot and cold sandwiches and meals to eat in or take away. Cakes are now available and are homemade, as are our main meals which are friendly to healthy eating plans. Find us on Facebook for daily special offers. Coming soon: deliveries, outside catering, loyalty scheme and celebration cakes. Ask for more details

Lovely little cafe in Holbeck, a short walk from the train station and city centre. Serves super…read morenice coffee, all sorts of fruity brews and really good snacky food. Think door-wedge sandwiches, freshly made soups, salads, sushi etc. They also have local produce in stock - I bought some Yorkshire Honey in there the other day. Gorgeous. Price isn't cheap but - you get what you pay for. There's not much room to sit in but good for taking friends / clients. You could sit outside on the patch of 'grass' - but I'd wait for the summer months for that. Staff are super friendly and there's a selection of magazines / papers to grab if you're feeling the need to consume some literature along with your nosh. They tweet too - @outofthewoodsuk - in a nice personal way. Watch out for the cupcakes on the counter, they're very hard to not buy.

Opened in December, the second Out of the Woods in Leeds adds a delightful offering to Granary…read moreWharf. With such a fantastic reputation and community following from the first Out of the Woods on Water Lane in Holbeck Urban Village, the new juice bar serves coffee, soup, smoothies, juice, sandwiches, all things wholesome, just as good if not better than the last. In all the madness of opening a new shop in the christmas period, Ross & Jon (OOTW parents) even had time to open a 'pop-up' Christmas Shop also in Granary Wharf - selling gift boxes and presents that my parents loved. The interior is chic, so is the graphic or 'branding', very simple and decadent but most of all the staff are genuinely lovely. Out of the Woods provides very affordable prices for high quality local produce and excellent personal service. I have, like most, a thing for good coffee and well delivered service with a sense that your custom is valued. For me this is exactly what Out of the Woods is about and does a damn good job at that! Get down there for a coffee / meeting, lunch date, walk along the canal, breakfast before work, comfortable chat, healthy smoothie. etc, etc. I cannot recommend it enough. OH, THEY HAVE FREE WI-FI!!!! THANK YOU Out of the Woods.

Disrespectful staff accusing me of stealing when the cashier just didn't charge me properly…read more Threatening me and accusing me when I was a normal customer who just came into the store to mind my business eat my panini but the bad attitude and anger ruined the whole experience. I do not recommend, I will never come back, the worst cafe in wortley. Disrespectful staff! Bad attitude! And a whole load of anger mismanagement!

Finding myself in the area I took the opportunity to call back for a second bite of the errrr…read morepanini. Once again the welcome was warm and genuine (I'll check this again after the first flush of newness has passed). There is a varied menu available but I am a neo-traditionalist and decided on a chilli chicken panini. I have to say I enjoyed every bite but there didn't seem to be as many bites as I'd like for the money (although with their special deal it was only £3.50 for the panini and a coffee). This feels a comfortable place to take a break, so much so that I almost found myself joining in with the staff's banter.

Now, I don't often get out to Chapel A, but on the odd occasion I do a visit to this little treat…read morestop is an absolute must. Granted, there are not many tables so it can be hard to grab a seat, but I'd suggest it's worth the wait given what's in store. A few Saturdays ago, treats we're on the agenda. As I'd not been here in ages, we decided to seek out some delectable sustenance here, as that is precisely what I got my friends. I had heard tell these guys do a mean burger, and since I've been banging on about seeking out Leeds' best it seemed only fair to tackle that for lunch. Oh. My. Word. After an enticing wait the food arrived and what lay before me was some kind of demi-god, as far as patties go. A beautifully baked sesame seed bun, with all the fluffy, crispy, freshness you could hope for in a bread cake. The accoutrements included a wonderfully fresh bit of salad, perfectly melted cheddar, and a delightful home made piccalilli. The meat? Seasoned to perfection, juicier than I've known, and cooked like a dream. Slightly pink, like a real burger should be, and a right ruddy messy affair. I was in heaven. Of course, you know all about their award winning cupcakes by now, so I needn't wax lyrical about the white chocolate as raspberry nirvana that I polished off at home, but what you probably didn't know is that I've found a contender for one of Leeds' finest burgers. Try for yourself and let me know how you get on... Moar treats? Check in on Yelp and you get 25% off afternoon tea!

The Sunshine Bakery is a delightful and delicious new addition to Chapel Allerton's row of pretty…read morelittle shops on Harrogate Road. I just love the name - so twee and smile-inducing! As soon as I heard about it I just knew I had to check it out ASAP! I have both the requisite sweet tooth and and a love of all things kitsch and vintage-inspired. Hence I LOVE The Sunshine Bakery! The outside of the shop is painted a sumptuous deep plum colour and the sign features gold, hand-painted lettering with a quaint feel. Inside the walls are covered in oh-so-vintage pink flocked wall paper...but to be honest that's not exactly what your eyes are drawn to with all the tasty treats on display! Anyone with a particular predilection for sweetmeats will be literally drooling all over the shop! The cupcakes cry 'EAT ME' with their generous helpings of many-coloured icing and array of flavours. There are also such delights as champagne truffles, as well as slightly less exciting (though very delicious I'm sure) savoury items including sandwiches and soups as well as tea and coffee. There is a lovely atmosphere at The Sunshine Bakery, with friendly, smiling staff, and the customers seeming very happy to be there and oh so close to their next cupcake fix! I also opted for Eton Mess...it was absolutely delicious! If you live in Chapel Allerton you may find yourself trying desperately to avoid the temptation to visit the Sunshine Bakery daily...luckily for my health I live a reasonably long bike ride away...however, the exercise required to get there will probably just allow me to justify a rampant gorge-fest upon arrival! YUM!

Out of the Woods is my local sandwich shop & all round fab independent cafe (yes, I am that lucky!)…read moreand I'm telling you, they do a mean sandwich. They also do lots of other goodness that you're bound to love. I can be a fussy eater. I don't do rocket, I've only just tried brie, I'm a bit strange about chutneys but the salami, goats cheese and mango chutney sandwich is one of the best sandwiches I've had. Even the rocket in it tastes nice. If its breakfast you're looking for, the choice ranges from porridge & granola to pastries and fruit. The breakfast smoothie is one of the best I've ever had. Seriously good. On top of all that, you can even buy Yorkshire Crisps and Lottie Shaw's parkin!! YES! Seriously though, this is a good place, it isn't too pricey and the menu is varied. Plus, they won't judge you. I went in in PJs once when I was unwell & they didn't bat an eyelid! Nice peeps!

Out Of The Woods is an awesome little coffee shop. I've never visited their original store on Water…read moreLane but the Granary Wharf place is a beauty. Really nice food (I recommend the ginger and cinnamon oatmeal cookies!), very good coffee and a really, really nice atmosphere. The place is decked out perfectly, really rustic yet somehow super modern. Really great place to visit. I'm just hoping they open another store closer to my place of work - hows about it guys? =)

Fabulously fudgey is both utterly fabulous and... well... fudgey!…read more I had my first fabulously fudgey experience at the Yelp event at the corn exchange and my word... that has to be the best fudge I have ever tasted! I highly recommend the chocolate orange variety which I could have eaten all evening given half the chance. Not so great for the waistline but damn good on the taste buds!