Denison Arms in Scarborough

we were staying near by in a caravan and wanted a bite to eat. Used Google to find places to eat and chose the Denison Arms. We were not disappointed, the Sunday dinner was amazing, lovely and hot and fresh. With a couple of hand pulled Old Peculiar beers to accompany the dinner, it was a win win. Bar staff were very friendly and accommodating as we had a 20 month old boy with us. A nice friendly pub that if we are in the area again would not hesitate to call in. 10/10.

Food acceptable, not a great choice. The food was served quickly and very hot. No need to book when we went, but we had as quite.

💯 top food and lost of it, reasonably priced

Great pun to stop into on way to Scarborough great service and dog friendly with doggy snacks available

Stopping in a hotel just up the road, we decided to pop in here based off other reviews and the pictures of the food, safely say we wasn't disappointed, food was gorgeous and decent portions, and the best bitter was really good

Very quiet on the night we went, mid week, but friendly staff.

Really lovely food. Big portions. Good value for money. Nice pub

Not much to our liking on the menu, had hoped for more seafood being near Scarborough

Sunday 15th March 2025: I went for dinner with my family and got the toad in the hole, it was brilliant. My younger brother had a headache and the staff instantly came over and offered Calpol. She didn't have to do this but did it anyway. The staff were brilliant so was the food and atmosphere. The food arrival was very fast and steaming hot. Overall my experience was great.

Excellent Sunday lunch and friendly staff. Dog was welcome too. Definitely recommend.

Pleasant enough pub. Staff warm and friendly. Food ok, served a totally black Yorkshire pudding should not have been served. Outside seating by the road , it’s a massive car park so a nicer outside seating would be possible. Meat probably from a prepared pack , not a carved Sunday joint. All tasty .

Welcoming environment, good food and beer. Cracking pub

Lovely homeley pub for a bite to eat. Quite possibly the finest homemade Chicken and Mushroom Pie I have ever had.

Lovely friendly pub with great home cooked food. Very happy customer, looking forward to coming back, great visit, see you soon xx

Was staying in West Ayton and the Denison Arms had been recommended. We were not disappointed. The service was friendly and efficient and the food was excellent. Will definitely return again and will recommend to family and friends.

Recently called in here with our two sons and three of their friends, having been for a walk in Broxa forest. We were straight away shown to a table before our drinks order was taken. Staff could not have been more helpful or polite. Will definitely call in again.

This used to be an old haunt of ours so we thought we would give it a go for old times sake. Sadly it fell very short for us. Although we were booked in, we waited almost an hour for our meal to arrive. Although it was a limited menu, the two items we wanted were not available, then they ran out of burgers. The food that arrived was mediocre at best and sadly the service was pretty chaotic despite it being very quiet in there. Also we were cold. The lasagna was not great and not cheap at almost 16 pounds.

Good service the food was exceptionally tasty and very good value for money

Love this place! Always friendly, warm and inviting x

Great pub. Service was friendly and prompt. Food was good as well. Usual pub grub

Booked in for 1pm Sunday lunch. Appears short staffed 1 member serving at the bar and waitressing. Place mats and cutlery arrived after finally ordering these were plonked on the edge of the table we arranged them ourselves. Food took 1hr15min to arrive. We were reminded how busy they are with a table of 9 and a 5. The kitchen really need to get on it in comparison to other places the service was very slow. The food though was really really nice. I can't recommend to friends due to the long wait

This place is absolutely amazing food is just mouth watering and the only place to find treacle sponge and custard

We are local to the Denison arms but haven't used it for quite awhile, and not since the newish current owners took over. Thought we would give it a try again, and booked Sunday lunch. We didn't have starters just the main Sunday carvery, Wife had the small size while I had the large size. There were 3 choices of meat, Beef, Turkey and Gammon plus a nut roast for the none meat eaters. Wife chose the Gammon and I had the beef. We both liked our meals, albeit mine was rather large with enough Beef slices on my plate to feed two adults and a child so definitely worth the money! Service was good with the waitress enquiring if we needed anything with our meal, and then while eating it, checking that everything was okay. I would have given 5 stars but for one small thing, a bit nit picky I know, but I like my roast potatoes golden brown and with crispy outers, the ones we both got were almost white, they were cooked inside okay though. All in all a pleasurable experience, and we would certainly go there again.

Extremely disappointed in our Sunday lunch . Hard roast potatoes and lumpy mash but more importantly, very tough beef , I wasn’t able to cut it much less eat it . When the server came to remove our plates I said I wasn’t able to cut the meat , she suggested I should have asked for a steak knife . She took the plates away and returned with the bill ! Whilst I appreciate these things happen , as a visitor to the area , I will definitely not be recommending this place in the visitors book or verbally to anyone. I did write to the manager immediately but have had no response.

Had a great steak pie meal myself.With 4 generation of my family meeting up .Not been to this place for some time,maybe 12 years .It was nice to come back Decoration and layout changed for the better and staff lovely.Decent pint of Hairy biker ipa ti boot. Will be back Thanks

A great pub meal with some family and friends. Fairly priced a decent quality pub grub. Well worth a visit if you’re in the area, or passing through.

Soup looked great but no flavour, roastbeef dinner , yorkies were good,roast tatties not cooked right rest was ok,wont go back thoo.

I ha e lived in East Ayton since 1995 and have been coming here an awful lot. In the past couple of years this village pub has seen a lot of refurbishment and attracts many folk these days. The staff are faultless and work 100% to deliver good customer satisfaction. The atmosphere is a very friendly one and the Denisons is dog friendly. I cannot recommend it highly enough

Excuse me guys THE STEAK AND STILTON PIE litts changed my LIFE always friendly always reliable thank you Denison you’re a great village pub 🙂

What a great place. Food was lovely, tasty and fresh. Staff were friendly and attentive but not overly so. The atmosphere was just right for us. As for the locals, they were so friendly and were very welcoming, we felt like we had made lots of new friends by the time we left. Keep up the good work

We always enjoy a lovely meal here , friendly staff plus nothing too much trouble , even the demand for extra parsnips !!! Claire always accommodates our quizz group , and the monthly quizz night is such brilliant fun .. not to be missed 👍👍

After asking at another pub down the road if we needed to book, and being told no if we sat in the garden, we then turned up at it later and was quite rudely told that if we hadn’t booked we couldn’t eat as they were really busy, and we should of booked ! we left and found this amazing little village pub up the road. We went in and ordered drinks and food. It was quite busy for food, but we didn’t have much of a wait for it , it was brought to us fairly quick, the staff were nice and friendly and the food was delicious… I’m so glad the other pub turned us away, and if we’re up that way again, we’ll definitely return

Second visit for us. This time it was very busy and the poor girl serving us was rushed off her feet and basically on her own to do everything. Despite this she still managed to smile and get everything on our order correctly served to our table in a more than reasonable time. They had run out of the steak and gammon, probably due to how busy they were. Overall, if you find yourself passing by I would recommend dropping in. I certainly will👍

The food is lovely and generous portions. Worth every penny.

Ordered fish and chips for 2 people, I don't eat potato so asked if I could have onion rings instead of chips, no problem was the reply. Fish was ok onion rings were poor, more like batter rings. When I came to pay I was charged £4 extra for the onion rings, definitely won't be going there again.

Went for an evening meal this week, was very well laid out, the meal was lovely one up from your average pub meal. Well done.

First visit..Dog friendly. Food lovely..Exellent singer. Brilliant atmosphere.

First time there food was very nice batter could have done with beings a bit crispier very good portion size would give you another go sometime.

I took my mother for dinner yesterday here, the food and service were great, well prepared and presented by pleasant helpful staff, all good folks, keep it up.

Really friendly family run pub with great atmosphere. Loved the pub quiz and play your cards right on Sunday evening. We nearly won, but were made to feel really welcome. Must go back for the food which looked fantastic.

Visiting the area and called in on Friday evening. Found a table and went to the bar to make staff aware of our presence so I could get some menus and if we were okay sitting on any table that wasn't reserved. Upon speaking to the barmaid it was made to feel like I should have gone to the bar first upon arrival before sitting down? (Bearing in mind there were quite a few empty tables). Was giving two menu's but no kids one which I had to look up online. Went back to the bar to order and it was only then did the same barmaid who gave me the menu's let know that there might be a delay with ordering food - great! But of course I could order some drinks whilst we waited and the waitress, Polly I think, would take our order. So we waited. And waited. And waited. Eventually the waitress came to take our order and my wife asked how long the food was going to be as we had a one year old with us. We were given a time so placed an order. She did apologise for the delay and that she was under instructions from the kitchen. Time was getting on and our one year old was getting more restless and I very nearly cancelled the food order a few minutes before it arrived. When the food did arrive it was nice but by this point we'd have eaten anything. To be fair none of this was the waitresses fault who was really friendly throughout but did seem to be on her own without any assistance from the bar staff who were just talking amongst themselves. She was having to let other tables know about the delay in the kitchen and should have had some help to serve tables waiting to place orders for as long as they were. Overall a bit disappointed by the whole experience really and personally I didn't think the pub looked that busy when we went (finally got food around 6:30pm) so I'd hate to see it busy. Will hold my hands up if I should of gone to bar on arrival first but the overall service feedback still applies.

Hi, we called yesterday for a bar meal, 4 adults and 1 child. I must say the staff was lovely, however, the food was of poor. The chips and onion rings were full of grease and a smell of old cooking oil, the side the salad was limp and tasteless. We all left the majority of our meal.overall very disappointed.

First time visiting this pub after hearing good things about it from friends. I visited on a quiet Tuesday evening and was greeted warmly by the people working there. Modern and clean decor throughout. We just had a drink but I think I will be back to try out the restaurant.

Nice pub great food and good beer what more could U ask for. Happy days

Nice clean pub , good food and reasonably priced.

What a lovely place to eat this was. staff were excellent food was outstanding reasonably priced . the amenities were the cleanest I've seen in years absolutely worth checking out well done to all concerned

The premises were clean, friendly and welcoming. My only (one) issue was lack of vegetarian options, which has appeared to be an issue with a lot of restaurants/pubs in North Yorkshire. However a lovely vegetable lasagna was prepared for me which was delicious and well presented. I would definitely eat there again if vegetable lasagna is put on the menu!

Highly recommend this place, food was lovely, even a menu for dogs. 😁 Friendly atmosphere and service.

We were staying locally and popped in whilst walking the dog, not planned or booked. What a lovely warm welcome we received. The pub was clean and traditional, with a small but more than adequate menu. The food was freshly cooked and really tasty, using local produce, the steak, according to the husband , was delicious and the pie was probably the best I have eaten in a while. A real gem of a find for us.

Hi ......Ive been visiting the Denison Arms now over 30yrs... i visit twice a week theses days, its a PROPER Taditional Pub !...They welcome either just casual Drinkers or Diners, its normal as all pubs were yrs ago , some pubs just want diners ONLY theses days , NONE of this "have you booked a table when you arrive" The Denison as to be the best all rounder in the area by a country mile , based on Food & Drink quality, plus a fabulous interior Decor and Quality Furniture..(also new carpets) as presentation counts its SPOTLESS !!..... The food is excellant & great value .......All the staff are very freindly and very helpfull & polite...No Attitude !.......The Denison is 100% consistant on Quality , Service & Value , it never Falters......Ps....Also a massive safe,secure car park !!...A BIG thanks to all staff ..Sophi,Gracie,Claire,Poly & Joe...A great team !! x

Had a lovely meal for my mums 80th Birthday, the staff were very friendly and attentive, always asking if we needed more drinks and if everything was OK.

Yes I agree Dave avoid at your Peril a handful of locals influence the land lady ..Over inflated drink prices ..rude locals plus my viechle was damaged in the car park ..

Very good food and excellent service especially Logan and elli and megan would definitely recommend always good food x

Great friendly pub, lovely food. Great selection of drinks! Will be coming more often!

Excellent food and service. We were celebrating my wife's upcoming 80th Birthday. Staff brilliant, food plentiful. Would recommend to all a great place to eat.

This place has really gone to the dogs since the new landlady took over !!!!!shocking food over inflated beer prices terrible atmosphere rude bar staff, I would not recommend anyone to visit here !! We will never visit again

Great pub, excellent food and really friendly staff that go out of there way for there customers. Can't complain in the slightest. Facilities are nice and clean too.

10 of us booked for Sunday Lunch. .... Excellent hot food , with beautiful fresh vegetables and gravy. Team very pleasant . We will be back thank you

Pub just opened the girl who opened was excellent ,just had two rounds of drinks not to much choice of ale unfortunately but would visit again

Would highly recommend the Denison Arms, very friendly pub, staff were fantastic, food and service great and prices good. It can get busy, so would recommend booking in advance for eating.

Great food would highly recommend 👌

This visit was for my Birthday and my family of 7+1 5yrold joined me to celebrate, we had the Sunday lunch 3 of us had the smaller portion which was the reason chose the Denison, 3 others had the pie. Children's menu very good too. we had anticipated slower service as it was Mothers Day, but service was good, and they served a cake with candles that my family had brought for dessert. In all a great time had by all, there was even colouring with pencils for Charlotte! I have been recommending the Dennison to all my friends ever since, hope to go back soon!!

A local village pub and restaurant lovely atmosphere very friendly and the staff were helpful and polite the food was first class

Nice friendly pub, could do with a few more options on the menu, would definitely go back.

Had Sunday dinner here with my parents - booked table for 4pm. When we came in it was obvious they didn’t have the reservation written down and asked if we wanted a table for 3. They then set a table for us. It wasn’t busy (some people sat at the bar) so basically could have set up any table in the whole pub. Ordered 2 small dinners and one large (one small portion of veg came) was enough for maybe 2 people but barely. Had to ask for extra portion. We finished and the plates were collected but the staff didn’t ask if wanted desserts or drinks - sat with empty glasses at this point. I asked if we needed to order drinks at the bar in the end and they said they would get us the drinks. This did then make sense though at 5.05pm when one of the staff put a sign on the table saying booked from 5:30pm and walked away. I found this slightly annoying but figured we did have 1.5 hours from table booking time of 4pm so fair enough. Then by 5.10pm the staff were literally hovering at the table waiting for us to go. The people who made the 5.30pm booking had turned up 20minutes early and they wanted the table. I just don’t understand why they put us on this one table that they needed back by before 5:30pm and I also don’t understand why they wanted us off the table 20mins before the booked time just because the other people had turned up. We made a booking just like they did. In the end we were being crowded by the people who came for the table and the staff and I just wanted to get out of there at this point (my dad still had half his pint) - a lot of the other tables were reserved as well but obviously this particular one was booked earlier than the rest as they were all still free at this point. Generally just thought the whole thing was really poorly managed and rude, as it felt as though we literally got rushed out of the pub. Not sure if we were charged extra for the veg or not as I didn’t even have a second to look at the bill. All in all just not a good experience and pretty disappointing.

Lovely village pub with good food and atmosphere. Dog friendly

We had a family meal booked for 10 people and had an amazing Sunday Dinner. The service was excellent, all the staff were friendly and professional, really looking after us from us arriving to leaving. We will definitely be visiting again. Thanks to Claire and the team. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Met up today 25th February with the family for Sunday lunch for my birthday celebration recommended by our daughter.We all agreed best meal ever & super friendly staff.

What a great little pub..... I had the steak and ale pie with Stilton, then tried to finish the apple crumble with ice cream.... almost killed me but I did it.... far better than I expected and one that I will be back to...👍

Visited with the family for Sunday lunch with our two dogs. We got a great seat tucked into n the back so the dogs could chill and not be in the way. The food was great and deserts even better. Staff were so friendly and even brought the dogs their own plate of meat which went down very well! Thoroughly recommend.

Nice food but the service could have been better bearing in mind it wasn't busy.

Excellent food .Super friendly service

Visited the Denison arms for lunch yesterday. My partner and I have been in a few times for a drink but never to eat. So we booked for 7 of us to go for lunch as we had some family members visiting. Everyone is so friendly there and the waitress was lovely and really looked after us. We just had main courses and a drink and we had to wait approximately 40 minutes for our main course, but it was worth the wait! The food was all fresh, home cooked food and fresh vegetables. The steak, stilton, guiness and onion pie was gorgeous and proper comfort food with thick pastry and an individual pot of gravy. Couple of us had gammon and egg which was beautifully cooked, another had a burger and my partner who is vegetarian had the bean chilli which he said was very tasty! The chips were home cooked and not cheap frozen ones. Thank you for a lovely meal, we will definitely eat here again and definitely will be in for drinks again as the pub has a lovely atmosphere. Cant believe we moved here just a year ago and not going around to eating here before. We look forward to seeing what other dishes you may come up with and looking at the website, the themed food evenings sound very appealing too!

I can’t knock this Pub! The pub is spotless, no sticky tables here, the carpet was clean and no dropped food. Cutlery was clean. These are just basic things but if they are right you know your food is right. Will behind the bar was welcoming. The price was very reasonable for this area! We had Gammon, Pie and burger. Clean plates left. Followed by two sticky toffee puddings. I like the pub because it has a low ceiling and gives you that snug feeling. Would defo recommend and we are close by on a Caravan site and will be back. Also the choice of beer is tops - the Heineken is quality! Obviously my favourite!

This place has everything you want in a pub. Great food at a good price. The staff are always welcoming, as well as the locals. Claire, the new landlady, is taking the pub from strength to strength, with quiz nights, and live music.

We tried the pie of the day and wasn't disappointed! It was delicious served with creamy mash and lashings of gravy! We were made to feel really welcome, and the service was great. Thanks, Zoe.

We booked a table for 7:30pm and when we arrived bang on they didn’t have a table ready for us. As it was a small entrance we stood lingering with drinks until someone called us over - please bear in mind the restaurant wasn’t exactly busy. As we sat waiting to order it was a good 20 minutes until we was seen to. There was 6 of us, two of which ordered the prawns as mains and 50-1 hour later, the food arrived. All be it my prawns. Food looked great but when I questioned that my prawns hadn’t arrived, he merely stated “did you order them” and scurried to the kitchen. He came back with a statement “your prawns have been included in the other persons dish - so to put it politely there’s one dish to share between two AS A MAIN. now this I could not quite comprehend as 1 we could of been sat at either end of the table, how could we share? It’s a singular dish not sharing platter. He said he could take it away and split it? I was shocked! I said don’t worry and we continue to PORTION the prawns out between us. When we finished plates were collected but no offer of dessert until we requested 20 minutes after. No information given just a board handed to the table. We also had to then ask for our dessert order to be taken. To which the. Then returned telling us 1 dessert was now not available. No dinners in at this point bare us! Awful service, food was good but not the best given a split portion!

Lovely pub and restaurant we found on our stay at Ayton. Food was excellent. The chips are to die for.

Just had burger and chips (Amazing Coleslaw) and two very enjoyable pints of Guinness, wee worth a visit

WOWZA!!! That was great 👍🏻ate all of the flame grill steak from Enzo age:9 Lives:local.goes here 2 times a month Steak as part of the 2 for £35! Mummy had the wine!!

We booked at very short notice and they were wonderful. Staff helpful, pleasant and food gorgeous.

Fantastic service and food. All great. Thanks for accommodating us on a Sunday evening.

Loved the food drinks dog friendly worth a stop. A good atmosphere

We recently found ourselves at The Denison Arms whilst on holiday. The pub we had booked for our evening meal went back on our agreed booking and specifically requested table. Our autistic 7 year old son ended up having a meltdown, as he knew where we going, and going to be sitting etc. More importantly, he knew he was going to be having chocolate brownie for dessert! This happened on a Friday evening, and we knew that we would be hard pushed to find somewhere to accommodate us at such short notice. After a short drive around and with our son in meltdown mode, my partner went into the Denison Arms to see if they may have a table free. He spoke with Claire, who I believe runs the pub, who said they did have availability for dining. However, when he explained that we needed a chocolate brownie, she explained that they did not have one on the menu. The locals sat in the bar were wondering where they could obtain a chocolate brownie, and one even offered to go to a local shop to buy one! Claire then remembered that she had bought a chocolate brownie for herself, and kindly offered it to give it our son! We enjoyed what was some of the nicest food I've eaten in a pub for a long time, sat in a very welcoming, cosy pub that was light and spacious enough to feel like you had space to breathe. Service was fairly quick, to say that the food appeared genuinely homemade. Most importantly, we truly valued how Claire went above and beyond to make sure our boy had his needs met. Instead of asking us what meal options he may like, she made a point of addressing him directly, and her staff were just as friendly and understanding. I wish we had discovered this gem towards the start of our holiday, rather on the last evening, but we will definitely be back! Thankyou so much, Claire!

Absolutely lovely find on a wet windy afternoon. Had homemade pie mash and veg.....food was beautiful and piping hot. Old school desserts of jam roll poly with custard, again home made and came piping hot. Coffee was spot on to end a lovely meal. Landlady is friendly and service was delightful. Will be popping in again. Thank you!

It was late afternoon, it was raining and windy, and very few people about, but the kitchen was still cooking. The food was great, well cooked, staff very friendly. We will definitely be back.

What a great pub. Very friendly staff and locals, good beer and food. Not over expensive. Dogs welcome. Booking advised.

Lovely place and pleasant welcome by lovely staff. Pity we were in car or would've had a meal and a few drinks.

Excellent food very friendly staff lovely atmosphere so dog friendly even have their own menu

We ate here 2 nights running while staying locally, excellent, delicious food, friendly efficient service, welcoming lovely atmosphere, definitely recommend and dog friendly.

We called in here as another local pub was fully booked but glad we ate here instead, very friendly staff, service was quick and food was very tasty. Will definitely call back here on our next stay.

Friendly staff. Good beer. Didn't eat there but the food looked good.

Fab service. Food really good. Very tasty and home-made. Compliments to the chef

Good 'pub food', excellent value and very tasty. I'd highly recommend the blue cheese sauce to go with the steak - outstanding to dunk your chips in ! Great service, friendly staff. It was a quieter evening when we visited. The only negative was two yappy/barking dogs - thankfully not sat in that part of the pub with them, or we would have moved. Owner didn't seem to have control, (or care). Hey, ho !! Will definitely be back though.

Had a wonderful anniversary meal here last night, food and service were impeccable. I had the sirloin steak which was cooked to perfection. Staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble. Will definitely be back and would highly recommend if your in the area.

Under new ownership and it's still a great place to go. Good food, great staff, friendly atmosphere.

This pub is amazing lovely simple bar food friendly staff will definitely be using it more often now.

Fab food yet again staff are all friendly and greqat table service. Will be going back.

We popped in without a reservation and they were fantastic, fitted 6 of us straight in, (during peak times of kids holiday) food was amazing, very fresh, very hot and very filling, nothing was a bother for them, our daughter couldn't finish her meal and they sorted her a little tray to bring her tea home, myself and family highly recommend you try the Denison Arms, very welcoming and own off street parking which is free and they are also dog friendly too.

Food very good, staff very helpful and friendly. Would definitely recommend 👌