Leeds ranked in ‘Top 10 Bottomless Brunch Cities’ in the UK

20th January 2022

Bottomless brunches seems to be our speciality in Leeds.

As writers at The Hoot Leeds, we still manage to find new ones every single week- and to be quite honest we had no idea there were so many before embarking on a mission to cover them all.

Nevertheless, they’re a fantastic experience and something our city has to offer. So when The Bottle Club announced they’d ranked all cities against they’re bottomless brunches we were sure we’d come at least in the top ten.

We were right. Although we didn’t actually rank as highly as expected.

Manahatta does a great bottomless deal that can be found in Leeds and Manchester. / Image: Manahatta

In order to find the perfect bottomless, cities were ranked against nine different criteria:

% of overall restaurants in the city that offer brunch
% spots with vegan options available
% spots with vegetarian options available
% spots with gluten-free options available
% spots with halal options available
% spots accessible/ wheelchair friendly
% spots with outdoor seating available
% spots that are dog-friendly
% spots offering live music

All in all, Leeds came a respectable but slightly disappointing seventh place.

Here’s all you need to know to understand where that mark came from. Firstly, we have one of the highest bar : bottomless brunch ratio, with 29.8% of our bars and restaurants offering a free-flowing booze package, and within that a over half (56.9%) offered vegan options and 80% were vegetarian-friendly.

Fleur does great value 2-for-1 bottomlesses. / Image: Fleur Cafe

So far so good.

Then, we didn’t do so well in near enough every other category. Did you know just 3% of bottomlesses cater offer halal options? Or that only 2.4% are dog friendly and only 5% provide live music at their events?

When you compare this to the unlikely contender Southhampton, where 58% of bottomless brunches have live music, you can see why we list out.

This bottomless brunch in Halifax is just £24. / Image: Coffee Rules Everything Around Me

Overall, it was Cardiff that took the top spot though, with a respectable 1-in-5 bars offering bottomless and all of which scored highly against food allergies, dietary requirements and accessibility.

So turns out we’re not as good at bottomlesses as we thought- or maybe that’s just one study’s opinion and we’re going to continue to enjoy them anyway.

Feature Image- Fleur Cafe

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