Ox Club

What Ox Club does

Ox Club is a single-site contemporary British restaurant that opened in December 2016 within Headrow House, a multi-use venue in central Leeds housed in a former 20th-century textile mill. The restaurant operates a live-fire, solid-fuel grill kitchen and serves a daily-changing seasonal menu emphasising Yorkshire provenance, with meat sourced from North Yorkshire farms (Swaledale Foods, R&J Butchers), fish from the Hodgson's of Hartlepool North Sea fleet, and produce from Wellocks. It is one of a small group of Leeds restaurants continuously featured in both the Michelin Guide and The Good Food Guide from 2017 through 2023, and is also listed in Harden's UK restaurant guide.

The core product is the in-restaurant dining experience, complemented by ancillary revenue streams: private dining for up to 38 guests (Monday-Friday daytime, Monday-Thursday evening), off-premise catering for events up to 150 guests delivered through the Headrow House partnership, seasonal Christmas party packages, and a gift voucher programme sold via the mytoggle.io platform. The restaurant's operating hours are limited — Tuesday to Friday 5pm-10pm, Saturday 12pm-10pm, and Sunday lunch 12pm-7pm — making capacity utilisation the principal operational constraint.

Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with reservations processed through the OpenTable platform. Distribution is concentrated at the single Leeds site; the parent entity Super Friendz (which also operates Belgrave Music Hall, Headrow House, Water Lane Boathouse and the Super Friendz venue) provides cross-promotion and event-hire infrastructure. The company is privately held, discloses no revenue, and has no external institutional investment. Pricing is not publicly listed; the booking policy requires credit/debit card guarantee with a £40 per-person no-show or late-cancellation fee. Customer acquisition relies on the Headrow House footfall, OpenTable search, the company's owned website, email newsletter sign-ups, and sustained editorial recognition.

Name

Ox Club

Legal name

Super Friendz

Website

https://oxclub.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ox Club is a privately-held single-site contemporary British restaurant in Leeds, operating a live-fire solid-fuel grill kitchen with a daily-changing seasonal menu featuring Yorkshire produce, recognised continuously by the Michelin Guide and Good Food Guide since 2017 and operated under parent group Super Friendz.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Revenue from à la carte dining service featuring seasonal British cuisine cooked on a solid-fuel grill. Operating hours: Tuesday-Friday 5pm-10pm, Saturday 12pm-10pm, Sunday Lunch 12pm-7pm.
2. Private Hire & Events: Revenue from private dining bookings (up to 38 people), corporate events, and Christmas party packages. Catering services for larger events at Headrow House venue (up to 150 people).
3. Alcohol & Beverage Sales: Revenue from drinks menu including alcoholic beverages, included as part of the dining experience.
4. Gift Vouchers: Pre-paid gift vouchers sold through the Ox Club platform for future dining.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ox Club is a single-location contemporary British live-fire grill restaurant at Headrow House in Leeds, serving a daily-changing seasonal menu built around Yorkshire-sourced meat, North Sea fish, and local produce. It supplements à la carte dinner and Sunday lunch service with private dining for up to 38 guests, on-site catering for events up to 150 guests through Headrow House, seasonal Christmas packages, and gift vouchers.

Product overview

Ox Club is a single-location contemporary British restaurant offering a unified dining experience built around live-fire cooking. The core offering is the restaurant's live-fire grill kitchen serving seasonal, daily-changing menus with food, drinks, dessert, and Sunday-specific offerings. Additional services include private dining (up to 38 guests), catering for larger events at Headrow House (up to 150 guests), seasonal Christmas packages, gift vouchers, and a reservation system with card guarantee policy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Dining (Live-Fire Kitchen) À la carte dinner and Sunday lunch service featuring contemporary British cuisine cooked on a live-fire solid-fuel grill, with a daily-changing seasonal menu built around Yorkshire produce. For individual diners, couples, small groups, and food enthusiasts seeking a fine-dining experience in Leeds.
• Private Dining Exclusive private dining bookings at the restaurant for parties of up to 38 people, available during the day Monday to Friday and in the evening Monday to Thursday. For private groups, corporate entertaining, and special occasion celebrations.
• Catering Services Catering for larger parties at the Headrow House venue, accommodating groups up to 150 people. For corporate events, large private celebrations, and bespoke events requiring scale beyond the 38-cover private dining room.
• Gift Vouchers

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Swaledale FoodscoreOthersPrimary meat supplier from small family-run farms in North Yorkshire. Provides locally-sourced, quality assured meat products for the restaurant's solid-fuel grill menu.
• R&J ButcherscoreOthersYorkshire's Finest butchers supplying premium meat cuts for the restaurant's contemporary British menu.
• Hodgson's of HartlepoolcoreOthersFish supplier whose North Sea fleet lands some of the UK's finest fish, providing fresh seafood for the seasonal menu.
• WellockscoreOthersFresh fruit and vegetable supplier providing seasonal produce for the daily-changing menu.
• Headrow HousecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-use venue partner housing Ox Club. Provides space for larger private hire events up to 150 people with bespoke hire packages. Ox Club provides catering services for these larger events. Shared venue with Belgrave Music Hall, Water Lane Boathouse, and Super Friendz under the Super Friendz management group.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• L'Enclume: Three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Cartmel, Cumbria. Comparable as a regional UK destination fine-dining venue with strong supplier relationships and a tasting-menu concept, sharing Ox Club's independent-operator and provenance-led positioning.
• The Samling: Fine-dining restaurant within a Lake District hotel. Comparable as a Northern England destination restaurant emphasising local produce and tasting-menu dining, competing for similar visitor and special-occasion demand.
• Restaurant Sat Bains: Two-Michelin-starred modern British restaurant in Nottingham. Comparable as an independent chef-led fine-dining venue outside London with tasting-menu format and private dining, operating at a similar scale to Ox Club.
• The Freemasons: Michelin-listed restaurant with rooms in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire. Comparable as an independent Northern England fine-dining venue combining a la carte dining with private events, similar operating footprint to Ox Club.
• The Star Inn at Harome: Michelin-starred gastropub in North Yorkshire. Comparable as a Yorkshire-based, guide-listed independent restaurant with strong local-produce sourcing and a similar price-point tier to Ox Club.
• Moor Hall: Two-Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in Lancashire. Comparable as a Northern England destination fine-dining venue combining high-end a la carte/tasting menus with private events, similar operating footprint to Ox Club.
• The Black Swan: Tommy Banks' Michelin-starred contemporary British restaurant in Oldstead, North Yorkshire. Directly comparable as a regionally-rooted, fine-dining venue in the same Yorkshire catchment and same independent-operator profile as Ox Club.
• The Man Behind The Curtain: Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant in Leeds city centre. The closest direct competitor to Ox Club: same city, same fine-dining segment, same independent-operator model, competing for the same high-end Leeds diner.

Regional players

• The Box Tree: Long-established fine-dining restaurant in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Comparable as a Yorkshire regional fine-dining operator with a similar target customer (special-occasion diners) and historically similar price positioning to Ox Club.

Others

• Belgrave Music Hall: Sibling venue under the Super Friendz parent group alongside Ox Club. Not a direct competitor but a co-marketing and footfall partner in the same Leeds multi-use venue ecosystem, useful as a comparable for group-level economics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OxClubLeeds
• Facebookfacebook.com/OxClubLeeds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ox-club

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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