Richard the Third in Richmondshire

Very dated decor, real ales were great, some good service but some staff need some training the food was great.

Friendly with goid selection of beers. Good parking near by.

My friend Iain and I met up early in Middleham ahead of a planned stable visit and were looking to find somewhere to grab a spot of breakfast. The village looked quiet and on passing the pub door I saw it was slightly ajar so made my way in to ask if they could help. Despite not being officially open and not at full strength staffing wise we were welcolmed by Midge who then went further still and offered to cook us breakfast and provide us with well needed pots of tea to accompany them. Midge was so helpful and the breakfast hit the spot perfectly. Thanks Midge!

Had a fabulous Sunday lunch - beef and pork - lovely well-cooked veg and great gravy. Couldn’t quite clear the plate mind!

Some friends and I were in the area for the weekend and had been walking near Middleham so called in for Sunday lunch. Have had a few indifferent Sunday lunches at various places so hopes weren’t high but we were pleasantly surprised. They had a choice of pork & beef , both of which can be hit and miss. However, our party had both the pork and beef and both were excellent. Plenty of fresh, well cooked vegetables and good Yorkshire puddings. Staff very friendly and a cosy place on a chilly afternoon. Will definitely go back next time I’m in the area.

Called for lunch while waiting for van mot, friendly and good pub grub. It's a good location and recommended if your in area.

Sunday lunch Great friendly traditional little pub. Nice Sunday lunch decent portions and really friendly staff. A proper pub !!

First night at the Richard the Third Hotel in the beautiful village of Middleham, close to Leyburn, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. Good night's sleep, great breakfast. The staff are really helpful and friendly. Our room was very clean and tidy. Comfy bed. Now off to look around the huge Middleham Castle, first construction of which began in 1067, just after the Battle of Hastings.

Just for the drinks and lunch. Was good sandwiches. Friendly barwoman

Called in for a pint and ended up staying for a couple more as it was a spot on pint of black sheep

We ate here a couple of times on our visit to Middleham; Friday night for an evening meal and on Sunday for Sunday lunch. Both meals were great with good portions and friendly service. Nice menu with plenty of options and a great range of local beer to choose from as well.

Beautiful old pub in the square at Middleham.

Lovely food and great service in a North Yorkshire pub. Great to see the racehorses out for a walk. Boy are they big but absolutely beautiful animals. We ordered Steak and Ale pie and Chicken Tikka Curry which were both delicious.

The best pub food I have ever had. Varied menu, good specials board.

Difficult to know where to start. Pub is in the middle of the village. On the Tuesday evening we went there were lots of people sitting outside, some being rather noisey and obviously had too much to drink! Inside the pub is just tatty and dirty! Our table was situated directly opposite the Gents loo (nice!). None of the gents who went in had obviously operated someing as complicated as opening and closing a door, so it remained open while we were there (nice!). Scrawled on the wall by the gents in black marker is the word 'Gents' (very posh!). Pub is extremely dirty with tatty sticky tables. Food arrived quickly and was good, if a little bland. One of the veg options was missing and staff looked stunned when we mentioned this, saying they didn't have any more of this veg left! 10 mins later the veg appeared! If it was given a goood clean this could be a nice pub.

We stayed the night here while cycling through. The welcome we recieved from all was amazing, our bikes were stored securely and the food was amazing. We will definately be back. Thankyou for a lovely stay.

The staff were very friendly and accommodating. The pub/restaurant had a cosy atmosphere, especially as the day was cold and the glowing coal fire was just what we needed! The menu wasn’t extensive, but there was plenty of choice. I had the fish pie, which was superb! A friendly place in a lovely town. We will definitely return.

We called in around 2pm for a drink and suss out the menu. Evening food was served from 6pm to 8pm. We went back in just before 6pm and ordered a pint of Thekston's and a pot of Yorkshire tea. We then had another drink and ordered some food. I had chilli con carne and the wife had mushroom stroganoff which and both was very nice. The pub is dog friendly and ours just lay under the table while were in there. The staff was pleasant.

Great traditional local steeped in horse racing history. Cozy and friendly serving great beers and freshly made to order pub grub which was delicious. Lovely staff and a large area outside when the weather permits.

Rustic old school pub in the middle of the township of Middleham. Three hand pumps on including ales from Black Sheep Brewery, Theakstons and a Wensleydale, so all very local. Outside seating including on front so you can watch the world go by. Several other places to have a drink too so you can have a bit of a crawl. It does offer rooms and serves hot food. Dog friendly. Nice little pub 🍻 🐕

I am sure this village only manages to support the number of pubs you can chose from due to the local Castle and all the local studs! Certainly this is not a place to go out of your way to find! The trio of local sausages were tasty enough but came on a bed of sloppy mash (more reminiscent of badly made “for mash get Smash”!) which had no flavour and was swimming in too much gravy on the plate. The Shepherd’s pie was, conversely, very dry and not provided with any gravy, which it desperately needed. The chef sometimes needs to come out of the kitchen and talk with the diners. We certainly didn’t send our compliments back to the kitchen! This pub is decorated with copious paintings of horses, which is okay if boring, but the ‘graffiti’ that is part of the decoration fails to amuse in anyway.

I have just returned home from a two night stay at this location, and even as a solo business traveller, I could not recommend this place enough. The staff were very friendly, the food was exceptional, the room was clean and homely, and the atmosphere was wonderful. It gave me warm vibes of being in a classic community pub, and were I not having to have spent so much of the evenings working, I would have loved to have spent more time than I was able to in the bar area. Unfortunately I was unable to spend any time exploring the surroundings, however from what I did see during my trips in and out of the area, I would be very happy spending a long weekend here to explore the area. My only possible negative would be the poor WiFi signal in my room, but were I not travelling on business, I'd see this as a positive. Thank you for such a lovely stay, and I hope to revisit in the future on a personal adventure so I can enjoy the area properly!

Service was fantastic host was excellent food was brilliant too.

Lovely country pub, nice people, lovely food, enjoyed the atmosphere, had Yorkshire pudding filled with beef, mashed potato, peas, and gravy, worth a visit 😊

Visited for Sunday lunch. The choice was either beef or pork. The non roast options was Scampi or Egg & Chips ( no mention of ham with it ). Limited to say the least. 2 of us had the roast beef and 2 had the scampi. The roasts came already served up in the kitchen. Not the end of the world but it would have been nice to decide for yourself how much veg and gravy to dish up. Not a huge serving. To be fair the others said the Scampi was ok. Waitress took the finished plates while someone was still eating - don’t like that. They also took the salt & pepper - again when she was still finishing her meal. What was the rush to clear the table - it wasn’t at all busy ? Probably won’t return - at least certainly not on a Sunday.

Really nice place to have a bit of lunch and a beer after exploring Middleham and the castle. The food we had was very good, the landlady was very polite and efficient and beer was good.

With a homely atmosphere and friendly staff this pub is an absolute gem. We enjoyed a tasty lunch and our son was really impressed by the vegetarian burger - which wasn’t the usual plant based “meat”. All meals were 10/10 and the chips and onion rings were superb. Cannot rate highly enough!

Stayed here this week, absolutely fabulous 👌, Sharon and Ken are great hosts and actually class them as friends now. The locals we met, Irish guy with the boxer dog and ball, Rosie, Midge, Sam, lady with broken ankle (Ellen or Helen) Ed the Tinder legend, the 4 o'clock club etc etc!! Really nice place, excellent food, real ale, wine and topped off by excellent people

The lunch menu was OK offering the usual pub food. Bit surprised to be told that they’d have to check if still doing lunch when we enquired at 1:10pm during the week. Service was acceptable but wouldn’t describe as friendly. The lager and lemonade both seemed to be off so an underwhelming drink after a lovely morning’s walk. I got the impression that evenings would be a better time to visit as had events advertised on the board to suggest the locals attend / support

A lovely, friendly pub which feels cosy and is just a traditional British pub. The food was good and the staff friendly. It’s also dog friendly, which was a bonus. We’d happily eat here again.

A good traditional pub serving excellent traditional pub food. The pies are extremely tasty. The local Black Sheep beer is very good. The staff were cheerful and helpful.

We stayed in Middleham for a family Easter break and visited the Richard iii pub for dinner on the first evening. It's a traditional pub, no frills and caters for local workers and walkers really. The prices aren't cheap (steak pie & chips £15) and we expected good quality pub grub, unfortunately the food was a real let down. Greasy tasting burger, very average chilli and a 'not great' pizza (cheap meat on the meat-feast) Lots of local workers still in their dirty clothes drinking right next to our table and swearing quite a lot in loud conversation, not exactly what you want during a £60 family meal. OK for a drink after a muddy dog walk but that's all.

enjoyed our curries the night we visited.....larger portions, great tasted and the service and atmosphere could not be faulted.

Excellent food & drink we would definitely recomend to others and return ourselves. Staff and service was great and atmosphere was lovely.

A Saturday in mid March. A group of 6 of us had a look in for a drink and a bite of lunch. There were other customers in so there was a bit of atmosphere but it certainly didn’t seem overly busy. We got a seat, bought a beer, and perused the lunchtime menu. Then it got interesting - there was much confusion between the bar and kitchen staff as to which items on the menu were available or not. Orders were placed and had to be changed when it became apparent they didn’t have to basic ingredients/foodstuffs to make them. When our “baguettes” arrived they were just bread buns. A beef and onion bun lacked onion. Similarly, pork and apple lacked apple. 🍏 🙄 On speaking with staff they seemed particularly exasperated with things. They explained that the landlady had recently opened a cafe 4 doors up and rather than being organised and order foodstuffs for the cafe, she was merely raiding the kitchens at this pub leaving the stock depleted and not communicating this fact. This situation was not the fault of the kitchen or bar staff who seemed frustrated at it all. The place was just badly managed, had an air of chaos, and produced “baguettes” that weren’t and were missing items. Seems that the landlady should start running the place properly. Her staff certainly weren’t impressed!! Oh, and the ‘inspirational’ and ‘funny’ quotes written on the walls with thick black marker pen (with bad grammar) are just naff! Would we recommend the place. Nope. Would we go back again. Nope.

Excellent local pub with kind nice staff and the food was what it should be proper pub food burgers pies scampi and a vegetarian option. Great range of beers, and having a evening of bingo was a laugh. Thank you

Not at all great. We had travelled 40 miles specifically to meet friends at that pub and chose it on account of the menu. We arrived to find that the website had been a year out of date. Everything we had wanted was not available and the alternatives were not appealing. Further, the Black Sheep beer was off and tasted like vinegar. Getting service at the bar was slower than it should have been. The whole visit was pretty well disastrous. If a venue like that, off the beaten track does not keep its website up to date, it does not deserve business.

We stayed in a cottage in Middleham over Christmas and ate at the Richard III on two nights. The food was tasty, plentiful and good value. The staff and the locals using the pub were very friendly and welcoming.

Very noisy and crowded, the food was very average I’m sorry to say, probably a bad night to judge as there was live music playing and a crowd in to watch that. Possibly be ok on a normal night, can only hope so.

Land lady (sharon) is just a common scheme woman trying to act presentable really. Doesnt take much for her to drop the act and show her true colours though. I bought a voucher for my sister and her family a while back to stay 2...

Having booked a table for dinner at 7.30pm a day before our planned visit and having duly arrived on time our main course (very average) was duly served and cleared away by about 8.25pm. We were a little surprised to see our waitress going out...

Stopped for lunch during our day of driving the dales. I ordered the tuna and mayo bap. Was so disgusting I couldn’t eat it. The bap was heated, it said cold on the menu. The tuna looked like cat food, and tasted nothing like tuna....

Arrived for lunch but unfortunately we’re kept waiting over an hour. No apology or advance notice of wait Better places in what is a lovely village.

We have been eating here for years and always tell friends that it’s the best pie in The Dales. A few years back it did decrease in size and increase in price but it was still amazing. Sadly, not anymore if our recent meal is...

Very friendly pub in the heart of Midleham, locals and staff alike .rooms are lovely and yes decor could be better but I think it adds to the charme as it's an old inn ,.food is first class as ate their both nights of our...

Was staying locally, so visited this lovely pub. They serve a good selection of food and beers. Can definitely recommend the pies!

We visited here for an evening meal during our stay in Middleham. The pub is traditional and quite cosy, on arrival we were seated in the window with a pleasant view over the village square. There is no table service so we ordered at the...

I enjoyed going to this pub. The beers were good and my food was good. My partner had the homemade soup. She said that it had no taste at all. Maybe they need to use more herbs and spices in the soup to give it...

Had a pub lunch here and the staff were so friendly and keen to do whatever was needed to make us feel welcome and make sure the food what exactly what we wanted. The food and service were both excellent.

Just had a lovely Sunday Lunch here, great service and the food was plentiful and delicious, couldn’t eat another thing, thank you

Sampled this pub v early lunchtime on a horrid day and sat in the interesting bar, fire was fully red hot even by this time. Good selection of beers, interesting memorabilia and furnishings. Booked for another night for food. 4 of us had food and...

Tasty food, good sized portions, friendly service. Booked a table in the snug which had a real fire, lovely, shame about the large TV but another table asked for the volume to be turned down which helped.

I’ve had several visits here over the years, and I always make a detour to eat here if I can. Middleham is the most lovely atmospheric village, and the Richard III is just the jewel. I’ve always seen the staff here be the most genuine...

We stayed in Middleham for a week and ended up eating dinner here at the Richard III pub four times the food was so good and the staff very friendly. A wide range of menu choices, good bar and gin selection combined with prompt service...

Dog friendly pub with welcoming log fire. Friendly staff, good service and food. Busy for a Monday night so table bookings for food recommended.

We found this pub after visiting Middleham Castle. We were very cold and wet. The roaring fire enticed us in and Theakston's Old Peculiar. As the designated driver I was drinking coffee...such a shame they don't do ale to take away. My husband enjoyed the...

I’m giving 1 star because I can’t give 0! Me and my partner visited Richard the 3rd for one night and to cut a long to story short we left at quarter to 1 in the morning! We payed for our review on arrival and...

Amazing place! The most amazing staff and customer service. We wanted to watch the racing and they accommodated us. Brilliant cos we won £300! Wonderful friendly and professional staff. This is the place to be in Middleham

Staff not particularly welcoming, menu (chalkboard only) had many items not available even though we arrived at start of lunchtime serving. Tables sticky, staff just not interested and food poor. Not sure how you can get baguette, chips and side salad so wrong but they...

Visited last night for dinner. Soup was bland. Garlic mushrooms doused with salt. Main courses: steak tasteless and not even asked how it should be cooked. Looked grey! Most expensive sausage and mash ever. Chicken and ham pie crust as thin as paper. An accident...

We had booked a table, but it took about 10 minutes to get the attention of a member of staff and be seated; there didn’t seem to be any system. Staff were very young and not efficient. Quality of food was okay, but ambience was...

Food pleasant. Sat outside in alley area. Food arrived, followed by 3 staff members who then promptly lit up and chatted with occasional choice language. As polite, non smokers we found this rude and unpleasant. Won't visit again.

We visited this pub today for Sunday lunch. This was sold out so we went for the steak pie. The pie arrived and looked ok. We cut into it and the amount of meat was not too generous, but tasted good. We had a few...

We booked a table and arrived at the appointed time. We were completely ignored for 10 minutes and eventually shown to a table. The place seemed chaotic with very few staff. We asked for a menu and were directed to go to another room to...

We popped into Richard III on the off chance at the stroke of 3pm searching for food after a long, hot walk in the Dales. They couldn’t have been more accommodating after seeing the look of despondency upon realising that we’d missed the opportunity for...

After visiting the castle, decided to have lunch here. The service was friendly and the food was fine. The decor wasn’t particular inspiring but wasn’t off putting. There was no wow factor to make the place a 4 but everything was fine, so would recommend...

Beautiful traditional food in lovely surroundings with welcoming staff. It made for a delightful evening and would thoroughly recommend.

This seems to have gone downhill since we last visited 3 years ago. The food was okay - average pub grub. The young lady who brought it to the table was pleasant enough. However, no one enquired as to whether everything was okay with our...

We booked for tea via The Priory Guesthouse and it was lovely. Great atmosphere (apart from a rather loud,foul mouthed stable girl! Even her friends were embarrassed!) The young girls behind the bar were really friendly and gave fantastic customer service. Sharon wasn’t working so...

Thought great atmosphere good beer loved the horse racing theme. Staff were polite and customers were friendly.

We stayed here for one night in what we thought would be a quiet nice place , the room was above the bar which apparently has a license to stay open until 1.30am on a Saturday night, the noise went on until at least 3am...

Excellent place for a spot of lunch. Pizzas were plentiful and good along with the home made chips and tasty chicken wings.

I rarely write reviews but was so surprised by the rudeness and poor service that I felt others should know. We had booked a table but were put in an empty back room with a loud TV and and a poorly dog in a bed...

Sadly on this occasion it was under par... The nachos were dreadful as were the chips I was hungry so ate them but wasn't half as good as I remember.... Bar area very busy... One staff member less than polite but the other young lady...

Meal was shocking all raw sent steak back twice the veg was still frozen ,staff didn’t care less when asked them to replace it even the dogs didn’t come near our table ! Says it all avoid all costs !

Had the Lasagne and garlic mushroom starter. Food very good price. Atlittle dark in the back room. Staff very friendly.

Came here for dinner on first night in middleham. Very friendly staff, good pub grub, lovely atmosphere. Very interesting memorabilia of local racing history. Enjoyed so much returned the next day for lunch. Would highly recommend.

Had 2 nights B & B and the room was lovely and clean, great view of the square to watch the racehorses go past in the morning. Excellent breakfast and a meal in the evening. All the staff were very friendly and efficient. Our border...

Visited on a Sunday, having looked at a sample menu online and seeing spinach and ricotta cannelloni as a vegetarian option. I wouldn't have been surprised if the vegetarian option had been a different dish, but I was extremely surprised to discover the vegetarian option...

We’ve just come back from a 3 night stay in The Dales, we stayed in Middleham in a cottage directly behind the Wensleydale Hotel. We ate at the Richard the a Third on the first night and had a good evening. The Steak Pie was...

This visit was a little disappointing sadly. The covid-safe systems appear pretty sorted which is a reassuring point. Service was a little haphazard with pretty much all customers having to 'remind' staff of orders or requests. Drinks were slow to arrive although, in contrast, food...

We had 4 meals and 4 breakfasts at Richard 111 and the food is really good. No complaints about anything.

Met with in the entrance doorway by young women with cigarette in mouth no mask and leaving out the way in door, no manners just a look of thunder! Found out she was actually a member Of staff very rude And certainly not welcoming. The...

Lovely pub in the heart of Middleham, serving Theakston’s and Black Sheep in particular. Food is hearty pub food but very tasty - we had scampi and the burger which were well received!

We called in for a quick drink on a baking hot day & decided to have a light lunch. I drank an excellent pint of cask ale & my partner had a glass of cider.To eat I had the fishcake & my partner chose chicken Goujons. My fishcake was delicious & obviously home made, as were my partners goujons, which were equally tasty.Most of the staff were friendly but let themselves down by chatting & smoking outside while several people queued inside at the bar. We didn’t wait more than 5 minutes but it was very unprofessional.

This is a lovely pub full of character and most of the staff are friendly. I ordered a veg balti which was tasty however the accompanying poppadom and nan bread were inedible, the popodom was dripping in oil and the nan was dry and hard. When asked by the waitress if everything was OK with our food I shared my concerns and she agreed that the poppodom was very oily. I ordered a dessert as having left half of my main course i was still hungry . It would have been courteous for someone to acknowledge the fact that the food i had ordered was of a poor standard and offer a reduction on our bill, or even a complimentary drink,unfortunately this did not happen.

....or any other meat for that matter. Service friendly but slow. Some people ordered at the bar, we were told to wait at our table. We all fancied something with sausages from Masham (7 miles away). When we were finally served......Sausages were off. Meat pie was off. Warm beef was off. In the end we settled for 2 oily baked potatoes with beans and a tuna bagette with a cremated bow and stern, delivered 10 minutes apart.To add insult to injury they tried to saddle us with a kings ransom of the full cost (£11) for sausages, baked potatoes and beans, minus the sausages. This oversight was swiftly corrected when pointed out.This place is the real McCoy, set in beautiful surroundings and steeped in history. It is wonderful inside and the staff were lovely. Its such a shame that the food was such a letdown, particularly so given that it was our first pub visit since early March 2020. We were so hungry that whilst waiting for service we found ourselves eyeing up the passing thoroughbred steeds with a good serving of culinary imagination.

Great food and service at the Richard the Third. Much better than the Hotel we were staying in we will definitely be back.

I ate here one evening and had the Brie and then Chicken and ham pie. I enjoyed the food and the staff were friendly and helpful. Very dog friendly. I returned the following evening for a couple of drinks and all the tables were booked so I would recommend booking.

Sunny evening sitting on the market square, with a great pint of Theakstons and their super home made pizza. The spicy beef - really was spicy.

This is basically a pub that does meals, rather than a restaurant, so diners are mixed with drinkers. Busy with locals and visitors. Food was tasty, well presented and not badly priced. Staff were friendly and efficient. On the whole 4stars

Positives: the Theakstons Best was excellent.Negatives: the bar staff were absurdly grumpy. Overall, the food was poor. Pizzas: The base was really good, but was overwhelmed with cheese. Steak pie was not great. The canneloni, which appeared to have been sourced from the freezer section in Lidl, was inedible and one of the worst things I'd ever been served in a restaurant.

Yummy food and friendly service in the sunshine. Good social distancing measures. Right on the market square, so a good place to watch the tractors go by, which my son enjoyed.

Ales are all well cared for, local and delicious. We didn't try the food but it looks good and appears good value. Staff very greenfly and attentive

So happy we found this little hidden gem on a dreary Sunday. When you walk in you’re immediately greeted by a lovely team of staff (mostly young girls). We opted for a Sunday dinner and it was so good we decided to stay for evening service for a pizza! I especially loved the uplifting quotes on the walls.

One of the best Sunday dinners ever tasted. Pork come with crackling !! lots of veg, very tasty. Will definitely will be returning.

Little trip out to the Dales, stopped off at Middleham, found the dog friendly Richard III.Covid rules followed, sanitise and register, shown to a table and handed a couple of menus by friendly lass. Lots of choice, go for sausage bagatte and a ham bagette. Sausage came with a tasty onion pickle, chunky chips and a salad and was declared excellent. My ham one came with half a pig in it, chips and salad, proper portions and really really nice hame.Pint of Sheep and a Chiraz to accompany, followed by a rhubard and apple crumble with Brymor icecream. (Crumble was disappointing, had a funny taste, they did apologise, and promised to investigate, it was a bought in pud)Pud excepted it was a great meal, very happy.

Lovely pub, nothing flashy but a roaring fire at one end of the bar and a wood burner in the snug. The beer was some of the best I’ve ever had (Theakston’s).

Friendly pub full of old world charm, good beer, very dog friendly and fabulous food, stayed in Middleham for 2 nights and ate there 3 times

Just stayed in Middleham for the weekend and this was our favourite pub in the village. Lovely welcome atmosphere and great food highly recommend.