Leeds Restaurant Guide

Well-known Chapel Allerton Thai (est 2002) with a number of spin-offs, including in the city-centre, which retains a strong reputation in these parts. Feedback was surprisingly thin last year, but good all-round.

“Sometimes the old guard can maintain its position – which certainly applies to the Aagrah”, a mighty chain whose “consistently high-quality and value-for-money” food features a “Kashmiri bias but includes most standards from the subcontinent”. Bonus – it’s “ideally located to enjoy Leeds nightlife before or after”.

“Wonderful, authentic Thai food” wins solid ratings for Thai-born chef-owner Ban Kaewkraikhot, whose original Chapel Allerton restaurant from 2002 has spawned two outposts in Leeds and one in Harrogate.

“Amazing flowering blossom décor” is the undoubted highpoint at this “noisy” Chinese-influenced Asian: part of an expanding glam-Asian national chain. Though not especially foodie, the cooking escaped any criticism last year: “it’s fun and you come away having had a good meal”.

“Superb Indian vegetarian food” – “spicy but beautifully presented” – has made this family-run Gujarati a West Yorkshire institution since its humble beginnings in 1992. Now run by the second generation under Bobby Patel (brother Mayur founded Bundobust), it’s “still going strong” – and the “starters are spectacularly good”.

“Sawasdee Ka! Welcome to Sukhothai — the home of authentic Thai food in Leeds and Harrogate. Sukhothai has been right in the heart of Leeds’ bustling student suburb of Headingley since 2007, occupying a commanding corner plot, on St Anne’s Road. It offers you the fantastic à l...