Leeds Bar Guide
30+ bars across Leeds's drinking neighbourhoods, curated by editors who know the city.
Leeds is the North's drinking heart. Call Lane runs ten cocktail bars in three blocks. North Bar pioneered the British craft-beer wave in 1997 and still pours one of the country's tightest beer lists. The Yorkshire-rhubarb sour is the unofficial local cocktail. Headingley's student-area pubs anchor the cheaper end.
Five neighbourhoods cluster the action. Call Lane is the cocktail-crawl spine. The Northern Quarter holds the speakeasy district. The City Centre runs the polished hotel-bar layer. Headingley is the student-area pub strip. Chapel Allerton covers the residential boutique-bar quarter.
Cocktails run £9 to £13. Pints £4 to £5. Cheap by UK standards. Tipping is rounding up. Most bars run to 1am, weekend bars to 3am. Reserve The Maven on weekends.
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Top Picks This Week
The Maven
Leeds's most awarded cocktail bar. UK 50 Best regular. Speakeasy hidden behind a barber-shop. Twenty-eight seats. Reserve.
Mr Foley's Cask Ale House
Cask-ale-and-cocktail bar with the longest cask-ale list in Leeds. Long bar, neighbourhood-feel crowd, and the most reliable city-centre evening.
Brewery Tap
Leeds Brewery flagship taproom. Twelve house taps, the original Leeds Pale, and a young engaged crowd.
Domino
Speakeasy reached through an unmarked door. Twenty seats. Bartenders rotate the menu monthly. Reservations recommended.
North Bar
Heritage craft-beer bar from 1997. The pioneer of UK craft beer. Twenty-four taps, two hundred bottles, and the most beer-knowledgeable bartenders in Yorkshire.
Whitelock's Ale House
Heritage Leeds pub from 1715. The oldest pub in Leeds. Long mahogany bar, real ales on hand-pump, and the most authentic old-Leeds drinking. Cash-friendly.
Neighbourhood Guide
Call Lane
The cocktail-crawl spine in the city centre. Ten cocktail bars in three blocks. Walk between everything in twenty minutes.
Northern Quarter
The speakeasy and creative-quarter district. Boutique cocktail rooms, indie galleries, and a thirty-something local crowd.
City Centre
The polished hotel-bar spine. Heritage cask-ale pubs, hotel cocktail bars, and the after-work crowd.
Headingley
The student-area pub strip north of the centre. Cheap pints, college-town energy, and the loudest weekday nights.
Chapel Allerton
The residential boutique-bar quarter north of Headingley. Wine bars, neighbourhood cocktail rooms, and a thirty-something dressed-up crowd.
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