Cafe Deli Margaux — Restaurant in Leeds

I went here for the first time last night to try their 5 course tasting menu, a friend had recommended their brunch. I was honestly blown away. Every single member of the team was friendly and welcoming, I can't remember ever being as impressed with the service of any restaurant anywhere. The courses were introduced to the whole room and the passion coming from the kitchen team was infectious, clearly a lot of love had gone into the food. They explained the detail of how everything was made which was so interesting and educational (especially if you're a foodie).

The food, it was so good, I don't know what to say. My table of four spent almost the entire night debating which was the best dish, we couldn't agree, they were all fantastic. The attention to detail, the mix of flavours, the advice to eat a certain thing first to cleanse the pallet before the rest of the dish, it was just brilliant, elegant and delicious.

Chef James and Chef Dale went out of their way to come and speak to us and make us feel welcome, they were so friendly and you could really tell they cared about our opinion. I genuinely haven't had such a good experience in a very long time.

They do these tasting nights monthly and I'll certainly be back next month and no doubt the month after. I couldn't recommend this restaurant enough. I'll be telling...

I had seen quite a few positive reviews online about this place and liked the look of the breakfast menu on the website. However, unfortunately we were disappointed. The menu was different to their website with the ingredients being changed or some items not being there such as the Eggs Florentine. My mum went for the “King Crumpets” which came with a poached egg, mushrooms and sauce. Despite the name, it was one minuscule crumpet (think half the size of what you can buy in a supermarket) although she did enjoy the taste. Given the size, it was not worth the price. I went for the Avocado on toast and added poached eggs. Unfortunately they have changed all the toast to White Tiger Bloomer instead of Sourdough as stated on the website. This to me is a huge downgrade and appears an attempt to cut costs. Also, personally it makes a huge difference in the quality and taste of the dish. The service was somewhat slow as despite it not being very busy the tap water and coffees didn’t come out until the same time as the food. The positives include the warm atmosphere, Darkwoods coffee and food presentation. I would recommend in future if they switched back to sourdough as despite the points mentioned, the...

Whoops ! Pretentious and overblown food with small portions and weak bitter coffee served by a lovely lady in glasses … in fairness I was offered a double shot in a fresh coffee however that would not make up for the bitterness … note to owner, when you’ve set your grinder keep it set don’t fiddle with it as you where while I was watching, frankly it should’ve been done at least before service. As for the pastrami bagel not too bad a flavour but the paltry size of the pastrami portion was an embarrassment, go to Slow Rise bakery and see how it’s done, seriously you will learn something. The ‘loaded’ fries were barely loaded the fries cheap and generic the topping barely there. If you have to, charge more for the fries, but the bagel is top price as it is … once again …Slow Rise Bakery take an hour out learn something about building a bagel and running a smaller menu...