Bobby Sweet Centre

Absolute Fantastic, Love The Royal Indian Sweets, Great Staff Love The Cuisine.
Cannot Knock The Taste Of India, Home Made Indian Curry, Indian Samosa’s, Bhatura’s Onion Bharji’s AWESOME It Will Leave You Wanting More & More.
But Please Do Try It, & Take My Word For It : —)
Reviewed By
Raj Meister

YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!! Ever since a friend of mine brought in some home made Asian style sweet offerings for a charity event we were holding I have been hooked on all types of Asian sweet treats. I don’t know if it’s the bright colours, unusual textures, super sweet taste, or simply a combination of all three in a package that’s so different to supermarket style sweet treats that makes a place like Bobby’s so appealing. I mean, for years, decades even, most households have been familiar with the savoury Asian cuisines, but sweets and desserts have been something of a new event.
So what is Bobby Sweet Centre and Kebab House. It’s exactly that, although it’s easy to forget about the Kebab House bit, as the focus seems to be all about the sweets, of which there are many; you’ve got chocolate bharfi, plain bharfi, coconut bharfi, which sounds gross phonetically, but is actually rather delicious, mainly due to the condensed milk texture to it, there is coconut malai, messoor and ladoo, all of which are rich, sweet and tasty.
My recommendation would be to go in and order one of most things, define your texture and taste of choice, and simply enjoy the process of something entirely different to the usual. Oh one last thing, if you’re a bit sensitive in the nut department, then ask one of the owner dudes to point out which is demon nut free, as many of the delicacies are inclusive of nuts of some sort.

The title of the shop does seem really odd. After all, I don’t recollect their being a kebab house in Hansel and Gretel, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But please, please don’t let this put you off. I also must say before I go on that it is not the usual type of kebab house which springs to mind where you will find greasy donner meat, infact the menu is more traditionally Indian.
The store is managed by 3 brothers who have been running the place for more than 35 years and become well known in the area for selling such speciality foods. The sweets are definitely the main wow factor of the establishment, with around 20 different types to choose from. Including traditional recipes of Ladoo, a tasty ball of sugary ground up nuts, cardamom powder and ghee. The savoury selection is also highly regarded with pakoras, samosas and dhokla amongst other things.
The Yorkshire post once said «You can’t get samosa’s like that anywhere» which is very encouraging considering how much samosa competition there is in Leeds.

I found this so different from any other restaurant in Leeds… an Indian restaurant AND a sweet shop… in one… how unusual!
It’s an interesting place to go and have a look at the slections that they have on offer, from chocolate Bharfi, Habshi Halwa and Balushia, you’re bound to find something you’d like to try.
It’s usually pretty busy but service remains fast and efficient.

Another Roundhay Road insitution, Bobby has been around for three decades, its unique blend of restaurant, food store and sweet shop drawing in as many punters now as it did when it first opened, if not more. Serving up hot Indian snacks like pakoras and samosas, Bobby also stocks a wide range of delicious Indian sweets which are definitely worth checking out if, like me, you are new to the world of bharfi, katri and all manner of exciting sweet treats. Stacked in tempting, multi-​coloured, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory style mountains, the array of Indian sweets on offer here are enough to make even the most committed dieter cave, and the prices are such that at least its only your waistline that will suffer not your wallet. The savoury food is very good too, a notch above your typical Indian takeaway fare, but the sweets just seem to overshadow everything else.