Rib Shakk

The latest in the line of Anthony's ventures is the Rib Shakk, an American style fast food restaurant.

On first impressions, the uniforms, website, menu and logo look like they are aspiring to be something a bit like Nando's. As for decor, there has been no change from the cafe area that previously inhabited the Corn Exchange basement- all a bit plain and simple and no themed furniture or decorations.

The menu is all ribs, the burgers are even made from rib meat. We chose the ultimate platter, consisting of lots of different types of ribs, chicken wings, chips, baked butter beans, sweetcorn, coleslaw and salad.

There are a choice of barbecue sauces to go on the ribs, but for the platter they told us that they would recommend a selection of the sauces for us if we wanted.

The ribs were really tender, with sticky rich sauces, some with a bit of spice to them but none of them all that hot. I really enjoyed the baked beans too- it was nice to have some good vegetable choices to balance all of that meat.


The drinks menu made us very excited. They sell coke floats. THEY SELL COKE FLOATS. I haven't had one of those for years. And they do alcoholic versions, either with bourbon or vanilla vodka. Amazing. The other drinks were served old fashioned drinking jars which was good fun.

The platter was more than enough for two and would probably be adequate for 3 (or a gang of kids). Including drinks, the bill for 2 was £45.

Rib Shakk is not aiming to be anything fancy- its a family fast food restaurant, simple but done well. The food is reasonably priced, tasty and plentiful. With the drinks and food platters the eating experience is fun, its just a shame the room hasn't got some cheesy themed decor like waggon wheels and cattle horns nailed to the wall!

Rib Shakk
*Delicious ribs & sides
*Reasonable value
*Disappointing lack of themed decor

Rib Shakk Leeds
The Corn Exchange
Leeds
LS1 7BR

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