Independent places for breakfast and brunch in Headingley
4 independent businesses we've checked. None is part of a chain or franchise, and none paid to be listed.
This list follows what each place's own page says it is or offers, not a category we chose. If we're not sure a place fits, we leave it out.
- Updated 8 November 2026
- Next check due March 2027
All 4, 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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Chai Walay
Restaurant · Headingley
Chai Walay is a restaurant at 148 Cardigan Road in Headingley. Its Uber Eats menu runs from breakfast dishes such as halwa puri, desi breakfast, aloo paratha and a full English to chicken tandoori panini, wraps, jacket potatoes and strawberry and Nutella French toast. The same menu lists milkshakes, smoothies and iced matcha. It was rated 4, good, at its last food hygiene inspection in July 2025.
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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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Lento Cafe And Bar
Café · Bar · Headingley
Lento Cafe & Bar is an independent cafe and bar at 21A North Lane in Headingley, Leeds. It serves espresso-based coffee, all-day brunch and light lunches, along with a selection of natural wine and craft beer.
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Residence Bar Cafe Kitchen
Café · Bar · Headingley
Residence Bar Cafe Kitchen is an all-day cafe and bar on North Lane in Headingley, Leeds, opened in 2023 by the team behind Residence 74 in Ireland Wood. It works as a daytime brunch and coffee spot that becomes a cocktail bar in the evening, and also runs bottomless brunch and dinner service. It is part of a small independent group of Residence venues in the Leeds area.
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