Buffers — Restaurant in Leeds

Me and my husband took my mum here for Mothers Day Lunch. We pre-booked.

I had the chicken smothered in garlic mushrooms with seasonal veg and they both had whale (cod), chips and mushy peas - see photo for Sunday menu and prices.

The fish and chips were well cooked (not insipid looking), the cod was whale sized and tasty - they both enjoyed it.

I had the chicken which was beautifully cooked, the chicken being nice and moist and looked good with a colourful display of parsnips, carrots, peas, broccoli, red cabbage and roasties. Forgot to take photos of the mains as too busy to launch into eating it.

Husband had a baked cheesecake with summer fruit compote - which I of course had to taste test for him and it was delicious.

Staff were warm, friendly and engaging.

Plenty of parking on site and dining is all on one level. They also have a beer garden. Had a good refurb since we last went pre-lockdown.

This place is definitely back on...

Went on Saturday night with a party of 6, had to wait 1 hour for the starters to come out but when my sister asked how long the starters would be the manager snapped and said ‘theirs not just you eating here’ we looked and there was only 4 other tables eating at the time. After the very average starters came out we waited another 45 mins for our mains which some were wrong, one was ordered with chips and came with fries others had sauces missing. After talking to bartender who was serving warm beer all night as the chiller wasn’t working he told us there was only 3 staff on and that included him! 1 in the kitchen 1 in the bar 1 serving (manager) I find it hard to understand at 7pm on a Saturday night he would only have 3 staff in a restaurant. We paid £110 for the meals which the manager made himself available to take the money instantly.

Very poor experience and won’t be returning. Food no more than average. Service the worst I’ve ever...

Where do I begin?! Visited today for the first time in a couple of years and what a gent Chris, the new landlord, is. His knowledge pertinent to the local railway heritage, especially the Wetherby and Garforth lines, and is indispensable. He told me the last carriage to stop here was back in 1999, a BR Mk1 to be precise. Luckily there were no locomotives or drawhooks attached to this one! I look forward to calling back again in the near future, hopefully Chris will have all the finishing pieces for his N gauge model railway and can then give me a run through his layout. Thoroughly enjoyed our food and Guinness too, may I add!

Thank you everyone at the...