Must-see restaurants in West Yorkshire

  • Friends of Ham exterior

    Friends of Ham

    Leeds

    This stylish bar serves the finest charcuterie and cheeses – Spanish, French, British – accompanied by fine wines and craft beers. The food is carefully…

  • Green's Vegetarian Café

    West Yorkshire

    One of Yorkshire's best vegetarian restaurants, Green's adopts a gourmet attitude towards veggie and vegan world cuisine, serving dishes such as Sicilian…

  • Ox Club

    Leeds

    Arguably the best restaurant in Leeds (or at least, the best without a Michelin star), Ox Club occupies an intimate, minimalist space and champions local…

  • Bundobust exterior

    Bundobust

    Leeds

    What could be more Yorkshire than craft beer and Indian street food rolled into one no-frills, brick-walled bar? The beers come from both local and…

  • Shears Yard entrance

    Shears Yard

    Leeds

    Acres of exposed brick, concrete floors and a soaring roof provide an industrial-chic setting (it's a former rope-making yard) for painterly presentations…

  • Hansa's Gujarati exterior, on North St

    Hansa's Gujarati

    Leeds

    A Leeds institution, Hansa's has been dishing up wholesome Gujarati vegetarian cuisine for almost 20 years. The restaurant is plain and unassuming (save…

  • Tharavadu Indian restaurant exterior, looking along Mill Hill

    Tharavadu

    Leeds

    This Michelin guide–recommended restaurant is the go-to for a classy South Indian meal in Leeds city centre, with a Keralan menu that’s heavy on fish…

  • Crafthouse entrance off Boar Lane

    Crafthouse

    Leeds

    This rooftop restaurant makes a big impression, with cool grey and black decor and huge picture windows overlooking the neighbouring church tower. The…

  • Entrance to Abbey House Museum

    Lamppost

    West Yorkshire

    This cute little cottage cafe with tables by the river must be one of the dog-friendliest places in the UK. Not only can you buy doggy 'cakes' and 'ice…

  • Belgrave exterior

    Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen

    Leeds

    This bar and music venue has two great kitchens. One serves artisan pizza (watch out for the napalm chilli sauce); the other offers brunch and probably…

  • Humpit diners spill out into the Corn Exchange

    Humpit

    Leeds

    Often, the simple things in life are the best. This humble food stall amid the grandeur of the old Corn Exchange serves hummus with pitta bread (hence the…

  • Hawthorn

    West Yorkshire

    A famed Georgian clockmaker used to inhabit this building, which has been given new life as a classy, candlelit restaurant-bar serving Modern British…

  • Manjit's Kitchen

    Leeds

    The vegetarian menu is simple and memorable at this award-winning Punjabi-Yorkshire food truck inside Kirkgate Market’s street-food hall: Manjit’s fist…

  • Zouk Tea Bar

    West Yorkshire

    This modern and stylish cafe-restaurant staffed by chefs from Lahore offers an upmarket menu and some unusual twists on traditional Indian and Pakistani…

  • Kashmir

    West Yorkshire

    Don't be put off by the dodgy-looking facade: Bradford's oldest curry house has top tucker, served with no frills and no booze (although it is BYO). At…

  • Mooch

    West Yorkshire

    This chilled-out little cafe-bar exemplifies Hebden's alternative atmosphere, with a menu that includes a full-vegan breakfast, brie-and-grape ciabatta,…

  • Cat's Pyjamas

    Leeds

    This popular suburban Indian street-food hall opened in Leeds city centre in mid-2017. Loud Bollywood wall murals offset a northern industrial aesthetic…

  • Cobbles & Clay

    West Yorkshire

    This buzzy, child-friendly cafe not only offers fair-trade coffee and healthy salads and snacks – Tuscan bean stew, or hummus with pita bread and raw…

  • Cookhouse

    West Yorkshire

    A bright and breezy cafe with a small terrace onto Main St, serving a breakfast menu (till 11.45am) that includes breakfast sandwiches and eggs Benedict,…

  • Haworth Old Hall

    West Yorkshire

    A 17th-century pub serving real ale and decent food (noon to 9pm), with a glorious beer garden for alfresco drinking and dining. If you want to linger…