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Address:
36–38 Cavendish Street, Leeds LS3 1LY
Telephone:
Opening Times:
Monday: 11:00–23:00
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 11:00–23:00
Thursday: 11:00–23:00
Friday: 11:00–00:00
Saturday: 11:00–00:00
Sunday: 12:00–22:00
Description:
The Highland Laddie is a proper Leeds boozer with a dining room, serving cask ales, stout, wine, bar snacks, oysters and fire-led cooking from the team behind The Empire Café. Small, characterful and massively talked-about, it’s the kind of pub that makes “just popping in” feel like a tactical error.
Good for:
Proper pub lunches, cask ales, oysters, Sunday food, cosy dinners, serious food without the fuss, drinkers’ pub vibes and anyone who likes their pint with a side of “how is this place so good?”
Nearby:
Park Square, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds Beckett University, The Fenton, Millennium Square, Leeds City Museum, The Light.
Make a Day of It:
Start with a wander around Park Square or Millennium Square, then head over to The Highland Laddie for a pint, snacks or a proper sit-down meal. If food is the plan, book ahead — this place has gone from hidden boozer to “everyone’s suddenly an expert” very quickly.
The Tidy Take:
The Highland Laddie is one of those rare pubs that feels old-school without being stuck in the past. It’s cosy, confident and properly Leeds — a drinkers’ pub with food worth making plans for. Basically, if pubs had main-character syndrome, this one would be wearing the crown and somehow pulling it off.