The only way to end your night out is with some comfort food, so why not grab it whilst you're still at the bar?
If you're anything like much of the Leeds population, a stop at the kebab shop or the nearest takeaway is the only way to end a night out.
The greasy food is never our choice of late night dish, but it's the only food available at 4am, so we always settle for some half-baked dish that definitely could give us food poisoning. But its 4am and we're hungry, so we don't care.
Finally, a bar heard our prayers for decent late night food.
The Watermark Bar serve all their food until closing. / Image: The Watermark
The Watermark serve their dishes until closing, making them the only place you'll find us past 3am from now on.
The Watermark Bar are firm believers that you deserve to eat when you're hungry, no matter what time it is.
Pulling the best from their seasonal menu, the popular Leeds bar offer meat and cheese boards, as well as houmous and crumpets until 4am.
The Charcuterie boards are available as just meat or cheese, or a mixture of the two to suit every late night craving.
Served with warm bread, pickleys, nuts, fruit and chutneys, this is the sophisticated solution to a kebab we didn't know we needed but refuse to forget.
At £15 per board, end the night by sharing your treats with your nearest and dearest whilst keeping the party alive with cocktails and some of the most eclectic tunes in Leeds.
The bar are known for serving an ever-changing menu, but they always delight guests with their choices. / Image: The Watermark
If you get those savoury cravings at midnight, the Hummus and Pita dish is served with pickles, and will more than satisfy every late night craving.
The crumpets, however, bring The Watermark into a league of their own when it comes to late night snacks.
Choose from cold cuts or chutney fillings, including combinations like chorizo and salami; caramelised onion, habanero and tomato chutney or whiskey butter, melted cheese, marmite and pickles.
The crumpets can be served with your choice of filling. / Image: The Watermark
The Watermark is locally known for its outlandish nights out, including their blanket fort birthday party- which is rumoured to return for Christmas.
The bar is open Wednesday - Sunday, with its closing times ranging from 2am on Wednesdays and Sunday to 4am on a Friday and Saturday.
No matter what time you visit The Watermark, as long as they're open, you can get your food fix.
Because one Fern Modern Sushi wasn't enough, we've now got two.
And guess what? It's even better than the first.
Fern Modern Sushi located in the unassuming Central Arcade has become a firm foodie favourite after opening just a couple years ago.
Run by the wonderful Chef Fern, who you could say is somewhat of a local celebrity at this point, the restaurant is known for serving delicious sushi with the freshest fish possible and traditional Japanese dishes with modern flair.
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Full with hungry punters no matter the time of day, it's no surprise that Chef Fern has just opened Fern Modern Sushi 2.0 on Park Row.
This beautiful new space is serving up all the classic Fern dishes, from stacked donburi bowls and perfectly rolled sushi to miso glazed cod and hearty bowls of ramen.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Different for this location, though, is their exclusive cocktail menu - so you can wine and dine to your heart's content.
The interior has also levelled up, complete with a huge open kitchen so you can pull up a chair and eat whilst watching the magic happen.
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And this isn't all that Chef Fern is up to, after opening Tori Nori on Vicar Lane a few months ago this will be her third restaurant in the city centre, and that is no easy feat.
She's even got another restaurant imminently opening in the Central Arcade which will be focused on traditional katsu dishes, and we wouldn't be at all surprised if she had something else lined up in the pipeline.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Fern Modern Sushi 2.0 officially opens on 19 November, but is open now for soft launch with limited bookings.
A pub in Leeds has been crowned the third best in Britain by The Good Food Guide
Clementine Hall
A Leeds pub has been crowned one of the very best in the country by The Good Food Guide.
The trusted guide has just released its 100 Best Pubs in Britain list, and we're very chuffed with the results indeed.
Taking the coveted number three spot is our very own The Highland Laddie, a 100-year-old city centre institution that reopened in April 2025 in the hands of new owners Sam Pullan and Nicole Deighton.
These guys also run the Empire Cafe, so you just know it's going to be good.
Last year they soared straight to the top of the list and were crowned the best pub in the whole of Britain by the guide.
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This time, the Queen's Arms over in Eccles came number one followed by The Cow in Notting Hill.
We still think bagging third place is quite the achievement, and if you've visited The Highland Laddie yourself you'll know just how much of a special place it is.
Don't just take our word for it, The Good Food Guide labelled the Laddie as 'a true pub with a genuine community vibe'.
They also said: "Reenergised by the team behind the Empire Cafe in 2025, this is everything that a proper English pub should be – 'oh, and they have a mustard menu!'
"Inside, the Laddie ticks all the boxes, preserving the essentials of a traditional old-school boozer and maintaining a genuine sense of community while letting the good times roll. As for the food, it’s ‘both high-end and accessible’, pulling in ideas from all over, whether you fancy a freshly shucked Lindisfarne oyster, a keema toastie or an elevated ham roll with bread cooked over the coals.
"Dig deeper and you might find a lobster madeleine with Yorkshire chorizo butter, a treacle onion tart or pork schnitzel with two fried eggs. Club steaks are served by the inch, there’s no creative let-up when it comes to sides, and the nostalgia is ramped up with the likes of strawberry and Champagne trifle with ‘sprinkles’.
"But never forget that this is a self-proclaimed ‘drinkers’ pub’ dispensing everything from ‘properly served’ British brews and ’the best Guinness in Leeds’ to a staggering line-up of whisky optics."
Sophie Smith -
23rd November 2021 
