Arnold's Bar & Kitchen

3.7

27 Reviews

£25 and under

British

Good for special occasions
Good for business meals
Innovative

Yorkshire is famous for many things including flat caps, friendly folk… and of course we love a good old get together!

Arnold’s Bar & Kitchen celebrates all the best bits from our great county and offers a variety of drinks in a relaxed atmosphere along with a food menu that would even make Nora Batty crack a smile!

From light bites to burgers, pizzas to puddings – whether thas’ looking to grab a quick bite to eat whilst shopping, drinks with friends or a pre-gig meal before you visit the first Direct Arena… .. Arnold’s Bar & Kitchen is the perfect place!

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
£25 and under
Cuisines
British, Dining Bar, English
Hours of operation
Lunch Daily 12:00 pm–5:00 pm Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–9:45 pm
Phone number
0113 831 4531
Website
http://www.arnoldsleeds.co.uk/
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
Wade Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 8NJ
Neighborhood
Leeds
Parking details
Public Lot
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Full Bar, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Wine

A Healthy Portion of Boiled Rice
broccoli and peas
Skin on Fries and Coleslaw
With a dipping sauce: simple ketchup, tangy BBQ or cool cucumber and yoghurt
Fish Fingers£5.00
Oven baked fish fingers
Cheese Burger£5.00
4oz beef burger, seeded bun, melted cheese
Tomato Mascarpone Pasta£5.00
With slice of garlic bread
Grilled Halloumi£5.00
Grilled Quorn Sausages£5.00
Chicken Nuggets£5.00
Whole breast meat chicken nuggets

Kids Puddings

Warm Chocolate Brownie£2.95
With a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Ice Cream£2.95
Vanilla, strawberry or chocolate

What 27 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

3.7

3.7 based on all time ratings

3.8Food
3.8Service
3.7Ambience
3.8Value

Noise • Energetic

27 Reviews

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OpenTable Diner
Yorkshire
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on March 19, 2020
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Staff honoured a booking just before lockdown, food was lovely and the service was fab!
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Chris
Yorkshire
4 reviews
4.0
4 reviews
Dined on February 25, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 3
Service was quite slow, although it was busy as event on at the Arena. Maybe employ extra staff when events are staged? Some food we ordered was then no longer available. Also one starter wasn't ordered in the kitchen so our party of 6 had to wait for the 6th person to finish their starter.
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LYNNEB
Yorkshire
3 reviews
1.0
3 reviews
Dined on November 8, 2019
1. Overall 1
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
Visited Arnold's on Friday 8th November prior to a theatre trip. Was very disappointed to find that it has changed from a proper restaurant to a basic fast food place. No table service for ordering. Order and pay at the bar only. Limited menu choices. The music was deafening which resulted in several drinking patrons shouting to each other and being quite rowdy. The music was turned down when we complained thankfully. Very disappointing, won't be returning and wouldn't recommend
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KateS
Yorkshire
2 reviews
2.0
2 reviews
Dined on October 26, 2019
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
Very poor indeed. There was a forty five minute wait on food as there was an event on at the First Direct Arena, which we were going to. I had to ask three times to be shown to our table as i had pre booked. I had to ask for our table to be cleared and to be wiped. There were no salads being served so we opted for the butterfly chicken and when the food did finally come it was pretty disappointing I have to say. Considering the pressure that the staff were under they were were very welcoming. Surely if Arnold’s know that there is event happening they should get more staff in to deal with the rush??
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JennyB
VIP
Yorkshire
23 reviews
1.0
23 reviews
Dined on October 26, 2019
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
The worst dining experience of my life - a proper Fawlty Towers! Being near the Arena we booked a table at 6 to allow enough time for a meal before our concert. The place was full with a giant queue at the bar - only one person on duty. No-one to greet you - we found a table as someone was leaving and a waitress (one of just 2) asked if we had booked..... but didn’t ask our name or time booked so anyone could just answer ‘yes’! We weren’t told you have to order food and drink at the bar but eventually caught on and queued. 20 mins later we brought drinks back to the table and waited for our food - and waited - and waited! 40 minutes later still no food - so people were leaving without eating but the kitchen was still preparing their food so the hapless staff were asking ‘who ordered this’; people desperate to just eat said ‘me’ so all the orders were mixed up. We asked the poor barman (who was dispensing drinks, taking food orders - and also operating the pizza oven!) where our food was & he came back to tell us that the fish pie ordered was ‘still in the freezer downstairs’! But that there was a curry & some noodles he had available when people had walked out! So 2 of us ate that whilst the other 2 waited for the pizza. So we didn’t eat together and there was only time for 2 bites of pizza before dashing off for the concert. Soooo we were there just 5 minutes under 2 hours and got our not very good food 5 minutes before leaving. Really really appalling experience. The staff tried but there was no manager around, no system in place (or no training?) and the place was absolutely not prepared to offer what they did. We found out as we left that Arnold’s is partnof the Ibis - they should be ashamed.
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penny
Kent
2 reviews
1.0
2 reviews
Dined on October 26, 2019
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
Booked table 5.30 as going to an Andrea Bocelli concert at Arena. Shocked to see place full up and no reserved table for us. Everyone going to the concert we thought. Put on a tiny coffee table nr bar, not given a menu. Not told no waitress service so we had to QUEUE round the room to place food order. Queued over 30 mins then food did not appear..after further 30 mins we cancelled order (as did other equally dissatisfied people). Incredible this place is so ill-equipped to deal with its clients on a popular concert evening - they must surely KNOW they will be flooded with people staying there in order to see the concert but they were totally understaffed and unable to deal with the number of people. As stated our booking wasnt even made and at 5.30 the place was full. Pitiful. It ruined our and many others evenings. I would like to be informed by the management what steps if any they were putting in place to make sure they are adequately prepared for large demand of people - there were no excuses whatsoever. The place had no staff, and to have to queue up for food was unacceptable. The management should be taken to task over this disgraceful service. There was no excuse for it.
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ChrisP
Yorkshire
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on October 26, 2019
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
We were unable to dine at Arnolds despite booking a table at 17.30 several weeks earlier. We arrived on time only to find the restaurant packed with people queuing at the bar and standing around in the eating area. There were no tables reserved for booking and it was a complete free for all. I spoke to the waitress who appeared to be in charge pointing out we had a table booked and she promised to find us a table. We were given a table at 18.05 and told to rush over quickly before someone else jumped on it? I queued up at the bar to order food and drink which took a further 10 minutes and sat down to wait. No food had arrived by 07.10 and we were attending a concert which started at 20.00. I went to the bar cancelled our order and had the money repaid onto my card and we left. There were numerous other people doing the same thing and some very unhappy and frustrated people. It was clear though that this was not the fault of the waitress in charge but more a ridiculous resteraunt policy not to reserve booked tables. The waitress worked very hard to sort an absolute shambles maintaining her calm and smile throughout.
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jackieh
Yorkshire
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on October 13, 2019
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
we ordered terrayaki noodles nothing of the sort very bland and tasteless 24 pounds fr a few tastless noodles we gfelt ripped off never again
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ColinM
London
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on October 5, 2019
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 2
Arnold’s has changed focus from a la carte table service to burger order at bar. We booked after an earlier visit prior to the change. The staff were very welcoming and explained upfront about the changes. We stayed as we had an appointment to make and didn’t want to be wandering the streets looking for an alternative. Pleasant but not my idea of a meal out.
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DanielS
Edinburgh
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on September 27, 2019
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
When we arrive we were told to ‘sit anywhere’ despite booking in advance. We were a table of 5, with no tables of that size available. There was person behind the bar and 1 waiting staff. Neither could cope with how busy it was. As we were queuing to place our order at the bar we overheard another table complain that they had been waiting 40 minutes for a burger, at a time when they were only the 2nd table seated. Now the room was full and with only 1 hour before our show at the arena we decided to get up and walk out.
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Arnold's Bar & Kitchen is rated 3.7 stars by 27 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Permanently Closed

This restaurant is permanently closed.

Wade Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 8NJ

Additional information

Neighborhood
Leeds
Hours of operation
Lunch Daily 12:00 pm–5:00 pm Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–9:45 pm
Price
£25 and under
Cuisines
British, Dining Bar, English
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Public Lot
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Full Bar, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Wine

Website
http://www.arnoldsleeds.co.uk/
Phone number
0113 831 4531

Arnold's Bar & Kitchen

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Menu

Mains

A Healthy Portion of Boiled Rice

Skin on Fries and Coleslaw

Fish Fingers£5.00

Cheese Burger£5.00

Tomato Mascarpone Pasta£5.00

Grilled Halloumi£5.00

Grilled Quorn Sausages£5.00

Chicken Nuggets£5.00

Kids Puddings

Warm Chocolate Brownie£2.95

Ice Cream£2.95

What 27 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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