Tiled Hall Café — Restaurant in Leeds

A cafe true to the heritage to the city of Leeds. The Tiled Hall is an exceptional cafe, but being exceptional - makes the prices for the food and drinks that they serve, as gargantuan as the hall in which they are served. Because it is housed inside of a public building, there is nothing to stop you from bringing food to enjoy within it's walls, whilst you enjoy the surrounding and soak up all the free WiFi you could possibly need.

The views inside the hall incorporate stone bust carvings of some of the most influential men of the past, including Homer, Burns, Scott and Goethe to name a few. The views out onto the city and that of The Headrow and it's surrounding buildings can be superb, especially at dusk, when the light is just fading over the Gothic like monuments to the past.

The staff, are courteous, efficient and have a general positive aura of well-being when on duty.

Overall I give The Tiled Hall 4 out of 5, this could only be improved further by having more tables near accessible sockets for devices such as phones or tablet in addition to a reduction in the prices or incorporating offers onto their menu, i.e....

Not so much the location, but management seem to have a real attitude problem. I came in today and have dietary restrictions (allergies), and picked out a couple things. Noticed I was heavily limited in choice which was surprising as usually they have a great selection of vegan snacks, they did not. Got what I can have, and went to pay only to be greeted with a woman bossing every other staff member around. Best part of this encounter, she did not know the menu of the cafe, so had put through a latte the cafe could not make, waggled her finger at me to wait and then ignored me again to do something with some trays. After this, she kept asking me what I was trying to say to her and then wandered off for something else AGAIN. Best part of this encounter being that after I had bought nearly 5 pounds worth of food from the cafe, only 2 light things keeping in mind I am limited to the menu anyway, I was then told I could not bring in additional food. So beware if you have allergies or low blood sugar levels, apparently we are not welcome here, nor will they even stoop so low as to accommodate anyone other than...

Service is bizarre.

Ordered a cappuccino and latte with skimmed milk and no chocolate sprinkles. I saw the young woman with dark hair and a fringe who was making the coffees grab the whole milk, I didn’t think those coffees were for myself until she gave the first drink to me. I politely mentioned that I had asked for skimmed/semi-skimmed milk and she just looked at me blankly… Not the usual response of “I’m sorry let me fix that for you”. I asked if she didn’t have any semi-skinned milk left and she said she did, so I’m unsure of what the issue was, other than she couldn’t be bothered to make a new one. I proceeded to help by saying ok I can see you’ve not made the other drink so I’ll take this one but can I have semi-skimmed milk in the other one? She reluctantly does so, throwing her hands in the air walking into the back as she does, then she comes back out a second later texting on her mobile phone. Seems to intentionally take longer to make the drink then gives them to me without a word? I don’t expect 5* service in a coffee shop, but this was a very...