Brio is an quthentic Italian restaurant and what I really like about The Light's Brio is the fact…read morethat you can sit outside of the restaurant to eat in a sort of mock terrace area complete with Palm trees. This is one of my favourite places to visit with friends due to the light atmosphere and wide choice of dishes available. For anybody who may be a little shy to try a forgeign cuisine, English options are available. I ordered the Sirloin Steak which was, as always, cooked to perfection with just the right amount of caramelised onions. Prices are reasonable for a restaurant, around £18 for a steak dish. Quality is always present at Brio and staff have always had a 'can do' attitude.

Brio Pizza, probably the restaurant in Leeds that I have frequented more than any other! And why,…read morebecause its so bluddy reliably tasty and watching the staff turn tables with ease makes you feel like you have walked into the light and been transported to Italy. Leeds is tough competition when it comes to Italian food and over my time in leeds I've been around most of them and decided Brio is the one for me. Its in the name and pizza really is a specialty you wont find better thin an crispy as they should be with a full range of toppings to choose from, and classic combinations at that. The Gargantua comes highly recomended a meaty feat! Pasta always perfectly cooked and delicious fancy something fishy go for the linguine alle vongole, (long flat pasta with clams garlic chilli and the like) a real classic dish. There is always a range of seasonal specials be it lobster season or something else, check them out while you wait to be seated. Brio is a great place for a speedy lunch or a hassle free dinner when you need to get your drink on. Some of the best coffee in Leeds, so dont miss out on that espresso to help you get over the post feast slump! Salute! or Gezuar!

As the name suggests their strong suit is the pizza. Nepalese style, so thin base and perfectly…read morecooked. Good variety of toppings available and some new combinations that are just so tasty I gobbled it up in a minute! They do also offer tapas style portions of Italian dishes. Great way to share a meal and try a variety of what they have on offer. Cocktails are available but I wouldn't recommend them so stick to wine and beer. Tastecard do 50% off for up to 4 people and this pace is huge so no worries to go with a group.

Buca Di Pizza has recently opened in the Wellington Street location previously occupied by La…read moreGrillade. It's surprisingly cavernous inside with a pretty, candlelit interior. It must seat loads of people but was quiet when we went in on a Wednesday night. The pizzas are beautiful, exactly how I like them, with a thin crust and gooey top. We had the Frutti Di Mare from the more traditional part of the menu and the Hickory Pig (pulled pork) from the non-traditional side. Both were delish. Service was great. They serve reasonably priced drinks and have a decent range of beers and a thoughtful cocktail menu. They have a picture of a weird prince in the back room that looks a bit like George Osborne. I would definitely revisit but not because of that!

We stopped by while visiting the area after hearing from multiple people that this was the spot for…read moredinner. We had been adventuring all day and we ended up arriving in time to get a food order in with the kitchen before they switched over to drinks only. We ordered the Italian Mojito, Antipasti with Prosciutto Cotto and Scamorza Affumicate, the Nonna's Meatballs, Porchetta Crostone, and Sicilian Paccheri. The mojito was delicious and had a limoncello foam on it. Very refreshing. The antipasti was truly the highlight of the meal. The meat and cheese was delicious and the bread and onion chutney was perfect with them. If we visit again we would definitely would do more of the antipasti. The Nonna's meatballs were served in a bread bowl. These were ok, but didn't blow us away. However, the bread bowl was perfect for getting extra sauce from the other dishes. The Porchetta Crostone was a highlight of the meal. Very flavorful, the bread was crispy and it was a good mix of sweet and salty. This would be something we'd order again as well. The Sicilian Paccheri was a pistachio pesto pasta and was cooked al dente and was a very tasty pasta: they were generous with the sauce too so we dipped the bread from the Nonna's meatballs in the sauce as well. It wasn't too busy while we were there and we were amongst the last customers there for the evening. The staff was friendly and they were able to bring out our food pretty quickly. The restaurant would be good for date nights, meet ups and small or large groups. While we were there a group of about ten was wrapping up and seemed to have an amazing time as well.

I generally am not impressed by Italian restaurants, but this one certainly gained my respect. The…read moremenu is uniquely printed on a newspaper-like texture and lists a variety of authentic Italian cuisine. ----- Sicilian "Mezzi Paccheri": short large pasta tubes tossed in a cream of pistachio, topped with silky Stracciatella Mozzarella & giant fresh prawn tails, olive oil & basil (£15.95). I had picked this one because I had not heard of pistachio as the base for pasta sauce before. The combination turned out splendid and the pasta itself was cooked the perfect amount of time. I liked that the dish was topped with whole shrimp and the meat was not tough. The wording on the plate was funny too. ----- Crab & Seabass Ink Ravioli: fresh squid ink ravioli filled with seabass & crab meat, in a slow cooked tasty Mediterranean octopus ragu (£18.95). ----- Make sure to book a table. We had a change of plans and suddenly stopped by Friday evening at 6 PM. The place was absolutely packed with both indoor and outdoor seats filled. Fortunately a couple of bar seats were still available, and so we sat in the back next to a deli selling certain items. A 10% service charge is automatically added onto the bill. Ask for the password to use their guest Wi-Fi.

My friends and I visited Gusto last weekend. We had luckily booked in advance, as the restaurant…read morewas full. Service was a bit slow to begin with but soon picked up. We ordered a bottle of wine and it was chilled next to our table. We had starters and main courses. We were seated by the kitchen which was a bit noisy at times. I ordered the meatballs in a tomato sauce to start. The portion size was generous and there was plenty of sauce. I found the dish to be quite average. There wasn't a huge amount of flavor to them but they were fine. I would note that the dish they came in was very hot, which I found out then I touched it to turn it around! I wasn't warned of that. My friends shared a cheese and meat board which they very much enjoyed. For our main dishes I ordered the mushroom risotto with pancetta. My friends ordered the prawn linguine and the haddock risotto. My friend that had the prawn pasta dish was raving about it, and was still talking about it the next day! I was very disappointed with my risotto. The presentation was terrible and considering it was a mushroom dish, there was more pancetta than mushroom! It was also quite dry as opposed to creamy like a risotto should be. I would not recommend the dish. The restaurant had a nice vibe and the decor was really nice for a Saturday night, but for me the food wasn't quite up there for me.

My partner and I had a great experience here. The decor and ambience is really romantic and…read moreintimate. The staff were very friendly and quick to serve. Everything was on point. The wine, the cocktails at the bar, the starters and the mains. Even the dessert was delicious. Their menu is seasonal bear in mind so some of your favourites might not be there if you return which I found out to my disappointment! These guys are a chain and I haven't found any difference in quality between them. I would go here again and I would also recommend it to family and friends.

Another Italian restaurant to add to the plethora in Leeds. However, this is a welcome addition…read more The restaurant is situated well to serve the traditional business district in Leeds and only a stones throw from the main shopping area. The restaurant interior is smart, although a couple of annoying little points. Firstly, the lighting is ruined by spotlights, I almost felt as though I was in an interrogation room! Second issue, the toilets are so black and ill lit that you feel like you need a blindman's stick to navigate the toilet! However, these are minor points to the main event the food! The usual Italian fayre is available from pasta to pizza's but all a step above the usual. The focaccia bread that comes as a side to a main dish is easily big enough for two people to share and is ideal as a starter. I had pizza as a main and the quality of ingredients really shone through from the mozzarella to the parmesan to the sun dried tomatoes, amazing! For desert checkout the Tartufo Flambe' Con Sambuca which is as tasty as it is spectacular. Drinks wise I can recommend the house white, which is good enough to hold its own against any of the more expensive alternatives. Overall, the service was great, even when they messed up our starter, changed without any fuss, as it should be! Overall £55.00 for starter, two mains, two deserts, large bottle of mineral water, bottle of house white wine and espresso for one - so average for a decent restaurant. San Carlo's main competition in Leeds will be places like Bibis and Jamie's Italian but honestly I think it will hold it's own and becaome a firm favourite on the Leeds restaurant front.

We went as a group of 10 including 4 children for lunch. They didn't serve the correct dishes at…read morethe right time - in fairness because of the kids we weren't sticking to starter/main/desert....but the there was only 4 other tables dining. 3 of the mains went back as cold, my wife's meal had no heat in at all. Again, it wasn't as if they were busy. Although plenty of choice, food was average to poor. Won't be going back, there are much better restaurants in Leeds.

Recently opened and already my FAVOURITE restaurant in Leeds. Beautiful food and great service…read more Menu has something for everyone, highly recommended.

This unassuming little restaurant didn't exactly look enticing, but having not had a bite and being…read morestarving, we bobbed in for an impromptu tea together - it was quiet, so we'd be served swiftly, and it was somewhere I'd not tried before. A waiter met us at the door, and immediately layered on the charm, which really isn't my thing. Especially when he's old enough to be my Granddad. Nonetheless, we took a seat straight away, and perused the menu. To start, the place could well do with a refurb - it's not exactly grotty, but it's not inspiring, and has the feel of an old diner. With various Italian dishes on the menu, and pasta not really floating my boat, I opted for the mushroom pizza - being famished, there's nothing that a good bready hearty bit of carbs couldn't sort out, right? Two diet cokes ordered, and fairly quickly, the food was brought out. I spotted the waiter being a little over friendly with my companion (poor her), and hoped he might leave off so that we could at least get to eating our fare. Oh dear. Oh dear. I'm sorry, but that wasn't pizza. That was a tasteless slab of slop. Except that the odd mushroom tasted tangy and weeks old. I'm not one to complain, I find it hard to waste food - especially when there's an overfamiliar waiter lingering - but I actually had to deposit a mouthful of one bite into my napkin. I barely ate half the pizza, and was not inclined to plough on - the cheese, sparse, was entirely tasteless and sloppy, and the mushrooms had really seen better days. I couldn't believe I was about to be so British as to pay about a tenner for the whole experience. The waiter questioned my half touched plate, and I could not muster the energy to tell him that it was terrible. Hoping my almost full plate would say so, and the polite decline to take the left overs home with me, here's hoping they'll freshen their act. Creepy waiter, plus terrible pizza, plus lack lustre dining space, plus long and winding walk to the toilets, past the back door bins - it'll take a lot of convincing for me to come back.

I took the early bird 3 meal course and all i can say +5 Stars !!!…read more The waiter had good recommendations for appetizer and wine. I had mushrooms, a steak and for dessert Tiramisu. Unfortunately I have no photos, as I did not plan to write this review. but this good meal required a positive review.

The other evening, very bravely, I ordered take away from a restaurant I've had no previous…read moreexperience with. I say bravely, because I'm so used to the luxury of relying on recommendations from Yelp that when I saw La Besi hadn't any feedback, I was concerned I'd stumbled on to a duffer. Well, without taking a leap every once in a while, you'll never discover new things - and I'm glad I risked it. This little Italian place seems, from my initial experience, well worth a dabble. For starters, the menu is varied beyond the usual doughy slop. Every pizza proudly states that it's mozzarella cheese, which immediately piqued my interest. Had I mustered a little more courage to try something different, I'd have gone for the Estiva Pizza: Mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, feta cheese, spinach, olives, onions & garlic. Sounds divine, right? Yes. But, having just gotten back from a festival, vegetables were on the agenda -so I took the veggie pizza. (I know, the ridiculous notion that because it's a vegetable pizza, it's healthy. Don't judge, I am lazy and I was broken.) I also ordered a Lemon Sorbet, from the beverages section, which on arrival was in fact some kind of ice cream actually inside a frozen lemon. I've yet to try it (mostly as I'd forgotten it existed until now) but I'm excited. It looks like it'll be a real mouth pleaser. As for the pizza, well. I've triumphed in sourcing out yet another actually palatable and delectable pizza place, of which I reckon there are few in town. Most offer a hugely bready, sloppy mess. This is nothing of the sort. Conjur up flat Italian style pizzas, real mozzarella cheese, voluminous toppings and very flavoursome sensations in your mind. The only real complaint I had was that the tomato sauce was spread a little thin, and I'd have like a bit more. Perhaps it's not the way it's done. Top tip - order a garlic mayo for dipping the crust. You know this makes sense. On second glance, the menu looks promising for an actual visit, rather than a cheeky just eaty. Plenty of exciting pastas, pizzas and specials -and they even do a range of paninis - presumably for the nearby students at lunch. Don't miss this wee hotspot as it seems, at first try, a bit of a win.

I have to admit that I was a bit cynical about ordering from La Besi, purely because I'm a bit of a…read moretakeaway traditionalist (I know what I like, and that's a curry house that does curries, a pizza place that does pizzas, etc etc - ordering fancy pasta and starters just feels wrong. Ok, felt wrong. Not no more, nuh uh). We ordered marinated olives (so very very tasty) and mozzarella wrapped in parma ham (oh my god, my mouth's watering thinking about it now), and then various pasta-y delights. Relatively cheap (I think it came to £26 with a couple of desserts thrown in). And then last night we tried a couple of pizzas and some cheesy chips (classy, ain't we?), and they came to under £13. Bargain. Really good, fresh, thin, authentic pizza bases and delicious pizza toppings. I'm hoping Hot Steve will stump up for another tonight because I'm feeling hungry and too lazy to cook... Ooh and they're very prompt at delivering! And the dude who delivers is very friendly! And you can order ONLINE! How fantastical is that?

Yummier pizza! Seriously fresh dough fresh tomato sauce fresh mozzarella cheese and it arrived HOT…read more Potato wedges was great, Greek salad was fresh and good it arrived a bit late but amazingly it was all hot.

I was craving pizza and had heard a lot of hype about Pizza Expess, so my friend and I decided to…read moregive it a try. When we arrived, the look of this particular link in this very large chain of pizza places looked pretty much like all the others I've seen, so it seemed as good a place as any to taste my first Pizza Express pie. While the service was fast, and the pizza wasn't all that bad for chain pizza, the whole experience was pretty sterile and charmless; I didn't leave with an overwhelming desire to return soon. On the up side, we had a voucher for a second main at £1, so two pizzas and two small glasses of wine came in at a little more than £20; a very good value.

I'm a big Pizza Express fan, but not so much for this particular restaurant, situated in the…read more'banking' bit of town. I much, much prefer the one behind the corn exchange for the following reasons: 1) I can usually get a seat there within half an hour (unlike this one) 2) The staff are friendlier and the service is better 3) The building's prettier The only plus side for this one is that I can park nearby for free after 6pm. But then I have to wait for ages outside to get a table, so I may aswell walk to t'other one anyway. Update - as of 17/01/11 I'm adding a star : ) Came here as we were this end of town and had a '2 mains for £12' voucher, which to be honest I was proper chuffed with as we had some of those mahussive Romana pizzas (that new one designed by some kid is soooo good), and it saved us a fortune. The service (as always in Pizza Express anywhere you go) was pretty lazy, and our olives didn't turn up until we'd gently reminded the waitress after she'd brought us our mains and done the black pepper thing. But it was tasty and we had a nice time. Although I noticed the people at the table next to us getting more and more irate about their order being wrong more than once...