This parade of shops can change your life, especially if you're a female!…read moreYou can start at one end for a pamper, have at least one hairdo, have a relax over a coffee but a designer outfit, some running shoes to keep in trim, then buy a house ! Getting back to the task in hand!! West park cafe used to be a couple of doors down but is now where west park deli was ( new owners, but don't worry Kelly from the Deli is still here to look after you most days). The new owners seem very enthusiastic and are certainly developing a new character for the place with new tasteful touches appearing. It's a great little place and the food and coffee is top notch!

Really great place to have breakfast. The food was fabulous, the free wifi was strong, and the…read moreservice was very friendly and quick. I really liked the cute, relaxed atmosphere too. Highly recommend if you are in the area.

We stopped here for a late lunch, following a lovely but wet and cold hike. The place was very…read morewarm. The staff was friendly and helpful. They had an extensive menu as well. I had a lamb pie, which was delicious. They also serve draft beer And spirits.

We have been visiting Hawes for years when holidaying in the area, and the Wensleydale Pantry is a…read moresure bet for a good honest meal at a fair price. The Pantry is on the first floor (flight of stairs) with window view of the bustling main street. Large and airy with plenty of well spaced tables. A huge menu choice and daily specials. Recommended.

Wow - I love this place! Just a little hole in the wall with enough room to squeeze a few people…read morethrough into the shop - it ticks all the boxes as to what an ice cream shop should be! You may need to brave long queues though guys because they're always huge! You can see why though when the ice cream is such good quality. On my latest visit I hit the rhubarb and custard and creme caramel flavours and for £2.90 a double scoop tub it was so so worth it. Perfect to enjoy in Knaresboro castle yard on a sunny day!

If you're visiting Knaresborough then your trip isn't complete without popping into Brymor's for…read morethe tastiest ice cream around (not that I'm biased being Yorkshire born and bred!). It's a teeny tiny shop that sells around 15 different flavours of ice cream including delights such as rhubarb crumble and almond praline, often changing what's on offer. It really is super delicious with a gorgeous creamy texture and a proper depth of flavour, without being sickly sweet. Prices start from £1.90 for an adult single scoop cone or tub and is perfect for an indulgent treat whilst you stroll around Knaresborough Castle yard just a few minutes away.

Lovely cafe, nice decor and seating. Parking at back of building. Got a friendly hello as soon as…read morewe entered. There is a great selection on the menu (including a small kids section) and a daily specials board with discounts for take-away. We had 'the works' which was full english breakfast including loads of toast with jams and a pot of coffee. It came quickly, was very filling and reasonably priced. I also got a huge slab of carrot cake to take home which was lovely! This cafe has been open a while now and I've never seen it empty, it fact it usually looks pretty busy and I can see why now! I will be going again soon.

Ace cafe. Home cooked fresh food. Very good fry up, interesting specials and tasty sandwiches. And…read moreI nearly forgot the great cakes and milkshakes. Try it today.

Studenty shithole masquerading as something more upmarket. It's like the downmarket version of…read moreCross Keys in town. But very down market. But then it's for students, who don't want to spend a ton of cash on various fruity beers. And in that it was kinda cool to get a bottled cider for less than 4 quid. That said the cheesy chips were just short of 4 quid too and in quality probably worth about 1. I was very disappointed with the food if I'm honest. The staff seemed friendly right up until the end when one of the guy staff turned into a massive douche and wouldn't let us use the toilet because it was in the 'out of bounds' area, there are toilets around the corner we were told, only to find this was a disabled loo for all 4 of us that wanted to spend a penny. And then the scrabble set was rubbish too!

One word describes this place very well 'Studentesque'…read more This place is big but full of nooks and crannies so you can hide away if you want to. SO much random stuff you would be fine to go alone and just look around for half an hour, lol. A whole wall full of clocks which is why it is dubbed 'clock cafe' rather than LS6. Prices are a bit much for a 'cafe' but what they serve is nice enough with lovely little glass cups and saucers and leaf pots for tea. Staff are very relaxed which makes for a nice atmosphere. If you are in the area I would go in but not sure that I would pick it out of anywhere to go in Leeds.

This is going to be a quick one as I've only just nipped in quickly and grabbed a sandwich, but!…read moreOh. My. Word! What an amazing place! A stunning building, gorgeous food and a great cause! The Arch Cafe only opened yesterday, it's run by Age UK and has been set up to bring in a bit of income to help support the work that Age UK does in Leeds, a bit of a social enterprise you could say. The (amazing!) cakes are homemade, the bread for the sandwiches is from the lovely Riverside Sourdough Bakery in Dock St Market, and I spotted some Nanaimo Bars made by the lovely local business Fayre By Alley. I'm sat here now scoffing as I type - I've got a ciabatta with tuna carrot and mayo with thai dressing, and it's lovely. I've also picked up a peice of the homemade lemon layer cake which is a huge doorstep and I can't wait to have a bite. In fact, hang on.... *scoffs*... mmm have just tried a bite and that is really something (excuse me yelping with my mouth full) So - yummy food? Check Lovely surroundings? Check Locally sourced? Check In aid of a good cause? Check So why not that fifth star? Quite simply, the pricing structure. Some items on the menu are well worth the cash - for example that massive slab of lemon loveliness I'm eating was £1.60 which I think is very reasonable. However the sandwich was £3.25 (take out price, eat in was £3.75), which I think is a bit steep, as is £3.50 for a bowl of soup (albeit homemade). At those kinds of prices it takes it out of the realms of affordability for somewhere I'd eat quite often on my lunchbreak, and turns it into somewhere I'd only really be able to go as a treaty lunch, maybe just after payday. But I'm hoping this is just a 'newly opened, finding it's feet' kind of issue, and I will absolutely definitely be going back again fairly soon. Even if it's just for some more of this gorgeous lemon cake! *wipes crumbs off of keyboard*

I nipped into The Arch earlier on for two reasons. One was the ever burning desire to find places…read morein Leeds to quaff a coffee/tea & munch on some chocolate/cake etc without having to resort to the ubiquitous and (let's be honest here) blandly samey generic multi-national coffee chains that so many people seem to think are the only options when in a city/town centre. (In their defence - they frequently are..but let's save that rant for another time..) Yes Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Costa Coffee etc - I mean you. *waves rather crumpled copy of "Socialist Worker August 2004" in the air threateningly* ; ) The other reason was that I'd walked by here several times before & thought it looked interesting. (There was also a third reason - the desire to increase my blood sugar levels after a few, erm, swift halves in the pub after finishing a rather dull Friday at work & then several more vinos in my flat singing along & waving an unsuspecting pet rabbit around to the eternal and ever chirpy strains of the one and only Steven Patrick Morrissey..but enough about my Friday nights in..) The decor in the cafe is nothing special, if I'm absolutely honest (it would be an even poorer review if I wasn't..). It's a bit plastic and modern looking really, but you shouldn't always judge a book by its cover (unless it's published by Mills & Boon, in which case it will provide you with a pretty good idea of the "plot"). However, the staff are friendly, the prices are reasonable (not insanely cheap, but it is in the heart of Leeds city centre) and the coffee & the Rocky Road cake very enjoyable. I paid £2.95 for a cappuccino & (a rather delicious) Rocky Road cake, which I suppose is a bit cheaper than average. The main reason I'm really recommending this cafe is that the proceeds go to helping Age UK, which in my opinion is a good enough reason to go in there and support them. It's not a trendy place at all - there are quite a few elderly people in there (as to be expected) but personally, given the choice of some polite OAPs having a gossip about War Bonds, Neville Chamberlain and the ever increasing cost of Brylcreem (all right, that was a tad stereotypical..I think they were actually discussing Justin Bieber, "iPods" and the Harlem Shake..three things I personally know absolutely nothing about) or sitting in a bog standard find-me-anywhere-in-the-world-and-possibly-on-Saturn-too corporately bland coffeestuffs emporium surrounded by hipsters all perusing their "iPods" or suffering mothers & squealing children (presumably crying about not having an "iPod") I know which I'd prefer : ) And best of all - the proceeds go towards helping elderly people. Did I mention that part? ; ) *retires now to the strains of Pulp's classic 1997 number 8 hit "Help The Aged". All right : )

BEST BREAKFAST IN RIPON…read more Olivers Pantry is a Ripon staple! They have a fantastic all day menu and a great selection of drinks, including a yummy Oreo milkshake! Only thing, is there can sometimes be a bit of a queue!

2 jan 2020 Thursday 1045 wow there was a queue for a table which is always a good sign it…read morewas the huge pink merigues in the window that stopped me and we ventured in cakes on the counter looked amazing tea and saus sarnie for me wow bread was sooo fresh saus very tasty tea is real tea leaves in a cast iron pot wow husb breakfast looked really good and honest thick bacon clean egg no grease decent amount wow blew my mind was the roasted tomato's I know I know picture to follow fab 9 people queueing when we left

The Kirkgate Shopping Centre, Bradford…read more BD1 1TQ 01274723818 This coffee shop is smack bang in the middle of kirkgate market at the bottom of the escalators downstairs. It is in a good spot and gets a lot of passing trade - it always looks very buys when i go past. I usually have a cheese and ham toastie and a coke which comes to about £4 which is quite reasonable i think. They do a good range of muffins, paninis, sandwiches, icecreams, coffees and more, most being made infront of you so they are always nice, hot and fresh and above all tasty. They offer a few good meal deals which are always changing so look out for them. The cafe part is quite vast and the seats are very comfy - i coule sit there all day and watch the world go by. The staff are very friendly and lovely and they always have a few minutes to spare for a quick good morning and how are you - they are very very nice. The prices arent too steep and the food is always nice and tasty.

I visited here with my two daughters. I'm on holiday visiting my youngest daughter who lives in…read moreBradford. the service was OK not great. I had tea and my daughter had a bottle of sprite as well as sandwiches. My mug had lipstick stain on it and the sprite was 3 months out of date!! the sandwiches were passable. won't be visiting again. Any shop selling food and drink should watch the use by dates, as we are not always as vigilante.