This £30 bottomless brunch comes with some of the best food in Leeds.
Described as a 'relaxed fine dining restaurant', Shears Yard is repeatedly on hot lists for the best food in Leeds (not to mention its admirable score of 85% on the Rate Good Roasts scale).
Offering an intimate dining experience, the chefs here are experimental and offer evolving menus guided by seasonality and local produce. Open four days a week, with a flavoursome lunch menu on offer, we can only think of one way that will improve the delectable choice of meat and sarnies: bottomless booze.
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Of course, like all good Leeds restaurants, Shears Yard doesn't disappoint in this department either. Every Saturday for £30 per person, guests can expect a ninety minute bottomless experience with plenty of drinks and the same quality of food as on the regular menu.
The idea here is you choose one brunch dish and one alcoholic beverage at a time (although you can have this refilled as many times as you'd like) across an hour and a half.
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Choose from winter warmers like wild mushroom and truffle orzo with roasted butternut squash with lemon and sage pangratatto or opt for a pork belly slice in black treacle glaze, Roscoff onion with ham hock and cheddar parsley liquor, carrot and suede.
Early brunchers will be keen to snap up the likes of smoked bacon and cumberland sausage sandwich in a brioche bun with onion chutney, rocket and pickles, whilst those looking for a balance of protein and carbs may opt for the smoked salmon with a warm salad of new potatoes, seaweed and capers in a buttermilk dressing.
The braised beef and root vegetable ragout is a standalone special served with buttered mash, rocket and parmesan salad: this mouthwatering combination would be our choice, particularly as the bottomless drink options would complement the flavours perfectly.
Bare in mind, this is just a sample of the menu for Shears Yard and as the restaurant mindfully alter their menu according to seasonality and produce available, so it's likely each time you visit you can try a brand-new dish. So really, there's even more reason to visit often.
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Washing these culinary delights down is a choice of hand-pulled ales, the Czech pale pilsner, Prahva, poured by the pint; as well as bottomless classics like Aperol Spritz and Prosecco.
If that's not enough to tempt you, Shears Yard's cocktail Strawberry Fizz, with a Briottet Fraiser liquer, strawberry syrup and lemon topped with Familifa Botter Prosecco might just be the laid-back drink you need to finish off the afternoon. Failing that, there's always a Bloody Mary.
A renowned brewery have announced that they will be taking over the reigns of a popular craft beer bottle shop in Ilkley.
Fuggle & Golding opened in 2015 on Leeds road in Ilkley and quickly grew a loyal following with locals and visitors alike.
Sadly they announced last month that their last day of trading would be Saturday 28 February, news which was met with huge disappointment.
However this is no longer the case, as Horsforth Brewery is set to reopen the venue on Wednesday. Hooray!
Announcing the welcomed news to Instagram, Horsforth Brewery wrote: "When we saw they were going to close we were determined to not lose another great venue from the local beer scene.
"We owe a massive thank you to George and the landlord for getting a deal across the line in quick order.
"We’re going to take a few days to put our stamp on the place and then we will be open on Wednesday!"
"Obviously we will be stocking our beers here but as anyone who knows will know, we love the beer scene so we will continue to have a good amount of guest beer on as well. We’ll even been joining in with the biggest beer launches from around the country.
"Want to know the best news? We’re doing this solo. No outside interests, no investors, no debt. In the current climate being able to organically grow like this is so so hard and it’s thanks to all our team that we’ve been able to do this.
"We’ve always been determined to grow our business in a healthy and sustainable way; it may have (absolutely has) been tough over the years but we’ve got ourselves in a position to take us to the next level in a sustainable way."
British Pie Week 2026 – all the best places to find a pie in and around Leeds
Clementine Hall
Sweet, savoury, filled or plain: pies are a staple in the British diet.
It's the best week of the year...it's British Pie Week, not that we need much of an excuse to celebrate that flaky, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth pastry, but we're taking all the excuses we can this week to embrace all things pie related.
We've rounded up al our favourite spots to grab a pie, as a lunchtime snack or on the go in the city centre - so take your pick, whatever the occasion.
Dave's Pies and Ales
Kirkstall Road, Burley | Open from 5pm
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Dave's Pies and Ales is locally known as the smallest pub in Leeds - and whilst the menu and seating area might be teeny, what it does do, it does well.
Choose from a range of pies and peas with classic ales on tap to choose from inside this micropub 12-11pm every day of the week.
Whitelocks Ale House
Turk's Head Yard, just off Briggate | Kitchen open from 12pm
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Whitelocks is known in Leeds for its Sunday Roasts, warm fire and homely pub ambience- but their pies are the unsung heroes on the menu.
The beef and ale pie is made from Yorkshire Meat Co. beef, a Wetherby-based supplier that brings beef from the likes of Tancred Grange Farm in Richmond to Leeds. This one is served with chunky chips and sautéed seasonal veg, seat by the fireplace optional.
Pieminister
Duncan Street, Leeds city centre | Open from 12pm
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Available as a Sunday roast, bottomless brunch or just a plain old (but beautifully presented) pie and mash, Pieminister is famous for its pies for all the right reasons. On the shelves in your local supermarkets and available as a sit-down scran on Boar Lane, Pieminister is a place where pies are guaranteed to make up the majority of the menu options.
Finer Pleasures
Multiple locations
If you don't know about Josh at Finer Pleasures, then you're seriously missing out. Josh is somewhat of a pie-oneer (sorry), and is the master of creating weird and wonderful pie creations from lasagna pies to gammon, egg and pineapple pork pies.
You can find him over in Crossgates most Wednesdays, but you're best bet is to keep an eye on his socials for the best chance on bagging one of his pies. Trust us, they're like gold dust.
Wilsons Butchers
Austhorpe Road, Cross Gates | Open from 7.30am
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Located in Armley, Morley and Pontfract - Wilsons Pies and Pasties is a small indie chain from Wilsons Butchers and crowned champions of the Yorkshire Small Pork Pie Championships.
At lunch time, the shops offer a true Yorkshire delicacy of pie and mushy pies with optional (but essential) mint sauce. All Wilsons pies and pasties are made using locally sourced produce in Garforth, so these a true Leeds pies, and well worth sampling.
Sophie Smith -
16th February 2022 
