Reviews in Leeds and Yorkshire

We are sadly now ex pats of Yorkshire, but still visit often and we always start with a meal at Roberto's. We always enjoyed meals at the old restaurant in Dewsbury but Mauro has surpassed himself with the new restaurant. The food is always the same very high standard and at sensible prices. The restaurant has a cosmopolitan feel about it although in true Italian style has many features just to remind you of the Italian influence. The staff are always obliging with Michael ( General Manager) always able to accommodate our needs, in fact nothing is ever to much trouble. Anyone who reads this without paying a visit will surely miss out, although worth making a reservation if you do not want to be disappointed.

Roberto's restaurant of Batley, formerly of Dewsbury, is still a family run fantastic Italian restaurant. Set within the fabulous Old Post Office building of which both chef owner & his wife transformed into a wonderful classical venue to come and dine. It is child friendly too. They were winner at the 2008 Customer Excellence Awards and recently won the 2009 Good Ethical Awards, both awards of which were voted by mystery shoppers! This has always been and I suspect always will be, my all time favourite restaurant. The staff are absolutely awesome here and the food is by far the best around. Mauro the chef owner is from Puglia, the south of Italy, and he knows how to deliver good food at great prices! Anyone reading my review and not visit this little gem would be missing out on an experience indeed!! Their blackboard offers fresh fish, venison, homemade pasta. I have also just bkd our Christmas Party there, the prices cater for everyone and all their sweets and ice-creams are homemade too. AND they are the only restaurant I know that are open 7 days a week from 12noon their door remains open all day for everyone!!!!

tried most of em this comes out on top royal spice is the best excellent food very clean very reasonably priced friendly staff. zaff great guy to chat im hooked on place try this one guys you wont be disappointed

Great food and great staff

We've been to this restaurant three times now, and although the food has been exceptional every time, we simply can't justify going back any more. Why? Very simple really. Each time we have been to La Rue we have received unbelievably slow service. You can forgive this on the occasional visit but not every time! The waitresses rush around with their eyes on the floor or ceiling to avoid your attempts to make eye contact. Simply not good enough. Great food though.

lovely food and surroundings and service, but shut the door, its Oct -its cold-the pizza chef may have a sweat on but he is paid to do that-the rest of us are freezing!!!!

Another great Sunday lunch here today with the Mediterranean Vegetable Crumble with the most imaginative yummy-scrummy salad. This Cafe has to win the first prize for its inventive salads. The crumbles are our favourite dish here too. A great afternoon all told.

Have experienced today possibly the worst meal I have had this year. As a regular visitor to Rudding the service and quality of food today left a lot to be desired. The parsnip soup starter was average, then I was brought a roast beef dinner even though I had ordered a cauliflower and blue cheese charlotte with root vegetables. The staff disappeared and 5 mins later brought the most disgusting mush of cauliflower in a fried bread tower with an oily stack of potatoes. needless to say it was sent back and i waited for cheese and biscuits. We didn't pay for this meal, the staff were stressed and some were not qualified to work in a restaurant of this nature. Not the usual standard and I hope the kitchen and management get their act together ASAP!

We have a visitor from India staying with us, so we brought him here for a meal. He was very pleased to find a restaurant in Bradford serving pure vegetarian meals. He chose the special thali and was delighted at the variety of dishes on offer. He said that the food served here was comparable with that found in the best restaurants in India.

I’ve eaten there and the food was not bad but could be a lot better would of liked it more if it was homemade and there was not very nice ppl on the bar and behind the carvery on the sunday when i was there

This was one of the best pub meals i have had in a long time! at great prices.

Me and my father come here once every week. It's an excellent venue to catch up and at the same time, enjoy a nice curry!

My hosts brought me here to dine on two occasions. Being vegetarian, I was very pleased with the choices on offer. I chose the special thali as it offered a wide variety of dishes that I could taste. The catering here is exceptionally good. We had a great meal.

been there than that,but this guys don't have idea about italian food,lets see how long they last.

Great food, atmosphere and service. Child friendly. Authentic Italian. 10 out of 10.

The Griffin has new management - Matt Roberts and his team have rejuvenated the place, the atmosphere is excellent, the pub is warm and friendly. There is a good range of well kept beers and other drinks to suit all tastes, the food is absolutely top notch and the service pleasantly efficient. The menu is eclectic, it was hard to make a choice because there were so many things that I liked on it. Sea bass and lamb tagine superb!!

I have been a regular customer at the fox and hounds but have found the standards have slowly slipped front of house is fine but the presentation of the food seems to lack care it was much better under the expert hand of Karl Mainey I think the pub will also suffer greatly when Ashley opens the white swan at Wighill the pub needs to either up its game or lose the non caring chef

We used to love this pub! So cosy and atmospheric (crackling log fires, candles on tables, old furniture, dim lighting, etc) with fantastic home-cooked restaurant-style food but I think it's been taken over by another chain who have sucked out all the character and replaced it with yet another 'suburban' style interior (no log fires, no candles, bright lighting, no 'chalk board' menu) with a lack-lustre 'pub grub' type menu (burgers, etc). So be warned if you're expecting the 'old' White House... It's changed!