Denison Arms in Scarborough

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.

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

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 ..

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

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

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!!

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 👌

Lovely local pub. Looked like everyone knew everyone. Very friendly and nice selection of ales.

Been here before & enjoyed... Gotta say though it's gone downhill, I came here to review but saw the last two were from the incident I observed, that has put me off. The man choked, was treated like he was a problem & staff kept focusing on him potentially vomiting, embarassed him, maybe focus on the medical situation? Have compassion? & I also heard some odd comments about the welfare of their dog which was so uncalled for. We didn't stay. It was so uncomfortable. Asking for truthful reviews & getting friends to post A* ones since is shoddy. Can confirm the reviews are true! Dunno what's happened since my last visit but can no longer recommend. Give it a miss! ** Owner replied, but I conveniently have no way to reply to them... "Can we ask when you visited today ?" You know when the incident occurred so asking isn't needed & saying there was only one other couple sitting & eating food... Is implying I'm lying. It's not a road you should go down if you're the respectable business you imply you are. I'm ignoring the rudeness, As i said we didn't stay, because of what we saw. 'No one was asked to leave' I didn't say anything about anyone being asked to leave?? I can see the reviews left from the people involved did, but I didn't see that. 'unwell and his clothing soiled' I saw a man choking & you gave him water, which he coughed while trying to drink. You're a food establishment, choking is a very real risk. You treated him (& I can see in the language you are using as well) As less than human. 'Not quite understanding your comments on “ friends leaving reviews ???' After what I saw today & then two reviews left from the people involved. (That you're suggesting are false reviews) Followed by someone leaving a glowing one...to me that looks suspect. As for relying on customers honest reviews, maybe take them on board? You have three here you are doing your best to make look like lies and that won't build you customer trust! 'It can be very damaging for anyone trying to do their job to their best abilities' please refrain from trying to guilt trip. The correct response should be: I'm sorry you've had a bad experience with us today, I can assure you this is not usually the normal service that we provide. Thank you for your feedback today we will be taking it into account moving forward when we put our best efforts into training our staff fully in safeguarding, first aid, customer welfare & customer service. I'm sorry you didn't feel welcomed or comfortable enough to stay with us today and we will work on this moving forward. Maybe try that next time & learn to apologise. As I said we left, we went elsewhere, we will not be making a trip to you again. ***more edits due to another response this owner knows I can't reply to. This isn't a battle. It's an honest review which you are too bull headed to take on professionally so are accusing me of leaving false reviews. Looking me up online & looking through my old reviews is kind of creepy. Infact that's kind of unsettling behaviour. The more you come at me for sharing an experience in your establishment that made us feel unsafe, the worse you look & it's doing a better job at convincing people to stay away than my review would on its own! Anyway now you've stalked me, you can see from my past reviews on Google the years that span inbetween which shows you I don't often have bad experiences & I only review when I do. My good experiences are usually expressed to the people in person. You will have also now seen my very real review about a very real medical emergancy we had in a food establishment with my young daughter... So maybe seeing what we did in yours, goes some way to explain why we felt uncomfortable & left. If you treated that man that way, how would you treat us? In short we weren't hanging around to find out & warning others about it, is my right. It's what reviews are for, If you can't handle that (& you have proved you can't) do better. Wherever that family are, I hope they are OK & it didn't ruin their holiday.

The food and service at the Denison Arms today was perfect from been greeted at the bar to leaving the staff were very helpful. The food was excellent and the service was quick. I cannot recommend it highly enough. !!

Because we are not local we got kicked out and lip stick on your glass got going g back

Only interested in locals, turned non locals away saying they were full but if a local turned up suddenly there was space? Empty tables all round. Staff were rude and my partner who is epileptic and on a lot of medication was kicked out because he was unwell even though all he did was choke on some water given to him. Heard loads of complaints about cold food the 5 minutes we were there. Complete waste of time and a waste of a 50 minute walk there and back!

Amazing food at a decent price. 5 star plus should be the better rating. Very attentive floor staff thanks very much 😁

Nicest Sunday lunch in a long time! Gravy just as nice as mine! Lots of veg and meat. Nice place and friendly efficient staff. Only visiting the area or this woyld be a regular for me. Highly recommend the Sunday lunch.

Just terrible. Walked in at 6.30, ordered 15 minutes later, no one came to take our order so I ordered at the bar. I asked what the winter warmer menu was they had no idea, a man stood next to me (not staff) said it maybe as stew. I ordered 2 scampi, 1 gammon and a steak, 1 gin and tonic and a bottle of pinot plonk. 90 minutes later the food arrived., very grim 9 pieces of scampi, onion rings forgotten wrong peas, limp horrible salad. As soon as we had finished eating I decided pay the bill and leave. I was horrified at £101! I said this must be wrong, apparently the chips (frozen aunt Bessie’s) were £2 extra on top of the £18.95 steak, the waitress said well if you think it’s wrong I’ll take them off the bill, the menu said it came with chips. Next to the drinks, I was asked if we had 2 pints of dark fruits and a small wine. I said no so this was taken off the bill. I’m glad I challenged this, if not I would have been massively overcharged. Still £90 was far to much. Go to the Forge Valley inn, much better food and service. Complete shambles. Edit. This is how the food was served. The salad was given 5 minutes after the steak. The onion rings were forgotten then finally arrived 20 minutes later. The scampi was ordered one with mushy peas, one with garden, both were served with garden. Shambles used to be excellent 10 years ago.

Very good food an d friendly staff. Always a joy to eat here.

Went on a Monday night, excellent food had a steak and Stilton,would definitely reccomend. Staff were attentive, definitely worth a visit.

Just had lunch at the Dennison, the steak pie I had was perfect and my wife's choice of Chicken Gyros Kebab was also superb, our guests had Vegatable lasagne each also both cooked to perfection. Would definitely recommend and we be going again.

Quaint Country Pub, great food, friendly owner and staff. Good spot, member of Brit Stops, on bus route into Scarborough.

I enjoyed my meal there and it was just good pub food. The atmosphere was a bit sterile but we were in a group and had a good time.

Been for Sunday lunch and was spot on as always really good food and excellent service

Still fantastic food and friendly staff . I Haven't been, since it shut down a few years ago. Now it's been redecorated and refurbished, it's even better now. Food was brilliant and didn't need to book either. It was hot and tasty couldn't eat it all. This will be my go to restaurant when on the way to Scarborough

First class food and drinks staff great and very helpful......

Great pub, lovely meal, friendly service

Went for a meal with my family and we all enjoyed the food and friendly service.

Very hospitable we didn't eat this time but have in the past and is very nice, big portions. Very do friendly. Cosy after a long walk.

Organisation is shocking stood at the door to be seated for 2 or 3 mins nobody come to us board said take a seat let us do the rest . So we did then got told to leave by the manager after we got a drink told the manager what we did she said what member of staff was it who walked past you it was the manager herself what ignored us as we walked in shocking

The food was good when it finally arrived. There were 17 of us but we had preordered for 7pm. Mine arrived at 7.45

Had a wonderful Sunday lunch! The Barmaid/waitress was super helpful! (Even cut my food for me as I was breastfeeding my son! Now that’s GOOD SERVICE!) the food came in good time and every bit of it was delicious! Will defiantly be back!

Great little pub/restaurant with good selection of ales and lagers and nice variety of meals at very competitive prices.

A very friendly, and pet friendly, pub. The quality, and quantity, of the meals was astounding, I had probably the best beef dinner in a pub, or even restaurant, that I've ever had. The waitresses were smart and very helpful, and the pub itself was spotlessly clean. I would recommend, wholehearted, this pub to anyone who enjoys good food in a relaxed, friendly environment. Thank you everyone at The Denison Arms.

Great food. Lovely ambience. Friendly staff. Would visit again.

Booked a table for two for dinner and yet again did not disappoint. I had a mixed grill which sadly left no room for dessert. Great staff too

Excellent pub with a cosy atmosphere and great food. The owners and staff are amazing. Will definitely be back.

Great food and generous portions. Really nice relaxed atmosphere. Sadly lacking a disabled toilet. Toilets are up a few stairs and won’t fit a wheel chair in, cubicles too small for two people (my mum needs supporting to get on and off). Also no baby change unfortunately.

Great Sunday dinner, only negative was that my plate was swimming in gravy, serve it separately

Lovely pub, delicious food. Even managed to squish us in last minute (group of 7) on a bank holiday Monday. The staff were incredibly busy, so some seemed slightly overwhelmed, but there was a general feeling that they were all supporting each other in a positive way to keep things moving, and to keep everyone happy. The kitchen staff even popped out to serve on occasions. We had the roasts. And the children were even given a free EXTRA Yorkshire Pudding… how good is that. Kids love a Yorkshire Pud! So we love this Yorkshire Pub! Thanks!

Beautiful cosy pub/ restaurant. Booked twice for evening meals and both times were outstanding. Cosy and inviting and the staff and locals were so friendly. Cannot fault anything. We're back in October and will definately be visiting again.

Great pub, great food and great sevice

Went today for mothers day, food was delicious as always. Staff are so friendly, very welcoming 🥰Definitely recommend! We will be back!

Clean welcoming atmosphere. Good food. Friendly staff. Will certainly go again.

Very impressed with quality and price of food, plus good beer and wine. Staff very friendly and pub very well laid out and looks good.

Delicious Sunday lunches, good value for money - (£13.95 for roast beef, Yorkshire Puds, seasonal veg mix, mash and roast potatoes), friendly staff, lovely ambiance… and nice and clean. What more could you ask for. It does get busy, so book ahead if you can to avoid disappointment. Loads of parking at the rear.

Very disappointed with the quality of the food and preparation, waited nearly 45 minutes for a starter, and the same again for the main. Nice pub for a drink, but not for food.

We had a lovely meal here i was quite impressed. The staff were cheerful and friendly and the pub itself was nice and cosy inside. We would certainly visit again.

I have not eaten here however all the reports I hear in my taxi are positive. Recently refurbished.

Ein netter Pub wenn es auch (für mich) nicht die Nummer eins in dem Dorf ist . Trotzdem ust dad Essen recht gut

Great food plus a welcoming atmosphere and lovely staff Would recommend to anyone Steak in ale and Stilton pie delicious 👍

Great food with decent prices, friendly and helpful staff and a lovely atmosphere to have food and drinks

Very friendly staff , lovely meal 😋

Great lunch, good host and on her birthday

A welcoming village pub with good food nice decor and pleasant staff with a good atmosphere.

Lovely cosy country pub. The decor is relaxing,comfy and the staff were all friendly and answered our questions about the food knowledgeably. The food was freshly cooked, well presented and tasted delicious, I had taken the peas off before I took the photo. We were spoilt for choice with the desert menu, but opted for the lemon roulade which was very tasty. Devon was very attentive and made sure we had everything we needed. We will be going back again without a doubt. Thank you for an great evening 😁

Really bad experience in this pub. Unprofessional staff and lacking good managerial support. Food took longer than 1 hour to be served, very low quality. When asked to speak to the manager, he treated us as stupid customers, not raising an apology despite they committed several mistakes with our requests

First time going here and I am really glad I did. I met a friend who was running late for tea. I ordered my drink at the bar and was shown to our table. My friend arrived and her drink order was taken and arrived promptly. We ordered our food and waited about 30 minutes, which I thought was very reasonable for freshly cooked grub. I ordered the Scampi and it came piping hot, very well presented with a fresh side salad and it all tasted delicious. We ordered deserts and they also arrived promptly, and tasted just as good as the main course. Devon, the barman, kept coming over to make sure everything was OK with us and all the other tables, making sure our glasses were never empty. I thought the prices for our meals were very reasonable and all in all it was a very enjoyable and friendly experience. We will be back soon 😁

Only called in for a quick drink whilst out in the village. The landlady was very friendly and helpful. A decent selection of hand pulled beers available too.

Nice food and great table service prices are average lovely pub

Another top class steak and friendly staff

Was a really nice pub, really friendly and attentive staff, fair priced for the food. Can't complain about the food everything was delicious.

Great place been coming here for a long time. Food is always great, it was a little too early for the evening menu, so I opted for the scampi today. Great choice of beers. And had my first UK pint of JS in nearly 3 years lol. Well worth a visit if you pass. Great for families The staff are great and very pleasant. Will.be back for my steak next week.

Visited the denison arms this afternoon. The moment we walked in we where greeted by a lovely lady. We where seated & given our menus which have lots of choices. The food arrived & it was beautiful couldn’t fault any of it piping hot & very well presented.. & big portions.. we where very well looking after by the landlady nothing was to much.. very polite & chatty.brilliant customer service. We also had dessert which was also beautiful.. we will most certainly return with the rest of our family.. beautiful pub very cosy & spotless.. really enjoyable.

Nice cold drink on a hot sunny day

Loved this place we had a really good laugh with the staff and gorgeous steaks.

Very nice staff. Lovely pub! Well worth a visit. 👍

Nice welcome very nice ales nice food

Went to celebrate a friends birthday, what a disappointment. everything was very, very, poor & wasn't cheap (15 of us) . It used to be really good here, not now! some of the staff seemed clueless. Should have known when the car park was virtually empty. what a let down!....Jim.