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Independent places to eat and drink in Headingley
38 independence-checked businesses. Each has a recorded independence decision; none is part of a chain or franchise, and none paid to be listed.
Every independence-checked business of this kind that we hold in Headingley, whatever its category.
- Regenerated 23 September 2026
- Oldest fact still standing · next reviewed by March 2027
All 38, alphabetically
Listed alphabetically. The order is not a ranking: nothing commercial is consulted in deciding who is on this list or where, and there is no field money could move. How this works
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21 Co
Café · Headingley
21 Co is a social enterprise café at Headingley Central on Otley Road, run for and by people with Down's syndrome to provide training, work experience and job opportunities. It is part of Sunshine and Smiles, the Leeds Down Syndrome Network (registered charity no. 1154661), which runs two cafés and a shop in the city, serving food and drinks in a community setting.
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7th Life Limited/ Sakura Gardens
Takeaway · Headingley
Listed as 7th Life Limited / Sakura Gardens and trading as Sakura, this is a Chinese and Cantonese takeaway at 21 North Lane in Headingley, Leeds, offering collection and delivery. The menu covers Chinese and Cantonese dishes, with some Thai and Korean options.
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Assembly Bar And Kitchen
Bar · Headingley
Assembly Bar and Kitchen is a café and bar within HEART, the community and arts centre on Bennett Road in Headingley, Leeds. It serves coffee, home-baked cakes and café food alongside local cask ales, and doubles as a cultural venue with live music, film screenings and other events. The venue has step-free access and free parking.
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Bowery Visual Arts
Café · Headingley
Bowery Visual Arts, also known as The Bowery, is a café and art gallery at 54 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. It serves Allpress coffee, pastries and lunch dishes, while its gallery space shows and sells art and homeware. An upstairs area offers workspace with power sockets, and the venue also runs creative workshops and courses.
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Butler And Boundary Hotel
Guest house · Headingley
The Butlers and The Boundary are two adjacent guest houses run together at 40-42 Cardigan Road, Headingley, and registered with Leeds City Council''s food safety team under the single name Butler and Boundary Hotel. Both occupy three-storey Edwardian houses built in the early 1900s and look out over the Headingley Stadium complex — the cricket ground and the rugby stadium — about two miles from Leeds city centre. The Butlers'' own site names Mark Lowther as the person running it. Rooms are decorated in a Victorian and Edwardian style in keeping with the buildings, with a mix of en-suite and shared bathrooms; the Boundary is listed as having 21. Both have a lounge bar, take dogs, and serve a cooked breakfast at £7 per person when booked on arrival. The Butlers also has a meeting room seating up to 20, and parking is free.
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Cakelin
Restaurant · Headingley
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Chimaek Oppa
Restaurant · Headingley
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Cub Headingley
Restaurant · Headingley
Cub Headingley, on Shire Oak Road, is a day nursery that also runs a family-friendly cafe open to the public on weekdays. The cafe serves speciality coffee, pastries and homemade brunch and lunch, and has a dedicated children's play area. It is operated by Cub (KME Nurseries Ltd), which also runs a nursery and cafe in Wetherby.
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De Baga
Restaurant · Headingley
De Baga is an independent modern Indian restaurant at 9 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. It serves Goan and regional Indian dishes with a contemporary approach, including small plates, sharing bowls, biryanis, breads and desserts, and has an open kitchen. The business also runs a second restaurant in Chapel Allerton.
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Ecco
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.
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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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Jinos Thai Cafe
Café · Takeaway · Headingley
Jino's Thai Cafe is an independent Thai restaurant on North Lane in Headingley, Leeds, serving Thai food for eat-in and takeaway. Independent since 2003, it allows customers to bring their own alcohol with no corkage charge, and offers a weekday lunch set menu.
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Kuala Lumpur Cafe
Café · Headingley
Kuala Lumpur Cafe is an independent Malaysian restaurant at 2-4 Bennett Road in Headingley, Leeds, serving Malaysian dishes such as nasi lemak, curries and wok-fried plates. According to its website it was a finalist in the Yorkshire Evening Post Oliver Awards in 2020, and it also operates a site in Horsforth.
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Lam's Kitchen
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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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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Maemes Leeds
Restaurant · Takeaway · Headingley
Maeme's Leeds is a takeaway on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, also trading as Maeme's Peri Peri. It specialises in chicken dishes, including peri-peri chicken, wings and wraps, alongside rice bowls, and is available for collection and delivery through platforms such as Uber Eats and Just Eat. It keeps late opening hours, serving into the early hours of the morning at weekends.
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MAN ZEN
Restaurant · Bar · Headingley
MAN ZEN is an Asian-fusion restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, run by Thomas Chiang. It opened in early December 2025 in the former premises of its sister restaurant TADA, and serves a modern take on Chinese cooking, including dishes such as salt and pepper chicken wings and sweet and sour prawns, as well as Japanese-style bento boxes. It opens daily in the evenings, with additional lunch service at weekends.
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My Primos LTD
Takeaway · Headingley
My Primos is a takeaway at 1 St Michael's Road in Headingley, Leeds, trading as My Primos Ltd. It serves fast food prepared to order, including smashed and steak burgers, wraps, pizzas and doners, and offers collection and delivery across several Leeds postcodes through its own website and third-party delivery apps.
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MYASIA
Takeaway · Headingley
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No 14 Restaurant
Restaurant · Bar · Headingley
No 14 is a restaurant and bar at 12-14 North Lane in Headingley, Leeds. It is run by restaurateur Shaun Davies, who opened it in 2018 in a stone terrace that had previously been Brett's fish and chip shop. The kitchen serves modern British food, described as classic British cooking with a twist, using ingredients from local suppliers including Yorkshire seafood merchants and butchers.
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Olympus Grill
Restaurant · Takeaway · Headingley
Olympus is a Greek street food restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, trading as Olympus Greek Street Food. It is a small venue with an open grill line and around 20 covers plus pavement seating, serving dishes such as gyros, souvlaki, fresh salads and other traditional Greek food for eating in, collection and delivery.
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Parm N Frites
Takeaway · Headingley
Parm N Frites is a takeaway at 29 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. Its menu centres on chicken parmesan dishes, burgers, pizza and frites (fries), along with milkshakes and dips, available for collection and delivery through its website and delivery apps. It opens daily from midday until late.
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Pho 37
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.
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Pizza Crust
Takeaway · Headingley
Pizza Crust is a takeaway at 52B North Lane in Headingley, Leeds. It serves pizzas along with burgers, kebabs and chips, and offers collection and delivery, including through platforms such as Deliveroo. It opens daily from late morning until late at night.
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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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Salvo's Restaurant
Restaurant · Headingley
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Santorini Bar And Grill
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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St Michaels Fisheries
Takeaway · Headingley
St Michael's Fisheries is a traditional fish and chip shop on St Michael's Lane in Headingley, Leeds, close to Headingley Stadium. Trading since 1923, it is one of the oldest fish and chip shops in the city and serves traditional fish and chips with sides such as mushy peas. It is busy on match days at the nearby stadium.
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Star Chef Takeaway
Takeaway · Headingley
Star Chef is a Chinese takeaway on North Lane in Headingley, Leeds. It serves classic Chinese dishes such as stir-fries, curries and rice dishes, and offers collection and local delivery during evening opening hours.
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TADA
Restaurant · Bar · Headingley
TADA is an independent Japanese restaurant and bar on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, opened in 2023 by Thomas Chiang. Set over two floors with a sushi bar downstairs, it serves dishes such as sushi, ramen, yakitori skewers and katsu, alongside Japanese beers, whiskies, sake and cocktails. It has been described as Headingley's first Japanese restaurant.
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Taylors Sport Bar And Grill
Restaurant · Headingley
Taylor's Sports Bar and Grill is a sports bar and grill on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, opened in March 2023 by the Leeds-based Taylor's Group. It celebrates the city's sporting figures with a hall-of-fame wall and an upstairs Local Heroes Lounge, shows live sport across multiple screens, and serves American-style food such as burgers, hot dogs and nachos. It stands on the Otley Run pub route.
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The Cats Pyjamas
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.
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The Indian Feast
Restaurant · Headingley
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The Swine Bistro
Restaurant · Headingley
The Swine Bistro is an independent restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, run by Jo and Stu Myers, the team behind The Swine That Dines. It opened in Headingley in April 2025 following a 2024 crowdfunding campaign, and serves a seasonal, changing menu of modern British food using Yorkshire suppliers, alongside natural wines and local beers. Dishes have included pork and pistachio sausage and a twice-baked Comte souffle.
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The Vinyl Whistle
Café · Headingley
The Vinyl Whistle is an independent record shop and bar on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. First opened in 2019 and moved to its current Otley Road premises in 2020, it sells new and second-hand vinyl across several rooms and also runs a small bar serving beer from Kirkstall Brewery, plus coffee. It hosts live music and open-deck nights and runs its own record label.
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Ugly Mugs Cafe
Café · Headingley
Ugly Mugs Cafe is a cafe on St Michael's Lane in Headingley, Leeds, close to Headingley Stadium.
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Vicky Eateries
Restaurant · Headingley
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Zaap Thai Street Food
Restaurant · Headingley
Zaap Thai Street Food''s Headingley restaurant is at 4 St Anne''s Road. It is one of eight Zaap sites — the others in Leeds city centre, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield, York, Durham and Manchester — rather than a single independent venue. The group was founded by Ban Kaewkraikhot, who grew up in Sukhothai in Thailand, ran a street food stall in Bangkok from the age of 18, and moved to the UK to work as a chef before opening her first Leeds restaurant, Sukhothai in Chapel Allerton, in 2002. The first Zaap followed in 2015; Headingley opened in 2020. The menu runs to more than 80 Thai street food dishes, and the rooms are fitted out to recall a Bangkok night market, with neon signage and tuk-tuks. The restaurants are walk-in only and take no bookings. The Headingley branch carries a 4.6-star Google rating from around 936 reviews.
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