Harewood Arms in Harrogate

Visited this pub Monday 16 December 2024 for lunch. Invited by family friend. What a place. You really did step back in time. Great open fire And No phones, media devices. Just like the old days of conversations and friendship. Landlord friendly and willing to chat about the pub’s history. Definitely a place to go back to. Need more places like this.

I ventured into the 'arms' for the first time since about 1997.. Wow! I was greeted by the most eclectic and delightful emporium in North Yorkshire! I was further greeted by the wonderful Mike! Clearly somewhat of a legend in the region! A pint of the FINEST! OLD BREWERY BITTER. and a seat in front of one of the three constantly lit fires and I was in heaven! I was further greeted by the delightful tenants Jeanette and Alan and an opportunity to peruse some of the wonderful artefacts of the past which is a 'theme' in this delightful establishment! I left,!........Only to return the next day to be greeted by the prettiest young lady ( AALIYAH) who looks after everyone and cooks the most glorious food also. I have, and will continue to do so! returned several times since! WELL DONE HAREWOOD ARMS! You have MY vote!

Refused service: Just been refused service at the Harewood Arms due to having a young child, I was promptly asked to leave by the Manager which came across rude and abrupt. Since doing my research, I now understand this is regulation for Sam Smith pubs which is fine, but I also believe that DOGS are also BANNED from being inside the pub as well. There was a big Rottweiler looking quite intimidating barking at all the customers which was allowed within the premises, so it seems one rule for the locals and another rule for others. Thankfully I won’t be returning.

A small pub in a beautiful village location serving Sam Smith's ales. Service was great and the decor was fine but my food was just okay! Nothing more. A shame really.

Popped by, didn’t know it was a Sam smith pub. Has my two children with me and saw sign no children. No area for adults only or after 6pm. No children ever. We thought coming over from York and visiting this beautiful village we wouldn’t come across Sam smith pubs still. Very unwelcoming.i did wonder why it was empty on a Sunday. Guess it’s the vibe! We also won’t be moving to the village after discovering this!

As the landlady of the Harewood Arms in Follifoot I do wish people would be more vigilant when leaving their comments. We pride ourselves on being a happy friendly pub with great atmosphere & good service. Not to be confused with others of the same name. Come & try us you won't be disappointed I promise 🙂☺

Usually very busy - there was no one in there which should’ve been the first red flag. Ordered two pork roasts - dry meat, instant mash, roasties / veg / yorkshire were all stale & 100% not fresh or ‘homemade’ and it listed as being served with stuffing but (thank god) it didn’t come with any. When we complained the young person on the bar got the manager, who was arrogant, rude and defensive and told us we ‘should’ve ordered the beef’ like that would’ve improved the rest of the vile food that was served. Saving grace was the bar staff (just to clarify… not the manager) as he was kind, considerate and gave us a refund but unfortunately agreed the place was a dive and horrible to work for 🙏🏻 This place must’ve changed hands recently as it used to be a reliable pick. Trust the reviews !!!!

Usually very busy - there was no one in there which should’ve been the first red flag. Ordered two pork roasts - dry meat, instant mash, roasties / veg / yorkshire were all stale & 100% not fresh or ‘homemade’ and it listed as being served with stuffing but (thank god) it didn’t come with any. When we complained the young person on the bar got the manager, who was arrogant, rude and defensive and told us we ‘should’ve ordered the beef’ like that would’ve improved the rest of the vile food that was served. Saving grace was the bar staff (just to clarify… not the manager) as he was kind, considerate and gave us a refund but unfortunately agreed the place was a dive and horrible to work for 🙏🏻 This place must’ve changed hands recently as it used to be a reliable pick. Trust the reviews !!!!

Fantastic pub and staff were amazing as always thank you for a lovely lunch in lovely surroundings we will definitely be back Please don’t read all these reviews as the harewood arms they are referring to is in harewood as this little pub doesn’t have accommodation neither is it dirty it’s spotless !

We booked here for the "Emerdale experience " as a birthday treat for my wife. I'll keep this brief: Inattentive staff, missing from the bar area , no service. The kitchen cannot wait to close which could be a bonus as the food is not the best. Unable to open bathroom windows. Just poor poor service at £130 a night

This notification was sent to me whilst in the Harewood Arms but your not allowed to use a mobile device whilst on there premises

Great spot to unwind … highly recommend any time of the year. Summer the garden is fantastic to kick back and enjoy the rays. In winter or rain the fire should be on and there nothing like a pint and sitting in front of a fire. Maybe read a book too for that perfect moment

What a lovely evening meal for four we had on 28 December 23. This fantastic oldy world pub with log fires burning in all the cosey rooms . The food was brilliant, and the friendly staff (owners) made the evening. Thanks for making our night out so pleasurable. We’ll be back!! Cheers.

Lovely traditional local pub with real open fires in each quirky room. Decent pint and friendly staff. Ample parking at rear of pub

Simply one of the best pubs in the World. An exceptionally great pub. Do not be surprised if the locals say hello, they are a nosey, interested and friendly lot. Say hello back and they treat you like a local.

A pub from a largely bygone era. Four small bars with fireplaces was like having your own snug! A very warm welcome and amicable conversation with staff throughout our visit. We were made to feel very at home. A limited menu of home cooked meals was on offer at lunch but best to check with the pub before you go as food service days/hours are limited. Had a marvellous steak and kidney pudding! Samuel Smith bitter on the pump. Lovely visit snd would most certainly return!

Great pub, I go for the Stout. Great atmosphere for a traditional village pub.

Amazing pub fantastic atmosphere Gets Even better in winter when the fires are lit .Sunday lunch are fantastic But you must book before hand Proper country pub

Great Pub Well kept beer A landlady who put a lot of hardwork into the pub and genuinely cares for her customers

Great pub well kept ale Spot on Landlady Mike

Beautiful traditional cosy old pub. We stopped here for a cuppa on route to the Emmerdale tour. The staff were very welcoming, friendly and attentive. We were served our teas and coffees on a tray, teapots, biscuits, plenty of milk and sugar cubes. Cost £10 for 3 teas, 1 coffee in large cup and saucer. The menu for food had a small but good selection at reasonable prices too. The room we sat in was a quiet room, no mobiles or lap tops allowed ❤️ will definitely visit again when in the area.

Pretty little local pub. Straightforward, but friendly and done well. Lovely flowers and plenty of tables outside.

Lovely sam smiths and awesome landlords

Cosy village pub - popular with locals. Very good value ales! Blanket ban on phones & computers. Happy not to see people on their mobiles (only have to pop outside to do that)....but to get a warning for showing a picture on my phone to someone is ridiculous!

Traditional pub, very pleasant.

Absolutely lovely chap behind the bar. They only do food for 2 hours at lunchtime if that's what you're after!

Great traditional old pub. No music so you can talk. Great beers and always a warm welcome from Ginette and Alan 🍺😊👍

Lovely country pub. 3 fires going. Very cosy and loved by locals. Great staff. Beautiful location. Plenty of parking

Fantastic 'proper' pub, friendly and welcoming from staff and customers. Food was spot on and great prices. This is a 'No phones, laptops or iPad zone ' 👀 notices everywhere 😂so don't go if you can't leave them alone 😂

Great place friendly staff and customer's lovely nice and cosy 2 log fires

Lovely cosy pub with a genuine atmosphere. I could sit and relax in here for hours.

We visited the Harewood Arms for a weekday lunch and were very pleased with our choice. The barman was friendly with our service, the food was all very good and hearty and the pub itself - with real fires in each of the separate snug areas - was very characterful and cosy. There was a choice of about 8 hot mains - with 3 of these being vegetarian as well as sandwiches available. When visiting family in this area of Yorkshire again, we would certainly consider a return visit to the Harewood Arms and recommend it for an authentic pub experience.

Lovely, friendly local pub. Very historic and atmospheric inside. Lots of tables on grass out back by the car park. Only serve food at lunch.

Nice traditional pub in a lovely village, they even have our dog a treat, make sure you take cash though. No card payments

Stayed her after attending a wedding in a nearby venue. Old building but lovely and clean. Spacious room large clean bathrooms. Tea & coffee with buiscuits which is very welcome. Lovely breakfast served in a well set out room. Very happy with my stay here at a good price

A rather parochial experience. Very nice and helpful staff and pleasant food, but they had a blanket ban on mobiles which, while I understand the sentiment, was rather awkward when you're travelling for work and stop for a quick lunch.

Really good pub. Sam smiths. Friendly locals.

Excellent establishment always welcoming. Still a quality establishment, excellent hosts, good crack amongst the regulars.

Friendly welcoming staff, fires always lit on a cold day, Sam smiths, so always great value. Peaceful surroundings with large garden

Lovely regulars village pub, formidable landlady. Friendly helpful staff. Lovely atmosphere

No kids allowed. Move with the times for crying out loud. What an insult to all the local families.

Great pub, good ale and food. Hosts are welcoming and friendly.

Probably the best pub in Follifoot imo

Came across this pub while walking. It had just opened and as we walked in, there were 3 log fires burning - one in each small lounge. Landlord very welcoming. We had tea/coffee and whisky/brandy chasers to warm us up. Didn't eat but food looked fine. this is NOT a dining pub like the big chains - but if you want to sit warm and cosy on a winters day its perfect.

Lovely cosy pub with great ale and warm friendly service.Food looks and smells wonderful. Home cooked by the lovely Landlady. Definitely worth going to!

Fantastic little cosy village pub very friendly people and the food is fantastic... highly recommended

A nice cosy pub no juke box, mobile phone or tablets and no swearing so the heart of conversation begins.

Absolutely fantastic land lady landlord makes you very welcome, locals are very welcoming, lovely pub.

Great beers and very friendly staff. Lovely traditional pub!

Pay no attention to the previous review which I just happened to see. These people deserve far far better than that ! My brother and I drive out here from Horsforth Leeds regularly once a week just for a beer or two. I am looking forward to eating here shortly, with my wife. The landlord Mike and his good lady wife are extremely welcoming. The flowers outside front and back, are beautiful, as is also other entire village. The pub inside is absolutely quaint and it holds quite a few humorous surprises which especially the ladies will enjoy - laughter is good for the digestion. The menu looks good and I feel certian the food will be !

It’s a long time since I’ve been in such a dingy place. The menu is very limited. The sandwich (tuna prawn or cheese) came as an unbuttered bread bun. Certainly couldn’t recommend and wouldn’t ever go back. They don’t take cards which is odd in these times. Dirty condiments were off putting.

Pub is brilliant been goibg over 20yrs and lots of friends

Nice food and very friendly service.

Just dropped in for lunch with 10 people. Had a nice meal sat in the beer garden. The food was very nice and the service by the hard working barman was excellent. Thank you. Recommend. 👍

Great food and friendly staff.Hope to return again next year.

Not dog friendly refused to let small dog in

Me and a mate stayed 2 nights just after lockdown ended so it was quiet. The upside was we were given a free upgrade from singles to doubles by Amanda the manager, who is brilliant, which was a great start. Covid policies are in place and adhered to without being overly intrusive. The staff were friendly with good food and drink at reasonable prices. The rooms were comfortable, clean, warm and well appointed. Nothing to fault.

I use the harewood arms pritty regular and I find it a little Jem Jeannette and Alan are most welcoming and keep the place spick and span keeping it lovely and warm in winter giving a lovely atmosphere well done them

Always friendly, clean and excellent food.

Nice local pub. Shame covid has forced a price rise

Brilliant pub where you can talk to each other and very friendly customers..landlady is lovely and made us feel very welcome..should be more pubs like these...

My second visit recently, both mesls very good, only cash payments which for today is very old fafhioned. Staff excellent

Fantastic place!! Good ol'fashioned pub..😁

We had a very brief visit......cash only accepted! Absurd, especially in a village with no A.T.M.! The excellent Muddy Boots Cafe's gain was your loss! An odd way to do business!!

Sam Smith's pub, so average beer, no variety but cheap. No tech, no credit cards, no dogs allowed. Cute rooms and cosy.

We had a fantastic new years eve here loved every minute xx

Visit most friday evenings Landlord and lady very welcoming Make the pub very comfortable and cozy Cant wait for xmas decorations being put up they're always great

Decent ale at cheap prices. No mobile phones allowed in any room, very strange!

We visited for lunch which was very good and reasonably priced. Good atmosphere and staff welcoming and friendly.

What a great Pub! Cracking Beer and cracking food! Will certainly be going again and again... and again!

Old world style and policy if no phones, tablets and laptops or swearing.

Great find ..food straight forward ..friendly staff..only take cash x

We went to the great food show at Harewood house it was also a friends birthday so we decided to stay at the Harewood Arms The rooms were excellent The staff were friendly and nothing was too much trouble thank you. The food was typical pub food however excellent quality pub food and very reasonable Great weekend

A Sam Smith's pub so just their own drinks but at cheap prices. A bit tatty round the edges but the landlord and landlady are very welcoming and helpful and the Sunday dinner at £8.95 was pretty good and cooked by the landlady. Signs up (as in all Smith's pubs) banning phones and tablets so unfortunately you'll have to talk to each other rather than sitting in silence jabbing at Facebook.

Sam Smith's pub in a quiet village location. No Sovereign.

Lovely pub with great food. No music and no phones allowed, perfect

Very quaint old pub good food and good beer

Great place, lovely food and nice people!!

No coffee no alcohol free beer warm fire sadly partly fuelled by coal.

The Harewood Arms at Follifoot better known as Lascelles Arms or Little Harewood should not to be confused with the poor Harewood arms at Harewood. Follifoot's is a traditional small old country pub not a restaurant and unchanged as long as I have been visiting for over thirty years.It has low ceilings with beams and when needed a welcoming real fire. Best of all it has Janette who is an excellent and friendly landlady. It has mostly regular clientele from the village or surrounding areas. BUT recently the bar stools have all been removed by order of the brewery apparently. WHY ? This just seems ridiculous as many local regulars are used to sitting on them and If anything more stools needed not less/none. I can see this as a reason to lose some trade to other pubs which do sensibly still have stools. I have always thought Sam.Smiths brewery to be sensible in keeping pubs unchanged with a good atmosphere rather than the many others 'modernised' with typically grey walls and lacking atmosphere.

My husband and I stopped for something to eat Saturday lunchtime halfway round a walk. I had a hot roast turkey sandwich which were accompanied by the best roast potatoes I have ever eaten. My husband enjoyed a venison burger. 2 very sayisfied customers

Lovely local pub with Timothy Taylor's beers 👍👍

Great pub, with fab Sunday lunch. Great staff.

Stopped off here for a few drinks on a Monday evening whilst away for a few days. A traditional country pub with a friendly atmosphere. Everyone at the bar made us feel very welcome, chatting with the locals and the lovely landlady. The landlady was amazing, pointing out local things for us to visit, chatty and even helped us out with some eggs for a breakfast the following day. I strongly recommend a visit if you are staying locally or at rudding Park. Lots of character and charm.

A great pub. Very well run by friendly landlady.

It's an ok pub but nothing special

Stopped off for Sunday lunch, staff were really friendly and welcoming. Great home cooked food and very reasonably priced.

A traditional English pub with a fantastic landlord & landlady Alan & Janette Baker, great beer & superb atmosphere. Well worth a visit also traditional pub food

Reasonable food at a reasonable price..... lovely lady behind the bar.

Friendly service and a nice wood fire to sit near. A welcome stop during a chilly winter walk.

Not eaten here for a number of years but sadly wont be running back after yesterdays terrible meal... After burning my fingers on the boiling hot bowl , I was amazed that the fishcake and veg meal appeared to look so dry...no sauce to accompany it ....the dry peas and green beans were unflavoured and tasteless to match the rock hard fish cakes.....

Its that time of year again when I say a fond cheerio to my friends at The Harewood Arms Follifoot until March 1st when me and my corny jokes will return! WOW .....what amazing hosting by Janette and Alan, always made to feel welcome. Providing excellent ale and food with such pleasant service. A massive thankyou to you and the clients who make me feel and treat me like one of the locals and regulars in such a warm, friendly and welcoming environment.I recommend this lovely village style pub, serving finest yorkshire brewed ales and lagers ( no purse breaking budgets here folks) at very reasonable pricesaand lunchtime meals with a Sunday roast lunch that takes some beating ( booking advisable as its highly sought after) for s country welcome. Thank you Follifoot ....see you ALL next season.....

Lovely food. Nice old, traditional pub.

Good traditional pub.Mikes a fantastic landlord. This is Sam Smiths pub.

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En un viaje de nostalgia visitamos el pub un domingo por la tarde, donde estaban siendo ofrece una gran variedad de asados. Aunque la comida no es más complicado que representa una magnífica en 8 libras. 50 para una muy buena parte con 4 verduras, dos patatas, Flan de Yorkshire y la salsa. La señora del bar era muy agradable y el pub tomando la música no tenía un ambiente agradable. Para los amantes de la cerveza la cerveza que ofrecían era Sam Smiths. Por el precio y la ubicación definitiva 4.

No hay muchos de este tipo de pub a la izquierda. Personal amable y clientes habituales. Debe ser el mejor precio en bebidas en zona con buena variedad de alimentos. Gran domingo, perfectamente preparada y presentada como nosotros en casa. No había platos square y chapada por algunos espero Chef picasso que ha tenido sus dedos en cada trozo de comida en el plato para crear una pieza principal para su admiración. El verdadero factor decisivo fue la salsa tradicional en vez de la moda.

Habíamos ido a una fiesta familiar la noche antes, así que decidimos en sándwiches, GUAU. Un montón de rellenar el pan, bollos, patatas fritas y ensalada de col, una buena ensalada mixta. Pedimos patatas fritas como extras, pero luchado hasta el final. El personal siempre es amable y acogedor.

Llame parada en boxes en mi camino a casa ya que me he pasado en numerosas ocasiones llevó pero nunca nos aventuramos dentro.

Nice welcoming place cozy and warm landlord is lovley always puts decorations up for each season and at halloween throws a party for kids a very welcoming village a real sense of community highly recommended