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Address:
12–16 New Station Street, Leeds LS1 5DL
Telephone:
Opening Times:
Monday: 07:30–19:00
Tuesday: 07:30–19:00
Wednesday: 07:30–19:00
Thursday: 07:30–19:00
Friday: 07:30–19:00
Saturday: 08:00–19:00
Sunday: 09:00–16:00
Description:
Laynes is a much-loved independent Leeds café by the station, serving proper coffee, brunch, pastries, cakes, lunch plates and evening drinks in a bright, busy city-centre spot. It is the kind of place that makes “I’ll just grab a coffee” turn into eggs, cake and a suspiciously long pause before catching your train.
Good for:
Speciality coffee, brunch, pastries, cakes, breakfast, lunch, station stops, casual catch-ups, solo coffee breaks and anyone who treats good coffee like a basic human right.
Nearby:
Leeds Station, City Square, Trinity Leeds, Park Row, Greek Street, Quebecs Hotel, Wellington Street, Granary Wharf.
Make a Day of It:
Start with coffee and brunch at Laynes, then wander into Trinity Leeds, down Greek Street or towards Granary Wharf. If you are travelling, it is dangerously handy for the station, which means there is absolutely no excuse for emergency platform coffee pretending to be a personality.
The Tidy Take:
Laynes is a proper Leeds coffee institution. It is independent, central, consistently busy and genuinely useful whether you are meeting mates, dodging the rain or fuelling up before a train. Come for the coffee, stay for brunch, leave pretending you meant to be that late.