Leeds Restaurants and Night Life

Leeds Pubs, Bars and Clubs

Look at a good map of Leeds Bars, Pubs and Clubs (you'll find a good one in the monthly 'Absolute Leeds' guide available from the Gateway Leeds Tourist Info Centre at the Station) and you'll notice Leeds has a few hotspot nightlife hub scenes. Currently buzzing is the Call Lane area near the Corn Exchange where the choice of bars particularly is huge including Art's Cafe and Revolution. Other Leeds bar hubs include Greek Street, around The Light Shopping Centre off The Headrow and north of Victoria Quarter around Grand Arcade. The city centre's many clubs, bars and pubs sit tightly packed within easy walking distance of each other. Watch out for up and coming chic bar areas like Granary Wharf and the Clarence Dock area near the Royal Armouries.

A huge choice of chic bars, pubs, clubs and live music venues await in Leeds - to suit all tastes from the bigger Oceana and Gatecrasher clubs to the urban Faversham bar and live music venue near Leeds University.

If you're looking for a top city for a stag or hen do you'll find no better than Leeds. Hens checkout the webguide right for the Birdcage Cabaret extravaganza near the Leeds Shopping Plaza.

The Visit Leeds webguide offers full listing of Leeds pubs, bars and clubs. See the Leeds Music Scene and Music Festivals guide for details of Leeds' many live music venues and the latest local bands.

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Leeds Restaurants, Gastro City

The Leeds Restaurant Association (webguide right) holds annual awards (Nov) celebrating the dynamic gastro centre of the North - Leeds. Award categories are diverse from Restaurant of the Year to Best Service and Best World Cuisine. Checkout this years Leeds Restaurant award winners via the association's website.

There's much restaurant talent here in Leeds, which is seeing the city well on the way as the North's top city for food and drink to rank with other top restaurant centres in the north such as York and Manchester. Spanish, Indian, Vegetarian, Italian, French and more are all here in Leeds. The city offers and eclectic mix of dining experiences to suit all budgets from bistros and brasseries to chic cafes and bars to fine dining.

For a complete restaurant listings for Leeds checkout the Visit Leeds webguide and the Leeds Restaurant Association's webguide.

Recent award winning restaurants in Leeds include restaurant of the year Sukhothai Thai Restaurant Leeds, Best Newcomer Brasserie Blanc, Best Service Harvey Nichol's Fourth Floor Cafe and Best Chef Anthony James Flinn at Anthony's Restaurant.

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