Bar Soba Leeds Reviews Summary

Category: Asian fusion restaurant

Address: 6 Greek St, Leeds, LS1 5RW, United Kingdom

Phone: +441133453393

Rating: 3.8
based on 103 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Visited on a Sunday afternoon with 3 friends...we waited just a few minutes to be seated and our lovely waiter was quickly over to take our drinks order."
  • "Our server was called Victoriaa (spelled as shown on receipt) and she was AMAZING!"
  • "The ladies doing table service were great and understanding."
  • "Food was fantastic, so so tasty (Singapore street noodles) and the staff were very nice, friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff were really good, even whilst being so busy."
  • "Staff were friendly and polite and we were all done within our lunch hour."
  • "What really made our experience was our server Adam, to say it was his first day he was amazing and couldn’t have asked for better customer service."

Cons:

  • "We asked to speak to a member of higher management... he said he's too busy to speak to us."
  • "It took nearly 30 minutes for our first order to be taken, and nobody seemed to be assigned to our table - we had to keep calling people over."
  • "Sophie the server had an awful attitude."
  • "The customer service was disgusting."
  • "Restaurant was not too busy but waited 20 mins for someone to take our order and tables weren’t clean."
  • "Staff were completely disrespectful and condescending."
  • "We got served by a server telling us because we were guys the service wouldn't be good."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Indulging in the ultimate truffle delight! Sobe Burger’s Truffle Cheeseburger with double-aged beef patties, oozing American cheese, truffle mayo, crispy onions, dill pickles, all on a toasted bun."
  • "The food was gorgeous (Cauliflower Katsu was a yummy veggie option which is rare)."
  • "Food was delicious."
  • "The food was pretty decent."
  • "The food was really tasty with a good portion size."
  • "Brilliant asian food, me and the wife 2 katsu curries with rice plus 2 portions of dim sum chicken."
  • "The food was great. It would have got 5 stars."

Cons:

  • "Pad thai was more like Pad Pasta, with barely nothing flavour wise resembling an actual Pad Thai."
  • "The Thai green curry was extremely salty, the prawns weren't as advertised on the menu."
  • "The chicken in the bun was about the size of a 50p coin and very dry meanwhile the burger bun was about the size of my head, no sauce in there."
  • "The chicken burgers that my friends ordered were pink and we were told it was supposed to be like that."
  • "The mains were salty, greasy and over seasoned."
  • "The beef dish is very salty and mostly tastes of pepper while the prawn curry is nice."
  • "Wasn’t great. Burger was burnt chicken was dry and over cooked."

Atmosphere & Facilities

Pros:

  • "Nice bar on Greek Street. The perfect 'after work beer' venue."
  • "Great bar, all neon lights and spicy street food! Friendly staff behind the bar and good service."
  • "The atmosphere is cool and relaxing with louder club music played at night, plenty of space to either eat, drink or party."
  • "Music was decent and was lovely to see so many young couples and old friends on their reunion opposite from our tables."
  • "Booked bottomless brunch for my birthday with the girls and felt comfortable as soon as we came in."
  • "Very quirky place in the quiet part of the city."
  • "Good stop off on a night out in Leeds..part of the Greek St Tour!"

Cons:

  • "The place is awful toilets don't have working flush or toilet paper and are dirty, sanitizer bottles not refilled no social distancing, weird men staring and commenting on girls."
  • "The place is absolute carnage and the pictures on the site are so misleading."
  • "Music was quite loud from downstairs."
  • "Atmosphere was rowdy, and music was turned up so loud that you had to raise your voice for anyone on the table to hear you."
  • "The toilets were very dirty, toilet paper all over sinks and floor, only 2 toilets as one was out of use."
  • "No tables upstairs in the restaurant so ended up on a table next to the dance floor /DJ. Not a great start."
  • "Busy Saturday night, floors and tables covered in spillage."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

  • "Loved it friendly staff, great shop and drinks."
  • "Went for the £7 lunch deal which was great value."
  • "Take advantage of Happy Hour until 8pm on a Friday for £3 Pint Amstel and cheap wine and prosecco!"
  • "The drinks flood well. We never had to wait for anything."
  • "Loved the 2 for £10 on the cocktails and the street food upstairs."
  • "Total £18 the lot, and the lager was ice cold brilliant staff, good time throughout 10 out of 10."
  • "Super friendly, great atmosphere and more bang for your buck."

Cons:

  • "Drinks nice but took too long to come so couldn't make the most out of the bottomless bit."
  • "To only provide one course of food (and not a big portion) for £35 left me questioning the value of it all."
  • "Drinks are as almost expensive as they are in London."
  • "Having visited before I avoided any alcohol here. £5.30 for a pint of Tiger would be steep in London, let alone Leeds."
  • "Service was very very slow, paid £35 for bottomless brunch."
  • "Absolutely awful. Booked a table, was waiting over an hour."
  • "Every drink we had, had lipsticks stains on the glass."

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