The Which Good Food Guide 2007

Fashions may come and go, but the Fourth Floor remains a firm favourite. The modish room has chrome chairs with claret coloured leather seats, an open plan kitchen, and views of the roof tops of Leeds from the safety of a glassed in terrace. The menu is updated every six weeks, with the last year heralding changes to the sourcing of produce: organic flour from Ripon, breads from nearby Garforth, and meat from Yorkshire farms. East meets West on the menu, with everything in between: grilled mackeral fillet with a warm potato salad and radicchio dressing, or seared tuna loin with crisp vegetable slad, mango dressing and spicy cashews could precede seasmae crusted fillet of turbot with tempura pak choi and sweet chilli and smoked paprika.  Finish with a plate of fruit accompanied by blueberry sorbet, or the contrasting dark chocolate mousse cake with brandy-snap semifreddo. The wine list gives lots of choice from around the world, starting with own-label French at £13.50, with plaenty by the glass. Oenophiles and footballer's wives should ask to see the 'big list'.

OK! Food 2007

OK! was more than happy to whisk our stars away for some lunch at the Fourth Floor Cafe in Harvey Nichols Leeds, which is currently celebrating its tenth anniversary.

The Fourth Floor Cafe continues to collect awards and most recntly it took home the Restaurant of the Year gong at the Let's Eat Leeds Restaurant Awards, and Best accolade for Richard Walton-Allen, whose two signature dishes went down a treat with our celebrities.

The Leeds Guide, Dining Out 2007

The Fourth Floor Cafe & Bar at Harvey Nichols Leeds has become a mecca for Leeds foodies and fashion lovers. The friendly yet superbly efficient restaurant perfectly reflects the stylish character of Leeds' most exclusive store and offers sensational, reasonably priced menus all day from Thursday to Saturday, starting at breakfast and going right through to afternoon tea and dinner.  The Fourth Floor becomes more formal at night when an express lift whisks customers up to the restaurant from the Victoria Quarter to enjoy the chic Harvey Nichols ambience while the rest of the store is closed.

Executive Chef Richard Walton-Allen meticulously sources the finest and freshest of seasonal ingredients, both locally and further afield for his regularly changing menu. The wine list is one of the most extensive in the county, and Harvey Nichols' expert buyers have packed it with an array of well known labels and hidden gems, many of which are rarely found on these shores. What's more, much of the restaurant's wine list is available in the adjacent Fourth Floor Wine Shop, which is well worth a visit.

The restaurant's floor-to-ceiling windows open onto a balcony, used for alfresco dining in the summer, with fantastic cityscape views providing a stunning outlook, while the bar area is perfect for people-watching as you linger over a coffee, cocktail or bite to eat.

Metro Leeds 2006

The decor is expensively stylish, with simple sweeps of white and dramatic lighting providing a chic pitstop for refuelling between bouts of exhausting the credit card.

We were lucky that is was sufficiently warm to eat on the terrace and admire Leeds' illuminated skyline. The food is stylish but safe. Our mains were lovely, simultaneously light and substantial, and demonstrate that executive chef Richard Walton-Allen and his team know their way round good simple produce. Roast Yorkshire rack of lamb (£15.50) offered delicately pink and prettily arranged chops on an excellent, fresh tasting ragout of crushed peas, broad bean and morel (£15.50). Grilled lemon sole (£17) was a prime piece of fish, cooked perfectly, and served in a caper beurre noissette with fennel and pink grapefruit salad. The sole was so good it could have been served on its own. As an accompaniment, we had sweet potato mash with chilli, ginger and lemon (£3), which was wonderful.

This is Harvey Nicks, it's ten, it's old enough to do what it likes, and we're very glad indeed it's here.