The highly anticipated opening is set to add to the already flourishing Yorkshire dining scene as well as creating 110 jobs for the community.
The Ivy Asia will be bringing its Asian-inspired concept to Leeds city centre this autumn.
The restaurant will be opening on Vicar Lane just above their popular sister restaurant, The Ivy Victoria Quarter.
The new glamorous restaurant will be open seven days a week offering show stopping cocktails, theatrical drinks and vibrant, innovative dishes from day to night.
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The interior of the new hot spot is unlike any other you have seen before. Diners will step onto a mesmerising green onyx flooring dotted with cherry blossom trees which meets walls adorned with bespoke artwork and furnishings, from luxurious Asian fabrics, to captivating colourful wallpapers and antique gold mirrors.
Whether it's a light lunch or a romantic dinner you're after, the menu full of small plates designed for sharing fits the bill for every occasion.
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The menu, overseen by Executive Chef Simon Gregory, includes a range of dishes from luxurious seafood platters and smoked barbecue lamb rumps, to vegetarian and plant-based options such as chilli noodles with glazed Japanese mushrooms, asparagus, cashew nuts and lime, and spinach and mushroom gyozas with fragrant ginger dashi and black truffle.
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There will also be a wide range of sushi and sashimi on offer as well as a set Lunch Stack menu featuring a fresh cucumber salad to start, followed by hot & sour chicken with plum, spring onion, avocado, cucumber and asparagus sushi, and spiced salmon with shiso leaf.
To drink diners will truly be spoilt for choice when choosing off the incredible cocktail menu which will be sure to transport you to the world's largest continent.
Cocktails such as the Beijing Sling and Matcha Smash are firm staples on the menu which join a huge array of sakes, champagnes and speciality Asian teas.
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Live DJs will create the backdrop for your meal and make your evening at The Ivy Asia a night to remember.
Laura Mills, Chief Operating Officer at The Ivy Collection, said, “We are incredibly excited to be bringing The Ivy Asia to Leeds, the first in Yorkshire."
"The city is known for its vibrant atmosphere, great dining and night life, making it the perfect choice for our Asian inspired concept. The team we have in place is fantastic and the restaurant itself will offer a beautiful setting for all occasions.”
One of Leeds' most popular independent bakeries has addressed a recent one-star review, which slammed them for being sold out of sandwiches.
Silver's Bakehouse, which comes from the same team behind Silver's Deli, suggested that the reviewer should 'work on their manners'.
The review hit out at the Farsley bakery for being sold out of sandwiches by the time they travelled 'an 80 minute round trip', describing owner Chris Riley as a 'silly man'.
The reviewer said they have been 'loyal high-spending customers since the first one opened' but wrote that they won't be visiting Silver's again after being left empty-handed.
They wrote: "It's all very good being mr instagram but things can go south very quickly silly man, make more sandwiches if you are going to be sold out in the first hour, don't risk the disappointment!!!"
Silver's Bakehouse has now publicly shared and responded to the review, stressing that they won't tolerate 'rudeness' and detailing the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.
He said: "Let me explain again for you, David…
Inside Silver's Bakehouse in Farsley. Credit: The Hoot Leeds
"We start baking at 5am and rarely finish before 6pm. Everything is made fresh, by hand, often taking days to prepare, in a very small bakery. You can literally see how small it is - and we utilise every inch.
"We make as much as we physically can. Sometimes we sell out earlier than we’d like, and we’re incredibly grateful that so many people want what we make. But there is, unfortunately, a limit to how much we can produce.
"For the record, I’m not overly enthused about being “Mr Instagram” - what a truly horrendous phrase to conjure up. I managed to avoid it for years, but needs must and all that.
"I am genuinely grateful for your custom, David. Rudeness, however, I’m considerably less enthusiastic about.
"So yeah, we’ll keep working hard. You keep working on those manners."
Major plans announced for Leeds Christmas Markets 2026 – food, drinks, stalls and more
Thomas Melia
Leeds Christmas Markets is returning to the city centre in just two months' time and some major plans and changes have been announced.
Although Pop Princess Zara Larsson might want us to believe "Summer isn't over yet", it's safe to say that the recent downpours we've had across West Yorkshire disagree.
Leeds Christmas Markets are also ringing in the new season with a jam-packed video posted to social media announcing all the current plans and changes for its 2026 schedule.
This year, outdoor events company Thor’s Tipi are stepping up as the all-new operators of this Christmastime spectacular and are organising a celebration where 'even if you’re not from Yorkshire, you’re going to leave being from Yorkshire'.
Leeds Christmas Markets are returning to Leeds City Square from Thursday 19 November with plenty of Yorkshire-centric stalls / Credit: The Hoot Leeds
Although Leeds locals already know that Yorkshire is 'God's Own Country', the Leeds Christmas Markets team are making sure that the county is represented through its food, drinks and wider stalls.
In a video uploaded to its social accounts, foodie expert and Little Bao Boy Founder James 'Jimmy Chews' Ooi was given the honour of revealing all these exciting plans.
Informing everyone that "You best come hungry", Ooi noted that some of the phenomenal vendors taking part include La Grassa and The Savvy Baker.
Real Markets Yorkshire and Stump Cross Caverns are also getting into the Christmas spirit and setting up their own stalls at Leeds City Square this November.
La Grassa is just one of many familiar foodie faces returning to Leeds Christmas Markets / Credit: The Hoot Leeds
Rated restaurants and bars are contributing to the festive frenzy too, like Cabaret Thursdays at Italian restaurant Bibi's and beer garden destination Green Room are hosting singalongs at Leeds Christmas Markets.
There will be plenty of activities for families happening all around the unofficial capital of West Yorkshire like elf-themed scavenger hunts, various elves on various shelves and lots of live music.
If it wasn't apparent already, in the words of Jimmy Chews himself, there's about to be "So much Christmas that Mariah Carey is going to look like the Grinch".
Leeds Christmas Markets are returning to Leeds City Square from Thursday 19 November and there will be plenty of exciting announcements to the upcoming celebrations ahead of the big day.
Clementine Hall -
8th September 2022 
