Luigis

In the same vain as my review of Alia,
, Luigi’s isn’t so much a food establishment as it is a service for putting off the hangover.
That said, the burgers are a little worse at doing this, and the pizzas a little better.
The people that go into Luigis however are what make it truly special, it’s a hotpot of crazies.

In the days before mobile internet removed all the casual mystery from life, knowing the Leeds takeaway situation off by heart was as vital to a night out as faking sobriety to a doorman or being able to conceal a tactical vom from your mates. Some parts of the city had next to nothing after 1am, leading to a desperate urban-​orienteering exercise if you weren’t happy with the idea of cold baked beans when you got in, whereas other areas had millions of options, all with identical menus but differing levels of dysentery. If you couldn’t get laid, then leading your mates to the promised land of an excessively-​lit shop made entirely of wipe clean materials was the very next best thing.
Having recently moved to the city centre I’ve been having fun ignoring what I pretend is normally a strict diet to scout out my new local feederies, and following an appalling display at the Unilocal quiz night midweek I found myself rolling in to Luigi’s for some comfort «food» in the name of research. I was tired, hyperglycaemic and mildly drunk so Allah knows whether it was clean or not, but I didn’t spot anything retch-​worthy. £6 for a donner kebab and chips is nearly twice the price of up the road in Hyde Park — welcome to the big city I suppose — and the portion size was not spectacular.
Luigi’s is right next to Mission so I can imagine it gets fairly rammed at the wrong time, but it was dead around 1am and I feared what state the «stand-​by» meat would be in as it was lifted from that weird steaming silver pot of doom every «off-​peak» kebab eater fears. Interestingly, for a man who writes reviews about kebabs anyway, they gave the par-​boiled meat a good 5 minutes of griddle action before filling the pitta, and the salad featured diced cucumber alongside the obligatory onion and cabbage, two methods I had only seen previously in Berlin but both were very effective here. The chips were good, and the chilli sauce was redder, fresher and all round more natural looking than the standard Leeds gruel, along with being a bit hotter. The guys were very friendly, but then everyone is friendly in that part of town.
In summary, nothing wrong with the place but it might be cheaper to go home and hit up just-​eat on your iPhone.

If you have been on a nite out in Leeds and fancy some pizza, head here. The pizzas are lush, and really good value. There is normally a queue but its popularity shows how good it is!!! Staff are always up for a laugh and good mannered! I reccomend the Meat Feast its spot on !!!