Leeds / Cocktails
Independent places for cocktails in Leeds
8 independence-checked businesses. Each has a recorded independence decision; none is part of a chain or franchise, and none paid to be listed.
Grouped by what each place's own page says it is or offers: its About paragraph, its name, and the services or products its page lists. It is a grouping of those words, not a category we assigned, and we would rather leave a place out than list it wrongly.
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All 8, alphabetically
Listed alphabetically. The order is not a ranking: nothing commercial is consulted in deciding who is on this list or where, and there is no field money could move. How this works
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De Baga Mehfil
Restaurant · Chapel Allerton
De Baga Mehfil is an Indian restaurant and cocktail bar on Stainbeck Lane in Chapel Allerton, owned by Mandeep Singh. It opened in 2022 as the second De Baga site — the original opened in Headingley in 2019 — and took the name De Baga Mehfil in June 2024 to give the Chapel Allerton branch its own identity. It remains a two-site, one-owner local operation rather than a chain. Executive chef Clive Silveira, who trained in Goa, leads a menu of modern Indian and Goan-influenced dishes alongside a cocktail list, with a resident DJ at weekends. The Headingley original won Taste of the Year (North of England) at the 2022 Asian Food & Restaurant Awards, and the Chapel Allerton site holds a 4.5-star rating from more than 240 OpenTable reviews.
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Escape Restaurant And Bar
Restaurant · Bar · Horsforth
Escape Restaurant and Bar is an independent restaurant and bar at 194D-194E New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves a menu combining British and Mediterranean dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, alongside a bar with wines and cocktails. The venue has a refurbished dining room, outdoor seating in summer and private function rooms.
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Further North Bar
Pub · Chapel Allerton
Further North is a neighbourhood bar on Harrogate Road in the Chapel Allerton area of Leeds. It is part of North Bar, an independent Leeds-based bar operator established in 1997, and serves craft beer, wine and cocktails. An upstairs room is available for private hire.
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Heaney And Mill
Restaurant · Bar · Headingley
Heaney & Mill is an independent restaurant and cocktail bar at 50 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Trading since 2017, it serves modern dishes made with locally sourced produce, and runs a weekend bottomless brunch and a Sunday roast.
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Hooleos
Restaurant · Horsforth
Hooleos is an independent Mexican café-bar on Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves Mexican dishes and cocktails such as margaritas, with café-style dining and evening service. It operates as an independent venue in the Horsforth town centre.
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Melodie 71
Bar · Kirkstall
Melodie 71 is a bar on Commercial Road in Kirkstall, Leeds, which opened in July 2023 in a former furniture shop. It is run by four co-owners, brothers Ricky and Shaun Read together with Marco and Tony, and serves cocktails and a rotating selection of beers. The bar hosts DJs and has an outdoor beer garden, and introduced an Asian-inspired food menu through a partnership with Kirkstall street-food company Hoi Polloi.
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TADA
Restaurant · Bar · Headingley
TADA is an independent Japanese restaurant and bar on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, opened in 2023 by Thomas Chiang. Set over two floors with a sushi bar downstairs, it serves dishes such as sushi, ramen, yakitori skewers and katsu, alongside Japanese beers, whiskies, sake and cocktails. It has been described as Headingley's first Japanese restaurant.
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The Malt Brewhouse
Pub · Horsforth
The Malt Brewhouse is a pub at 166 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, which opened in November 2018 in the former Bar 166 & Bistro. Developed as a microbrewery and bar by local operator Concept Taverns, it serves cask and keg beers, cocktails, wine and spirits alongside food. The venue includes booth seating, shuffleboard and screens showing sport.
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