Nyla’s: a New Space and a Crowdpleasing New Menu
Nyla’s is a bar, restaurant and nightspot on Lower Briggate in Leeds City Centre. It has undergone a recent expansion, adding a new space on the first floor and unveiling a new menu. A relatively recent addition to the nightlife scene of Leeds City Centre, Nyla’s has just celebrated its first birthday and is clearly […]
The Swine Bistro – a new venue for an old favourite.
The Swine Bistro, previously the Swine that Dines, is something of a Leeds institution. From its beginnings as a small cafe on North Street, Jo and Stu Myers have developed a restaurant synonymous with great food and great company, a place that is always a reliable recommendation to friends and family visiting Leeds, and somewhere […]
NoNo Wine Bar – Demystifying the World of Wine.
I’m not a person who knows much about wine. I like wine, but there is a jargon-heavy, old-world culture surrounding wine that often principally serves as a kind of after dinner shibboleth for the well-to-do that I find a bit off-putting. I often feel the wine list in a restaurant is something that might give […]
Chaophraya Celebrates Twenty Years in Style
Before we arrive for the celebrations of Chaophraya’s twentieth anniversary, my companion lets me know that one of his first dates with his now wife was at the restaurant over ten years ago. The date, he tells me, went very well, and whilst I am in no way implying that the success of my friend’s […]
Sixes: A New Headingley Bar Well Worth Another Innings
Sachin Tendulkar. Brian Lara. Joe Root. Ben Stokes. You can now add to that list:me and my mate Al. …..because we’ve become the latest cricket superstars to take the world by storm. Or, so it felt when we were smashing fours and sixes (and occasionally missing the ball completely) in the cricket nets that are […]
