Independent restaurants in Harehills
There are 37 independent restaurants we've checked in Harehills, Leeds. None is part of a chain or franchise.
Open one to see its address, how to get in touch and where each fact came from.
- Updated 8 November 2026
- Next check due March 2027
All 37, alphabetically
The order is not a ranking: nobody can pay to be on this list, or to be higher up it. How we check
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Abashawul Restaurant
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AL-DAR SWEET AND RESTARANT LTD
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Arizona Chicken House & Desserts
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Assab Bar And Restaurant
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Baghdad Shawarma
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Bisons
Restaurant · Harehills
Bisons is a restaurant at 325 Roundhay Road in Harehills, LS8. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in July 2024.
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Buga Place Restaurant
Restaurant · Harehills
Buga Place Restaurant is a Nigerian restaurant at 43 Compton Road, Harehills, LS9. Companies House shows Buga Place Restaurant Limited incorporated on 22 August 2022 and registered at the restaurant address, under the classification for licensed restaurants. Blessing Hayble has been the sole director since incorporation and is the only person with significant control, holding 75 per cent or more of the shares. The menu is organised around soups, pepper soups, yam dishes and rice: egusi, okro, oha and banga soups, nkwobi and fish pepper soup, yam porridge, grilled fish with plantain, garden egg sauce with yam, pounded yam, and jollof rice. Starters include meat pie, peppered ponmo and peppered snail. Uber Eats shows 4.2 stars from more than 230 reviews, and the hygiene rating is 4 out of 5.
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Chai Walay Ltd
Restaurant · Harehills
Chai Walay is a restaurant at Unit 5, Clock Buildings, Roundhay Road in Harehills. Its website says it serves chai, breakfast and lunch, has a second branch at 148 Cardigan Road in Burley, and delivers through Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo. The Uber Eats menu for the Cardigan Road branch lists halwa puri, desi breakfast, chicken and aloo paratha, strawberry and Nutella French toast and chicken tandoori wraps. The Roundhay Road branch was rated 4, good, at its last food hygiene inspection in August 2025.
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Chickanos
Restaurant · Harehills
Chickanos is a restaurant at 166 Roundhay Road in Harehills, LS8. It was rated 3, generally satisfactory, at its last food hygiene inspection in January 2025.
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Chopan
Restaurant · Harehills
Chopan is an Afghan restaurant and takeaway at 219 Roundhay Road, Harehills, LS8. Companies House shows Chopan Limited incorporated on 9 October 2018, with Abdul Karim Merzai as sole director and the only person with significant control since that date, holding 75 per cent or more of the shares and voting rights. The restaurant serves Afghan food alongside a wider menu and says of itself that it aims to offer "the best value for money, services and food around". It opens daily from 13:00 to 23:00 and takes orders by telephone on 0113 240 7666 as well as online for delivery across Leeds. The Food Standards Agency records it as a restaurant or café and inspected it on 11 November 2024, awarding a hygiene rating of 3 out of 5.
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D'Rocks Restaurant
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Darvish Resturant
Restaurant · Harehills
Darvish Resturant is a Persian restaurant at 283 Roundhay Road in Harehills. Its Just Eat listing calls it Darvish Traditional Persian Tea House and Restaurant. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in July 2026.
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Deli 168 & Dessert Bar
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Deli Snacks
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Dunarea Grill
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Ida's Kitchen
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Kings And Queens Desserts
Dessert shop · Restaurant · Harehills
Kings and Queens Desserts is a dessert shop at Unit 2, 164 Harehills Lane, LS8. Companies House shows Kings & Queens Desserts Ltd incorporated in April 2022 and registered at the shop address. Cristal Senior has been a director and person with significant control since incorporation; Carlos Isaac Kassimo Dos Santos was appointed a second director in August 2025 and is also recorded on the register of persons with significant control. The shop's own site describes its range as running "from waffles and creamy milkshakes to decadent cakes, sundaes, and signature creations", with doughnuts and cheesecake also shown, and it offers both collection and delivery. The Food Standards Agency records it as a restaurant or café and inspected it on 12 March 2026, awarding a hygiene rating of 5 out of 5.
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La Katangaise Cuisine Ltd
Restaurant · Harehills
La Katangaise Cuisine is a Congolese restaurant and takeaway at 144 Roundhay Road, LS8, named for the Katanga region. Companies House shows La Katangaise Cuisine Limited incorporated in April 2021, with Gracia Tshibwabwa as sole director and the only person with significant control, holding 75 per cent or more of the shares and voting rights. A second director served between June 2022 and March 2024. The menu is grouped into small bites, sides, stews, grills and vegetable dishes, and includes beef brochettes, smoked turkey, chicken legs, beef spring rolls, king prawns cooked in garlic and butter, and mikate, the puff puffs sold ten to a portion. The Food Standards Agency inspected the restaurant on 29 November 2024 and awarded a hygiene rating of 5 out of 5.
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Leeds Shawarma
Restaurant · Harehills
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Massawa Restaurant
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Mazar Restaurant
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Mosbe Restaurant
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Mr Shapatar
Restaurant · Harehills
Mr Shapatar is a restaurant at 162 Roundhay Road in Harehills, LS8. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in May 2025.
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Piassa Bar And Restaurant
Restaurant · Harehills
Piassa Bar and Restaurant is an Ethiopian restaurant and bar at 81-83 Roundhay Road, LS8. Companies House records the company as incorporated in April 2017 and controlled by Yakob Tadese, its sole serving director, who holds 75 per cent or more of the shares and voting rights. It says it is named after Piassa, a neighbourhood at the heart of Ethiopia's capital. The menu is built around shared platters — a veggie combo, a meat combo and the house Piassa Special — alongside tibs, doro wot, kitfo and shiro, with vegetarian and vegan dishes throughout, and the kitchen also runs a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony. It opens at 2pm daily, closing at 10pm from Monday to Thursday and 11.30pm from Friday to Sunday. Tripadvisor lists it at 4.9 out of 5 from 153 reviews.
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QFC Pizza
Restaurant · Harehills
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Rayan Restaurant
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Raza Catering
Restaurant · Harehills
Raza Catering is a restaurant at The Point on Conway Road in Harehills, LS8. Companies House lists Aziz Raza Catering Ltd, an event catering company incorporated on 6 July 2023, registered at LS8 5JH, with Marius Daniel Acatrinei appointed director on 15 May 2026. It was rated 3, generally satisfactory, at its last food hygiene inspection in July 2025.
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Roti Junction
Restaurant · Harehills
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Scotchie's Caribbean Cuisine
Restaurant · Harehills
Scotchie's Caribbean Cuisine is a Caribbean restaurant and takeaway at Unit 1, Embassy Court, 333 Roundhay Road, LS8. Companies House records the company as incorporated in June 2019. Claudette Miller is its sole serving director, and she and Andre Miller, who stepped down from the board at the end of 2024, are both registered as people with significant control. The menu is organised by chicken, meat and seafood: jerk chicken, curry goat, lamb chops and fried fish, served with rice and peas or plain rice, with macaroni cheese offered both as a side and as part of a jerk chicken plate. Leeds City Council inspected it in December 2024 and gave it a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5. It also takes orders through Deliveroo.
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Shimlas
Restaurant · Harehills
Shimlas is a restaurant at 293 Roundhay Road in Harehills, LS8. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in May 2024.
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Sulaimani Restaurant
Restaurant · Harehills
Sulaimani Restaurant is a restaurant at 123 Harehills Road, LS8. Companies House records Sulaimani Restaurant Ltd as incorporated on 27 August 2025, with Farhad Kamal as its sole director; he gives the restaurant itself as his correspondence address, and no other person is registered on the company. Its filed SIC code is unlicensed restaurants and cafes, the classification used for premises that do not hold an alcohol licence, and the Food Standards Agency lists it as a restaurant, cafe or canteen. Leeds City Council inspected it in October 2025, two months after the company was formed, and gave it a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5 — the top score on the scale.
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Sultan Kebab House
Restaurant · Harehills
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Tacos House
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Tastys Karahi Restaurant
Restaurant · Harehills
Tastys Karahi Restaurant is a restaurant at 138 Roundhay Road in Harehills, LS8. It was rated 2, improvement necessary, at its last food hygiene inspection in July 2025.
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Top Tasty Bites
Restaurant · Harehills
Top Tasty Bites is a cafe and takeaway at 243 Harehills Lane, LS8. Companies House records Top Tasty Bites Ltd as incorporated in November 2024, with Chia Deedar Rasool Kakoo as its sole serving director, and the Food Standards Agency classifies the premises as a restaurant, cafe or canteen. The menu is built around breakfasts and hot sandwiches: an English breakfast, a "Royal" breakfast, an Arabic breakfast, shakshuka and mekhlama sit alongside grilled paninis and toasties, sandwiches, rice boxes, pasta, tortilla wraps, jacket potatoes, salads and lentil soup, with smoothies and milkshakes in 500ml cups. It carries a 4.1-star rating from 43 reviews on Uber Eats, and takes both collection and delivery orders. Leeds City Council gave it a food hygiene rating of 3 out of 5 at its June 2025 inspection.
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Vatra Bunicii
Restaurant · Harehills
Vatra Bunicii is a restaurant at 35 Strathmore View in Harehills, LS9.
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Yaadgaar Sweet Centre
Restaurant · Harehills
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