The Garthway Tea Room in Hambleton

Always out go to cafe when visiting Northallerton. It’s a busy place for a reason. Staff always attentive. Great ‘home cooked’ food Forget the rest and visit the best

Perfect and busy, and busy for a reason, the food and service are brilliant, what a great place and so worth a visit!

Fabulous place Best breakfast ever, great poached eggs Nice staff, great service, lovely staff, nothing too much trouble

This cafe offers tremendous value and good food. They have a good selection on offer for lunch from all day breakfast, sandwiches, baked potatoes and full meals - eg steak, mash and veggies. And proper pud with custard. Baked potato I had was served with a nice salad accompaniment. Really nice, traditional cafe.

Always a fabulous lunch. Lovely staff. Always a buzzing atmosphere of shoppers. The meals are quickly served. Well presented and have that fantastic homemade taste. My go to place whenever I visit Northallerton. There are posher places (you know who I mean) but this is No1

Best jacket potato ever, good portion of prawns, Marie Rose sauce served separately, plenty of good butter , and bubbly welcoming staff, made for a pleasurable lunch .

Called in for the 1st time today, met by delightful friendly staff. Was really pleased to see they do Gluten Free options. Finally settled on a cheese scone which was really delicious, so much so I got 4 to take home.

Nice little cafe serving excellent breakfasts, both vegan and typical english breakfasts were very good ,well cooked of good value and served with smile.Happy cafe. We will call again when next in Northallerton

we called in for lunch and were not disappointed. Nothing seemed too much trouble for the very friendly staff and the food was very good. The portion sizes were generous and well cooked.

We normally go to Betty`s when visiting Northallerton, but Trip Adviser guided us in to this little gem! Had teas and fabulous cakes...delightful. Everything was fresh and cakes were home made. Got talking to the staff - such friendly, nice people. They made the visit great. Would recommend this place and we will definitely be back.

We stopped in for some lunch the other day when we were visiting Northallerton and thankfully found this place which is an absolute gem. Everything is made with real care, by people who you can just tell love food and take care in every single thing they make. The prices were incredibly reasonable and overall I could not find fault at all. Well done, you've got it absolutely spot on.

Good value for money, good varied menu, pleasant service. I'd take off 1/2 a star for forgetting we'd asked for the teabags to be left on the side of my teapot - even with the pot of hot water I wasted some of the tea as it was just too strong for me - and for putting rather too much mayo on my BLT: the bacon was good though and the bread was delicious.

Excellent menu with something for all tastes. Nicely cooked, well presented, delicious food. Highly recommended.

Good selection of gluten free and dairy free cakes - not just one option. Also gluten free bread. Good service. Great price. Will definitely return.

My son loves going to Garthways after judo on Saturdays. Although they are always fairly busy, service is quick. Staff are friendly and helpful. Food is lovely and very reasonably priced. I’d say one of the best cafes in Northallerton!

Came across this cafe by accident, just wanting a quick lunchtime snack. A simple straightforward menu, we chose a cheese toastie and the Yorkshire rarebit. The food arrived very quickly, very tasty and good value. Don’t judge a cafe by its decor, if you do you will miss a treat.

We stopped off in Northallerton on a coach trip. The four of us looked for something to eat.The first restaurant we went into had no toilet so we wandered into the Garthway. It was full so we asked if they had a toilet. Yes, and they had an upstairs with spaces. Much relieved we went upstairs and helped ourselves to a table. The first item on the specials board was steak pie. What does it come with? Vegetables. Gravy too? Yes. So we ordered. After only a short wait the food came. Large platefuls with lots of vegetables and gravy. The steak pies were superb with rich pastry and lots of meat. The meat was tasty and tender. We had no room for puddings as we were all full. We have no hesitation in recommending The Garthway Tea Room to anyone wanting a reasonably priced lunch.

Ordinarily I would have walked past a cafe like this. The decor is tired and the counter displays unappealing (things on plates wrapped in cellophane) however we were at the end of our treck and the family were peckish. I'm so glad we stopped by! The staff were super friendly and the food was delicious! The kids had a sandwich each which was simple, fresh and tasty. They then shared some shortbread which was very nice. My husband had a lovely homemade cheese scone and I opted for carrot cake which was homemade, generously portioned, moist and extremely tasty. I would definitely recommend this cafe. Don't judge a book by its cover. The staff were friendly and service was great, the food was reasonably priced, fresh and delicious. We will definitely return when next in Northallerton. Who needs Betty's!!Top tip: the cafe is cash-only my

After an hour &a half drive,we parked outside and then walked in and found this cafe it was very busy,lots of choices .lovely cakes on display.had coffees and cakes coffees were a bit weak,cakes were lovely,had to queue for the loo.friendly staff.

We were out shopping and needed a quick cuppa so popped in here. There was plenty of choice of cakes so we went for the coffee cake and lemon cake. Very tasty, nice friendly people and clean. Worth a visit.

Haven’t been here for ages, glad we decided to go again as it made us remember what great food and great value you get here. The staff are always friendly and helpful.

Wow nothing has changed, haven’t visited here for many years but today myself & a friend decided to relive a few memories, nice to see some of the original staff still here, very busy with both visitors & locals which is always good to see. Tables outside were full also, we decided to try the omelettes again which is always a favourite of mine, can honestly say it’s the best omelette I’ve had in a very long time, full of cheese & ham, served with salad & coleslaw also fresh & tasty won’t leave it so long next time, sadly too full to try the crumble but maybe next time, great eating place & i would highly recommend the food here

Have been visiting Northallerton for several years, but we have only just found this little gem hidden away.Lovely clean place, waitress service by friendly staff. Only had sausage buns with tea and coffee this time, but we were very impressed. Good value, everything well cooked and fresh. Tea and coffee cups with saucers served on a tray.Excellent, we will be back. Thank you.

Both my wife and I had lunch here. Ordered from the specials board . I had a ploughman's like I have never seen before. It was excellent. My wife had cheese and onion quiche also excellent.

Excellent service. Fresh local produce. Wide variety, including gluten free. The best ice-cream, soft and creamy. They do amazing scones

If you want a good "home cooked" meal. This a great place to eat. Friendly and welcoming staff with great service.

Called in on Friday lunchtime and had the full English breakfast.Good plateful of freshly cooked ingredients.Choice of toast or fried bread which was crust but tasty.Would have preferred the sausages to be big bangers.Priced at £6.50 with a £1 extra for beans or black pudding.Friendly service would return.

Went here as a party of 3... we were promptly seated in a nice vintage type tea room.the menu had plenty to choose from and very reasonable price, my friend had a special braised beef with all the trimmings which he said melted in his mouth, I had a lush jacket potato with prawns which had loads of prawn and sauce separate, my other friend had the ham melt and she too was in the same opinion that the food was of a high standard and in total with drinks it was little over 20 quid and we all came out satisfied

Called in here on the off chance of getting lunch, and i was not disappointed. Staff were very friendly, efficient, and food was served pipng hot and very tasty. I did manage a pudding, well worth losening my belt. It was brilliant, and can not wait to return. Keep up the good work girls.

Looking for a basic good meal then Garthway Tea Room is a good choice. Nothing fancy but good wholesome food combined with fast and friendly service. Their daily specials are always good, Cannot fault it and great for a quick lunch

We've eaten here several times and each time we've really enjoyed what we've had. Everything is very good home cooking at very reasonable prices. They have a specials board with choice of soup, a couple of mains and quiche plus a few puds. They also have a wide selection of homemade cakes and scones. (I've visited with a friend and she raves over the homemade gluten free scones).

Popped in here by luck. My daughter had omelette, looked like a calzone pizza and full of cheese and lovely ham. I had homemade quiche, plentiful and tasty. Both served with lovely salad.

Visited Garthway Tea rooms with my family. Good fresh food served by friendly helpful staff. All reasonably priced. Look for the special board for good food.

I have visited here on many occasions and have never had a meal I was disappointed with. The food is prepared fresh so you have to wait for it to be cooked but this is not too long even at busy times. The menu is...

Fui allí para comer esperando que iba a ser un poco más tranquilo de lo normal debido a la lluvia que hemos tenido. Pero desgraciadamente no. Fue muy concurrido tanto arriba como abajo. Pedí un estofado de carne de la cena pues quería una comida...

A menudo llamada aquí un almuerzo rápido, barato. Es como un paso atrás en el tiempo, pero la comida es sana y abundante.

Popped in for a slice of cake and a coffee. standard coffee but great cake, friendly staff and a very busy tea room. looks like the locals use it a lot which is always a good sign. Just off the high street in the ally to the car park.

Ordered three panini sandwiches and two drinks, and sat down for an extremely lengthy wait. Sandwiches, when they arrived, were of average quality and served without the coleslaw as had been stated on the menu. The menu itself contained lots of basic spelling mistakes.The ice cream menu was extensive but we were disappointed to find only the basic chocolate, strawberry, etc options were available.When we went to pay the bill we had to relate everything that we'd ordered as the poor guy obviously had no record/couldn't remember.Overall, a distinctly amateur feel to the business.

Really this should be 4.5/5 as the only issue is that it's a bit cramped. It felt clean and welcoming though and the staff were very nice. The coffee was good quality, the eggs were nicely poached and my teacake was lavishly buttered. Simple but good.

The coffee and toasted teacakes in this cafe are absolutely scrumptious. I always call in when shopping in Northallerton.

Called in today for lunch because this cafe does good food at reasonable prices. This cafe is always lovely and clean and the service is excellent. Lunchtimes are busy but there is plenty of seating available.since our last visit the menu has changed it has a good choice more modern than I remember but with trusty specials. Food is served hot and fresh and even at busy times the food arrives quickly, little touches such as the coffee and tea being served on a tray make it a little bit special.

Great food which is always served by friendly staff. Lovely atmosphere throughout with a warm and welcoming, nothing's too much attitude.

Very busy place. Probably need more tables for two as lots of tables but only 2 people sat at them. We had two baked potatoes, one with coronation chicken and one with bacon and brie. The food was ok.

Lovely home cooked food at very good prices. They offer a cooked dinner every day (bar some Sundays) with a choice of a couple of dishes alongside a menu full of other meals & snacks both hot and cold. They don't do chips but offer great jacket potatoes. A choice of numerous desserts and home baked cakes & scones. They are very popular and have extra seating upstairs as well as downstairs. A good place to meet friends over a hearty lunch. get there early on market days if you want a seat!

Once again my hubby and I succumbed to this delight...homemade lemon meringue pie-fresh from the oven. We discovered the tearoom two years ago when looking to buy a new home locally.The tearoom is off the High street, down the Garthway Arcade so needs to be looked for.The food is well prepared , using local ingredients and offers great value.Tea comes IN A POT with hot water! Service is efficient and very friendly...but be warned all the locals know about it already so be prepared to come back if its full

If you want a good traditional roast you cannot go wrong at the Garthway.Everything is fresh,home made Yorkshires good gravy and plenty of meat.No ping food here!The staff are a!ways friendly and have time to have a few words with you while taking your order and you are never waiting long for your food to come.It is always busy around lunch time but you never have to wait long for a table but it is well worth the wait.

My family and I always come here because we know that we will get good value for our money and will walk out full.

we have used the Garthway many times before and always get good service and excellent food.i can highly recommend this little gem

Nice place to go for lunch or a snack. The paninis and toasted teacakes are tasty. Worth a visit! (Located just off the high street down the arcade where Grovers is).

What a great place for a light snack, lunch, breakfast or afternoon tea. They have a menu and specials board. Very good home cooked food. The staff are excellent, very friendly and good at their job.-- The food is well prepared and very good portions. All very tasty and such good value.

Love the staff, always friendly and fun. The food is an old fashioned menu geared to the older end in my opinion, love the scones, cakes and usually have poached eggs when I go in which are always perfectly cooked. Nice atmosphere

I've tried a few breakfasts in this town but this one stands out as the best. I could tell the ingredients were high quality and prepared very well. Decor is tradition Yorkshire tea room which made me feel at home.

We visited this tearoom on the morning. Had a delicious scone and pot of tea. Returned later for lunch, baked jacket potato with cheese and salad. Absolutely lovely and prices are reasonable too. Really worth a visit.

All my other half wanted for lunch was toast. So after the good quality of food and service we received on Saturday we decided to call in again. Once again he was able to have toast... The toast was chunky, he had a slice of white and whole meal with a nice slab of butter....Whilst I had the tuna and cheese melt panini, this was so nice. Banana milkshake is top quality. Service is so nice, nothing is to much. Defiantly calling back.

Looking for somewhere inexpensive for a good hearty lunch then the Garthway Tea Room fits the bill. I had not been there for several years but was passing and it was not too busy so my wife and I went in for lunch. The menu choice was reasonable but we were attracted by the specials. We both had homemade soup which was superb, with lovely bread to accompany. I had the homemade mince pie - wow, what a plateful of good food with plenty of vegetables, whilst my wife had a wonderful tuna sandwich, which was too much for her!The service was great and very friendly plus the prices very reasonable.Only small criticism is the lack of space between tables when the tea room fills up, can become congested but then again less tables would deny some people the joys of the food quality.....Definitely going back again!

Always good news when there is a table free in this very welcoming café.It has a very faithful customer base who go back time after time since service and the food is excellent !.

Called in before shopping for tea and a teacake. Very friendly and welcoming staff, lots of regulars being looked after and a really good selection of gluten free cakes. The specials for lunch, including the soup, were being cooked fresh as people arrived asking if they were ready to serve and were politely asked to take a seat and have a tea/coffee while they waited. Breakfasts looked great and I will be back to try one

Staff are friendly and the cafe feels very rustic. Tables are a little cramped. Our drinks were not wonderful, ok but a little disappointing. The food was ok with portions quite large but nothing spectacular.

Situated in an alleyway connecting the main road to car park . Pleasant interior , staff & quick service. Generous portions . Clean toilet .

This is a great little Cafe hiding off the High Street down The Garthway Arcade...but well worth seeking out. A family run business that knocks the High Street Chains for six with friendly staff delivering great customer service and a great range of home baked cakes.

A great little cafe with lovely home cooked food and delicious cakes! The layout is not ideal but the customer service makes up for it

Family run cafe serving food with local produce. Usually visit for a light lunch whilst in town. Friendly staff and highly recommended. God value for money.

Not been here for quite a few years as we live closer to Thirsk than Northallerton. However had to go to Northallerton today so thought we'd pop in for breakfast. It was quite busy downstairs so we headed upstairs. We were served quickly. My hubby had full english breakfast with coffee and I had a bacon bun and fresh orange juice. The food arrived within 10 minutes. My bacon roll was tasty but could have been a little bigger. My husbands breakfast looked good and he said the sausages and bacon were good quality. The whole cafe seemed clean and there weren't dirty tables. The bill for everything was just over £12.00 which is reasonable. will definitely return if we are in Northallerton again.

It is nice for older people. I used to love going here for a milkshake and scone when I was little with my mum and nan but now I am 19 and visiting I realise how over priced it is for what it is. Drinks are cheap even though they come in a can with a glass and the milkshake is simply powder stuff. The sandwhich was ok with a few pringles on the side. But something you could make at home. Okay for breakfast. Not okay for lunch.

Every so often we visit Northallerton on market days (Wednesdays, with Farmers' market on the 4th Wednesday. There is a large car park behind the Main Street, and we found this small cafe in one of the side streets between the car park and the market. And now we always go there. There is quite a large menu for a small place, very homely food and drink in traditional style - for example there are only 3 types of coffee. The food is good, but for me the best thing about the Garthway is the authentic Yorkshire small-town 'vibe'. If anyone has friends from places like the USA visiting, this is where they will experience the 'real' Yorkshire. In a previous review the writer found the staff sparing of speech, but this is the local way and I am sure they did not mean to be rude. The majority of customers were middle-aged and quite a few seemed to be regulars. There are a few tables outside too. Looking forward to our next visit.

Visited the tea room today for lunch. On the first approach the garthway looked like an appropriate stop off point before exploring the town further!I was with friends and two of us ordered paninis and one of us baked potato! Our food was relatively tasty and came quickly. However, the experience was spoiled by the severely unfriendly and verging on rude service. Our waitress said around 2 words to us the entire experience and was extremely aloof. Upon paying we got the words 'five pounds' - could it have been better to say 'Hello there, is it just to pay? That will be five pounds please' Definitely need to improve customer service!

Very friendly cafe with home made food. Excellent value for money. Well worth a visit. Locally home grown products used.

Great, freshly cooked, locally sourced, produce. The full English is my favourite and there is plenty on the menu to cater for all tastes, including a specials board.

Cheap and cheerful all home cooked food no frills but great for lunch with husband/wife or friends. Always served with a smile

We tried this cafe on Market Day: I had a BLT sandwich which on the menu was described as served with salad garnish and Pringle crisps: the sandwich came on its own on a small plate: no salad garnish and no pringles: my 'better half' had a warm bacon/black pudding salad: it was ok but certainly no 'wow' factor: pot of tea was poor quality: we like a nice cup of tea but this was a greyish colour and didnt taste very nice: bill came to £10.10 and we weren't asked if everything was ok: all in all this is an average cafe and I wasn't tempted to go back either by the cafe interior or the foodor service: cafe gets some good reviews but unfortunately its not for us, sorry.....

Good service, food average, acceptable for price paid. Friendly staff, would go back for a quick snack and convienience of location to town.

Most visitors to Northallerton will miss this treat, hidden down the Garthway Arcade.Wonderful breakfasts, sumptuous cakes, lovely staff and a cracking cuppa are all available at excellent prices.Always busy, but pleasantly relaxed seating and extra space upstairs, it's one of my favourite places to meet friends.

Our first time in the Garthway on Thurs 6/3/13 and it definitely won't be our last visit.very friendly staff, excellent food, great value, something that's sadly lacking these days but!!!! not with The Garthway. we could'nt have asked for better.when four adults can get coffee, tea, gorgeous sandwiches, great jacket potatoes with loads of filling etc etc the this place is a diner's delight.and all for £21 how do they do it?

This tea room has been consistently popular for years. They serve excellent value meals that are much more interesting and varied than you might expect at a tea room. Scones, cakes etc. are apparently all home made, they certainly look it and taste great. Hard to fault really. It is a little cramped perhaps, when full, but you can't blame them for trying to get as many customers in as possible. Service is very quick and friendly.

I loved the menu and had a huge choice even at 4.20 pm, all day breakfast, home cooked ham in a toastie and loads of cakes to choose from

Visited during the recent forties weekend in Northallerton, cafe very full but plenty of friendly staff coping well. They had a singalong during the morning which was a good idea. Stayed for lunch and had excellent rabbit casserole, the best forties meal we have had at such an event. Very generous portions, roast and mashed potato, 3 or 4 veg, fantastic value.

The best cafe in Northallerton, The food is all homemade and of a reat standard and reasonably priced. Always busy whichcan be a pain but is a sign of the quality x

Visited here a couple of times now, lovely cafe which is clearly very popular as its always busy. On the last visit it was packed to the rafters so we did a bit of shopping then went back when it had quietened down. Always welcoming, even with a baby (which isn't always the case in some other places). Good portion sizes at very reasonable prices. I had a jacket potato & the plate full was huge, filled me up way past tea time! Only downside is they don't accept card payment, which is a bit of a pain. Had to run out to cash point. Will definitely return (with cash!)

Went with a friend and we both had home-made burgers with potato wedges. The burgers were great and came with a generous side salad and coleslaw as well as the wedges. We had intended to treat ourselves to a pudding too, but the place got pretty busy and when the waitress didn't return to us for about twenty minutes after finishing our first course (not even to clear plates) we paid at the counter and went elsewhere for a sweet.

the best breakfast in town sets you up for the whole day. staff all lovely very welcoming, highly recommend.