No.1 Tea Room in Craven

I went to Matteo's about 2 months ago and every day without fail since I've thought about how INCREDIBLE the food was, in particular the best garlic bread I've ever had in my life (the garlic bread other garlic breads wish they were to be honest), the garlic dough balls with the mound of homemade garlic butter while the dough balls are still steaming from the oven and the baked cannelloni that has ruined all other cannelloni for me. Matteo is clearly so passionate about cooking and making the experience eating there the best he can, running the place with a small effortlessly friendly team and taking the time to check in. His hard work has paid off, its incredible! It's a very small place which would usually put me off but it feels cosy and warm, I live in Scotland and genuinely I'm trying to plan another trip down to Yorkshire so my family can experience the absolute magic that is this restaurant and see how pretty Settle and the surrounding area is. The only bad thing about Matteo's is that I'll never be able to enjoy Italian food the same (and I suppose also that it's not close enough for me to visit weekly but that's my fault). Hands down one of the best meals of my life! (And one more time, THAT BAKED CANNELLONI. Wow.)

I have been to this restaurant many times. Historically the food has been fabulous and the sevice is great. And I promote healthy honest bussiness all the times .However….. u can only truly judge a great place when something is “ no quite right”. I never touched my meal this evening ; the mussels did not smell great!! I was not going to risk eating it.. I am not a chef but travel often and am an Experienced cook. Antonio freaked out when I asked if the shell fish had been previously frozen? He replied by refusing to cook a replacement.meal. I offered to pay but he just freaked out..Absoultly no customer service what so ever. .Quite childllike to me to be honest! Overall it’s a lovely quaint restauart which we all should support, it really is lovely. However if the boss doesn’t listen to their customers then he is sure to fail. I always try to post positive and honest reviews. Hopefully restaurant owners read this and improve their flaws. Everything is now consumer led. !!!!