{"id":320336,"date":"2025-11-26T18:14:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/a-vital-shot-in-the-arm-the-highland-laddie-leeds\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:14:44","slug":"a-vital-shot-in-the-arm-the-highland-laddie-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=320336","title":{"rendered":"A Vital Shot in the Arm \u2014 The Highland Laddie, Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" data-stretch=\"false\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/83473702-d8c1-4569-8bcf-368d8c747750\/IMG_5581.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1930x1448\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/83473702-d8c1-4569-8bcf-368d8c747750\/IMG_5581.jpg?format=1000w\" width=\"1930\" height=\"1448\" loading=\"lazy\" data-loader=\"sqs\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Set in the shadows of several blocks of student accommodation, The Highland Laddie is hidden from view as I approach from the adjacent Kirkstall Road. A twenty minute walk from Leeds station, it feels like I\u2019ve left the creature comforts of the city centre well behind me, as painfully overused phrases like \u201ctucked away\u201d and \u201chidden gem\u201d begin to fill my head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The thing is, this pub is distinctly lacking in obscurity. Everyone has been talking about The Highland Laddie. Even someone with even a semblance of interest in the goings-on within the Leeds hospitality scene has no doubt seen the flurry of activity the pub has generated on Instagram. Writing for the <em>Observer<\/em>, restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.co.uk\/style\/restaurants\/article\/the-highland-laddie-in-leeds-is-a-place-of-thrilling-finesse\" target=\"_blank\">described it as a place of \u201cthrilling finesse\u201d<\/a> with food that is \u201cspectacularly enjoyable.\u201d And it\u2019s only been open in its revamped form since April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In its previous incarnation, the pub\u2014called The Highland, but known affectionately by regulars as \u201cThe Laddie\u201d\u2014was forced to close after four decades of continuous trading in April 2023. Previous manager Simon Pierce told the <em>West Leeds Dispatch<\/em> that running it had become <a href=\"https:\/\/westleedsdispatch.com\/last-orders-at-the-highland-pub-as-cost-of-living-crisis-bites\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cunsustainable\u201d<\/a> after multiple beer and utility-bill price rises. Following its closure, the pub was acquired by Sam Pullen and Nicole Deighton, who also own and run another slice of Leeds nostalgia in The Empire Cafe on Fish Street in Leeds city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here\u2019s the thing: The Highland Laddie has been intentionally designed to present the trappings of a traditional boozer, at least in terms of what that\u2019s supposed to mean in 2025. But it goes further, in that it serves a menu that looks like it\u2019s straight out of Fergus Henderson\u2019s back pocket. Here you\u2019ll find a nose-to-tail selection of small plates veering from fresh oysters (served from the bar) and grilled sardines, to thick slabs of ham cooked over charcoal. Being a proper pub, there\u2019s even a requisite cheeseburger that looks made-by-design to go viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>                <a role=\"presentation\" class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"><\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622756345-SHDEOWSRD32WNE98S9YV\/IMG_5588.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1388x1850\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"IMG_5588.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"688628e1f9ec7d1454cb8c78\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622756345-SHDEOWSRD32WNE98S9YV\/IMG_5588.jpg?format=1000w\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a role=\"presentation\" class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"><\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622805546-HW2AGHZGWRQ9HCYUFWBS\/IMG_5591.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1432x1910\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"IMG_5591.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"688629128608423796ac367b\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622805546-HW2AGHZGWRQ9HCYUFWBS\/IMG_5591.jpg?format=1000w\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But how much is this a proper pub as much as it is a restaurant, or dare I say it, a <em>gastropub<\/em>? Is it designed for someone who wants to pop in for a couple of pints after work, or is it a space made for three-hour sit down meals where food takes precedence over drinking? I\u2019m keen to find out who, exactly, The Highland Laddie is actually for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With the traffic of the busy road behind me, I finally cast my eyes on the triangular, Victorian-era red brick building. A handsome, hand painted sign on the brickwork tells me I\u2019ve arrived at my destination. The building feels classically Leeds, in that it could easily feature in the work of local photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/britishculturearchive.co.uk\/leeds-in-the-1970s-1980s-peter-mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Mitchell<\/a>. Without fact-checking myself, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it already has.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I immediately spot an update to the pub\u2019s facade in the form of brass shelves that have been fixed to the outer walls, Soho style, to encourage gatherings of drinkers outside. As I enter, this makes total sense. This is a compact space, with a bar and a handful of tables (all occupied) in the triangle-shaped room to my left, and an equally cosy lounge that functions as the dining room on my right. I\u2019ve pre-booked a table, and I\u2019m seated in the latter, where one other couple is diligently working on a plate of oysters.<\/p>\n<p>                <a role=\"presentation\" class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"><\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622878352-5IZ4WCLEW18RHUYZUADK\/IMG_5585.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1480x1972\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"IMG_5585.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"6886295bdbdfb964655713f1\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622878352-5IZ4WCLEW18RHUYZUADK\/IMG_5585.jpg?format=1000w\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a role=\"presentation\" class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"><\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622877551-CDFS9DMTEUCN1UH82V7G\/IMG_5595.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1512x2014\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"IMG_5595.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"6886295b61d4e3253b1d380a\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753622877551-CDFS9DMTEUCN1UH82V7G\/IMG_5595.jpg?format=1000w\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Both sides have been painted in bold colours, adding a feeling of warmth to the vintage interior. In the bar the walls and ceiling are deep crimson, complete with matching drapes that offset the mahogany floorboards and bar, where both wood and brass have been polished to the point of elegance. The lounge opts for cooler shades of charcoal and jade green, which adds a nice point of distinction between the two spaces. Vintage pub mirrors are hung sympathetically, in each of the rooms, and in the lounge the pub\u2019s original signage hangs proudly as its centrepiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A wide range of beers are available, but everyone seems to be drinking Guinness, served from the seemingly <em>de rigueur<\/em> red box on the bar top, so I decide to do the same. Seeing as the icebox holding them is proudly on display next to the taps, I order three oysters for good measure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Each oyster, which today are from Carlingford Lough in Ireland, is dressed differently. One is naked, one is served with a beetroot mignonette, and the other with a house-made fermented hot sauce. All are superb, but the latter is my favourite, mingling so perfectly with the fat and the brine of the oyster. My pint isn\u2019t half bad either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I follow this with a plate of devilled eggs, which is something I consider you should always order if available, based on the amount of effort required to make them. These are superb; rich and well-spiced. I could have easily polished off two or three more rounds.<\/p>\n<p>                <a role=\"presentation\" class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"><\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753623020034-HLSYR5AAZB66Q0QEA2OX\/IMG_5604.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1398x1864\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"IMG_5604.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"688629e8f8ce152226f17879\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753623020034-HLSYR5AAZB66Q0QEA2OX\/IMG_5604.jpg?format=1000w\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a role=\"presentation\" class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"><\/p>\n<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753623019993-6ESMCO5R466S5FOAYX0C\/IMG_5600.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1480x1974\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"IMG_5600.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"688629e8e9427d6ff7df1d8a\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/1753623019993-6ESMCO5R466S5FOAYX0C\/IMG_5600.jpg?format=1000w\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Moving to mains I opt for spiced minced lamb offal on fried bread, which is deeply savoury and fiery in equal measure. This is followed by grilled sardines served in bone marrow gravy. These are easily the highlight of my meal, with the charred flavour of fish grilled over open coals somehow enhanced by the addition of an intensely meaty sauce. I scrape some of the mince off my other course so I can use the last of my fried bread to mop up as much gravy as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dining alone means I\u2019m limited in what I can order on this occasion, but I take note of other dishes as they leave the kitchen on the pub\u2019s handsomely monogrammed tableware. It all looks spectacular, and I immediately start texting friends hoping to make plans for a return visit. The cheeseburger looked so good I wish I\u2019d ordered one just so I could post a photograph of it on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After dinner I make sure to order a pint of Kirkstall Three Swords on cask to check if the beer is as well looked after as I was by the staff, and I\u2019m pleased to say that it is. My biggest worry was that so much attention here seems given to the aesthetic that the pub wouldn\u2019t have the substance to back it up, especially when it came to the drinks offer. Guinness-aside, there\u2019s a well-considered selection here, with all four cask ales from breweries local to the North and North West, a lager brewed especially for the pub, plus one of the most indulgent selections of whisky I\u2019ve ever seen grace a set of optics. Macallan 12, Bowmore 15 and Jonny Walker Blue Label are just a handful of those available. It almost feels like they\u2019re deliberately showing off. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if they are.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" data-stretch=\"false\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/84973431-6231-4a89-9983-51e8f723d4c1\/IMG_5614.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1302x1736\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5522e377e4b0ef65b0229f05\/84973431-6231-4a89-9983-51e8f723d4c1\/IMG_5614.jpg?format=1000w\" width=\"1302\" height=\"1736\" loading=\"lazy\" data-loader=\"sqs\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Thoroughly satisfied, I pay up and leave, still musing over who a pub like this is really for, and if it\u2019s really a pub at all. Because as much as it has been dressed up to look like a traditional establishment, in its approach The Laddie is thoroughly modern. The next day, when I find myself with an hour to spare after a beer festival at Kirkstall Brewery 10 minutes walk down the road, I pop in for a beer mid-afternoon and find my answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Perched outside are a handful of regulars working their way through pints of lager. Inside there is a low hum of chatter and people working their way through pints of bitter, some with fist-sized sausage rolls or oysters on the side. Any doubt of whether or not the food offer stops this place from functioning as a \u2018proper pub\u2019 had been quashed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Highland Laddie is as considered as it is intentful, providing a vital shot in the arm of the Leeds hospitality scene, both as a pub <em>and <\/em>a restaurant. Because it turns out, even though it doesn\u2019t have to, a pub can function as both of these things if the same level of care and effort is applied to them. In fact, this particular pub is so well done I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it spawns 100 copycats over the next half a decade or so. And really, would that be such a bad thing?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set in the shadows of several blocks of student accommodation, The Highland Laddie is hidden from view as I approach from the adjacent Kirkstall Road. 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