The Curious Cow Of Harrogate in Harrogate

First visit, lovely restaurant and amazing food. Had the sea bass and it was the tastiest meal I've had in a very long while. Thank you, we will be back

Great food and service, highly recommend you visit.

We were greeted by a lovely man on arrival, given a menu and we sat down near the fire as it was freezing out. Unfortunately the fire was not giving out any heat. We ordered drinks and food which arrived in good time. The fish and chips were ok, My roast chicken was way over cooked to the point of being dry, thank goodness it had a sauce, the flavour was nice. Atmosphere was Nill it was cold and had more staff than customers, we had a taste card voucher so made the meal worth the visit but unfortunately nothing made us want to return. Sorry.

Lovely food, lovely setting! Great choice of pub food and amazing pizzas! Staff very friendly and helpful Would recommend!

Food was great and our server Emily was amazing too

Came for a lovely catch up with family and ordered a steak each. Was lovely came out in good time and was done exactly how we asked for it. Very lovely staff and fantastic environment, highly recommend.

Lovely Sunday lunch with great service. We sat in the conservatory area which was a bit warm. Would highly recommend

Great food & drinks, and thanks to David for looking after us 👍

Great spot and great food. Staff super friendly and joe really helpful with the kids and dogs deffo recommend and will go again

David and the guys and girls behind the bar were super friendly and welcoming. I live locally and the food and drink selection is great. Great selection of beers and spirits, pizzas are fantastic! Also available to take out! Great spot!

Absolutely beautiful food fantastic atmosphere and reasonable prices for the quality received would definitely go again

Great evening celebrating a birthday with the kids. Emily was great and looked after us. Great food and great service, thanks

I popped in on my lunch break with some colleagues and was seated by a guy from behind the bar. Got our food and a new waiter came in and he was very helpful he was having a laugh with the table next to us about a crumble and made what was a complaint about the bowl size into a great and funny experience for us and the table. We left happy and will return next week. Dave with the beard well done and thank you.

I ordered a bitter shandy, which when it came tasted awful. I asked for it to be changed and was made to feel like it was my fault. The drink was changed and it was better. After waiting for nearly an hour for our food to arrive, when it did it was cold and I was left feeling very disappointed. I had been looking forward the lunch all week and left feeling very very disappointed. The only saving grace was that the waiter who served us, recognised the poor experience and offered free deserts. However the moment had been spoilt and I will not be recommending this place at all

Really friendly and quick service. David was our server.Nice food.

We were warmly welcomed by a gentleman upon arrival, which was a nice touch. Although the area was quite dark at first, they promptly turned on the lights, which improved the ambiance. I ordered a tonic water, but it was flat, despite being bottled. When I informed the waitress, she mentioned that it would take a while to get a replacement because the bar was very busy, which seemed odd, as she returned promptly. A simple "I’m sorry, let me fix that for you as soon as possible" would have been more appropriate. Unfortunately, the overall service was lacking. It took almost an hour for our starter—a Camembert to share among four—to arrive, which felt excessive. Additionally, once I finished my drink, no one offered a refill, so I ended up settling for table water. On a positive note, the mains arrived quickly after the starter, and the steaks were perfectly cooked and delicious. The pie was also very good, though the chicken was overcooked. Overall, I would rate the experience a 6/10. The 30% offer made it worthwhile, but I don’t plan on returning.

Called in after day at Fountains Abbey having passed many times and wondered about the place. Fantastic welcome from chef Dave. Excellent recommendations from him. My husband had lamb shank and said it was the best he had had👍 The tikka masala was spot on for me too. Give it a go, you won't be disappointed and the price is reasonable too. Thanks Dave🎉

Emily, Dave and Lucy were fab :)

Came here for Sunday lunch, it was absolutely delicious. Great variety of vegetables and the beef was melt in the mouth. Lashings of gravy, loved the extra pigs and blankets. We even took the fresh stonebaked pizzas home for tea! Made right in front of us!

It was an accident that we stopped here…..so glad we did Jure and Dave were amazing ….beat service! Thank you gentlemen! …..and the pizza was the best ever…..and we are picky!

A few items on the menu not available and had to ask 3 times to get our table water. Other than that, service very good and food quality and quantity excellent. From a poor starting point last Christmas, current management and staff have turned things round and we have been back several times and been impressed each time. We will be going again.

David is a top guy! Lovely evening and nice vibes 😊

The food was amazing I thoroughly enjoyed it, still given 5 for service although this was a bit slow however I will definitely go back again.

David was brilliant. Fast service and very quick to make sure everything was okay for us, thanks!

Great food, friendly and attentive service at a great price.

Nice experiance lamb was amazing ,Jure and Dave are great

I hate to write a poor review, but I hope this feedback helps. The location is great, the staff are nice, and the atmosphere is lovely. However, I have to give it 2 stars, solely for the food. We celebrated my birthday with a shared camembert, steak pie, and halloumi and pepper kebabs. While we appreciated being seated quickly without a reservation, the food was very disappointing and overpriced. The camembert (advertised for sharing), priced at £15, came with just one sliced bread roll. The steak pie was the worst I’ve ever had; there was no meat whatsoever, just gravy, making it feel like a waste of pastry. The only positive to the dish was that the vegetables and mash were nice. However, it is completely pointless to have nice vegetables and mash if the main part of the meal is terrible. My mother ordered a wrap that had only two pieces of pepper and two pieces of halloumi, served with some shop-bought fries - definitely not worth £17. There was no creativity or effort to provide a homemade, tasty meal. It’s unfortunate that such a nice place offers subpar food, especially at these prices. Mains put us off ordering dessert so cannot comment on those. We won’t be returning, but wish the business all the best.

Excellent food with excellent attentive staff. Our thanks to Emily. India and David. It was our grandsons last meal before joining the army at 16.

We had a really relaxed night. The music wasn't too loud and the food was nice. Our waiter, David, was pleasant, jovial and attentive. Couldn't have asked for better service. Thank you

Very much enjoyed our meal here and the lunch 2 course deal was excellent value.

Great meal, and a good time had. David the waiter was fantastic, and very attentive, for a new member to the team id say he's the strongest member of the team. Will definitely be back for more food and drink.

Food was great, as was the service, David our waiter was brilliant, what great asset to the curious cow

Great pub, lovely food and Jure looked after us really well.. lovely to chat with him whilst we ordered and had our food served.

Came for the 1st time today, food was lovely, great atmosphere. David gave fantastic service and always with a smile. We will definitely be back

Jure managed to get us in last minute on a Sunday! Food was lovely, service from Jure was excellent and the venue is beautiful. We will definitely be back.

First time customer. Immediately informed they were out on Sunday roast, was seated promptly, but no server was seen for twenty minutes. Definitely not busy, less than 15 total tables seated. Inquired at the bar, they stated they’ll send someone over. 10 minutes later we finally flag down a server (one out of 4 that we have seen) and order drinks and meal. Twenty minutes later we finally get our drinks, almost one full hour after we arrived. Tables around us complaining the servers aren’t around for them to pay, pretty sure one just left without paying. One table broke out Uno to play while they waited. Food came one hour after we arrived. Average food.

Lovely meal and great service by David !

Great place for dinner! Food was delicious and service was speedy and friendly from Emily. Definitely recommend to anyone wanting a nice meal out

Really lovely service - David and Jure were really friendly and welcoming. Food was lovely and came fast

Great venue, love the pizzas and food in general. Team are really friendly and helpful

We love coming to the Curious Cow, my husband and I took his mother for a lovely dinner, we had the fish and chips, steak and ale pie, and chicken tikka. Our server was David and he was phenomenal - he was so friendly and we enjoyed our time speaking with him! We will absolutely be back!

We had an amazing experience and was very well looked after from the team. Food was lovely and service was excellent.

Very attentive service, made all necessary adjustments to our seating to accommodate a wheelchair, and engaged with my elderly parents in such a way as to be made felt very welcome.

Came in for Sunday lunch. Well looked after by all the staff especially Jure. Food was brilliant. Good atmosphere and a buzz around the place. The better half had a turkey roast and I had the curry. We then moved through to the bar side with some good music to play cards and have a drink. Thanks to Chris and all the staff for a good lunch.

Served us raw chicken was completely pink!!! couldn't believe it they replaced it but after my partner had already ate some! Horrible. Won't be going back and telling friends and family to stay clear. Bill was expensive, beer was overpriced. Children's meal was tasteless.

Pleasantly laid out pub restuarant. Full meals and bar snack available. Really nicely cooked and put together food. A really great host possibly Italian or Spanish with a great welcome. Chorizo and mac cheese was really great.

Great first time visiting - food was delicious and the playlist was impeccable. Shout out to David and Jure, who were really friendly and went out of their way to make sure we had a great visit.

We always call in on our way to york races, every year this was our 3rd and last time, very slow, short staffed and food not brilliant. Sorry if you were having a bad day but every customer counts

Great food and wonderful service from our waitress India! She was so lovely and helpful

8 of us met here for lunch on Saturday. David and Emily, the waiting staff, were very personable. Side salad of just lettuce was a bit disappointing but the fish finger sandwiches very nice.

Great place to grab some pub lunch would highly recommend if you are in the area

Came here for dinner after doing a job in copgrove and staying up over night. Great food, lovely place, seemed to have a good atmosphere. Would definitely recommend

We had a wonderful experience at the curious cow this evening. It was my grandparents anniversary and so we came out for a family meal. The food was really tasty! Thank you Morgan! Our waitresses Emily and India looked after us really well and were really friendly and efficient! Thank you.

Very dog friendly. Food was good did get a bit rowdy later on, but nice to see a busy pub.

Lovely food, pizza was delicious and they REALLY gave us extra cheese (just like we asked!). Would definitely visit again if in the area.

Had a great time. Staff friendly, locals friendly. England game was on great beer and food. Love the dog station too, nice touch.

Great food, great atmosphere, great service. The staff were very attentive, helpful & cheerful 😊

1 hour 10 mins wait for food. Service was slow and the wait time was excruciating, despite a few empty tables. My steak was tough and not cooked how I asked it to be. We didn't stay for dessert. Very nice interior however. I don't think I'll be coming back unless the service improves sadly.

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Lovely food brought to your table quickly by a lovely waitress.

Emily provided great service and great food!

Not a lot to say. Prebooked in for lunch with friends. Bar and restaurant was not at all busy, with just a couple of customers in the bar drinking. However, that didn't stop the bar and resturant service being very poor. Food was reasonable when the order was finally taken. This could be a great place to visit. There's ample parking, the place is decorated nicely, the menu was what you'd expect from pub grub, the food actually wasn't too bad and my steak was cooked well. But the service was unwelcoming and the resturant and bar service was almost non existent. I think the level of staffing was fine given how quiet the place was, but perhaps it was an issue of poor training. And that comes down to the management. I believe I saw the landlady whilst waiting at the bar for service because no one was coming to our table, but she, the waitress and then the chef were all focus on just one customer. There was no acknowledgement that I had been waiting for 10 minutes; not even a smile. What a shame.

Lovely meal, Emily was a excellent waitress, making sure we had everything we needed. Definitely be back.

Emily was great. Welcoming attentive just great

Best Place ever. Amazing lunch from an amazing team, The place was very busy but the staff was super friendly and gave us all the time needed. Food came out very fast and it came lovely presented and nice and hot. Chris who was our server, who is also the new general manager was very chatty and super friendly. he made our visit extra special as Brought out a a little cake with a candle for my birthday which was a nice touch.

It's great to see such a strong selection of Ales one. All well managed and tasted amazing, Couldn't choose which to stick with, Been speaking to Chris this evening and he has just recently taken over in the last 8 months and sorted the beers out as one of his first jobs and there were a few issues in the past. Had a bit of a knowledge battle off and he definitely knew his ales and the way around a bar. It's brilliant to see someone with a passion for these types of drinks. Service was fun and friendly and plenty of banter and kept us laughing all night.a*

We frequent The Curious Cow a few times a month and mainly for a Sunday roast. I must say we came for Sunday roast yesterday and WOW something has changed as they have seriously upped the game the meals was astonishing the best we have had in Harrogate. I see a lot of new faces so seems like the change in management has started to make a real impact on the place. This is now making me book for next Sunday. Well done everyone. Best Place around

Best this side of county lines. The amazing pub didn't realise it was so big and it's really on our doorstep. We came in for lunch and had some BLT's and some wines around an open fire. The food was brilliant and the manager and the team were super friendly. He even made sure he brought over our little dog some treats and water which I thought was an amazing kind gesture. Amazing all around.

The staff were excellent and attentive, our food arrived promptly and was delicious. We’ll be recommending this place to everyone we know who live in the local area!

Decided to try the curious cow as heard that the food and service was great I wasn’t disappointed ordered the Camembert IT was cooked to perfection the chef clearly knows how to handle and prepare food followed by having a pizza good value for money and delicious will most definitely be coming again Thankyou team cow

Went in for my friends birthday. The staff where amazing food was amazing very full after a mixed grill. Went to the bar and sat and had a few drinks and a man served us both attentive and they spent time talking to us and having a laugh

It got off to a shaky start when the gentleman serving us displayed zero customer service skills. Didn’t leave us feeling as though we were in competent hands. Ordered a bottle of wine,he said “not sure if he’ll have it he,ll need to check”. Went to check and never returned until we called him over. Handled the tops of our glasses and wine bottle with bare hands, that didn’t look clean. A small child was chasing his around the restaurant for about an hour, clearly a relative/family friend. Causing nuisance next to the table, I saw the young girl go behind the bar etc. the main plates were not cleared when desert arrived, all dumped on same table so we moved the used plates to the table next to us to free us space. Starter was sent back twice and ultimately cancelled, the Camembert was rock hard, literally hard cheese! I’m not a chef but i know it’s not hard to melt a Camembert in the oven! The bread served with it was pitiful and half warmed. I waited 5 minutes for cutlery when the main eventually arrived after a wait of one hour 20, which meant the chips were freezing. They did replace. (Third item that needed replacing) we were so hungry we ended up eating the cold chips! The pudding was not worth £8.99, three scoops of ice cream and a lotus biscuit! The mind boggles. Other customers were complaint around us, couple close by cancelled their food and asked to pay for what they’d had they were so dissatisfied with their experience. The manager did not come and speak to us. A gentleman In a white shirt who usually works in the kithcen did. He was more approachable than the guy serving us to begin with was but his ‘jokes’ about being sweaty and needing a shower were turning us sick. This team member is handling food! All in all not good. Positive was my friends steak was nicely done. They did resolve with a discount worth approx 20% which in my opinion wasn’t enough. However we were just fed up by the time we left. Thank god for the red wine!

Food was great, will be coming back soon

Really nice warm welcome. Food very hot and cooked to perfection.

Nice surroundings. Thought that the food was expensive for what it was.

Great service and good quality food, for the price, it was great value and the staff were friendly and efficient. We would definitely go back again.

Lovely lunch. Very helpful staff. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Especially grateful for gluten free options.

An utter shambles! We booked a disabled access table for 5 to celebrate my elderly mother’s birthday. Our booking was made for 6.45pm, we arrived a few minutes before, the bar and restaurant were very busy with only 2 staff members visible. Both staff members blanked us & we waited several minutes to be acknowledged. I advised the gentleman we had a reservation, he proceeded to try & seat us in the bar on either a low table or perched on bar stools. We were given menus then left for 20 minutes before being offered a drink. We never received our drinks. After 40 minutes we approached the waiter to see if we could place our food order, we asked how long realistically we would be waiting for food, we were told it would be well over 1 hour. As it was already nearly an hour since we had arrived and we still hadn’t received drinks we decided to take our custom elsewhere. I understand places get busy and staffing issues occur but the off handed attitude from the two staff members (not to mention the young child wandering behind the bar & in & out of the kitchen) was quite frankly a disgrace and we won’t be returning to this place.

No one to welcome and show to table, short staffed and waited for an hour for food to come out, only mains ordered. We were only 5 (3 adults and 2 kids). Food was good when it eventually came, great pizzas. Would not rush back anytime soon. Pity as is a lovely pub/restaurant and not many others in the area.

Lovely, friendly service. Delicious, reasonably priced food - recommend the sirloin steak. Great atmosphere and beautifully decorated inside and out. Would definitely recommend 😊

Great food and great service. India was super helpful and friendly. Lovely setting, good choice of food and drink and good value for money

Joe has been brilliant, really friendly always looks after us when we come in. Nothing is to much trouble and always attentive.

Amazing atmosphere, with the most friendly staff. Food just melts in your mouth. Can highly recommend.

Great food and drinks. Great atmosphere during our time there. Will come back again, many thanks to the staff and chefs

Lovely place and amazing food! Would definitely recommend!

extremely good service, food was delicious

Nicely laid out with comfortable chairs and the dining area was air-conditioned, so temperature was pleasant when hot outside. Table and bar service was efficient and quick. The drink selection was more than enough to satisfy us. We chose the Sunday roast beef which was plentiful and tasty, served with a decent selection of vegetables, though the skin on the roast potatoes was a bit leathery. My wife loved it!

Nicely laid out with comfortable chairs and the dining area was air-conditioned, so temperature was pleasant when hot outside. Table and bar service was efficient and quick. The drink selection was more than enough to satisfy us. We chose the Sunday roast beef which was plentiful and tasty, served with a decent selection of vegetables, though the skin on the roast potatoes was a bit leathery. My wife loved it!

Nice restaurant with easy parking. Great menu and friendly staff. Food was great and portions were more than adequate. Possibly our fault as we ordered starters/ small plates/ pizza/ sides but rather than coming to the table together dishes came out separately. Bit annoying but not the end of the world

A beautiful place to eat with a air conditioned conservatory with ample seating inside and out. With great staff and a very accommodating attitude

Very good/friendly service and would come again

Left feeling a little disappointed!! After receiving a nice welcome from the waitress and bar staff we were shown to our table and shortly after our drinks order was taken. 20 mins later our food order was taken, one of the items we ordered (Garlic Bread Pizza) never arrived, and didn't appear on our bill so was missed off completely despite being read back to us and checking that it was to come with the main courses. Service overall was poor, no check back done on the food, when I tried to pay, the first member of staff ignored me. After paying the bill we left, 3 members of staff and 1 members of management all saw us leave, not one of them commented or even smiled. Food was really good, my Meat Feast pizza was lovely, but the lack of good customer service skills left me a little disappointed. We were visiting Harrogate for the weekend, next time visiting we'll be trying somewhere else. Only took 1 photo, this was my Mini Fishcakes.

Stopped for lunch really good price good aswell

Service was excellent, friendly and efficient and the food was really good. We had 4 starters plus a salad between the 2 of us similar to tapas and the lady was happy to serve it like that. Side salad wasn't on the list but they were happy to accommodate us. We also had a bottle of sparking non alcoholic wine which was lovley. Will be back

Had a nice snack type lunch. Friend had a prawn cocktail and I had soup. OK but soup taste was overpowered by the herb 🌿. Otherwise a pleasant lunch on a nice sunny day. 🌞

Soup was really over herbed and inedible.

Shame for this place , service is very bad 👎 ordered a pizza took more than 45 minutes to bring it to us. It's a bit ridiculous , the food is good. Service disappointing 😞

Rather average. Service at the bar isn't quick. Food is average. Good cask ales

called in for lunch on the way to Skipton, my wife is allergic to garlic and the waiter informed us virtually all dishes contained the vile stuff, he got the the chef to make us a seabass and chips with a Hollandaise sauce and some veg, we had this and then made our way to our destination. Lo and behold, both my wife and i felt awful later on and i in particular had virtually no food for the next 4 days, totally spoiled our break, so draw your own conclusions! why do chefs persist in adding garlic to everything, even when it is not appropriate.

Tried to eat here twice but told we stop serving food at 9pm and wouldn’t take our order despite it being 8:50. All staff stood around doing nothing and happy to not take custom. Bizarre