Where to Eat & Drink in Headingley, Leeds 2026
The top independent spots to eat and drink in Headingley, Leeds right now: TADA, MAN ZEN and De Baga Restaurant (Headingley).
| Restaurants · ranked | ||
| 1 | TADA | ★4.94,032 |
Such a wonderful venue with excellent food, service and atmosphere. Amy was really attentive and helpful. We had a mixture of rolls but the Tada speciality was definitely the best!Google review · J.G. · verbatim | ||
| 2 | MAN ZEN | ★4.9428 |
| 3 | De Baga Restaurant (Headingley) | ★4.91,211 |
| 4 | Kesar the Indian restaurant | ★4.9291 |
| 5 | The Swine Bistro | ★4.7529 |
| 6 | Pho 37 Headingley | ★4.7367 |
| 7 | Heaney & Mill | ★4.6807 |
| 8 | Fat Hippo Headingley | ★4.62,324 |
| 9 | Jino's Thai Cafe | ★4.5818 |
| 10 | Kuala Lumpur Café Headingley | ★4.7513 |
| 11 | Ecco Pizzeria | ★4.41,064 |
| 12 | Santorini Bar & Grill | ★4.5770 |
| 13 | Bukhara | ★4.8360 |
| 14 | No 14 North Lane Restaurant & Bar | ★4.6133 |
| 15 | The Cat's Pyjamas | ★4.3547 |
| Bars · ranked | ||
| 1 | Skyrack | ★4.21,762 |
| 2 | The Original Oak | ★4.52,571 |
| 3 | New Inn | ★4.3578 |
| 4 | The Headingley Taps | ★4.32,095 |
| 5 | BOX Headingley | ★4.0890 |
20 independent venues, re-ranked monthly from real reviews — no national chains, no paid placements.
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Visiting Leeds, United Kingdom? Headingley — Craft beer, brunch culture, gentrified north — is the neighbourhood with 20 ranked independent restaurants and bars our review-velocity ranking is tracking right now. Rankings refreshed monthly from 22,090 live reviews — no national chains, no ads.
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TADA serves Japanese dishes on Otley Rd. It operates right at the top of the restaurant lineup.
Kuala Lumpur Café Headingley serves Malaysian food on Bennett Rd for £10–20. Big lists often skip it for the main street spots.
Santorini Bar & Grill serves Greek food on Otley Rd, and Skyrack operates as a pub on St Michael's Rd with a £10–20 spend band.
De Baga Restaurant (Headingley) lists an average spend of £20–30 on Otley Rd. Jino's Thai Cafe lists £10–20 on North Ln.
Heaney & Mill serves breakfast on Otley Rd. New Inn operates as a pub on Otley Rd with a £10–20 spend band.
TADA serves Japanese dishes on Otley Rd, and Skyrack operates as a pub on St Michael's Rd.
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Ask DOW on ChatGPTDOW ranks venues with a 100-point Hot Score, recalculated monthly from live Google data. Three signals, in this order: written review activity — text reviews over 50 characters in the last 90 days, the heaviest by some distance; the standing Google rating from 4.0 up; and Google Business Profile completeness — phone, website, opening hours, description, photos and categories. In Portugal and Spain, reviews written in the city's own language carry more weight than English ones. We don't publish the exact weightings: a formula you can compute backwards is one you can farm. No editorial picks, no paid placements, no national chains.