While ten years may not sound like a particularly long time, fewer and fewer restaurants are making it to that milestone.
Figures from industry group UKHospitality, released at the start of 2026, forecast that 963 restaurants, 574 hotels and 540 pubs will close this year.
While those figures are an early forecast, they highlight just how challenging the hospitality industry remains - making a restaurant's first decade in business something worth celebrating.
So, today, we've rounded up 13 restaurants in Leeds that have stood the test of time.
Each has remained open in some form for at least the past ten years, continuing to serve customers through an ever-changing city food scene.
There are several more Leeds restaurants that have been around just as long - and there's room for them on the next list.
7. Zaap Thai
Zaap opened its first restaurant in Leeds' Grand Arcade in 2015. More than 11 years later, the neon-lit Thai street-food restaurant remains at the same city-centre address. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: Simon Hulme
8. The Brunswick
The Brunswick on North Street has been serving food and its now-famous Sunday roasts since opening in 2015, becoming a familiar name among Leeds' independent food and drink scene. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: James Hardisty
9. The Station House
Husband-and-wife team Luigi and Joanne Baranelli opened The Station House in Garforth in 2016, transforming a Victorian railway building into a Southern Italian restaurant. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: Steve Riding
10. Kendells Bistro
Kendells Bistro has been serving classic French food at St Peter's Square for almost 20 years. Steve Kendell's restaurant is known for its cosy, candlelit atmosphere. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: Simon Hulme
11. The Swine
The Swine's roots go back to 2012, when Jo and Stu Myers opened the Greedy Pig café. It later became The Swine That Dines before moving to its current Headingley home as The Swine Bistro in 2025. | Google Maps
12. Bibi's Itlianissimo
Bibi's first opened back in 1974 and is perhaps one of the oldest restaurants in Leeds. The city-centre Italian restaurant remains open today. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: Bruce Rollinson