Independent places to eat and drink in Horsforth
55 independent businesses we've checked. None is part of a chain or franchise, and none paid to be listed.
Every independent business of this kind we've checked in Horsforth.
- Updated 8 November 2026
- Next check due March 2027
All 55, 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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168 Chinese Takeaway
Takeaway · Horsforth
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AGORA
Restaurant · Horsforth
AGORA is a restaurant at 207-209 New Road Side in Horsforth, LS18. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in January 2026.
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Ameen's Restaurant
Restaurant · Horsforth
Ameen's Restaurant is an independent restaurant set in Horsforth Hall Park on Hall Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, serving contemporary Kashmiri and South Asian cooking. It opened during the 2020 pandemic, and its dining room looks out over the surrounding park. Ameen's is open for evening service through the week, with additional afternoon opening on Sundays.
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Bavette
Restaurant · Horsforth
Bavette is an independent bistro at 4-6 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, run by Sandy and Clément, who met while working at a London wine bar. It serves seasonal, French-influenced bistro cooking. Bavette holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2025, was named the Good Food Guide's Best Local Restaurant for 2024, and appears in the National Restaurant Awards Top 100.
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Big Scoffs Diner
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.
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Boba & Bao
Restaurant · Horsforth
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Cafe Dino
Café · Horsforth
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Cafe Yoga Ltd
Café · Yoga studio · Horsforth
Cafe Yoga is a combined café and yoga studio at 2 Back Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. The café serves Dark Woods coffee alongside pastries, cakes, soups, salads and sandwiches, with indoor seating and an outdoor 'Peace Garden'. It also runs a programme of yoga classes and creative workshops, including watercolour painting, sound baths and needle felting.
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Casa Gyros Grill
Restaurant · Takeaway · Horsforth
Casa Gyros Grill is a Greek gyros grill and takeaway at 77 New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves Greek-style gyros, doner and grilled kebabs alongside items such as pizzas, burgers, salads and rice boxes, for collection and delivery. The Horsforth shop trades as Horsforth Casa Gyros Grill Limited.
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Crustiq Bakery Cafe
Bakery · Horsforth
Crustiq is an artisan bakery and café at 32 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, which opened in early 2025. It bakes sourdough and other breads on site, in ovens visible at the back of the café, along with croissants, cookies, cakes, cheesecakes, tarts and pies. Crustiq also serves a lunch menu with vegan, vegetarian and meat options.
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Dawn's Diner
Restaurant · Horsforth
Dawn's Diner is a restaurant at 259 New Road Side in Horsforth, LS18. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in November 2025.
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Desserts King
Takeaway · Horsforth
Desserts King is a dessert takeaway at 1 Sunnybank Avenue in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves a range of sweet treats, including Belgian waffles, sundaes, gelato and ice cream, milkshakes, cakes, cheesecakes, brownies and cookie dough, as well as hot puddings with custard. Orders are available for collection and delivery.
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Drift Coffee
Café · Horsforth
Drift Coffee is a café on Long Row (LS18 5AT) in the Horsforth area of Leeds.
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Escape Restaurant And Bar
Restaurant · Bar · Horsforth
Escape Restaurant and Bar is an independent restaurant and bar at 194D-194E New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves a menu combining British and Mediterranean dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, alongside a bar with wines and cocktails. The venue has a refurbished dining room, outdoor seating in summer and private function rooms.
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Go Thai Bistro
Restaurant · Horsforth
Go Thai Bistro is an independent, licensed Thai restaurant at 86 New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. It is run by Supapon, a chef from Northern Thailand with more than two decades' experience, and serves traditional Thai dishes such as pad Thai and green, red, yellow and massaman curries. The bistro opens Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner.
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Gourmet Hut
Restaurant · Horsforth
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Grameen
Restaurant · Horsforth
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Grilleria
Takeaway · Horsforth
Grilleria is a takeaway at 2 The Gables in Horsforth, LS18. Its Just Eat menu covers smash burgers, flame-grilled chicken burgers, crispy chicken tenders, wings, pittas and wraps, nachos and stir fry, plus meal boxes and kids' meals. Desserts include freshly baked donuts, Belgian waffles and gelato. It was rated 5, very good, at its last food hygiene inspection in January 2026.
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Hartley's Fish And Chips
Takeaway · Horsforth
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Haus Of Coffee
Café · Horsforth
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Hoc Loco
Pub · Horsforth
Hoc Loco is an independent bar and bottle shop on New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. Opened by Emma Kerrawn in a previously vacant unit, it serves natural and artisan wines by the glass or bottle, craft beer and cider to drink in or take away, and Venetian-style small plates known as cicchetti. It is one of several independent food and drink venues in central Horsforth.
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Hong Kong Super Cook (Horsforth)
Takeaway · Horsforth
Hong Kong Super Cook is a Chinese takeaway at 128 Long Row in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves Chinese dishes for collection and takeaway, including chow mein, fried rice and black bean dishes, and trades in the evenings from Tuesday to Sunday. It is an independent takeaway rather than part of a national chain.
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Hooleos
Restaurant · Horsforth
Hooleos is an independent Mexican café-bar on Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves Mexican dishes and cocktails such as margaritas, with café-style dining and evening service. It operates as an independent venue in the Horsforth town centre.
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Horsforth Takeaway
Takeaway · Horsforth
Horsforth Takeaway is a takeaway at 13 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, also trading online as Horsforth Pizza. It serves burgers, pizzas and wraps for collection and delivery, with ordering through its own website and app. It operates as an independent takeaway.
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Kirbys Of Horsforth
Takeaway · Horsforth
Kirbys of Horsforth is a fish and chip takeaway at 24-26 Long Row in Horsforth, Leeds. It is part of Kirby's, an independent Leeds business that also runs a shop in Meanwood, and serves traditional fish and chips and related dishes. The business traces its fish and chip heritage to 1922 and has featured in the UK Top 50 Fish & Chip Takeaways awards.
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Konak Meze Turkish Restaurant
Restaurant · Horsforth
Konak Meze Turkish Restaurant is an independent Turkish restaurant at 9-11 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves Ottoman-inspired Turkish and Mediterranean food, including meze, charcoal-grilled meats, seafood and vegetarian dishes, along with Turkish wines. It is part of a small independent group that opened its original restaurant in Harrogate before expanding to the Horsforth site.
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La Bistro Mediterranean Kitchen
Restaurant · Horsforth
La Bistro Mediterranean Kitchen is a Mediterranean restaurant at 124 Long Row in Horsforth, Leeds. It offers Mediterranean cooking in a sit-down setting and trades from Tuesday to Sunday. It is an independently run local restaurant.
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La Fonda Spanish Tapas Restaurant And Bar
Restaurant · Horsforth
La Fonda Spanish Tapas Restaurant and Bar is an independent Spanish restaurant at 194a New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves Spanish tapas and dishes such as chorizo in wine, serrano ham croquettes, patatas with mojo sauce and paella, and offers an all-you-can-eat set tapas menu. It trades in the evenings during the week and from the afternoon at weekends.
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Low Lane Cafe
Café · Horsforth
Low Lane Cafe is an independent café at 256A Low Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves Persian street food alongside café fare, with dishes including falafel wraps, Persian-style sausage gyros and freshly made samosas. It is open daily and registered as Low Lane Cafe Limited.
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Mad Hatters Cafe
Café · Horsforth
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Moghul Restaurant And Takeaway
Restaurant · Takeaway · Horsforth
Moghul Restaurant and Takeaway is an Indian restaurant at 8-9 The Green in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves a menu of traditional and contemporary Indian dishes, cooked to order using fresh herbs and spices, and offers dine-in alongside collection and delivery. The restaurant opens for evening service seven days a week.
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Napoli Nel Cuore
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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New Ho Garden
Takeaway · Horsforth
New Ho Garden is a Chinese takeaway at 1 Breary Avenue in Horsforth, LS18. Its own website calls it a Chinese restaurant and lists soups, chicken dishes, and beef and pork dishes among its traditional Chinese dishes. It was rated 4, good, at its last food hygiene inspection in January 2026.
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No 9 Deli
Takeaway · Horsforth
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Once Upon A Vine
Bar · Off-licence · Horsforth
Once Upon a Vine is an independent wine shop and bar at 21 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, opened in 2018 by Simon Cocks, formerly a manager at Majestic Wines. It offers wine by the glass and bottle, including natural wines, alongside cheese and charcuterie boards, and hosts regular wine tasting events. The venue seats around twenty.
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Oriental Dragon Chinese Takeaway
Takeaway · Horsforth
Oriental Dragon is a Chinese takeaway at 227 New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds, serving Chinese dishes for collection and delivery.
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Pitta Fan
Café · Horsforth
Pitta Fan is a Greek street food outlet serving dishes such as souvlaki and gyros. It is listed at 75B New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds, while the business's confirmed premises trades at 641 Roundhay Road in Oakwood, Leeds.
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Pizza Affair
Takeaway · Horsforth
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Sabroso Street
Restaurant · Horsforth
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Shashlik Indian Food Bar
Restaurant · Horsforth
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Slow Rise Bakery
Bakery · Horsforth
Slow Rise Bakery is a bakery and café at 2A Sunnybank Avenue in Horsforth, Leeds, specialising in hand-made, cold-fermented bagels. It grew from Slow Rise Bagels, founded in Yorkshire in 2015, and opened its Horsforth shop during lockdown. Alongside bagels it serves coffee and stocks bread, pastries and gifts from other independent producers.
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Squire Nutrition
Café · Horsforth
Squire Nutrition is an independent meal-preparation business in Horsforth, Leeds, making freshly prepared, macro-friendly meals to support a range of dietary goals and delivering across Yorkshire. Orders are placed online, and the business operates on set days each week.
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Station Pizza And Punjab Tandoori
Takeaway · Horsforth
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Thai Sun
Restaurant · Horsforth
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The Brownlee Arms
Pub · Horsforth
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The Malt Brewhouse
Pub · Horsforth
The Malt Brewhouse is a pub at 166 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds, which opened in November 2018 in the former Bar 166 & Bistro. Developed as a microbrewery and bar by local operator Concept Taverns, it serves cask and keg beers, cocktails, wine and spirits alongside food. The venue includes booth seating, shuffleboard and screens showing sport.
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The Tavern/Arriba Arriba
Pub · Horsforth
The Tavern (also listed as the Town Street Tavern) is a pub at 16-18 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It focuses on real ales, including locally brewed beers such as Timothy Taylor's, and its upstairs kitchen, Arriba Arriba, serves Mexican dishes including fajitas and loaded nachos.
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The Wing Savant @ The Old Kings Arms
Restaurant · Horsforth
The Wing Savant is a kitchen operating from The Old Kings Arms, a pub at 5 The Green in Horsforth, Leeds. It specialises in fried chicken, with a menu of wings in a range of sauces, tenders, chicken buns, loaded fries and sides, available to eat in or for delivery.
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Thomas Hardy's Irish Bar
Pub · Bar · Horsforth
Thomas Hardy's Irish Bar is a pub at 8-10 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It opened in January 2025 as an Irish-style bar serving food, with live music several nights a week. Its name honours the Hardy family, whose local roots are traced to an Irishman, Thomas Hardy, who settled in Horsforth in the 1640s.
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Trattoria Il Forno
Restaurant · Horsforth
Trattoria Il Forno is an Italian restaurant, pizzeria and gelateria at 85 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It is known for wood-fired pizzas, and its menu also features Italian starters, pasta and desserts such as tiramisu. The restaurant is closed on Mondays.
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Truly Scrummy
Café · Delicatessen · Horsforth
Truly Scrummy is a café and delicatessen at 90-92 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves freshly ground coffee, light lunches and homemade cakes prepared on site using local suppliers, and also offers afternoon teas, treat boxes and catering. A monthly Yorkshire tapas evening is among its regular events.
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Woodlawn Coffee Co
Café · Horsforth
Woodlawn Coffee Co is a café at 60A Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves freshly brewed coffee alongside a selection of cakes and savoury dishes, and is described locally as a modern, family-friendly space for coffee and light bites.
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Woodside Fisheries
Takeaway · Horsforth
Woodside Fisheries is an independent fish and chip takeaway at 274 Low Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. It cooks fish and chips to order and is also known for its homemade steak pies, with other options including haggis fritters and battered cheeseburgers. The shop operates on a walk-in basis, with takeaway and delivery available.
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Woodside Micro Pub
Pub · Horsforth
Woodside Micro Pub is a micropub at 258 Low Lane in Horsforth, Leeds. It is a small neighbourhood pub serving a regularly changing range of craft beers and real ales, with a focus on conversation and a local community atmosphere.
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Yuriko
Takeaway · Horsforth
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