Boot & Rally

You'll find this place tucked into Meanwood's residential streets, the kind of spot that feels like it's been here forever even though it hasn't. The name might sound a bit daft, but don't let that put you off – this is exactly the sort of unpretentious local that Leeds does best. The bar team knows their way around a cocktail shaker without making a song and dance about it, and they pour a decent pint too. It's the sort of place where you pop in for one and somehow end up staying until close, deep in conversation with people you've never met before. The crowd skews local – Meanwood residents who can't be bothered trekking into town for a drink, plus the occasional visitor who's stumbled onto something good.