Holme Village Cafe in East Riding of Yorkshire

Based on other reviews, I went here with high expectations. The food and drink exceeded tham in every way. I thought that, with the owner being Italian, they might do decent Italian food. They don't: they do sensational Italian food, and that's from someone who doesn't usually choose italian food. My main was seafood linguini with garlic bread at 15.95. When it arrived, i thought that the portion didn't look huge, but after I'd fought my way through 5 very large shell-on king prawns, about 15 mussels and 20 chunks of calamari, plus linguini, all covered in a rich tomato source, I realised otherwise. Sweet was lemon cheesecake, served with vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries and fresh raspberries at 6.95. Washed down with a lovely pint of IPA and a pint of Old Peculier, the total cost was just under £30. Sensational value for this quality. My friend had the vegetarian quiche, which was also excellent. The pub is a delight; very traditional with lots of quiet corners and a lovely outside seating area for sunny days like when I visited. Lots of choice of cask beer: there were 8 on, mostly from local breweries, with a mild and an old ale. The locals are very friendly: indeed, I was chatting to the very same 2 locals someone else complained about and gave a 1* review for. They were really funny and we had a great time. I guess if you don't like humour, go to a boring pub full of non-people rather than a characterful pub like this. I can think of very few other places that offer this kind of quality and value: to be precise, none. Worth 6 stars.

Extensive menu for a pub of this size. Nice to see ‘Old Mill’ on from Snaith - and well kept.

Such a change to find a pub/restaurant that caters for vegetarians as well as vegans. If I'm eating out I want real food, not fake meat and fake cheese so it was a real treat to be offered apricot and Stilton pate and cheesy Wensleydale potato cakes with salad. Very friendly waitress and she was happy to check the ingredients of some of the dishes for me as I do have an unusual dietary restriction.

Sunday lunch with friends (4). We all took a roast @ circa £25 each. I had the pork which was tough, barely warm, and fairly tasteless. The black pudding and crackling were good. The apple sauce underwhelmed, a little bit sweet, not much flavour. Veg were uninspired. Overall unimpressed. Similarly my wife did not think much of her beef. Dessert (Apple streusel) was too dry, I didn't finish it. Double espresso was served in a large cup, and went cold before the dessert arrived. Only one real ale to choose from.

We would normally have gone to nearby Wetherspoons for breakfast but it was closed so we headed to Cafe V as it is number one on Trip Advisor. OK, it was our first time there so we didn't really know about the standard operating procedure. There were menus on the table so we took a seat, perused the menus and waited ...and waited ...and waited. Finally got up to where they were taking take-away orders and tried to place an order but were told to go back and someone would come to you (which they did). Anyway, moving on. The light breakfast was small but looked even smaller on the large plate it was served. Toast came on a separate large plate. I think it would have been visually more appealing to have had it all on the same plate. Food was tasty enough although the bacon was rather tasteless. Everything was hot (including the drinks). A bit on the pricey side and, all things considered, although we would go back, we won't be in a hurry to do so.