The Stables Cafe — Restaurant in Leeds

This could be a really nice inside and outside space. Visited here with family, I asked the girl serving "what teas do you have" she pointed to a selection of boxes out of focal range and mumbled and pointed.....I thought I'd go for the easy option...so asked if they had Yorkshire tea, can't go wrong there i thought. I was presented with a large mug with a tea bag bobbing up and down and a small jug of milk. I sat down...swished the teabag around for a while and removed it and poured in the milk. The tea tasted of cardboard and certainly wasn't Yorkshire Tea....on closer inspection of the mug and spoon they were heavily stained...the tables and chairs outside are obviously never wiped or sanitised, bird poo and other...

We popped into the cafe with some friends and our children for coffee and cake before we headed home. We gave our children some small snacks whilst the adults ordered. We were quickly told by a staff member that we were not allowed a picnic and we must eat food from the cafe only. We informed him that we were ordering coffee and cake as well, but he still insisted. They were only snacks, not sandwiches so this seemed a very unwelcoming rule from the cafe. We bought 2 coffees and a flapjack which came to £10, coffee was cold and flapjack didn’t taste nice. The options for children was limited, so if you insist on this rule have some options. We unfortunately won’t be...

One of the better cafes out of the local tourist attractions. The food is good and reasonably priced, the service is friendly. Not so good is the often long slow moving queue. One person serving, taking food orders, making the drinks and taking payments is a very inefficient management service strategy. They could benefit from taking a look at profit driven cafes (eg Costa) to see how this can be done more quickly. Especially around the peak lunch period. Otherwise I recommend this cafe , but you may need to stretch your...