TAPAS BAR

The menu pairs proper sharing plates with mains heavy enough to anchor a full evening. The Wagyu beef burger leads the headline section, stacked with vine tomatoes, gherkins, mature cheddar, garlic mayo, pickled red onions, and french fries on the side. It carries the kitchen’s premium credentials and is the natural pick for anyone leaning into a single main rather than working through the tapas list.

From the small plates, marinated and roasted lamb ribs arrive smoky and tender, the kind of dish you tear into rather than pick at carefully. Salt and pepper squid serves as the crisp counterpoint, calamari fried tight and seasoned simply. Halloumi fries come battered and golden for the vegetarian table, salty and squeaky inside the crust.

Vegetarian and gluten-free markers run throughout the menu, clearly flagged on each dish so a mixed table can graze freely. Sundays bring a separate roast service from noon to 4pm, with beef, chicken, lamb, or a trio platter, all served with traditional vegetables and Yorkshire puddings. The same sharing logic carries through to sides, with curly fries, beer battered onion rings, and a homemade cacik dip of yoghurt and cucumber to round out the order.

Wine and cocktails sit alongside tapas as the three named pillars on the venue’s full title. The cocktail menu runs to theatrical builds, with balloon gin glasses arriving over crushed ice with a slice of dried orange and a sprig of rosemary, and espresso martinis poured into classic glasses on dark polished wood.

The bar leans dark and theatrical the moment you step through the door. A purple LED strip runs the length of the ceiling above the bar, casting the signature violet glow that’s visible from the pavement through the plate glass frontage. Behind the bar, deep crimson light spills across the spirit shelves, while rows of inverted wine glasses hang from a rack overhead and catch the colour.

Light blonde oak runs across the floor as a warm contrast to the LED drama. Wire-frame industrial chairs and metal bar stools fill the seating zones, with a multi-tier cocktail display showing off blue, red, and amber martini glasses at counter level. An open dance floor sits cleared for live entertainment nights, where saxophonists, drummers, and vocalists perform regularly.

Themed tribute evenings, karaoke, DJ sets, sports screenings, and a pool table round out the programme. Outside, a raised pavement terrace runs along Street Lane with bar-height seating and warm amber string lights overhead.

Private hire stretches to two hundred guests.

Street Lane is the established commercial spine of Roundhay, running through the suburban heart of north Leeds about four miles from the city centre. The bar sits directly alongside its sister venue The Olive Branch, the long-running Mediterranean and Turkish restaurant the brand opened on this stretch in 2011. The pavement terrace outside puts the seating on one of the busier evening strips in LS8.

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 5:00 – 11:30 PM
Thursday: 5:00 – 11:30 PM
Friday: 5:00 PM – 12:30 AM
Saturday: 12:00 PM – 12:30 AM
Sunday: 12:00 PM – 11:30 PM

Round off an evening on Street Lane with a stroll through nearby Roundhay Park, one of the largest city parks in Europe, with its lakes, woodland, and Tropical World gardens just a short distance east of the bar.

For a daytime contrast, the independent cafes and shops along Chapel Allerton sit a short drive south, offering an easier pace before another evening back on Street Lane.