Independent businesses on Roundhay Road, Harehills

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Café · Harehills

Aisha's Cafe is a café and takeaway at 159 Roundhay Road, Harehills, LS8. Companies House shows Aisha's Cafe Limited incorporated in September 2020 and registered at the shop address. Rehana Awan has been a director since November 2022 and, since June 2023, the sole person with significant control. The café describes itself as serving "a variety of Indian, Pakistani, and English cuisine" with "a wide selection of vegetarian dishes", and advertises all-day breakfast, fresh coffee and homemade cakes. Its delivery menu runs from parathas, samosa chaat and pakora through karahi and rice dishes to an Afghani section of lamb and chicken pilau, full English breakfasts and burgers. It opens 09:00 to 19:00 Wednesday to Monday and 09:00 to 16:00 on Tuesday. Uber Eats shows 4.1 stars from more than 800 reviews.

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Takeaway · Harehills

Ali's Shawarma & Pizzas is a takeaway at 140 Roundhay Road, LS8. Companies House shows Ali's Shawarma and Pizza's Ltd incorporated on 5 September 2025 and registered at the shop address, with Ayesha Rani as sole director and the only person with significant control, holding 75 per cent or more of the shares and voting rights. The menu is split between shawarma and doner kebab, pizzas, burgers and wrap meals, with starters, sides, milkshakes and desserts alongside. The Food Standards Agency records the business as a takeaway and sandwich shop and inspected it on 5 January 2026, awarding a hygiene rating of 3 out of 5. Just Eat currently lists the shop as collection only, with delivery suspended for want of couriers.

Takeaway · Harehills

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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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Greengrocer · Harehills

Eastern Foods is a greengrocer at 329 Roundhay Road, Harehills, LS8. Companies House shows Eastern Foods (Harehills) Ltd incorporated on 22 April 2005 and registered at the shop address, under the classification for retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores. Twenty-one years on the register makes it the oldest company in this group of Harehills food businesses. Tafel Ahmed and Abdul Rehman have both been directors since the day the company was incorporated, and both are recorded as active persons with significant control. The shop can be reached on 0113 249 9595. The Food Standards Agency holds it on the register as a retailer and inspected it on 17 February 2026, awarding a hygiene rating of 3 out of 5.

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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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Takeaway · Harehills

Leeds Top Pizza is a pizza and kebab takeaway at 244 Roundhay Road, LS8. Companies House shows Leeds Top Pizza Ltd incorporated on 27 November 2025 and registered at the shop address, under the classification for take-away food shops. Tareq Latifi is the sole director and the only person with significant control, recorded as holding between 50 and 75 per cent of the voting rights. The menu covers pizzas and nine-inch calzones, burgers, kebabs, wraps, fish meals, chips, salads and rice dishes, with kids' meals, desserts, ice cream and milkshakes alongside, and a run of meal deals and combo boxes. Listed items include a Roundhay Special pizza, a tandoori chicken calzone and lamb shish kebab with rice.

Takeaway · Harehills

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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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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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Takeaway · Harehills

Shai Nan Kebab is a takeaway at 234-236 Roundhay Road, LS8, serving Pakistani food and kebabs. The name has been trading at the address for well over a decade — reviews of it were being published in 2013 — while the current company, Shai Nan Kebab Ltd, was incorporated in August 2024. Diwan Ali is its sole serving director and gives the shop as his correspondence address. The halal directory Zabihah records that a halal sign is displayed on the premises and that the food served is certified halal. Leeds City Council inspected the shop in February 2025 and gave it a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5, the top score, with "Good" marks across hygienic food handling, cleanliness of facilities and management of food safety.

Grocer · Harehills

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Grocer · Harehills

Vilnius is an independent food shop at 273 Roundhay Road, LS8, and one of the longer-established businesses on this stretch — it was photographed trading as Vilnius & Co Food Store around 2010. The company behind it, Vilnius & LM Ltd, was incorporated in July 2006 and gives the shop as its registered office. Linas Marciukonis is its director and holds 75 per cent or more of the shares and voting rights, with Dane Marciukoniene as company secretary since 2006. Companies House classifies it as a non-specialised store with food, beverages or tobacco predominating, and the Food Standards Agency files it under retailers. Leeds City Council inspected it in October 2025 and gave it a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5.