Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Otley
Hardens guides have spent 32 years compiling reviews of the best Otley restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 50 restaurants in Otley and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Otley restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Otley Restaurants
1. Fleur Restaurant and bar
restaurant in Leeds city centre
Inside the lights - LS1
Award-winning Master Chef Finalist, Great British Menu-famed chef Bobby Geetha and Team provides a stunning contemporary British cuisine inspired by world flavours.Fléur Restaurant was the finalist for best Brunch in Leeds. Reviewed as Top 3 best Bottomless...
2. Sukhothai
Thai restaurant in Harrogate
17-19 Cheltenham Pde - HG1
“Always a vibrant dining experience!” – Ban Kaewkraikhot’s outpost of her Yorkshire group of traditional Thai venues (which started in Chapel Allerton in 2002) continues to draw a regular fan club for its comprehensive menu of authentic-tasting dishes.
3. General Tarleton
British, Modern restaurant in Ferrensby
Boroughbridge Rd - HG5
“New management are making an impact” according to reports on this well-known coaching inn, not far from the A1, which was taken over in January 2021 by father-and-daughter owners, Jonathan & Sarah Morris. The food from 2018 MasterChef: The Professionals competitor, Chris McPhee, is consistently well-rated: “if you missed the old ‘GT’ in its heyday, make a return visit: you will not be disappointed!”
5. Sukhothai
Thai restaurant in Leeds
8 Regent St - LS7
“Sawasdee Ka! Welcome to Sukhothai — the home of authentic Thai food in Leeds and Harrogate.
Sukhothai Chapel Allerton is the original Sukhothai restaurant and now part of the way of life for the people of north Leeds.
After undergoing a major refurbishment, as part of our co...
6. Prashad
Indian restaurant in Leeds
137 Whitehall Rd - BD11
“They could convince me to go vegetarian” – so good is the “well-prepared and authentic” Gujarati food at this West Yorkshire legend (est. 1992). First timers say “everything is delicious, slightly novel without being scary”: “it opened my eyes to several new Indian dishes I hadn’t tried before”. And “you just don’t notice there’s no meat or fish… impressive!”
7. Aagrah
Indian restaurant in Leeds
St Peter’s Sq - LS9
UK's Largest Chain of Kashmiri Restaurants...
8. Tattu
Chinese restaurant in Leeds
29 East Parade, Minerva House - LS1
Rooftop blossom and dark clubby decor help create a scene-y atmosphere at this popular branch of the upmarket national Chinese chain, which expanded to include a London outlet this year. One or two reports accuse it of “style over substance” but ratings overall are decent for its dim-sum and small plates selection.
9. Tharavadu
Indian restaurant in Leeds
7- 8 Mill Hill - LS1
“You would walk past it if you didn’t know how good the food was inside” at this “buzzing” curry house (one of the city’s most commented-on destinations) not far from the railway station (a favourite, it is claimed, of former India cricket captain Virat Kohli). The “slightly chaotic vibe is part of the charm” and it delivers “authentic south Indian tastes” with “absolutely delicious Keralan flavours” (“had probably the best dosa ever and an amazing range of fish curries dominate the menu”).
10. Sukhothai
Thai restaurant in Leeds
15 South Parade - LS1
“Sawasdee Ka! Welcome to Sukhothai — the home of authentic Thai food in Leeds and Harrogate.
Since opening in August 2012, the Leeds City Centre restaurant, on South Parade, has been taken to the hearts of the good people of Leeds.
It is open 12pm to 11pm daily and having been...
11. The Devonshire Fell Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Skipton
Burnsall Village - BD23
A “superb location” in the heart of the Dales is a key feature at this handsome-looking hotel, whose dining room has gorgeous views over the surrounding countryside. Limited but good feedback, too, on the affordable cuisine (two courses for £37.50, three courses for £45 as we went to press).
12. The Tannin Level
British, Traditional restaurant in Harrogate
5 Raglan St - HG1
Founded in 1985, this local stalwart wins praise for its “sympathetically prepared local ingredients” (realised in fairly conventional style) and “clearly competent staff”. Top Tip – “great value early-bird dinner”.
13. Buon Apps
Italian restaurant in Otley
Hartley House, 50 Mill Way - LS21
“With its attentive staff and lovely setting by the river”, Alessandro & Sofia Elena Tocca’s “wonderful Italian restaurant” draws an appreciative crowd and is “a favourite of many locals”. One of Wharfedale’s most consistent performers for two decades, it has blossomed since moving into an old weir-side mill five years ago.
14. Bettys
Sandwiches, cakes, etc restaurant in Ilkley
32 The Grove - LS29
“Afternoon tea IS Bettys!". This old-fashioned tearoom is “always worth the queue” for its epic teas and fine spreads of pastries and sarnies. It’s also “a great place to meet over a very good breakfast. Coffee, understandably, is excellent!”
15. Aagrah
Indian restaurant in Shipley
4 Saltaire Rd - BD18
Mohammed Sabir was still working as a bus driver in Shipley when he launched his Kashmiri curry business as a mobile takeaway from his Commer van, the ‘Spice Box’ in 1976. The next year he opened his first bricks-and-mortar restaurant Aagrah, which still wins consistently solid marks for its food and has nine branches across Yorkshire.
16. Salvo’s
Italian restaurant in Leeds
115 & 107 Otley Road - LS6
“I’ve been going to Salvo’s for almost 40 years… it’s still great” – this well-known Italian restaurant has been run by the Dammone family since 1976, providing pizza and pasta alongside more substantial dishes (including such Italian specials as ‘hand-cut chips’!).
17. Akbar’s
Indian restaurant in Bradford
1276 Leeds Rd - BD3
Shabir Hussain’s “fantastic” curry house prepares “Indian, Asian, Balti, Pakistani dishes to sort everyone’s taste buds”. Over three decades it has grown from a 28-seater in Bradford city centre into a national chain with spin-offs from Birmingham to Glasgow. The menu features two ‘challenges’ for the greedy or brave – on quantity and heat.
18. The Box Tree
French restaurant in Ilkley
35-37 Church St - LS29
“Well worth the trek while on a trip ‘up North’”, noted a Wimbledon-based reporter on this esteemed and “always enjoyable” foodie destination. Set in one of the town’s oldest buildings, it first became a restaurant in 1962 and was cradle to the talents of the young Marco Pierre White prior to its last 19 years of ownership by chef Simon Gueller and his wife Rena. There’s a three-course menu at lunch – dinner is 6 courses plus canapés, amuse-bouche and bread – and fans say the kitchen “absolutely nails it”.
19. Zucco
Italian restaurant in Leeds
603 Meanwood Road - LS6
“Arguably the best Italian restaurant in Leeds”, according to fans of this “stylish and warm” fixture in slightly “out of town” Meanwood. It serves a “really outstanding menu with many small plates to satisfy everyone, including a wide variety of vegetarian dishes, plus a great selection of wines and cocktails too”.
20. Orchid
Pan-Asian restaurant in Harrogate
28 Swan Road - HG1
The “amazing pan-Asian food” has been a crowd-pleaser at this venue under the Studley Hotel for more than twenty years. “The room itself is perhaps a little drab, but boy the food is good” – “we’ve been coming for years and it still has the best Weeping Tiger we’ve ever eaten!”. “Pity the Sunday buffet has gone”, though.
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