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.
1. Little Tokyo
The family-run Japanese restaurant on Central Road opened in 2000, starting with just eight tables before expanding as its popularity grew. It is still serving sushi, noodles and bento more than 25 years later. | Yorkshire Evening Post
2. Sukhothai
Sukhothai opened its first restaurant in Chapel Allerton in 2002. More than two decades later, the family-run Thai restaurant has three sites, including two in Leeds.
3. Akbar's Leeds
Originally launched in Bradford in 1995, Akbar's Leeds restaurant has been serving curries in the city centre since late 2002. | Ascii Ou / Google
4. Friends of Ham
Friends of Ham has been serving cured meats, cheese, wine and craft beer on New Station Street since 2013. A second branch opened in Ilkley in 2015. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
5. Bundobust
The original Bundobust opened on Mill Hill in 2014, bringing Gujarati-inspired Indian street food and craft beer together. It has since expanded wit a new flagship restaurant in Manchester, but its original Leeds destination is still open. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
6. Tharavadu
Tharavadu also opened on Mill Hill in 2014, where it remains one of Leeds' best-known South Asian restaurant. Counts international cricket teams amongst its returning customers. | Yorkshire Evening Post Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe