A curry house in Yorkshire has been rated one of the best in the world, it's been revealed.
Located in Wakefield, Syhiba restaurant was awarded a Traveller's Choice award for 2021 after it came in the top 10% of every attraction listed on the Tripadvisor review site.
According to reviewers, the Pakistani and Punjabi restaurant is the place to go for a curry - with loads of people absolutely raving about the food here.
First established in Halifax in 1996, the Wakefield site opened in 2017 and has achieved nearly all 5-star reviews since.
Image: Syhiba restaurant
Offering a good selection of traditional and authentic dishes, curry choices at Syhiba include the likes of chicken hyderabadi or gosht; chicken tikka masala; saffron gosht; butter chicken and gohst jalfrezi.
Chef specialities here include a punjabi chicken and a shahi korma.
Lots and lots of reviewers have mentioned the excellent serice from the staff and said how much they enjoyed the food, with one noting that they found the early bird menu to be excellent with no compromises.
One rave reviewer said: "packed to full capacity on a Wednesday Evening....the other Curry Houses must be so envious.
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"Every course was outstanding and Habib and the Boys were so couteous and obliging.The three of us had a great time.Habib...please give me your special recipe for your onion bhajis.....they are yummy."
Another wrote of the restaurant, "the staff are very friendly and the food was excellent too [...] all of the curries were very different, the atmosphere is very good as well 10 out of 10 will be going back."
A further review said, " I can honestly say the food was outstanding, there was no compromise.
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"We all tried something different and the quality was consistent throughout. I will certainly be returning to this gem of a place - very soon."
Someone else said, "I visited Syhiba with friends after a recommendation from somebody at work. We were absolutely blown away with how good the food was."
To see the full menu for Syhiba and to book a table, click here.
A Leeds pizza takeaway has received a glowing review from popular review duo.
Edges Pizza opened up their first permanent spot in Leeds back in June this year, after making a name for themselves slinging out pizzas at multiple pop-ups across the city.
Owners Grace and Edge from Harrogate opened Edges Pizza two years ago, taking inspiration from trips to New York over the years.
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Their pizzas are a love letter to the class New York slice, think thin and crispy rather than chewy and floppy. But above all else, think absolutely delicious.
And now, they've caught the attention of a major review page, with Bite Twice Food Reviews (a page with almost 300k followers) paying Edges a visit.
The food review duo of Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany popped up in Holbeck beneath the arches to get their hands on a pizza, and the outcome is brilliant.
In the video, Bite Twice said that the pizza is 'f**cking exceptional' and up there with 'one of the best pizzas in the UK'.
Before even taking a bite, they said: "On aesthetic, I don't think anywhere in the UK is doing pizza like this".
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Then after the first bite, they go on to say: "There are very few pizzas in the UK that create this, I’m a little bit blown away".
As Londoners themselves, they go on to say that Edges is 'easily hitting with the best that we’ve got down south'.
And if that's not high praise enough, they sign off the video saying: "Leeds has got an absolute gem. I give this a stamp so hard my foot went through the pizza. Edges. Don Level."
The 42-year-old Kirkgate Market stall serving freshly shucked oysters for £1.90 a pop
Clementine Hall
Tucked away in Leeds Kirkgate Market you'll find a wonderful seafood stall selling freshly shucked oysters for £1.90 each.
It's places like these that remind us why we love Leeds so much.
Established in 1880, Hayes Seafood is widely regarded as the oldest trader within the historic Kirkgate Market.
For the past 42 years, it has been run by Cliff and Michelle, the loveliest couple who welcome every customer with open arms.
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The menu here is small but perfectly formed, focusing on fresh, ready-to-eat seafood that you can enjoy with a squeeze of lemon and a dollop of mayonnaise at most.
Delivered fresh every morning, there's pre-cracked crab shells, brown and white crab meat, cockles, crawfish tails - all perfectly prepared for you to eat at their bar or high tables opposite.
But, it's the oysters that you'll see people queueing for. And rightly so.
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Everything here is prepared to order right in front of you, and for no extra fee. You can choose from two types of oysters: super salty Lindisfarne oysters or the slightly sweeter English Loch Fyne.
We recommend having a couple of each, pulling up a stool right by the counter and getting stuck in. If you ask Cliff nicely, he might tell you a bit about the history of the place - but you may have to order a couple more oysters for that.
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You're left to dress them yourself, whether you prefer dash of fiery tabasco or a few pickled shallots. But to be honest, they're delicious just as they come.
This spot is a real piece of Leeds history, and the queues at lunchtime as well as the repeat regular customers proves just how special it is.
All it's missing is a champagne stall next to it...now wouldn't that be perfect?
Georgina Pellant -
1st October 2021 
