Independent places for sandwiches and bagels in Leeds

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Café · Yoga studio · Horsforth

Cafe Yoga is a combined café and yoga studio at 2 Back Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. The café serves Dark Woods coffee alongside pastries, cakes, soups, salads and sandwiches, with indoor seating and an outdoor 'Peace Garden'. It also runs a programme of yoga classes and creative workshops, including watercolour painting, sound baths and needle felting.

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Café · Grocer · Bramley

Carols Confectioners is a sandwich shop at 296 Upper Town Street, Bramley, in west Leeds. It trades through Carols Confectioners Limited, incorporated in January 2025 and registered under the SIC code for take-away food shops and mobile food stands. Companies House names Paul Michael Atkin and Samantha Lees Atkin as its two directors and its two registered persons with significant control, each holding between 25% and 50% of the shares and voting rights. The counter covers hot and cold sandwiches, paninis, breakfast boxes and jacket potatoes, alongside cakes, pies, bread, crisps and hot and cold drinks. Orders can be placed for collection through Just Eat. The Food Standards Agency classifies the premises as a retailer and awarded it a food hygiene rating of 5 at its inspection in September 2025.

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Takeaway · Pudsey

Charlies Sarni Bar is a sandwich shop and takeaway at 151 Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley. It trades as Charlies Sarni Bar Limited, incorporated on 9 January 2003, and Janet Elizabeth Craven has been its director and Michael David Craven its company secretary from that date. Companies House files the company under take-away food shops and mobile food stands, and Leeds City Council records the premises as a takeaway and sandwich shop. At its inspection on 30 July 2025 it was rated Good for cleanliness and condition of facilities, and Generally satisfactory for hygienic food handling and for management of food safety.

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Grocer · Horsforth

Hardakers is a bakery on Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, registered as Hardakers (Horsforth) Limited. It sells freshly baked bread, cakes and pastries along with hot sandwiches made on the premises. It trades as an independent bakery serving the Horsforth town centre.

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Café · Kirkstall

Mog's Cafe is an independent, licensed coffee shop at 55 Kirkstall Lane in Kirkstall, Leeds. It serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, including Turkish and English breakfasts, bagels, burgers and jacket potatoes, along with coffee and other drinks. There is outdoor seating, and food is available to dine in, take away or by delivery.

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Café · Otley

Mr Blinok Pancake House is a café at Unit 12, Orchard Gate, Otley. Pancakes are the core of what it does, sweet and savoury — golden syrup and Lotus Biscoff among the sweet ones, a full English version among the savoury — served alongside paninis and coffee. It opens seven days a week and carries a 4.9-star Google rating from around 102 reviews.

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Bakery · Grocer · Armley

Murrells Bakery is a bakery and sandwich shop at 130 Whingate, Armley, in Leeds LS12. Yorkshire.com lists it as selling freshly made sandwiches, boxed salads and baked goods for takeaway, gives opening hours of 7am to 2pm Monday to Friday and 7.30am to 1.30pm on Saturday, closed Sunday, and records a 4.6-star Google rating from more than 150 reviews. Murrells Bakery Ltd was incorporated on 21 December 2021. Companies House records two directors, Gemma Leanne Rosindale and Mark Andrew Rosindale, who are also the company's two people with significant control, each holding between 25 and 50 per cent of the shares and voting rights. Leeds City Council inspected the premises on 27 February 2025, rating hygienic food handling and cleanliness of facilities "Very good" and management of food safety "Good".

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Bakery · Armley

Niaz Bakers is a bakery and café at 91 Town Street, Armley, in Leeds LS12. Its Deliveroo menu is arranged in sections including wraps, sandwiches, paninis, chaat, pastries, desserts, hot drinks and mithai, with items such as chicken tikka wraps, samosa chaat and cappuccino. Niaz Bakers Limited was incorporated on 9 August 2025, with its registered office at 91 Town Street and a single director, Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan Baloch. Its registered nature of business is SIC code 10710, "manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes". Leeds City Council records the premises as a restaurant/café/canteen and inspected it on 12 February 2026, rating hygienic food handling and management of food safety "Very good" and cleanliness and condition of the building "Good".

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Bakery · Horsforth

Slow Rise Bakery is a bakery and café at 2A Sunnybank Avenue in Horsforth, Leeds, specialising in hand-made, cold-fermented bagels. It grew from Slow Rise Bagels, founded in Yorkshire in 2015, and opened its Horsforth shop during lockdown. Alongside bagels it serves coffee and stocks bread, pastries and gifts from other independent producers.

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Café · Takeaway · Kirkstall

Sound Bites is a daytime cafe and sandwich takeaway on Kirkstall Hill in Burley, Leeds. It serves hot and cold sandwiches, paninis, breakfasts and make-your-own waffles, along with burgers, pasta and a range of hot and cold drinks, with halal and gluten-free options noted on its menu. The shop trades for breakfast and lunch, opening from early morning until early afternoon and closing on Tuesdays.

Delicatessen · Cross Gates

Spence Deli is a sandwich shop and delicatessen at 8 Barwick Road in Stanks, east Leeds. The shop address is also the registered office of Spence Deli Limited, incorporated in January 2022 and registered under the SIC code for take-away food shops and mobile food stands. Companies House records Carol Munro as its sole director and only person with significant control, holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights. Menu listings for the shop, which also trades as M.R. Spence Deli, cover breakfast sandwiches and wraps, made-to-order hot and cold sandwiches, jacket potatoes, cakes and pastries, and hot drinks, with morning-to-early-afternoon opening. The Food Standards Agency classifies the premises as a retailer and awarded it a food hygiene rating of 5 at its inspection in July 2025.

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Restaurant · Kirkstall

V-Burgers is a burger takeaway on Burley Road in Burley, Leeds. Its menu covers burgers, wraps and sandwiches with sides such as loaded chips, nachos and halloumi fries, finished with milkshakes and desserts. A number of vegetarian and vegan choices are listed, including falafel, bean and paneer wraps and vegan chips. Orders are available for delivery and collection through Uber Eats.

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Bakery · Grocer · Harehills

Zm Zm Bakery is a bakery and hot-food counter at 50 Harehills Road, LS8. It sells bread, pastries and baklava alongside shawarma and falafel sandwiches, samosas, bhajis, savoury pastries and naan, and reviewers report most items priced between £1 and £4 and the shop taking cash only. Listings give its hours as 9am to 8pm from Monday to Saturday and 9am to 7.30pm on Sunday. The name has been trading at the address since at least 2024, when Leeds City Council inspected it and gave it a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5; the present company, Zm Zm Bakery Ltd, was incorporated in January 2026, with Nawzad Talib Ali as its sole director and holder of 75 per cent or more of the shares. It holds 4.4 out of 5 from 641 reviews on Sluurpy and 4.1 out of 5 from 14 on Tripadvisor.