CAU Leeds

Great place Favourite Vegan place to go Value for your money

I really wanted to like it here but the food was just not for me. We ordered the loaded combo for two and it was just trays of deep fried everything including seitan, cauliflower, arancini and even deep fried olives! We ended up picking off most of the batter as it was just too much. The smacked cucumbers were nice and zingy and the hummus was ok but not amazing. I think it would have been much better if the olives and seitan were not deep fried to give a bit of variety to the platter. We probably should have read the menu more carefully to be fair, but I can't imagine many people wanting to eat that much deep fried food in one sitting! As for the drinks, there's a good selection of vegan beer but the one I wanted had run out. They do cocktails but we didn't try them. We were the only people in there on a Saturday lunchtime (peak time) so there was no ambience and it felt kinda awkward walking in. The space is absolutely freezing too. I was sat in there wearing a hoodie and winter coat in April, so not very inviting. I'm sure it's a cool music venue but not somewhere I'd visit for food again unfortunately. Staff were really lovely and friendly though.

We spent a little while looking for Cantina including looking around the back of the building for an entrance, however that seems to be an upstairs sometimes only offer [shrug]. The Old Red Bus Station is a city centre bar on Vicar Lane in what was until 1990 a bus station complete with a newsagent. It is now a grungy industrial bar which is open late into the night/morning. There are bench tables near the entrance door and we opted for the darker atmosphere in the back. I won burgers for two in a Christmas competition and only paid for our drinks. I needn't have booked as the bar was quiet even on the Thursday afternoon before Christmas. The menu can be downloaded and I hope to add a 2023 screenshot. The Christmas special burger was off so we had two Spicy Chick N Stacks, with fries. Also Vocation IPA and a bus station pilsner. The food arrived promptly with a smile. The french fries were perfect and we really enjoyed the burgers. Be advised that they really mean it when they call them spicy. One diner ditched the pickles which the other ate. I see from the menu that the second burger is only £1 on Thursday which means great value for 2. We enjoyed our visit and I will certainly return for a quick bite and beer whilst out in Leeds. Especially on Thursdays. Probably not somewhere I will go for a romantic destination meal.

Had a couple of burgers there, pretty basic and could be served warmer to be honest. Deep fried basic Junk food .

Nice chilled atmosphere and delicious food. The portions were perfect as well. Updated from previous review on 2023-07-16