Rustica in Leeds

This no fault of the restaurant, don’t order through here. Go on Uber Eats as you’re guaranteed to get your food while on here you could be waiting near 3 hours and not have it delivered.

Loved the food and the prices were reasonable too. Best place for students to grab their lunch!

They have amazing italian food. It is finger licking good and so so fulfilling.

I had a very good experience in this wonderful restaurant . The staff is very polite and professional. The food taste was so great. I will always be a costumer 🥰🥰

Friendly staff I enjoyed the pizza, cheese chips and pancake dessert was delicious

The food comes in a very good portion and is delicious. Worth the money.

Hi Des, Thank you for going out your way and sending my a chicken burger, chips and bruschetta free of charge after my original order was mistaken for beef, I appreciate you explaining why it went wrong and hope my original review on uber eats doesn't put anyone off from the restaurant as the food is delicious, I will definitely be ordering again. Thank you to you and your team.

Not what I expected. Pizza was meh. Lasagna was not good at all. Too salty and definetely not original or good quality. There was no bechamel, lasagna was overcooked, sauce was too salty. I won't order again.

No puedo expresar cuánto disfruté de la lasaña. El tamaño de las porciones era muy generoso para el precio que pagamos - 2 platos de pasta, pan de ajo, y 2 bebidas llegaron a poco más de £ 30. Sin duda recomendaría este lugar.

Ordered meat platter starter, pizza and risotto, wine and shared a tiramasu- all was superb. Service was perfect. Very reasonable prices, perfect for students I reckon - visit now, you won't be disappointed

Arrived on a Monday evening, greeted very warmly, waiter was very eager to assist and provide suggestions. Good selection of food all the classics but prepared and cooked by Italian chefs. It's a small team but they run it well with confidence and a smile. The food was top notch, came out quickly and was delicious I had the sea food pasta and bruschetta. The sea food pasta was just enough without being too much in terms of size, good ratio of pasta to sauce and sea food, with just a little bit of spice! Absolutely fantastic, I could not have asked for better!

absolutely fantastic. food was delivered exactly on time and the dish itself (seafood linguine) was hot, delicious and cooked to perfection. cannot fault this. I'll definitely be back, thanks 👍

Focaccia was rather bland garlic pizza and the garden salad consisted of 2 slices of cucumber, 2 slices of tomato and wilted green leaves. The pasta dishes were good.

Was hot, fresh, decent portion size and absolutely beautiful.

the food itself was lovely, but delivered over an hour early and I wasn't ready (or hungry enough) for it, so didn't finish it. Pity, otherwise it would have been a 5 star review

Lovely food, so fresh🙌🏼 Great customer service and lovely people too! Would definitely recommend x

Amazing food ! Very fast delivery will be ordering again

excellent scran! defo reccommend! will use again! and thanks for the free drinks!

Recently refurbished and under new ownership. Very attentive and friendly service. Lovely food. Would definitely go back. Wish them every success.

Went to visit a friend of mine in Leeds and he recommended me this lovely place to eat. Food was so delicious..Thank You Guys

Under new ownership. Very friendly and attentive service. Food was delicious. Can recommend the calamari, the Meatlover pizza, and the special chicken dishes. Good value for money. Would definitely go back. Wish them every success.

Hidden gem. Took my family thwre, incl. My 3 yo and everything was perfect. Great pizza, great pasta, great service

Recently renovated and reopened with new look, manu and management. Based on someone elses review and suggestions, I decided to go for one of the chicken dishes - and what a brilliant choice! So tasty and well presented. Super friendly and attentive staff. Definitely coming back to try other dishes 🙂

Very tasty food, good vibe and friendly staff. Would recommend this place and try chicken dishes. I had Pollo Pompei and it was delicious.

The pizzas are great! The dough is really good. I wouldn't recommend the pasta for a number of reasons but it's one guy working on his own, making everything from scratch and tending to front-of-house so I appreciate his efforts.

Second review in my live regarding places to eat, I reserve that to when its truly worth mentioning a place and this one is it!! Home made dough for pizzas that are absolutely delicious, first time of many visits i guarantee you that

Left hungrier than when I came. Paid a tenner for 8 pieces of pasta and a piss thin sauce.

It's delicious. You're doing well as always =)

A nice place, the food was great, although do not expect something fancy, but rather delicious. The staff member was warm and kind. The price was good for the quality. Highly recommend.

Welcoming owner, delicious food, Leeds best hot chocolate!

Very delicious and freshly made food served .

Incredibly good! The atmosphere is cozy, and they serve really delicious and authentic pizza here!!!

Best pizza ever Asian sensation is the one I always order also tried the nutella calzone wow must try

Hidden gem in the city! Food is always freshly prepared and restaurant is spotlessly clean every-time. Strongly recommend would give 10 ⭐️ if an option

Pizzas lovely. Thin crispy base with good quality toppings for only a tenner.

The pizza tastes good and the service is really nice. However, the portion is on the small side for the price.

Last minute hunt for table for 6 on a Saturday night led us here. Perfectly located opposite Uni. Great freshly made pizzas & lovely service by a charming guy running the business. Very reasonable and clean. Everyone happy.

Trying to book at short notice for 6 near university - this place came up trumps. Lovely pizza & absolutely charming service

Very yummy pizza, the pizza had a nice seasoning in it and the sauce was very nice and not overcomplicated. I will definitely be trying more when I have a bigger appetite. I came in during a pretty dead hour so it was just the one staff member, he was very nice and helpful. If you're wanting a nice place to sit and have a nice pizza I will recommend you give rustica a visit whilst youre In the area!

I loved the foood and honestly the chips were 10/10 and the customer service was a lot 10/10. We ordered rustica special pizza which was honestly sooo soo good. Definitely recommend :)

Such a pleasant restaurant and pleasant chef! Personal favourite Asian sensation pizza🥰

Nice pizza, with thin edge and crust.

Came here on the off chance, we had been to a gig and was in need of a hearty meal. Got the pesto pasta chicken and a bbq pizza. Polite service, was quiet when we went in which was nice. Food ordered at the till and bought over. £28 for 2 meals a side and two drinks, can’t complain!

The food was amazing, and the classic music was so good, was really relaxing when I had my meal, and really matched the style of the restaurant, but recently changed the style of the music 🥲

Amazing pizza and excellent service. Highly recommend for eat in or takeaway

The pasta was some of the worst pasta I’ve ever had in my life. I could have bought ingredients from Tesco and made better pasta myself for less than half the cost of this meal.

Amazing food, very friendly staff. We ordered calzone which was really nice. Quality has always been very good. Nice ambience

Absolutely wonderful food and service.

Interesting place right next to Parkinson Building. A restaurant with a variety of options with good price! The food taste very good and the staff are super friendly. They have some vegan options which are all pretty tasty. You can also find them on JustEat. The food tastes as good as when it is fresh in the restaurant!

Been discovering different restaurants around Leeds for 2 years now and this place had some of the best + most fresh burgers / pizza I've ever had.

Lovely food and service was very good.

It's good apart from the students from university crowding woodhouse lane area like bedlam .

Very lovely and clean place and yummy food. friendly staff and fair price. Definitely recommend and come again.

Delicious pizza, reasonably priced, cute location, what more could you want!

Good pizza and cozy place. For takeaway only.

Excellent great place highly recommend!

We had a great time at Rustica. Staff were wonderful, Brilliant Service, Yummy Pizza, Very Clean, Excellent Food Hygiene Rating with a great atmosphere.100% recommend it.

Great food, very welcoming staff and great atmosphere. %100 recommend it.

It has a Nutella calzone. Gotta give it 5/5 for that alone. Decent prices and really good food!

Polite guy running it, delicious pizza, calzone and burgers. Nice and clean as well

This is very much a takeaway that has seats as opposed to a restaurant that does take out food. I was incredibly impressed with the pizza - it was fresh, tasty, and made to order. I had a garlic bread alongside, however, and that was too greasy for my liking. I was offered no form of napkin which would have proven incredibly useful given the combination of greasy garlic bread and a flour base pizza - this simple change may well have tipped it up another star. I'd get pizza from there again but I'd consider the take away option next time.

I've been there today and had a great experience. The place was super clean, friendly staff and the burger, omg it was absolutely great

I have been to this intimate family restaurant over 5 times and I am yet to have any form of dissatisfaction. I have tried most of the menu but I love the chicken waffle burger the most (Beef isn't far off-pic below). The customer service is always brilliant.

Visited in a large group of around 15 people. You go and order at the counter, for such a large group we didn't mind this and it allowed us to pay individually saving time and hassle at the end of the meal. Food was very tasty, pizza's, burgers, panini's were good. The chicken waffle burger looked incredible! Food took around 20-30 minutes to be served. The staff kept checking if everything was ok with our food and it was good. Would recommend for couples or small groups. Can't comment on the takeaway service.

Very dissatisfied waited 40 mins for our drinks ( tea coffee and diet coke) and only got them after having to request a second time over an hour before we got our food which was cold there was no cutlery on table I asked for some and was told they would bring some then had to ask again after a further 10 mins. The toilet had huge fungi growing out of the floors on the whole a very poor experience

Great pizza, nice staff, good prices

Excellent ambience and the food is totally worth the price.

Always late to prepare food. Every single time if they say it'll 5minutes, you can expect 15-20 and it goes on proportionally

Food was amazing, the service from the cute chef Ahad was also amazing. He was so polite and worked really hard, He was great company too. Overall service was great, food was even better, worth every penny

I stopped for lunch here with my partner on 22/07/19 and was very disappointed. Really slow service - it took 40 minutes for the latte which came out with two paninis (which also took 40 minutes!). The food wasn’t great either, I ordered the meatball panini which barely had any meatballs in and was rather tasteless - completely lacking sauce so was very dry too. My partner wasn’t fussed by his meal either, again lacking in taste! I think the worst part was when I decided to use the toilet only to find a used sanitary towel near the sink that had been left so long it had moulded. We quickly left and definitely won’t be returning, think we’ll nip across the road to cafe Nero next time.

Decided to eat here as it was near our hotel for the night on our way through. Located in the university district of Leeds. The pizzas were really good, fresh and had a nice thin crust which is what l like. We would go back here for sure. The restaurant does not serve any alcohol but they do pick up take away.

Located in the university district of Leeds. We decided to eat here as it was near our hotel for the night on our way through after travelling through the north of England. The pizzas were really good, fresh and had a nice thin crust which is what l like. We would go back here for sure. The restaurant does not serve any alcohol but they do pick up a take away.

Absolutely awesome and delicious food 🥗🍕😋💪 The best pizza ever and taste skewers 😋😋 everything in good price 🆗️👍 Very nice staff and really good place to enjoy of spending nice time. Highly recommended 👍👍💪💪

Visited here for the first time one lunch with a friend. You pay at the till when you place your order. I opted for the chicken and bacon pasta with a garlic and cheese bread. The pasta was cold (but meant to be hot), the bacon was burgundy in colour and the chicken was minimal at best. It was in some sort of tomato based sauce, but it was just disgusting. Told the waitress, but she just took the (full) bowl and walked off - did not offer anything in return. Garlic bread was okay, but you could barely taste the garlic. Won't be returning and won't be recommending - there are far better sandwich shops from which to get a delightful lunch.

Lovely little fast food restaurant, comfortable furnishings. Very reasonable prices, friendly staff - falafel and halloumi burger with fries and a cream soda is a favourite but the pizzas and other burgers and fab too. Crispy’s could never!

Staff were kind and very welcoming, but food was extremely disappointing; although the pizza looked nice, we all went for chicken meals. The chicken was dry and unseasoned; the most was a bunch of black pepper. I had chicken skewers; I beg you not; I literally got one chicken skewer. But as someone who works in hospitality, I didn’t want to be a pain and complain as it was busy. The chips are amazing however, I do believe that if I were to go again I’d try out the pizza but definitely never the chicken on its own.

Great food and welcoming staff every time, nice to be able to sit in the garden in the summer as well

Staffs are so friendly, last year they gave me a free small pizza😍😍 love this restaurant. 😀✨✨✨✨✨✨

I got a pizza via delivery through just eat (I realise that there’s a review option on there, but since the restaurant was closed it wouldn’t let me review) I ordered 2 pizzas and 4 dips at 8-10 on a Sunday and it didn’t arrive until 9-45! The pizza was totally stone cold, the pizza base was like chewing already chewed chewing gum, totally inedible, the chips looked like the leftovers from the night before...burnt, covered in oil and generally awful, to top it off my sauces didn’t arrive! I contacted just eat and as an apology from them, they gave me full refund however I don’t see if fair that Just Eat should have to compensate the services from this shambles of a restaurant. When I try to ring the restaurant to ask where my order was there was no answer. Without doubt the worst takeaway experience I have had in Leeds.

Best pizza proper Italian style,great food in general,very nice atmosphere, salsa music playing, lively,very clean,and polite staff.definetly recommending to everyone thank you Rustica ✅👍🏽❤️

Wandered over as was at the university for a day. It's a pleasant, fairly cheap and cheerful place - very clean and nice decor. I had a chicken salad and sweet potato fries, was really pleased that I didn't have to add any seasoning. Although the staff looked a little bored, they really know how to prepare food! The calzone was phenomenal and the rest of the menu looked good from what I saw on other tables. When you go, get the Oreo Milkshake - pure indulgence. Cash only - but bank machine a few doors down.

Given menus by the waiter then ended up going to till as it was quicker. Made me wait while he had a chat to his friend. Waited for me to get my card out and said, cash only. Dirty floor. Flys everywhere. Rude staff. Food was pathetic, runny sloppy pizza and £3.40 for 4 cremated wings.

Nice place and the food is so delicious 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I am absolutely furious. My boyfriend and I ordered a couple of burgers from Rustica because I have enjoyed their food in the past. It was rather late so I was ready to eat a horse by this point. We put through the order on Just Eat and paid by card and as the order was confirming, they moved the delivery time back by 15 minutes. An hour and 15 minutes to wait felt like years and finally it came to 11:15pm when our food should be outside the door. It didn't arrive so we gave them a chance and waited to 11:30pm. We called them 4 times to no response. We then had to get Just Eat involved to contact them. Rustica didn't cancel our order as they should've done and they didn't get in contact with us. They stole our money and if Just Eat hadn't been able to get in contact with them, they could still have it. Thoroughly annoyed and will not be returning my custom to them.

Pasta, Falafel & halloumi burger with sweet potato fries is absolutely fantastic! try out Peri Peri Nachos

Food is nice pizza is a bit thin. Self service so rustica has a long way to mature itself in this aspect. I would say a good midrange fast-food place.

Very good burger, a bit pricey however.

This is my third time visiting Rustica! Me and my boyfriend can't get enough- forget Zizzi's, Pizza Express... Rustica is super fresh and delicious! The pizza's are the perfect Napoleon- my fav! Not to mention the oozing chocolate calzone! Definitely would recommend popping in and sitting down to eat it's a really cute quirky place where the staff are super friendly. Will be visiting again and again. Can't praise this place enough- a real hidden gem!

With quite a few positive reviews, I was really looking forward to trying Rustica. Normally I try and see positives in restaurants however I was left feeling so disappointed after eating here. The atmosphere on entering was very nice, however staff were incredibly curt, almost bordering rude and appeared not to want to be there. We ordered the Rustica Special pizza and pasta with meatballs. The Rustica special was average at best - a very good base however very little cheese and no spices or flavouring. The meatball dish was ridiculously bad - no meatballs, just diced bits of bland meat. The sauce was shocking, even worse than if they’d got it out of a jar (how is that possible?!) and finally pasta tasted over cooked as if it had been left there all evening. Would not recommend!

Very relaxed atmosphere, great food which was made right in front of me. Puts other takeaways to shame

I nearly missed this place as you have to go downstairs for it but there are plenty of boards outside advertising it. What a little gem for the University. Unlike the takeaway style restaurants that are also there, this place has class, ambiance and amazing...

hungry house online version still same food which is good

We arrived and were given menu's and told to take a seat, so we browsed and chose what we wanted to order, and waited...and waited...and waited, and nobody came to take our order. One of us went to the counter to ask, and apparently you...

Lack of organisation, rude staff, disappointing food! We arrived and were given menus and told to take a seat, nobody came to take our order and we had to ask a member of staff, then to be told all orders had to be placed at...

I loce everything they serve here. Good nachos, oreo milkshake, sweet potato fries, pizza, burgers, everything. Worth every penny.

I just had my first Nachos in my life here and it was so yummy. I had a classic one. I also had burgers, sweet potato chips and oreo milkshake. They are delicious. The sweet potato is so soft in the inside and slightly crispy...

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE. Got completely BURNT chicken and they did absolutely nothing about it but say oh too bad. Awful customer service. Awful food. We paid £11.70 for a cold soggy pizza and burnt chicken wings.

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE. Got completely BURNT chicken and they did absolutely nothing about it but say oh too bad. Awful customer service. Awful food. We paid £11.70 for a cold pizza and burnt chicken wings.

I called in after struggling to find anywhere else serving food out of term time. From outside it's hard to see if it's a restaurant or a cafe - I'd say it's more inbetween - like a diner. I ordered a pizza which I then...

Amazing food, great atmosphere.