It looks like we're in for a very tasty month ahead, Leeds.
Safe to say 2025 begins with us counting the pennies left over from one-too-many Christmas nights out – and with that long stretch til payday, we’re open to as many ways to continue eating out across the city as possible.
And if you’re the same, we’ve got you covered with an offer a day for the entire month of January!
From half price pizzas and burgers to winning gift cards and karaoke rooms for less, if it’s in Leeds and it’s cheaper than usual throughout January – we’ve got it covered.
Keep reading to find out all the best food and drink offers in Leeds for January 2025...
Cut and Craft
23 King Edward Street | Monday - Friday
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The offer: Enjoy two Courses for £22 or three Courses £27 when you dine from The Cut & Craft’s lunch menu.
T&Cs: Available Monday - Friday, 11am - 4pm. Walk-ins welcome but booking is recommended. Book your table here.
The Alchemist
Greek Street and Trinity Shopping Centre | Available Sunday – Friday
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The offer: 25% off the food bill and 20% off cocktails when booking
T&Cs: Available Sunday – Friday until 5pm, 5 – 31 January 2024.
Almost Famous
Great George Street, Leeds city centre | Available Monday – Friday
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The restaurant:The northern burger bar is serving its original ‘dirty burgers’ piled high with bacon bits and sauces as well as loaded fries and wings – it’s a true American diner style treat.
The offer: 50% off all burgers
T&Cs: Available 2 – 31 January 2024, available every day except Saturday
Banyan
City Square, Leeds City Centre | Available from 3 January 2025
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The offer: 10 dishes for £10
T&Cs: Available all day, Sunday – Friday
Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen
Cross Belgrave Street | Available throughout January
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The offer: Half price slice, 2-for-£10 cocktails, £3.50 Amstel and a £5 saver menu at Patty's
T&Cs: Available all day, every day
Brasserie Blanc
Soverign Street, Leeds City Centre | Available until 8 February 2025
The offer: Sign up for 50% off main courses
T&Cs: Available Monday to Thursday all day and Saturday until 5pm
Bundobust
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The offer: Bundobust are giving away 2500 free ‘Lunch Express’ dishes this January with the main batch of free food going to the first 100 people queuing outside the restaurant across all locations in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. Then from 7 until 31 January, there will be 25 free lunch spots every weekday to get your hands on.
House of Fu
The Headrow | Monday to Friday throughout January
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The offer: Big bowls of ramen for just £10, plus free karaoke all day!
T&Cs: £10 ramen and rice bowls, 11.30am – 6.30pm Monday to Friday, plus loads of giveaways including a trip to Tokyo (scratch cards handed out every time you dine).
Galleria
Armley, Leeds | Throughout January 2025
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The offer: 25% off food from 5pm, Thursday - Saturday plus 2 cocktails or spritz for £15 all day every day and Bottomless Batch Brew £5 ‘til 5pm, Monday - Friday.
Manahatta
Greek Street, Merrion Street and Headingley
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The offer: 50% off food
T&Cs: Pre-bookings only, available from Sunday to Friday
Olive Tree Brasserie
South Parade | Available every Monday – Friday until 7 February
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The offer: 50% off food menu
T&Cs: Available every Monday – Friday, pre-booking required
Call Lane, Leeds City Cente | Available all week excluding Saturdays after 5pm
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The offer: 50% off dim sum
T&Cs: Advance bookings only
Restaurant Bar & Grill
City Square, Leeds City Centre | Every Monday – Thursday from 8 January
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The offer: 25% off food
T&Cs: Must be on the Á La Carte menu, available every Monday – Thursday when you sign up to Club IR (here)
Tattu
Toronto Square, Leeds City Centre | Sunday – Thursday and until 4:45pm on Friday throughout January
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The offer: 30% off food
T&Cs: Food must be from the A La Carte menu, available all day Sunday – Thursday and on Fridays until 4.45pm
Waterlane Boat House
Canal Wharf, Holbeck | Available 1 – 30 January 2025
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The offer: 50% off select dishes Monday - Saturday, 50% off pizzas all day Sunday and free chips and soft drink with any sandwich Monday to Friday 12 - 4pm
T&Cs: Available 1 – 30 January 2025
Where to find them: Canal Wharf, Holbeck behind Granary Wharf
Neon Cactus
Call Lane, Leeds City Centre | Offer changes each week
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The offer: The offers change each week, but there’s currently 50% off six popular items, including tacos, wings and cocktails
T&Cs: Offer changes weekly, booking in advance is recommended
The Cheesy Living Co.
Leeds Corn Exchange / Oakwood | Available throughout January
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The offer: £14.50 per person for fondue
T&Cs: Available at the Corn Exchange and the Oakwood site Tuesday – Friday, 12pm-5pm
Ox Club
19a The Headrow | Available throughout January
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The offer: 25% off food Tuesday - Thursday
Ambiente
36-28 The Calls | Available throughout January
The offer: 6 tapas dishes for £25
T&Cs: Available Sunday to Thursday all day and Friday until 5pm
The Smithfield is finally here - and we're pleased to report that it's every bit as special as you were hoping.
This newcomer to Leeds has taken over the site that was home to The Reliance for more than two decades.
The team's transformation of the site started with a paint job - probably the most-talked-about paint job in the city - taking the site's exterior back to its memorable dark red.
That move immediately won over fans of The Reliance, with one person writing: "Seems the team here held the Relly in high regard and rightly so! Hopefully they can recapture some of its magic."
But the efforts to recapture the essence of the iconic old venue go way beyond that.
The Smithfield, a collaboration between Crooked Brewing and Chef James Donovan, is setting out to mix up relaxed hospitality with simple dining.
It's all about connection - to seasonal food, to the heritage of the building, and to the community that will make connections here.
Co-founder Steve Dawson outside The SmithfieldThe Reliance has been reborn as The SmithfieldWayward WinesThe dining room
If you're wondering what sort of things will be on the table, allow us to enlighten you.
There are sharing plates like grilled leeks on romesco, pigs head croquettes (a must-order), and whipped cods roe with radishes, all served on charming mismatched plates.
The bigger dishes include a comically massive pie for sharing, packed with chicken, leek, and tarragon. It's a mighty thing, especially paired with their crispy-edged chips.
You can also order a whole wild Cornish seabass for a real feast, or a fantastic beef sirloin with wild garlic butter.
There's a fantastic selection of natural wines from Wayward Wines, as well as (unsurprisingly) great beers.
Steak, pie, and charred leeksA spread of the plates at The SmithfieldSticky toffee puddingThe Smithfield has taken over the old The ReliancePigs head croquettes with gribicheThe chicken and tarragon sharing pieA sharing pie and chips at The SmithfieldBeef sirloin with wild garlic butter, and purple sprouting broccoli with ricotta and mintWild Cornish seabass with kohlrabi, fennel, and chervil - plus an orange wine from Wayward WinesThe Smithfield is now open
Steve Dawson, co-founder of Crooked Brewing, and his business partner chef James Donovan, were drawn to the old The Reliance site and are seizing the opportunity to contribute to the area's dining legacy.
While Steve's focus is on creating a social meeting point, James will focus on the casual, social dining, taking inspiration from the building's reputation as a cutting-edge gastro pub.
They'll be sourcing seasonally and locally, with menus that will change with the seasons.
The space itself inside is still familiar - those huge windows are the stars of the show, with the bar still standing centrally, while the dining room at the back is stripped-back and simple overlooking the open kitchen.
It's very early days for The Smithfield - they're just out of their soft launch period and gearing up for their first 'proper' weekend.
On their soft launch period, they wrote: "We were so grateful to welcome friends, neighbours, and the Leeds hospitality community to The Smithfield. Seeing the bar and dining room full after weeks of cleaning, painting, and graft has truly made it all worth it.
"A huge thank you to everyone who came along, showed their support, and has made this journey possible. Not least the Kitchen and bar teams, whose incredible service has kept the plates coming and the drinks flowing."
We feel pretty confident in saying Leeds will be very proud to have The Smithfield in our city.
In pictures – Mexican restaurant Madre opens up in Leeds at last
Daisy Jackson
Madre is one of those few restaurants that has been making us jealous of Manchester for years - but finally, it’s Leeds’ turn.
A couple of months after the launch of Salon Madre, a colourful pool hall and taqueria, it’s time for Leeds to welcome its sister restaurant.
Madre will open its doors on Wellington Place this week, promising to educate us all in the art of ‘sobremesa’, which means to linger at the table long after the meal is over.
And trust us, after popping in for a sneak peek today, you won’t be in a rush to leave this place.
The unit has been totally transformed by the Madre team - it’s all jagged angles on the tables and soft curves on the walls, with a colour palette that goes all the way from deep terracotta to neon green.
From an open kitchen you can see the team constructing tacos and piling oysters with jalapeño mignonette and salsa brava.
The menu is split neatly into four sections - snacks (elote, wings, Caesar salad and guac); raw (oysters, tuna tostadas, and aguachile); tacos (including birria); and parilla (wood-fired dishes like BBQ octopus and slow cooked lamb breast).
Click through the gallery below to see inside Madre Leeds
Madre LeedsA selection of the Madre Leeds menuDishes at Madre in LeedsMargaritas are a mustBeef birria tacosFire-roasted mushrooms with egg yolkMadre opens in Leeds this weekBone marrowMadre on Wellington PlaceOysters with salsa
Pull up a seat at a tile-topped table and you can expect to dig into everything from rich Oaxacan-inspired moles and salsas to Baja-style mariscos and Sonoran grilled meats.
Pop down on a Tuesday and you can take advantage of Madre’s two-for-one taco deal - we can’t really think of a better evening than tucking into dinner at Madre before heading across the road for happy hour margs and a game of pool at Salon Madre.
Madre is brought to the city by the teams behind London’s famous Breddos Tacos and esteemed Liverpudlian eatery Belzan.
Clementine Hall -
2nd January 2025 
