Taste of China in Craven

Beware if there is only 2 of you wanting to eat out here. Waiter refused to let us sit on a table for 4 because there was only 2 of us. There were 3 empty tables for 4 plus 1 table for 2, but that was pushed up to the service counter and that was the table the waiter offered us. We didn't want to sit immediatly next to where customers would be hovering over us whilst paying for and collecting take-aways and where the phone was ringing and conversations between the waiter and customers were regularly taking place. When he said we couldn't sit elsewhere, I said 'we'll leave it then'. Then the waiter responded, in a sarcastic voice, with a 'BYEEE'. So that's a loss of income for them of between £1500-£1700 over the next year as we would have called in for a sit down meal for two every fortnight, plus a takeaway for two once a fortnight. We then had a meal at one of their competitors and then walked around Settle before heading off home. Whilst walking around Settle we looked into the Spice restaurant again to see if all the tables that we had been refused the use of, had now been taken. There were still 3 tables for 4 that were empty, plus the same table for 2, that is pushed up to the counter, was also empty. PS We had been to the Spice a fortnight earlier and the same waiter had tried to have us sit at the same table by the counter. On that occasion we asked if we could sit on another table and when he said no, we asked 'why not?' He then said 'ok' and we sat elsewhere. We didn't want to go through the same 'negotiation' for a second time. It's dimple, if they don't value us as customers then we'll spend our money elsewhere.

The Cavendish Arms hosted my father’s wake this week. The family cannot thank them enough for the afternoon and evening. Nothing was too much trouble. The buffet was outstanding with homemade/home cooked food a plenty. We are all still talking about now! Leigh, Owen & Joe were so generous with their hosting and the amount of delicious food offered to us! We had the pub to ourselves until the pub’s evening opening time and then we didn’t feel we needed to round up the occasion. In fact, some of us were still there at 11pm. Thank you again, Leigh, Owen & Joe from us all. Previous to the wake ~ we made a couple of visits to organise things and had lunch on both occasions. Once again… the food was quite outstanding. Freshly cooked, well presented, full of flavour and generous portions. We were eyeing up all the different dishes being served up in the dining room and it all looked top class. I think we might have found a new favourite pub! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Loved it. I've been a few times now, always great.

Great place to eat and drink a good selection of beers . All reasonably priced.

Great food and service, would highly recommend x