The Gin Room

You're walking up Headingley's main drag and ducking into a place that feels like it's got actual character rather than being another corporate chain. The Gin Room knows what it's doing—this isn't about flashy cocktails with seventeen ingredients, it's about gin done right. The team here have decent knowledge of their stock and can talk you through options without being pretentious about it. It's the sort of spot where locals pop in for a proper drink, not somewhere you're queuing round the block to get an Instagram photo.