Eats

There’s a restaurant in Leeds serving hand-pulled noodles made fresh to order

What a gem.

Clementine Hall - 30th March 2026

If you're after some seriously delicious, chewy noodles - then Noodlesta is the place to be.

When the weather is a bit chilly outside there's really nothing better than a steaming hot bowl of noodles.

In a rich broth, in sizzling oil, topped with tender meat or packed with veg - we'll take the lot.

Noodlesta is an unassuming restaurant located on Blenheim Terrace directly opposite the University of Leeds' Parkinson Steps.

It's completely no frills, with bench seating and one menu plastered on the wall behind the till where you make your order.

But you can't deny that the food is brilliant, and the packed-out restaurant full of students at 11am when the doors have just opened proves just that.

It's not often you can get hand-made noodles made fresh to order, but that's exactly what you're getting here.

Chef George pulls them in front of your very eyes into various shapes, from flat chewy noodles to thin round ones, you can trust that George can make it happen. It's quite a sight to behold too.

They're cooked perfectly, still maintaining that satisfying bite to them and the toppings, you can tell, are handled with just as much care as the noodles themselves.

We tried the braised beef brisket noodles (where the beef basically melted in your mouth) and the tomato with egg thin noodles, and they’ve got to be some of the best we’ve had in Leeds - hands down.