Independent places with vegan and plant-based food in Leeds

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Restaurant · Horsforth

Big Scoffs Diner is a family-run, fully plant-based diner on New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves homemade vegan breakfasts, brunches, lunches and Sunday roasts, and runs on a bring-your-own-drinks basis. It forms part of the local Scoffs group, which also runs the nearby Little Scoffs on the same street.

Restaurant · Kirkstall

Chunk is a bakery and coffee counter at 174 Kirkstall Hill in Kirkstall, LS4. Its website lists coffee from local Leeds roasters, matchas, teas, cold drinks and seasonal specials, alongside buns, cookies and cakes that it says are all vegan and "baked fresh on-site every day". Sourdough deliveries are listed for Saturdays and Sundays. Companies House lists Chunk Cookies Ltd, incorporated in July 2023, with Amy Elisabeth Bennett as director. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in October 2024.

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Restaurant · Headingley

Ecco Pizzeria is an independent Italian restaurant at 93 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, serving Neapolitan-style pizza, pasta and freshly made gelato, with gluten-free and vegan choices. It offers eat-in, collection and delivery, and also operates a second site in Rusholme, Manchester.

Restaurant · Yeadon

Just My Cuppa' is a café at 15 High Street in Yeadon, LS19. Its website describes it as a "family-run" café serving homemade cakes, brunch, lunch, cream teas and afternoon teas, with vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian options. The business started as a home-based cake delivery service in Yeadon before moving into event catering and afternoon teas, and its site names Lynn and Emma as the people who operate it. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in February 2026.

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Restaurant · Headingley

Lam's Kitchen is an independent Vietnamese restaurant at 39 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. It specialises in pho, offering beef, chicken and vegan versions, alongside stir-fried noodles, rice bowls, summer rolls, bao buns and Vietnamese iced coffee, for eat-in and delivery.

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Restaurant · Horsforth

Napoli Nel Cuore is a family-run Italian restaurant and pizzeria at 30 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. Run by a Neapolitan family, it specialises in Neapolitan cuisine, serving pizza, pasta and desserts with vegetarian and vegan options, and offers dine-in as well as delivery through Just Eat and Deliveroo.

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Café · Chapel Allerton

An independent speciality coffee shop on Stainbeck Lane, trading in Chapel Allerton since 2013 and owner-operated by Lou Henry, who opened the first Opposite — opposite Leeds University — back in 2006. The coffee is roasted in collaboration with Leeds roaster North Star, alongside loose-leaf teas, a brunch menu and homemade cakes, with vegan and gluten-free options. It is a daytime place — coffee, brunch and cake rather than a full restaurant. Lou Henry opened a second Opposite in Meanwood in April 2024.

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Takeaway · Headingley

Pho 37 is a Vietnamese street food restaurant and takeaway on North Lane in Headingley, Leeds, previously known as Viet Baker. It is run by an operator described as a third-generation cook in Vietnamese cuisine, and its menu includes pho, banh mi, fried noodles and rice dishes, with a range of vegetarian and vegan options. In 2024 the business opened a second site in Leeds city centre at the Merrion Centre.

Takeaway · Harehills

Pizzeria Cottage is a takeaway at 239 Roundhay Road in Harehills. Its Deliveroo menu describes it as a halal pizzeria, with 12-inch signature pizzas such as chicken tandoori, pepperoni and margherita, vegan options, calzones, and sides including wedges, chicken wings and garlic bread. Its Just Eat menu also lists a create-your-own pizza, and the Deliveroo menu has cakes such as Matilda and pistachio. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in November 2025.

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Café · Headingley

Santorini Bar and Grill is an independent, family-run restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, serving Greek and Turkish Mediterranean food. The menu includes meze platters and kebabs as well as dishes such as lamb kleftiko and moussaka, with vegetarian and vegan options, available to eat in, collect or for delivery.

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Takeaway · Chapel Allerton

An independent, pure-vegetarian Indian takeaway on Newton Parade, at the Chapeltown Road end of the Chapel Allerton ward. It is a single-site collection-and-delivery kitchen serving Punjabi and North Indian street food — samosa and aloo tikki chaats, kulchas, parathas and vada pav — with vegan-friendly wraps and a paneer tikka pizza. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, afternoon into the evening.

Café · Yeadon

Somewhere Different is a café at 22 Kirk Lane in Yeadon, LS19. Its Just Eat menu covers hot sandwiches, breakfast baguettes and wraps, burgers and pies, paninis, jacket potatoes and cakes, with vegan sausage sandwiches among the vegetarian choices. It was rated 4, good, at its last food hygiene inspection in October 2025.

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Restaurant · Headingley

The Cat's Pyjamas is an independent Indian street food restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. Inspired by India's roadside food vendors, it serves small plates and street bites with dishes drawn from Delhi, Goa and Kerala, tandoori starters and curries, plus vegetarian and vegan options. Food is available to collect or for delivery.