Leeds Restaurant
Established in Victoria Quarter for four years, The Cut & Craft Leeds brings together exceptional dining, striking interiors and warm hospitality.
Our expanded Grade II-listed restaurant now includes an elegant adjoining bar and lounge and two beautifully appointed private dining rooms, offering more space for cocktails, celebrations and memorable evenings.
In the heart of Leeds, near Kirkgate Market, it’s a distinctive setting for everything from a relaxed lunch to an occasion worth celebrating.
Our new private dining rooms will offer intimate yet impressive spaces for celebratory dinners, corporate entertaining and special occasions. Designed with subtle influence from Wallace Hartley’s Titanic journey, the interiors will reflect understated opulence, timeless craftsmanship and thoughtful detail. Here, private dining in Leeds becomes something truly exceptional.
While our new spaces take shape, we are delighted to continue hosting larger group bookings within our existing restaurant, delivering the same refined experience our guests know and love.
The expansion will also introduce a dedicated bar and stage, bringing a programme of carefully curated live musicians to the venue each week.
As the evening unfolds, guests can enjoy world-class cocktails, premium spirits and Champagne, complemented by elevated bar bites, all served within surroundings that transition effortlessly from relaxed daytime sophistication to vibrant late-evening ambience.
A timeless tradition, served with a Cut & Craft twist.
Relax in our stylish bar and lounge and enjoy an indulgent selection of savoury bites, freshly baked scones and handcrafted sweet treats. From roast beef Yorkshire puddings and tempura king prawns to delicate desserts, every element has been created to make your afternoon feel extra special.
Served seven days a week, 11am-5pm
Elevate your lunchtime dining at The Cut & Craft Leeds with our one, two or three-course Lunch Menu. Offering exceptional value without compromising on the quality we are known for, it's perfect for business lunches, indulgent midweek treats and leisurely afternoons in the heart of Leeds.
Enjoy one course for £19, including our signature Steak & Chips, two courses for £26, or three courses for £29 from our carefully curated Lunch Menu.
Our Leeds restaurant is located in the heart of the City that once was the former Collinson’s Cafe. You can expect a luxurious setting that maintains the character and history of the building with a beautiful central dome and a classic circular central bar.
In 1906, the site was occupied by Collinson’s, a local family-run business famous for tea blending and coffee roasting. The front of the store was used for selling confectionery and the rear of the store was home to Collinson’s Café, which gained a reputation for being a great place to enjoy tea, cakes, and live music. Music played a huge part in the success of the business, with live music nights and a string quartet often playing to accompany guests’ dining.
A member of the regular string quartet that played at the site was a talented musician named Wallace Hartley. Music, it turned out, would be his blessing and his curse, for it was his musical talent that resulted in his offer to work as bandmaster on The White Star Line’s luxury shipping liner, The Titanic.
The tragic events on the night of the 14th of April, 1912, are legendary, and so too was Wallace’s response to the disaster. He gathered all eight musicians on the ship and began to play for passengers as they boarded the lifeboats. In Wallace’s pockets, amongst other things recovered from Titanic, was a silver matchbox engraved ‘From Collinson’s Staff Leeds’. We are proud to pay tribute to Wallace’s heroism and honour his time spent playing music for guests in this building.
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Our Menus
Whether you’re passing by for a cocktail and an aperitif, or wish to fully indulge in a luxury dining experience, our range of menus featuring show-stopping dishes and world-class ingredients will have something for you.
Since opening The Cut & Craft Leeds in 2022, the restaurant has been awarded Restaurant of the Year in both 2023 and 2024, recognised again as Independent Business of the Year in 2025, and most recently honoured with the Team of Excellence award in 2026, our commitment to exceptional food, service and atmosphere continues to set the standard for affordable premium dining in Leeds. We have also won numerous awards for our elevated interior design.
Opening Times
We’re open all day Monday - Sunday from 11:00am until late for lunch, dinner and drinks.
Weekend brunch service from 10am-11:45am Saturday and Sunday
Food served until 10pm.
If you’re looking for a private dining room in Leeds for your next special occasion, birthday or corporate lunch, our private dining options in Leeds offer historic, elegant settings and can cater to a variety of different events.
From large party bookings to private hire of either our beautiful first floor mezzanine area or full Leeds venue, located in the Victoria Quarter, Leeds, we are here to make your next event extra special.
For enquiries, please contact the events team for further details or email [email protected]