If you are ever in Leeds and are looking for a place that serves good food, is in quaint suuroundings, and won't break the bank then The Roundhay Fox is the place to go.
Situated at the North End of Roundhay Park opposite the Tropical World tourist attraction this is a pub with character. ... Read review
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Advantages: Good food, Excellent Service, Good portions Disadvantages: Not in City Centre, Sometimes have to wait for a table to become vacant
...quaint suuroundings, and won't break the bank then The Roundhay Fox is the place to go.
Situated at the North End of Roundhay Park opposite the Tropical World tourist attraction this is a pub with character. When you enter this converted 17th century coach-house you can feel the charcater of its old buildings. With chairs, tables, and benches made out of old oak, you really get the feel of the history of the place.
... ...as they aren't cordoned off. The food is the main subject of this opinion.
You order at the end of the bar and can order food and drinks at the same time. You are given a wooden spoon with a number on and this acts as your table number. They also give you the option of keeping open a tab.
We ordered Baked Chicken Breast in Creamy White Wine and Tarragon Sauce with charlotte potatoes and house vegetables, and a 10oz gammon ... more
If you are ever in Leeds and are looking for a place that serves good food, is in quaint suuroundings, and won't break the bank then The Roundhay Fox is the place to go.
Situated at the North End of Roundhay Park opposite the Tropical World tourist attraction this is a pub with character. When you enter this converted 17th century coach-house you can feel the charcater of its old buildings. With chairs, tables, and benches made out of old oak, you really get the feel of the history of the place.
This pub places an emphasis on the food side of its business with a larger eating area than drinking area, although in theory you should be able to sit anywhere as they aren't cordoned off. The food is the main subject of this opinion.
You order at the end of the bar and can order food and drinks at the same time. You are given a wooden spoon with a number on and this acts as your table number. They also give you the option of keeping open a tab.
We ordered Baked Chicken Breast in Creamy White Wine and Tarragon Sauce with charlotte potatoes and house vegetables, and a 10oz gammon steak with 2 eggs, pinapple and chips. With a pint and a half of lager the total price was well under £20.
The only problem that we encountered there was that it took 30 minutes for the food to arrive, but when it did it was definitely worth it. The chicken dish was very tasty and wouldn't have been out of place in a city centre restaurant, and the gammon and chips was absolutely huge. A waitress then comes and offers you a range of condiments.
We actually ate at 1pm on a Wednesday afternooon, and by that time most of the tables were full, as it is popular with workers on lunch breaks and working business lunches (hence the offer of a VAT receipt upon ordering!!!)
We would have had dessert except for the fact that we had no room after the main dish, but there was a range of 8 to choose from, each at £3.45, and it was a real effort not to try to force one down such was the mouthwatering description (especially of the profiteroles!!!)
In general, the menu has something for everyone. The most expensive item is a jubilee beef wellington at £12.95, with the cheapest being haddock and chips at £5.95. Some of the other dishes available on their recently introduced autumn menu include a range of steaks, chicken arribiata, home baked chicken ham and leek pie and fresh whole-tailed scampi. There is also a lunch menu with various sandwiches from plain ham to smoked salmon which are all less than £5.
Serving times are 12pm - 5pm for lunch sandwiches, 12pm - 10pm (9pm on Sun) for main meals. The staff are incredibly friendly, and all in all it represents a good value, delicious meal.
Definitely recommeded if you are in the Leeds area for any reason.
m.lyon 27.10.2002
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Very poor. Food poor. Staff dozy with one exception. Toilet stank (old vomit caked on the cubicle wall!) general cleanliness poor. Lazy in every way due to its proximity to Roundhay Park and the knowledge that it will always be busy! Not like other Vintage Inns we have visited. See link below
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tigermark99 07.09.2008
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when we got there we were greeted by open fires and a lovely surronding, it got worse then. Wine tasted watered down and had to ask for a replacement, veg and potatoe turned up cold and had to ask for it to be warmed up again. when the food came back the potatoe had a finger mark in it as if the chef had tested the warmth himself. There was also a foreign body in the game pie. when we told them we are not willing to pay for the meal, there was no apologie, but they did take the meal off our bill
wouldnt recommend ...
shell2909 12.12.2008
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Advantages: drinks were cold Disadvantages: food poisoning cld fod stroppy staff
...meal a few weaks ago the meal took ages to come to the tabel we were offered no condiments the waitress was rude and stroppy and as we live very local you are one of the pubs i come to but since then i refuse to come back as i ended up with food poisoning from the scampi i ordered i lost almost a stone in weight over the course of a weakend i was off work and lost out on 4 days wage and was put on sickness tablets and a sickness injection and pain ...
k.black 18.10.2008
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Advantages: Good service,food and atmosphere Disadvantages: Not close enough to my house
...mains, £3 - 5 desserts.
The food is always fresh, tasty, and the portions are generous. The service is efficient and polite.
It is also clean.
The pub is located opposite Canal gardens/Tropical world near Roundhay park.
It is a stone flagged, log fire type of traditional pub, with no music playing, it is primarily a eaterie ,but, has a large drinking area (no kids after 7).
Its clientel are of a mixed age group, and mainly proffesional types, ...
mattsays 11.05.2003
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Advantages: delicious food great atmosphere Disadvantages: NONE that I can think of!
...is great! Lets start from the basics then...The actual pub is great wonderfully decorated to create a relaxed environment. When it's chilly outside they light up several olde worlde log fires and in summer the doors open and there is a small beer garden. The drinks are reasonablly priced and in cold weather there is a selection of hot wine. Food is the main selling point. A bit more expensive than your average pub meal but they do not serve average ... ...and everything lovely, from the more common fish and chips (which is lovely) to hock of ham and mustard sauce which is also very nice indeed. Average meal is about 6 - 7 pound and well worth it. Roundhay park is just next door so you can go for a nice a fter dinner stroll to burn off some of that desert you were tempted with. ...
carolyn_lyn 14.04.2003
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