The Roundhay Fox in Leeds

A friendly welcome, food ok but menu a bit limited

Visited with my friend today for lunch. It's the first time I've been on a long time as the food used to be so terrible on the odd occasion I did visit, so I just stopped. Our waitress (Italian lady) was incredible. So friendly and polite, nothing too much trouble for her. For starter, we shared the chicken liver pate and I'm glad we did as it was a big portion. It was delicious. So tasty. For main, I had the hunters chicken schnitzel with chunky chips. It was perfectly fine. I would have preferred just cheese and not the cheesy sauce on top but it was nice. Salad (lots of the same green/browning leaf) was a bit sad looking and not very fresh. Pudding was the honey comb dome. I didn't like this that much. That's my taste, there was nothing wrong with it. Too much going on maybe. Honeycomb, chocolate, ice cream, honey, a ton of dry biscuits, sauce! I think it could have been simplified. The honey overtook most flavour. The whole place needs a refurb. Seats were torn, the carpet is handing off the step to the toilet and there was a strong smell of stale urine in the ladies. Plus a dead spider on the shelf near the basins. It looked to have been there a long time. Id visit again as the service was great and the food was nice. The prices they're charging.......they could sort a refurb.

Good atmosphere and delicious food.👍👍👍

Very hit and miss, my sons went a few weeks ago and it was brilliant so they took us today. Long waits for service, even had to remind them. Potatoes were like cannonballs, gravy watery and tasteless, pigs in blankets were nuclear hot. Veg overcooked but a lovely place to eat. It was 4pm, maybe too late for the Sunday lunch.

Food cooked by james was banging. Sophia was a great host

Service was prompt and with personality, the food was quick, hot and delicious and the atmosphere was wonderful. Would highly recommend.

Stunning food from Brandan and James, and fantastic service from Kiera 🥰 Lovely atmosphere as well, good vibes all around - 100% would recommend.

Excellent meal in a lovely atmosphere. Many thanks to Sophia for friendly, welcoming and efficient service and to James for delicious food.

Lovely meal and nice atmosphere. We came for a late lunch and we were served by Mia who was lovely and the food was served in a timely manner. We would definitely come again

Great food in a nice quiet corner, gave us the privacy we wanted but still felt included in the atmosphere. Mia was a brilliant waitress, went above and beyond with my dad's dietary requirements! Great food cooked by James 👍😊

I had come here for a Sunday roast with my girlfriend as we had seen how nice the venue looked. After being sat down on early Sunday afternoon, we were told there was no Turkey, pork or lamb, or any other options than beef. They had various side dishes that were unavailable too. I was willing to look past this until we eventually got our meals and the roast potatoes were drastically undercooked and we were both unable to eat them. The service was quite slow but Joe the waiter was a sound bloke and was very polite.

Really nice food. Dog friendly. Rustic theme.

Very friendly and attentive service, thank you Sophia

Excellent service provided by Ori and she was very pleasant, food provided by john the cook was excellent very tasty.

Had an absolutely banging roast dinner and dessert here- had the trio of meats which was really delicious. Always a pleasure coming to the fox, lots of great memories there! Thank you as well to Ori, my server who was so warm and a pleasure to speak to! I’ll be back of course!!

Really nice food prepared by chef John, with great service from Ori, who was particularly lovely with our 2-year old granddaughter x

Clara served us very polite and give us all the info we needed the meal was beautiful I had fish and chips the wife had sea bass and for a sweet I had banana choux with vanilla ice cream my wife had banofee pie we dined early so it was a bit quiet We have been a few times and enjoyed every meal we have had Keep up the good work

In-between Roundhay Mansion & The Deer park perfect for a Sunday dinner. Excellent food. Relaxed atmosphere. Perfect after a Roundhay park visit. The Roundhay pub is in the opposite direction from the Roundhay lakeside cafe.

Fantastic pub, winter with the fire, or Summer near the park

Spontaneous visit, very accommodating. Food more than reasonable, good portion sizes and friendly staff, will definitely visit again

SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT, KIERA WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND FRIENDLY. THE VEGAN WELLINGTON WAS VERY TASTY, COOKED BY BRANDON. THE ONLY ISSUE FOR US IS THAT VEGAN OPTIONS ARE VERY LIMITED. OVERALL A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE

I was researching all around for a good Sunday roast. I ended ditching all recommendations and come over here instead. I never made a mistake because the roast was perfect. A big portion, combined with an excellent ambience made the entire afternoon perfect. I need to give a special shout to ALICE for her excellent service and continuous smiling face. Also a shout to BRANDON who cooked our food because everything was perfect.

We’ve just had a superb meal to celebrate a 90th birthday. Our waitress Ori was really lovely and friendly and picked up immediately that it was a big birthday and organised an amazing surprise pudding with a candle and happy birthday, without being asked. It made the meal special. Lloyd cooked all our food and it was very tasty, we will come again!

Just had the fishcakes. Veg and spuds cooked perfectly. Super friendly and attentive staff.

Fabulous food and service. Ori was very attentive and very friendly! Would highly recommend 10/10!!!

Had a lovely meal after a nice walk around round hay park. Food was amazing and Ori was so friendly and professional, would definitely recommend

Nice place for a drink and food. Fish and chips were very good.

My first visit and I have to say everything about the experience was excellent. The Sunday lunch was delicious and provided a generous helping with gallons of gravy - could only manage a shared pudding of crumble and custard.

Came in for a roast dinner. Got served food, no cutlery on the table, got pointed to a shed “ there just in there” by a to young member of staff. Non in there so got brought out. Asked for salt. Never came out. Had to pinch of a table next to us. No serviettes. Had to go in and ask. Lamb was super dry. No seasoning on the food. So sad to see that youngsters just don’t care about their jobs. No pride or work ethic. Understandingly it’s a busy Sunday but the basics such as cutlery or napkins with a meal you’re paying for with you hard earned cash is just not good enough.

I know Vintage Inns are a chain but the Roundhay Fox never feels like a chain restaurant, it’s always warm and homely. Excellent food, friendly staff and a relaxed atmosphere. Thank you Keira for your service! And John and James in the Kitchen for the Buttermilk Chicken Burgers!

Only called in for a drink but is a nice place to eat

Nice sitting outside yesterday and friendly people. Thanks

We came just after our trip to Tropical World and were quickly seated and served by Kiera, who was very pleasant and efficient. The food, cooked by John, was just what we needed and was delicious. We’ll definitely come back!

The food was lovely. However some of the veg was a little hard. The staff who were Anna and James were very attentive, friendly and made sure our visit was an enjoyable one. It was very busy but it didn't affect the service. Looking forward to going again.

Mia and John provided outstanding service and food thank you to you both

First time visiting this Vintage Inn. Lovely food cooked by John, very clean, well looked after by Mia. Will visit again.

We had an amazing day at the Roundhay Fox! Our server Noah was an absolute delight and our food cooked by John was delicious!!! We will definitely be visiting again!

The Roundhay Fox is a lovely little pub and we always make time for a pint and a bite to eat after visiting the park. The staff are always friendly and attentive which Akira was when we last called in. Cannot recommend this place enough

Really amazing food, loved the ambience and Akira was a standout

Lovely starter prawn cocktail and the mushroom and the Eton mess dessert was fabe

Anna was super, very helpful. Good food and service, and really nice ambience.

Lovely thank you. Anna was great :)

Lovely meal but the adult mains were not very warm

Lovely family visit. Akira was friendly and welcoming to us all. Great food and atmosphere, definitely recommend to our friends and family!

We had a lovely family meal here after taking the kids to the park. Friendly staff and great food.

Fantastic meal with the family. Akira is an exceptional human, nothing was too much and he made my children feel at ease from the moment we walked in. He is obviously a family man himself! The team were really good, but Akira was outstanding. We'll be visiting again, for sure!

We were served by Mia and chef was John! Hubby had a salad ( which is a first!) And loved it. I had vegan penang curry and was delicious. Hard to get good vegan food in a pub environment so great find!

We had a birthday celebration for a relative. Mia was a really attentive waitress, they brought the food at our pace and we didn't feel rushed. Really friendly staff and excellent food. Will be back again. Thanks for a lovely afternoon.

Served by Anna and mia, lovely service

Food and service excellent.good value. Musac too loud.

Really good service and food. Especially the attention to my allergies, every dish was on a tablet for me to look at and gave me confidence when we ordered.

Was an amazing meal and our service was top notch!

Ordered chicken and bacon salad arrived with out chicken or bacon my partner finished his meal before this was rectified. When I finally got my meal the chicken was very dry! Should get advice from George and Dragon at Apperley Bridge always excellent food

A great Sunday roast and really good service from Anna

The staff member with the Spanish accent does NOT know how to do her job. Is it that hard to read the table number on the receipt, and then read the number ON the table?? Ridiculous. Three or four other staff members came out and couldn’t find the location of different tables either. Won’t be coming back purely because of this staff members abruptness & strop, flopping her hands because SHE did her job incorrectly. EDIT TO REPLY TO JENNY: Good afternoon, Jenny. Unfortunately, you have the facts wrong. The man (who we actually spoke to after we realised it was actually his) was sat no where near us, and especially not on our table, because 1. he was a total stranger to us, and 2. we had been sat on the same table for AT LEAST 2 hours. The gentleman who we were with, WAS at the bar (this is the only part of the story you got right). He had ordered food to our table & we were unaware what said food he had ordered was. The Spanish-accented waitress came over, plonked the food on our table, and walked off. Confused, we waited for 10/12 minutes (by this time, the food in question was actually clap cold) for the member of our party to get back from the bar and then the toilet. He told us he didn’t order the food in question, but by the time he returned, there was no sign of the Spanish waitress, so we shared said food. May I add, that the confusion of your waiters/waitresses occurred EVERY SINGLE TIME that they walked outside the front door with a plate, with them walking up and down the seating area, calling out “did anyone order so-and-so?” etc, or by just putting food down on random tables if they didn’t know where to go. By the time the Spanish waitress actually came out to confront us, it had been an entire HALF HOUR, before she realised her mistake (even though she didn’t admit that it was her fault (which it was)). She then attempted to shame us into paying - which, my party can not be & will not be shamed, due to her negligence. She had a horrible attitude and I will be reporting this to your chains head office. The staff member in question has obviously lied to you, to get herself off the hook. This isn’t professional in the slightest. Your staff members have no idea which dishes are going to the correct table outside. Maybe to combat this issue, you don’t take orders from which the persons seated, are sat outside? As I said above, I will be reporting this to your chain - especially the staff member lying in order to not get in trouble. Thank you for your really false, unhelpful & extremely misleading statement & reply.

First Leeds restaurant refused to use a microwave to reheat baby food and suggested using a dog bowl. We, a group of four adults and three children, were planning to have dinner here last Wednesday night. However, we were so disappointed with the service that we left with empty stomachs. 1. You refused to reheat baby food with microwave for allergy reason. It was HIPP baby food for my 18 months child, and the food was in a sealed package. We had a pleasant lunch here in February, and at that time you reheated baby food and put the pot on a plate to prevent us be burned by the hot food. So, I have the reason to believe that this time you refused because the restaurant was busy. You didn’t want to waste a minute to reheat a baby food. 2. Even worse, a dog bowl was offered to reheat the baby food! A young staff member gave me a small bowl with hot water. However, the bowl was too small to hold the baby food jar. I asked if there was a bigger bowl. He said they didn’t have one and pointed to the entrance door, saying there was a big dog bowl if I would like to use it. I was shocked by his words and felt sad. My friends were angry, so we left Fox without having dinner. I could never visit you again as a way to show how disappointed and dissatisfied I am. However, as a local in the Roundhay area, we’ve been coming here for meals for years. I just couldn’t believe this is the service standard at Fox. Please can you give me an explanation as to why I was treated with such disrespect?

Delicious food, friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere. A lovely chilled Sunday brunch.

fantastic old country style pub, amazing food and lovely service. great for sunday lunch. good on allergies too best sunday lunch for this around leeds.

Lovely meal, friendly staff pleasant ambience.

Tried twice to book here in the last 2 months. My wife and I are very regular to the restaurant, going about once every 6-8 weeks. So it was a no-brainer to book my 50th here. I tried booking an afternoon slot (2pm) on a Saturday for 16-22 (I wanted a table booked before sending out invites). I sent an email in May to book for October and was declined. Later, in June, I rang up. The member of staff told me I had to book it through the manager, who was "upstairs". I was told he would ring back later in the day. A few days later, not having heard from the manager, I rang again. This time putting my reservation through by telephone. I was declined again, the reason was that "this is our busy period", so we could not be accommodated. I wonder what would happen if we all just turned up. After all, if it is their busy period, I am presuming that they have made provision for a large number of people turning up? I was astounded that a business would turn away such a large paycheque. I am pretty sure if we all booked in tables of 6, there would be no problem. Their loss, as this has long been a favourite of my wife and myself for the last 5 years. Not any more. I feel that the manager, at least, just can't be bothered. ETA: Having gone there several times before, I know that they normally have the dining area closed before 5pm. Pretty sure that might have accommodated 22, especially with 3 months advance notice. Just a thought?

Nice and can recommend if in the area, however burger is slightly overpriced for the quality

Had a great Sunday lunch here after a walk around Roundhay park. Loads of parking.

It was a lovely atmosphere the staff were very nice

We had a lovely lunch on a busy Sunday and enjoyed our roasts. Thanks Anna for lovely service!

Great pub with relaxed atmosphere and good food. It was clearly busy when we were in there but despite this service was great with Kiera being really helpful and taking the time to listen while we were being annoyingly indecisive about what we wanted.

Anna has bene very professional and friendly. We Will reccomend this location and her service. Bye a family from italy.

We visited for Fathers Day, and had a lovely meal. There was a good variety of options on the menu although most of us went for the Sunday roast. Our waitress, Sophia, was polite and attentive and looked after us very well.

Nice food, all came out hot as well considering there was 6 of us.

Nice place, food was very good.

Amazing location just on the edge of Roundhay Park opposite Tropical World. This pub is part of the original stables that served the Mansion. Great staff, fabulous meeting place for drinks with friends.

Great food ,served by Jenny, brilliant . Thanks

Absolutely gorgeous food and ambience but not enough staff working

Really lovely service from Kiera and Anna. Very busy and still took the time to give us personable service, absolutely lovely thank you.

Very, very good. Sophia, who served our table today, was super helpful!

Excellent place with friendly staff

Ate there tonight, waitress was very attentive, food was great , recommended

Lovely Sunday lunch for Father’s Day. Kiera who served us was great!

We were served by Alice and she was fantastic. 5 stars goes to her. Thank you!

Sophia was brilliant she couldn't do enough for wife and myself. And all with a lovely smile just what you needed on fathers day Thank you Sophia

Great food, but could have done with being hotter. Really good varied menu. Helpful staff.

Had the Sunday roast food was lovely , service was excellent Thank you to our server Alice

Such good food and lovely service

We were delighted by the experience we had this afternoon at the Roundhay Fox. The menu has some delicious options, making for some wonderful meal choices. My partner settled for the gammon and I went for the haddock, followed up with a banoffee choux bun all washed down with a couple of ciders. The gammon was delicious and my fish and chips was sublime - the best I've had yet, making it the best pub meal we've had in England. We were ably served by Joe, who was friendly and professional. The atmosphere was warm and cosy and the restaurant appears to be very well run. Staff were always visible and attentive. We'll definitely be back.

Wanted something close to tropical world and you don’t get any closer than this place food was excellent the lamb I got was bang on never had lamb that good and I eat out quite often and barely ever bother to leave reviews but thought I would for this place as I think 4.1 stars is too low, banging!

Great meet up with sn old friend we were so well looked after by Kiera who was very friendly and helpful. The food was great and the price was fair - thanks Kiera for a great evening 😊

Visited the Roundhay Fox at the weekend but forgot to leave a review! Sophia was a lovely and attentive waitress and the food was great!!

The food was lovely and Clara was so kind and helpful we will be back soon

Absolutely brilliant place, made to feel very welcome, staff were so helpful, nothing was an issue. Well done team Jenny xxx

Brilliant place. Food was lovely. There were some singers on and oh my god they were absolutely amazing. Got the bar staff involved and they all joined in. Brilliant atmosphere. Definately be back

Terrible experience today. Part 1: I Booked a table for 10 on the app which showed as confirmed on the Web page but no email received. Arrived at the time I booked to be told that there was no booking and was made to feel this was my fault by the Manager. Was then told only 8 of us could stay to eat as there wasn't enough room. It was my Nieces 3rd Birthday and part of her family had to leave! Part 2: I asked the waiter if Blue Light card could be used, to which I was told yes. I even questioned to be sure as it's a Bank Hol. We ordered food believing we could use the card but when asking for the bill we were told we couldn't use it as it's a bank Holiday! Even though I'd already questioned that. Part 3: After waiting nearly an hour for food when it eventually arrived was terrible. Two of the adults sent full plates back ad they were tasteless and cold. We use Vintage Inns a lot as a family but this experience has really put us off.

This is a really nice place, our food was lovely and our waiters Joe and Noah were helpful and friendly. Would definitely recommend!

Outstanding repast-is equal to Tantalus’ Ambrosia! Thanks to OriettA, Noah and all the kitchen staff. I had the Signature burger and Triple cooked chips. Yum.

Customer service was amazing from our waitress Sophia . She was very polite, friendly and efficient and food was amazing.

Lovely food and a friendly service

Served by Turtle 🐢 extremely friendly service, very bubbly! Food was lovely and came quickly!

Overall great experience! Thank you Snail 🐌 .

Very nice lunch for the venerable old lady who is my Mum. Good quality mains and desserts, with excellent service from Sophia 😊 Credit to Vintage Inns for successfully updating this old building whilst retaining its charm, atmosphere and original features

Really lovely staff , great food , was a quite Thursday evening but an enjoyable evening

Food was great so was the service and love the pub

Sunday lunch was amazing! The pork was beautiful! Wee we’re served my Ori who was lovely and provided the best service :)