Kino

This week only: 2 for £20 is BACK! Book a table 👉bit.ly/KinoLeeds

Available Tue–Fri, 4.30pm–9.00pm

☕🍪 NEWS: We’re now open day times for coffee and handmade cakes. Take out OR sit in — there’s plenty of space and free Wi-Fi!

Pick up a loyalty card: Buy 6 coffees, get 1 free

Big shout out to Leeds-based North Star Coffee Roasters, whose coffee we’re serving 💪

Our opening times are now:
Monday: 9am–3pm
Tuesday–Friday: 9am–9pm
Saturday: 12pm–9pm

We’re hosting Sandy and Clément of Bavette Bistro for Pastry Club on 7 October! Book 👉 bit.ly/PastryClub

“Essentially the Torvill and Dean of Leeds restaurants” (Head Chef Josh Whitehead), Sandy will be in the kitchen with Josh and Clément will be front of house.

Bavette have already made it into the Michelin guide and were recently named The Good Food Guide's Best Local Restaurant in the UK. Basically, we can’t wait 🙌

🍮 There have been some divine takes on the classic crème caramel on our dessert menu lately!

Right now it’s lemon thyme crème caramel, golden raisins & Vermouth…

…but this pic is coming up later this year: Christmas tree crème caramel, tawny port & poached prunes 😮

Explore menu 👉 www.kinoleeds.co.uk/

📸: Jo Ritchie

You're looking at Dinner & Conversation with the one and only Nigel Slater! If you joined us for this special event, let us know what you thought 💭

Our final event is with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall on 4 Sep 👉 www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/

📸: Tom Arber Photography

👀 This week's 2 courses for £20 menu! Book 👉 www.kinoleeds.co.uk

Available:
Tuesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Wednesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Saturdays 12.00-3.30pm

🍽 Can't wait to welcome multi-award-winning food writer and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for the last in our summer series of dinners and conversation.

This incredible six-course menu has been curated by Hugh in collaboration with our Head Chef Josh Whitehead, all from locally sourced ingredients, and there are vegan options for everything 🌱

And you can hear from the man himself, including tips from his latest book 'How to Eat 30 Plants a Week'

Book 👉 www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/

👀 This week’s 2 courses for £20 menu 🍅🦀🌱🍮

What do you think?

Available:
Tuesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Wednesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Saturdays 12.00-3.30pm

Cheffing 🫡👨‍🍳 Some ace shots of Head Chef Josh and the team working in the Kino kitchen 👏

Lots to do! Excited to host tomorrow’s ‘Food Experiences with Nigel Slater'

📸: Tom Arber Photography

📢 A few tickets have been released for Saturday’s previously sold out ‘Food Experiences with Nigel Slater: Dinner and conversation’.

We’ll be joined by the man himself, who has curated an incredible multi-course menu (swipe to have a look), cooked up by the top chefs in the Kino kitchen.

📆 10 August,1pm and 6pm
📍 Kino, Leeds, UK

Book 👉 www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/nigel-slater/

Dinner could look like this 👆🤩 AND it's 2 courses for £20:

Tuesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Wednesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Saturdays 12.00-3.30pm

Because we’re super seasonal, what’s on the 2 for £20 menu will change — more reasons to keep coming back 😋

Book 👉 kinoleeds.co.uk

Happy ! Time to big up our local suppliers...

🥩 All the meat we serve comes from in Nidderdale, family farm and butcher since the 1850s

🎣 Fish is from the GOAT of Yorkshire independent fishmongers — always responsibly sourced

🍯 Honey from the bees on the estate, which has a distinctive flavour we love

🍄 for the freshest, most sustainably-grown mushrooms

🥬 Fresh produce from , who work with committed local growers

🍺 While the beers on offer may change, we’ll always keep it local. Shout out to , , and

🌿 And then there’s the all the foraging the team do...

Our commitment to using Yorkshire suppliers whenever possible helped win us this year’s Oliver Award for Sustainability 💪

Swipe to see a map of where they all are!
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Feed your greed: Pastry Club is BACK 💪 "Totally original idea and an exceptional night out!" — KathC via OpenTable

Try it on...
Mon 5 Aug
Mon 9 Sep (+ guest chefs to be announced soon!)
Mon 7 Oct
Mon 4 Nov
Mon 9 Dec (it’s only National Pastry Day!)

Celebrating ALL the different pastry disciplines. Menu is a surprise but changes each time so there's always something new to try...

Book 👉 www.kinoleeds.co.uk/join-the-club/

New for YOU! Order two tempting courses from our 2 for £20 menu and savour the summer...

Because we're super seasonal, what's on this menu won't stay the same — more reasons to keep coming back 😋

Available:
Tuesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Wednesdays 4.30-7.30pm
Saturdays 12.00-3.30pm

🎣 We've got Fresh Catch of the Day on the menu! Daily caught fish special from Tarbett's Fishmongers. Ask staff for details 😊

Here's a bit of coley with tartar sauce, malt vinegar potato, lettuce & tempura mussels 😋

📸: Jo Ritchie

Join Bee Wilson for a very special dinner and conversation here at Kino on 9 July 👩‍🍳📝

Bee’s new book The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen is out now — swipe to see her five top tips for an easier life in the kitchen, and the mouthwatering event menu! 😋

You’ll leave smarter, savvier, happier and deliciously satisfied, armed with recipe ideas and plenty of new tricks.

Book 👉www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/bee-wilson/

Coming up soon: More unmissable Food Experiences — dine with leading chefs and food writers as they each present a bespoke menu and share their food stories, memories, and inspirations:

🍽️ Tue 9 Jul: Bee Wilson
🍽️ Wed 31 Jul: Angela Clutton
🍽️ Sat 10 Aug: Nigel Slater
🍽️ Wed 4 Sep: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Book 👉 www.kinoleeds.co.uk/experiences/staycation/

🍽 Announced today! Joining the 'Staycation' line-up: multi-award-winning food writer and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 🥕

Enjoy a three-course meal curated by Hugh (and prepared by the top chefs in our kitchen) focussing on the best sustainably sourced and seasonal British produce, and hear direct from the man himself while you eat.

"A few of Hugh's food memories are weirdly similar to mine. There are a couple of dishes on there that have come from my memories of watching his River Cottage when I was young!" — Head Chef Josh Whitehead

📆 4 September, 6pm
📍 Howard Assembly Room, Leeds

Book 👉 www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/

👀 When we welcomed the legend that is Marco Pierre White for a culinary masterpiece of a meal and kitchen confessions...

The first of our ‘Food Experiences with...’ events, and it went down a treat:

💬“What an amazing experience” .colton

💬“A wonderful evening of food, wine and stories. We absolutely loved it!”

💬“Fascinating insights”

💬"Incredible to meet the legend himself”

More events like this coming up 👉www.kinoleeds.co.uk/experiences/staycation/

🍹🍸 Happy summer! See you after work?!

This cutie pie of a lamb pie could be yours — to eat at home!

Beautiful lamb shoulder, brined with rosemary, garlic, toasted hay and lavender, folded with wild garlic & walnut pesto. Served with lamb and toasted rosemary gravy 😋

Limited run for 15–16 June — a statement centrepiece for Father’s Day lunch! Cooking instructions provided. Last orders 8 June.

Order box of 3, or a mixed box of 3 or 6 👉 bit.ly/KinoPies

Announcing unmissable Food Experiences — dine with leading chefs and food writers as they each present a bespoke 3-course menu, curated with our chefs at Kino, and share their food stories, memories, and inspirations:

🍽️ Sat 15 Jun: Marco Pierre White
🍽️ Sat 22 Jun: Grace Dent
🍽️ Tue 9 Jul: Bee Wilson
🍽️ Wed 31 Jul: Angela Clutton
🍽️ Sat 10 Aug: Nigel Slater

Book 👉 www.kinoleeds.co.uk/experiences/staycation/

Part of Staycation, our brand-new film, food and music festival inspired by the joy of travel but located right here in Leeds.

Bon appétit!

Now that's a good looking beef wellington... and it could be YOURS with our cook-at-home pies 🤩

*Father's Day weekend only*

Numbers are limited, so get in there 👉 www.kinoleeds.co.uk

THE PIE:
Made by the top pastry experts in the Kino kitchen: A beautiful centre-cut barrel fillet of beef, roasted in dripping and brushed with tarragon mustard, then rolled in a light chicken mousse with roasted chestnut mushroom, shallot, garlic and tarragon, then in a duck egg and chive pancake, and finally encased in a short pastry seasoned with black pepper, fresh thyme and caraway seeds 🤤

📸: Jo Ritchie

Introducing... cook-at-home pies! Limited run 15–16 June 🥧

Order 👉 bit.ly/KinoPies

Made by the top pastry experts in the Kino kitchen 💪 Want a statement centrepiece for Father’s Day lunch, or a special upgrade to your Sunday roast? Pop your pies in the oven at home. Cooking instructions will be provided.

Last orders 8 June. Numbers are limited, so get in there quick! Pies are to collect from us on 15 June. ​

Individual Pies:
Speciality Pork Pie
Muscade Pumpkin & Chickpea Tikka Masala Pie
Lamb Shoulder & Wild Garlic Pie

Boxes of 3 and 6 also available

To share:
Corn Fed Chicken, Hay Smoked Ham & Leek Pot Pie
Salt Aged, Grass Fed Beef Wellington

📸: Jo Ritchie

🤤 On the spring menu: juicy woodland pork pluma + a sauce made from scratch using the trotters and pickled mustard seeds...
..and starring our own mouthwatering burnt apple mustard. What a flavour hit!

Book 👉 kinoleeds.co.uk

🍽 Join the Kino team! We're recuiting for an Assistant General Manager. Apply 👉 https://operanorth.livevacancies.co.uk/ #/job/details/145

New menu for Spring ☀️ Swipe to check it out ➡️

Sink into a thyme crumpet with brie and truffle honey 😋🍯…

…or try roast woodland pork with our *incredible* burnt apple mustard 🍏

What do YOU want to try?

🔗 Book a table via link in bio

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🏆🎉 ICYMI, we’re thrilled to have WON the Sustainability Award at this year’s Yorkshire Evening Post Oliver Awards.

Head Chef Josh Whitehead and the team love seasonality, urban foraging and nose-to-tail cooking, and have an innovative approach to giving ingredients, like spent coffee grounds, a new lease of life ♻️

We’re also committed to using Yorkshire suppliers whenever possible.

More 👉 www.kinoleeds.co.uk/kino-wins-the-2024-oliver-sustainability-award/

💐 Still need somewhere special for tomorrow? At Kino, Mum receives her meal on the house! Book 👉 kinoleeds.co.uk