Derwent Arms in Ryedale

Since Charlie and Simon taken over. Derwent Arms has become such a delightful place to come and enjoy a drink, music, food and amphoshere. They really have turned the pub around. The food is amazing and quick service too. Its family and dog friendly. So I highly recommend this establishment to all far and near.

Great food, great service and atmosphere!

The new menu is amazing and not overpriced. i’ve been 3 times now and will definitely be returning again. i had the burger every time which has been consistent and the chips compliment it perfectly. i’ve tried the any 3 bar snacks for £15.99 which we’re definitely worth it. we had crispy prawns and mozzarella sticks which were delicious. we also had the nachos which in my opinion needed a bit of salt but we’re still very nice. my dad had the steak and ale pie which he said was lovely and other family members have thoroughly enjoyed the hunters chicken, sausage+mash and mushroom+tarragon pudding. can’t wait to go back to try the calamari, fish and chips, lasagne, onion rings….and many more items they haven on the menu. disappointed i haven’t tried a dessert yet as they sound amazing, the burger has filled me up every time which is great though as we haven’t ended up spending too much money!

Amazing food, amazing service...highly recommend and will be back soon!

Called for a meal on the way by, pub was quite busy with drinkers watching football and a few tables eating as well. Nice enough food and good prices too, big carpark and seating area at the back. Shame it started raining. Will call again 👍🏻

Food was cold and disgusting. The staff were really rude too after we complained about the long wait and the food been sub standard.

Quick stop for food, easy and cheep

I visited the Derwent arms yesterday for lunch with my husband and mother. I had the mixed grill, my husband had the garlic and stilton burger and my mother had the gammon all of which was really good. The pub is dog friendly which is a welcomed amenity. The car park has plenty of space for patrons which is also appreciated. The food is excellent and offers great value for money. The desserts were also excellent. We had ice cream Sundays and I had the cookie dough which was divine and I would actually call in for just this and a drink it was so good. Collectively our bill was about £70 and that was for 3 main courses, 3 desserts and 6 drinks. I shall most definitely be returning to the Derwent in the near future.

Really friendly atmosphere, dog friendly, clean facilities and amazing food.

Amazing landlords and staff food delicious. Fantastic friendly atmosphere well worth a visit

The Derwent has always been one of our favourite local pubs and it’s great to see the new management doing such a great job of bringing back lots of what the locals have missed! The boys loved playing pool! Thank you! We wish you all the best! 🤎

Food was spot on. Lovely pub and spotlessly clean.

Can't say much about this place, we went for some food only to find out they don't do food on a Tuesday

Called in for lunch after a walk. Very good food. Very quiet for a lunchtime. Friendly staff. Recommended for a good lunch sandwich

Surprisingly modern on the inside, just proves the old saying of books and covers.

Nice place, good beer, good pool table with contactless payment system.

5 of us went for lunch. Food was lovely, staff very friendly. Will be returning 🙂

Great staff, good atmosphere,poor selection of real ales

Nice place and pleasant bar staff. They let me run up a nice tab

Nice clean pub... a bit too 'commercial' to be a true English pub for my liking but I'll most probably pop in for a pint next time I'm in Norton.

Worst meal ever had. Fish size for a child. Peas hard chips from supermarket cheap kind. Expensive nothing like it used to be years ago. Wouldn’t recommend anyone to go. Go to local chipy in mill street instead. Really very poor

Staff wonderful, friendly and we had a lovely scampi and chips. Will be back.

We went for a walk with the dogs and called in here for lunch. It was empty except for us, but it was a weekday. Lovely attentive bar person and a good choice of drinks. Quite an extensive menu, but we chose from the lunchtime one. Very tasty fresh food, we would definitely recommend. Dog friendly too, thanks

Lovely atmosphere comfy seating lots of friendly people

Nice pub, friendly staff, good beer.

The food was great. Good value. One of the staff was sitting on the counter which was weird🤷🏻‍♀️.

Food took an hour to arrive after ordering and the place wasn't busy! The food was nice (loaded chips). In fact we stopped our daughter ordering food because ours took so long to come.

We went on a Saturday afternoon. Pub was empty. There were 7 of us. We ordered food which took an hour to come. Food was nice but not worth the wait. If we hadn't been with family we would have left and gone elsewhere to eat.

Visited today , waited over a hour for food even though pub wasnt busy was quite empty, the young girl was more interested in her phone and was using it whilst clearing a table!! The young lad behind the bar was very polite and appolgised for our wait but will not be returning, the food itself was very basic , very disappointed

Fairly uncomfortable experience. The service was fine apart from one of the chefs being quite invasive and smoking at our table, before being dragged inside by a colleague to ‘go and cook our food’. Very strange experience

Food was decent. Not too busy when we went. Easy to get a seat.

Have not visited the pub since it was refurbished, it looks fantastic and very modern. Great to see that it has not lost the charm and atmosphere of since being modernised. Had a lovely lunch with friends and loved the young lady who was serving called Ruby, so polite and efficient, if carlsberg did barmaids!!

Incompetent staff to start of with as soon as we walked in they had terrible attitude (the two young ladies behind the bar) they slammed the food on the table and I ordered a drink and it never came and when I asked for it they said u should of come to the bar despite ordering it at the table previously. Overall a terrible experience because of the attitude of the staff would not recommend.

Incompetent staff to start of with as soon as we walked in they had terrible attitude (the two young ladies behind the bar) they slammed the food on the table and I ordered a drink and it never came and when I asked for it they said u should of come to the bar despite ordering it at the table previously. Overall a terrible experience because of the attitude of the staff would not recommend.

Not what it used to be . Sole less

Absolutely dreadful. We first visited just as the new owners were settling in. We felt immediately welcomed and food was lovely. However, on our second visit we were absolutely appalled by the difference. Rude staff. Waited way too long for food. Food on arrival was cold and rubbery. We won't ever be going back.

Visited for a family Sunday lunch however food arrived cold and vegetables were hard. Food was sent back but returned the same. Staff couldn’t care less and offered no apology. It had already taken an hour to arrive despite the place being reasonably empty. Still charged £62 for the meal for 4 with no offer of any compensation. Absolutely awful, even the tap water tasted terrible. Would not visit again and wished we’d read previous reviews before hand!

Waited 1 hour for frozen food..not good

Was recommended this pub for lunch, unfortunately our experience wasn’t so pleasant. Waited 50 minutes for two meals. One been a beef roast dinner and one been a pie and the trimmings. The beef dinner came with frozen veg which was tasteless, frozen Yorkshire puddings and dry stuffing, they missed the cauliflower cheese and pigs in blankets that were ordered. The Yorkshire pudding was cold. I left feeling hungry, my partners pie was meant to come with peas, they didn’t come out with the meal but did come some 5 minutes later. Definitely wasn’t worth the £27 bill. However the two girls serving were lovely and very friendly. Lovely looking pub, such a shame the food was terrible.

Popped into the Derwent Arms for a round of drinks. The wife said that there wasn’t any atmosphere. I detected approximately 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen also small amounts of other gases, too, such as carbon dioxide, neon, and hydrogen. To be honest it’s been a lovely day and I wasn’t up for an argument.

We had hoped to celebrate our 35th Wedding Anniversary at a different hotel, and had been badly let down. I'm sure the Derwent Arms would be the first to admit that they are not great for the quiet romantic candlelit dinner ambience, but once we had "switched gear", we found the Derwent Arms warm, hospitable and welcoming, with a vibrant and lively family / sport atmosphere, and friendly, helpful staff. The food was first rate. Not the evening we'd looked for (and that's no fault of The Derwent Arms), but an excellent evening nevertheless.

first off i had read the bad reviews and thought surely not but yes definitely trust the reviews on this place and do not bother wasting your time or money going here!! when me and my partner walked in we weren’t even greeted nicely by what i’m assuming is the owner, he didn’t even say hello just stared at us until we got to the bar. then he said with great rudeness and bluntness towards my partner “are you underage” then when we both said no, as i’m aware i do look younger than i am too, he replied again very rudely and snappy “prove it”. i couldn’t tell if he was joking or not but clearly not by the look on his face. he then walked off and told one of the girls to check our ID whilst he muttered rude comments under his breath about us. then after not wanting to check our id’s he asks the young girls behind the bar what our date of births were and continued to make comments such as “looking like that”. from the 20 seconds of being in there and ordering our drinks i will never return, he needs a lesson in customer service and needs to be more strict on the children working behind the bar than the customers that pay for his awful place to still be open.

a beautiful location, recently modernized, great atmosphere!

Good food great service will def be back

Lovely Pub fantastic during the day, best night life in malton but not the place for a quite night drink, weekdays ain't so bad.

Having been on a short break away in North Yorkshire we passed the Derwent Arms on a few occasions and commented that it looked like a very nice and welcoming pub. Unfortunately, customer service was non existence, no welcome and bar staff were more interested in speaking to the locals, not very friendly at all. Meal was mediocre, service non existent and we had to ask for cutlery. We won’t be visiting again.

Great food Very clean was driving so unfortunately couldn't have a cask marque pint today

Lovely food and friendly staff. Dog friendly too.

Parfait endroit pour une soirée réussie, personnel agréable, gentil et accueillant...repas très bon ... bonne ambiance.

Disgraceful time there 20/07 had nothing on the menu had to go over the road to the takeaway won’t be going there again

Bad bad bad experience, staff behaviour is poor, arrogant staff that's including Ower never wany to step in this put ever again if it's the last pub(if you want to call it that) ever standing Strong advice, go to one of the other venues in the area that is better then this one Shame the local council don't remove its operating licence

Modern style country pub. Good spirit selection with friendly staff. Generally seems to have plenty of seating with a pool table and outdoor seating round the back. Bar food was decent, nice and hearty. Definitely recommend on a sunny day.

We booked a table last week for 2 adults an 1 child for today (Sunday 19th June 2022). We arrived early for drinks and told them our name, they was no booking with our name. We had to find table which we did. We ordered the Sunday roast dinner we were told we would be waiting upto 50 minutes. We waited about 20 minutes and our food arrived. The food was barely warm at best. I informed the landlord who took our plates away. He came back within 10 minutes stating our plates have been in the oven warming up. (Yeah right, more like they were nuked in microwave). Food was hotter than before. Oh yes the food. Yorkshire puddings were cheap frozen kind as were the roast potatoes which were deep fried. The veg was ok but the mash potatoes were under seasoned. The chef missed a MASSIVE trick. The beef was the rump, which is fatty. So why not roast the beef, use the fat for REAL roast potatoes and cook his OWN Yorkshire puddings. After the plates were taken away, i ordered our desserts then a fat bald drunk man came to our table and asked about our dinner. He told us he doesn't work here he just drinks here. So we entertained him by saying it was ok. He was using bad language and apologised but kept swearing. He eventually staggered away. Our desserts. Childs ice cream sundae Eton mess Sticky toffee pudding. Sundae and toffee puddings were ok. The Eton mess however was made with ice cream, no fresh cream hardly no meringue and hardly no fruit. We got up and left no member of staff said bye even the landlord & landlady whom we walked past didn't say bye. Malton is the food capital of Yorkshire. Such a pity this pub can't live upto that reputation. Not a family orientated pub. We have no intentions to go back even though we live in the area.

Came for father's day supposedly pre booked when we arrived there was no table booked however they could still accommodate us.we ordered roast dinners ,disappointed to find only one choice of meat on the menu. When they arrived they where only like warm which was fine for out daughter but not for us the landlord heated ot up for us with no fuss and agreed the food wasn't hot enough. Poor quality roast potatoes (frozen) peas where undercooked, frozen yorkshire puds but where nice ,gravy was thick and not very much of it ,if you like lots He had a random complete stranger who was slightly drunk come to our table and questioning us ,swearing in front of our daughter . The Eton mes was all ice cream with no fresh cream and hardly Any meringue .not a very family friendly pub and we didn't enjoy the meal unfortunately we won't be back

Good pub for a drink or two outside heating is a bit naff due to it only runs for 2 minutes a pysh of the button, beer is ok not a great selection of ales but it isnt aiming at anyone but a younger clientele

Food was good and well presented, guy behind the bar was very helpful would visit again

Really bad experience here today (07/04/2022), ordered 2 kids meals-chicken nuggets off the small kids menu and hunters chicken from older kids menu, we also had scampi and chips with mushy peas and a southern fried chicken burger. ALL meals came on the same sized plate as the small kids plate (I’m not joking), we were so surprised, there was about a tablespoons worth of mushy peas with the scampi… will not be going here again!

Visited on our way to Scarborough for half-term. There was only us and 2 other couples in the pub. It was advertised as kids eat for £1. The young lad behind the bar (?Callum) couldn't find the button on the till so went to ask the chef if the offer was on, he came back and said it was but still couldn't find the button to reduce it so went to ask his manager. Callum came back and said he still couldn't find the button so we would have to pay full price. In the end after refusing to pay more than the advertised £1, we got the kids meals for free. Kids meals were average - pizza was a good size. The burger was dry. I had the steak and mushroom baguette, upgraded to have skin on fries. When this came the skin was "missing" on the fries so i asked what had happened to be told that they had no skin on fries!! Surely i could have been told this upon ordering?!! When leaving, there were a couple more people in the pub. One appeared to be the manager. We walked passed the staff but were not thanked or any parting comments. The building was lovely from the outside, with lots of appeal but that would not make me rush back.

Shocking, staff not interested. Gravy came stone cold, told the member of staff and he laughed!

Food was really lovely, had the mixed grill and beef brisket burger. Typical Friday night atmosphere for a pub. Love the fact that dogs are welcome. Toilets spotless Landlady (I think she was landlady anyway) was really friendly when we visited on 25th March; and the lad she was training was polite. However the staff member that delivered meals could do with improvements in the friendliness of their approach - meals were just dumped on table with no friendly comment of enjoy your meals. Other than that really happy.

If Iceland did pubs… on the plus side the staff were so nice and couldn’t have done any more, the toilets were so clean and smelled great (weird comment but this was the highlight). The Sunday dinner sadly was terrible - literally everything from the freezer and meat terrible. Loads of extra veg but all school dinners style. We didn’t expect much but honestly it was so bad even the kids didn’t eat their food. The chips were still pretty much uncooked.

Good meal well priced. Was in on Monday the 14th of March the lad working should receive a great pat on the back, nice freindly service. Whilst cleaning the pub he took the time to serve, check back on my lunch and no standing about. A credit to the pub!

Lovely food for a ladies that lunch date.

Very nice place, lovely decor,very tasty food, value for money, I will definitely recommend it

Absolutely shocking. The landlady is so rude and up her self she was stereotyping young males i over heard. Will never return

Very rude and abrupt landlady. Tried preasureing drink onto my recovering alacholic friend, told him it was 'Try January' when he said he doesn't drink. Also walks around with her earphones in found it very ignorent.

Good meal quickly served friendly staff Great would come again !

Went to the derwent for lunch with my friend,21.12.21.all I can say was the sevice was fantastic by callum,and the burger with the Stilton sauce was amazing.Me and my friend have been here a couple of times and never been let down.well done to all the staff

Went for a staff Christmas night out. It was a really good night. Bar staff were lovely.

Large friendly pub, good range of beers and spirits, serving a generous Sunday lunch

Refurbished nicely. Food pub grub and not very interesting.

Went for Sunday lunch very disappointing no starters all vegetables frozen would not recommend at all

Only alright nothing special for me, had better

Well where do I start hair in my pie 🥧 and yes it was actually in the meat it self had to tell the bar staff that she was about to over charge me after I ordered 2 steaks but turned out there was only 1 so one of us had to have the cheaper one and again I nearly wasn't given my 3 pound difference back till I pointed out again to my surprise she was unaware and this was after I paid for 4 adults and 2 children I didn't even get to have 1 bite to eat. Given a free meal I still would never walk through that door again

Good local pub that caters for all, got a little bit in here for everyone and very dog friendly.

Lovely place since the renovation, pints went down easy in the nice surrounding and livery area

Beautiful pub, big outside area, never tried the food but it looked delicious

Didn't book and had to wait 40 mins for a table despite more than half the eating area being empty and clean. However, a pint in the sun wasn't too taxing! X 3 roast beef and x 1 chicken dinner ordered with 4 drinks at £58. In all honesty, not enough beef, but plenty of chicken! The veg was beaut but too much sugar in the red cabbage ruined that. Asked for extra gravy and was brought in a gravy boat no bigger than a shot glass (I kid not). Food was O.K. Service however was fantastic, lovely staff, approachable and attentive. Will eat here again but perhaps not for a Sunday roast.

Fantastic pub with fantastic food

Very nice food and friendly staff

Fantastic food, very friendly staff, would recommend to anyone looking for a very nice pub meal with friendly environment

Friendly staff and food was lovely

Lovely pub, very covid friendly with a great choice of beers wines and spirits and lovely staff

Slow service...nobody in charge

A well presented pub with great food and friendly staff.

Lovely food and the service was really good friendly staff

Characterless plastic pub, much nicer local pubs in Malton. For a town renowned for its food it was a very basic menu with nothing exciting and nothing that screamed local. Seemed like pre-made meals like you'd expect in a spoons but more expensive. Feel sorry for the kitchen staff. Not the best choices behind the bar, seemed like a weird atmosphere inside too. Was visiting Malton with friends and left disappointed. Bar staff were friendly, but apparently they had only just re-opened.

Bad pub. There are much nicer ones in town. The drinks were warm, the service was slow. The menu was not friendly to anyone who wants to be aware of ingredients or allergies. In a food centered town like Malton I would expect better from the owners. The chefs do a great job but they are running around screaming and yelling and the food isn't local. You can't get enough sauce from the couple of packets that you get already at the table.

Appalling customer service at a time when businesses need customers more than ever. Will never return. They are so disgusting here. Couldn't even get an ice cream on an incredibly hot day.

Incredibly welcoming and helpful.

I went out with my friend last night for our first pub outing since restrictions have lifted. First time we have ever been to Malton and this pub. The staff and management couldn't be more helpful, polite, good and efficient service. Staff and clientelle both friendly and a good atmosphere. It has been done up to a high standard and is under new management. We didn't eat but the food being served looked good and I will definitely be going back for a meal another time. I have seen the review of 1 for someone who has just taken over and following current guideline rules, seems more than harsh. This is a time to support hospitality and local business with fair and considered critisim.

I'm on holiday in Crayke. With Malton being the food city in Yorkshire, I went to Malton to charge my EV car and eat. The Derwent, adjacent to the car park and charger "doesn't sell food without a booking". Madness in the half-term week with people on holiday.

Me and the Mrs went for Sunday dinner. We had seen the poor reviews from 2020 but thought we would give it a go. We both had Sunday dinner. It was explained to us that it was the new managers first Sunday sitting and they where a chef down. We had no issue with this as the whole hospitality sector is needing staff after the lockdown. The food was lovely. Absolutely no complaints. Staff were polite and efficient. We will be returning again. Good luck to the new managers

Well, looks like their first review. Under new management, first day of opening inside after lockdown. Clean, friendly, reasonable prices and what more can you ask for? After a couple of drinks decided to have food. Menu what you would expect from a pub with a few unusual additions. I ordered lasagne and my friend just had soup. Service was efficient and good and food arrived promptly. Apparently the soup was good, but I can honestly say the home cooked lasagne was one of the best I have ever had, DELICIOUS! Would definitely recommend and will be back soon. There were a few negative reviews previous to this lockdown, but ignore, the new management have have upped the game. Well worth the visit.

Quite a good pub and is quite big good food and looks really good after the renovation would recommend

Great pub food, and a first class service

Lovely setting, fast and friendly service.

So after being regular in this pub before the takeover for the odd drink and more so for food which used to be fabulous and plentiful what can i say now its been sold.So arrived at 12noon on December 16th with a table booked. I want to note that apart from one member of staff no one else was in. So we went to our table and sat down, the lady took our drinks order of two pints of cola, one half cold and 1 larger and lime. The drinks arrived at 12.10pm and no larger and lime we somehow ended off with lemonade. It went back and the correct drink came at the same time she took out food order. 1 x fish and chips. 1 x hunters chicken. 2 x steak pie and chips.Now remember only us in the food came along at 1.15pm that 1hr 15mins wait for 4 meals. The worst thing is that we never got told our food was going to be a while. We never got a sorry or nothing. The total bill was £50 yup £50.The fish was the thinnest ive ever seen and by thin i mean like 1/2inch thick. The pie was nice however the pastry was really really hard if i dropped it from leg height it would still be in full tact.The hunters chicken came with half a plate of salad which looked nice the chicken was covered in cheese. Under tge cheese was the bacon and a really salty barbecue sauce. My grandmother ate the salad and chips and couldn't eat the chicken that was dry as.When the old owners had it the service was great, the food was great and plentiful and was £35-£40 normally for 4 drinks n 4 meals. Now you get less food but for a bigger price. It was ok but would not rush back. If they cant get a service right with only a group of 4 people then if its busy (about 40 food covers) how on earth are they gonna cope. If they after 30mins had only come over and let us know what is going on i would not of been putting shabby service here. Would i recommend it to you - if things yea but make sure you have 2 or 3 hours because you are gonna need it.

All the good reports are correct. Lovely food, great service and reasonable prices.

Enjoyed good food & drinks with friends. A good safe environment.