The Hornblower Tavern in Harrogate

A very warm and welcoming atmosphere

No Real Ales as such ,so had to have a pint of Ireland's finest Black stuff. Good For Watching Midweek Footy and handily placed.

Good selection of beers at reasonable prices, staff very pleasant, nice Clean pud and nice surroundings.

A friendly local with very reasonably priced beers

Didn't eat here sat in the beer garden. Nice on a warm day.

Great pub , always made welcome .goood friendy staff

Go to Pub in Ripon for televised sport on big screen. Basic but hits the spot!

Tracey was amazing with her service and went above and beyond in the pool table room during the day / will come here again and again for the amazing service

Very welcoming, and great atmosphere. Reasonable prices

Great local pub in market place with friendly staff and locals ,great drinks prices

Popped in here for a drink and to have a rest from walking to find a proper pub, this is the place the Americans should visit if they want to see the real Yorkshire, locals drinking in a local pub. Good value beers and on a Saturday they have special offers which were even cheaper. Really enjoyed it.

Lovely , cosy pub, great pint of Guinness and good price

No food served .drinkers bar 🍺 🍺 🍺..great for watching the match 👌 👍 😀 👏

Generally an ok pub, however they are not dog friendly after 9pm. Got harassed from about 8:30 as friends of ours had a Doberman Pincher sleeping under one of the tables. At 9pm got told to leave the premises!!! Absolutely disgraceful for a pub. Avoid at all cost if you are a dog owner.

Watched man city v Madrid in bub bear reasonably priced full screen TVs different matches on for all bar staff very friendly go again

Fabulous place to drink and have a boogie fab music.

Far better than the establishment across the road (So!) Much cheaper and better quality pints. Thanks!

Fun place to be on a weekend night..dj and dance floor..reasonable priced drinks.

Friendly pub good for watching sport

Had a great weekend on ripon stayed in hornblower rooms beautiful an spotless shelley an kohn perfect couldn't do enough for us highly recommend

Good old fashioned pub. Very enjoyable.

Disco nights ,sports on the tvs ,friendly staff, clean and well maintained, Plenty of choice for drinks,

Nice staff price not too bad locals bar

Fair price beer and a good atmosphere nice pool table and outside seating area.

This, as my wife would call it an old mans pub, but the beer that I had was spot on, I even had two pints.

Called in watch football plenty areas to watch football good pub

Lovely pub just off the main square with sensible prices at the bar. Big favourite with sports fans. Great staff and friendly locals. Highly recommended.

Great atmosphere, cheap prices. Good fun.

Excellent pub they put the rugby game on for us, Great pint of guiness, good selection of Gins

Very nice food but no decent bitter

Very good, next to the river on a lovely day Watching the world go by.

A no frills, honest to goodness basic pub full of locals. It knows what it is and has no pretentions, a friendly welcome, meat raffle the works ! Friendly locals love their sport even if your team isn't their team- you can enjoy the match, racing, boxing which you can see on multiple screens. Great atmosphere for sporting events. If you are looking for organic bistro food and gluten free craft beers ....this isn't your place. Beer is in good condition, bar snacks come in packets and covid precautions are clearly adhered to.

Went in Saturday night and got to say it would have been a decent pub if we wasn't in a pandemic ,in my opinion it was a hot bed to spread the virus, people was stood up all around us and groups of more than six were chatting everywhere and mixing freely when I got up to leave I complained to a female member of staff and even she said she didn't feel safe

Decent bar with music playing, not many in when we went on a Thursday evening

It’s a pub, handy for a drink if you visit Ripon, no food at lunchtime so we made do with a packet of crisps, sumptuous to be expensive.

Very polite young girl serving.

No social distancing in place at all groups of young men stood in main floor area (not seated as should have been) shouting and singing. 20 minutes later they were told to sit down, appalling. I left my drink and walked out.

Visited twice on Saturday. Afternoon (about 5pm) sports were shown. Older clientele and mainly couples. Good atmosphere. You could tell straightaway it would be popular on an evening as it had that ‘party vibe’ - DJ booth, large ‘dance floor’ area, drinks promotions (cheapest for lager in Ripon!) and disco lights and sure enough... We popped in for the last drink of the night at 11:30pm. It was busy. Good atmosphere. ‘Cheesy’ pop music but clientele were much younger. If you fancy a dance then this would be the place to go .

Reasonably priced, sports on several different TV's, a good disco on Friday and Saturday nights & of course friendly staff!

Beautiful pub. Friendly staff .had lovely time here

Friendly buzzing pub especially at the weekend always something going on, Michelle is a lovely host ♥ xxx

Good food/service friendly staff

Looking a bit tired but still a good boozer to go to on a Fri night

Been to Ripon many times, always visit this pub, usually good atmosphere, sport on TV, reasonable prices, but surprised how quiet it was on a Saturday tea time, until I ordered!! When did this pub get so expensive?? A large wine and house vodka and coke £9.50!!! Had the same in neighbouring pubs cheaper all afternoon. Sadly will be my last visit!

Cracking locals bar with music and drinks offers at the weekend

Great pub, great beers and a great atmosphere to watch the football.

It's right on the town square and popular with the young ones as it had a disco and cheap drinks at the weekend I think that says it all

Friendly staff and Atmosphere, there's a Big Screen TV and some smaller one's around the Pub there's a Pool 🎱 Table and Outside seating!

Nice frendly pub good atmosphere

Great a proper pub for once appears to have lots of locals I liked it

Not a bad pub but prices are high

Newly decorated, warm feel to the place, with friendly staff & Management

The beers are perfect and the staff are fantastic all round

New managersin nice clean pub closed for refurb

Nice pub friendly team great beers and wine worth a visit

Good pub reasonable price nice atmosphere

Serves beer, has all sport and has a juke box/pool room. And a beer garden. Apart from Marlons dodgy haircut at tatts, its sound.

Very poor un friendly I will never set foot in there again

very good place to go for a drink if you like sports they have sky sports just on the market square very handy for the hornblower

WOW ! MUST GO!! the pop world of ripon, if you want cheap and cheerful drinks then the hornblower IS THE PLACE FOR U 💗 . Shout out to the man singing Jackson 5. We were to young to experience the real but it was very similar and I suspect it was something close to this amazing performance . Goodnight ripon . 💙

Nice friendly pub. Black Sheep was ace and at the correct temp. Not freezing. I Wii return!

I didn’t know Ripon that well so I asked my friend who had lived in the area all his life, to take me to a couple of places. Went in there and I think the first warning sign was the lack of tables followed by the fact that they only took cash. Left after taking one sip of the black sheep. If you do come here, take the lager instead.

You know when you watch a horror film and 4 people walk into a bar in an area they are not from and the whole bar stops and stares at you? That’s this place. 8-12 Locals sat about watching darts on tv, and a very un-friendly and not helpful bar man. It’s a shame because it’s a really nice area, there is a whetherspoons 100 metres away with 100 people in of all ages. See where I’m going? Pool table 70p and a Juke Box. 1 pint and left laughing our heads off. We found another pub around the corner which was 100% more welcoming in which we stayed until 12:30am and spent a small fortune.

Nice friendly pub reasonably priced beer and lager live music once a month sky TV for sports

Loved it apart from the strange pot head guy lighting a spliff in the toilet, defiantly recommended for an experience....

You get alcohol which in turn gets you drunk it's a winner for me basically a squaddie bar

Went here with a friend while staying in Ripon. Tried this place as a change for the usual pub we sit in and were very surprised. Great range of beer in a traditional pub with a great atmosphere.

Decent snacks not a brilliant beer selection rarely busy friendly staff

Great atmosphere, lovely traditional pub. Nice to be able to find one these days. Hope it never changes.

Good to watch sport but the beers aren't great.

Friendly staff, great for sport, good facilities, pool and darts

we had a few drinks in here and was a pleasant place to visit. there is sky sports available and when we visite it had a DJ on saurday night

This is a place to just have a beer and a chat and watch a bit of footy on the screens, just how a pub should be

the lager was off and the ambience was none existent. the bar staff were playing darts. the place was cold. wont be going back

Great pub for football with a good atmosphere

more for social and drinking than eating. Food good though and lunch time busy but mainly drinkers and locals in. Night time loud energetic music and good atmosphere.

A great watering hole for all types, lots of sports on the many TV's complimented with a superb selection of traditional ales. We enjoyed a good hour or so in here until it got really noisy so we moved on to the next pub.

Beers not bad and a good bunch behind the bar. All round good service and facilities

Not a bad pint since the poor old Unicorn has to close due to power cuts. Good pumping thumping music and really that is about it ! Working WiFi makes matters slightly more bearable !

Typical pub, no thrills, you'll find locals of all ages. Plays sports on the TV's. Projector for most football matches.

A bit rough looking but we went in and watched the football. Friendly staff and locals. To screens a plenty. Beer good too.

Good local pub. Beer prices good. We heard a band playing who were very good, covers. Seemed friendly mostly regulars..

Queríamos tomar una copa tranquila y relajante pero encontramos gente de allí era ruidosa. sidra ordenados pero barman no sabía nada sobre las que están en oferta. Ambiente no es agradable.

The best pub in Ripon by a long way, full of good people, always packed on Friday and Saturday nights. The barman is a character with a strange sense of humour. It is a must when going for a drink in Ripon.

How rude was the man behind the bar, scruffy looking pink shirt dark hair, i ordered a bottle of wine but made a mistake straight away asked if i could change it , not opened the wine may i add the bar person had literally handed me the wine, HE WAS SOOOOO RUDE!! Basiclly gave me abuse over the bar said not his mistake and walked off, £15.50 for a bottle of cheap wine plus 2 vodkas and coke which is watered down vodka, he is the rudest person i ever met!!!! Avoid at allllllll costs

Beer flat, wine only fit for a chip shop, beer 'garden' ankle deep in fag ends... There are so many better alternatives in Ripon.But it was busy and lively - I'm guessing with locals - so all is not bad out would seem.Shame.

We stopped in here for lunch but they weren’t serving hot food. So we stayed for a drink, sitting by ourselves in the beer garden, listening to the good music that was being piped in. This is a great pub if you like sport, btw.

Brilliant for drinks on a Friday night. £1.50 for spirits and mixer cannot go wrong. Brilliant atmosphere

Having been in once before and I was pleased with the wide selection of ales and pool/darts facilities on offer, and so on my second visit expectations were for an enjoyable night.However after visiting again I was disappointed to learn that despite displaying a 'Challenge 25' poster citing PASS cards as appropriate forms of ID, the publican dismissed my Validate card saying "we don't take those here". Following a short protest pointing out the signage he had displayed he then unceremoniously told myself and my friends to "f*** off" - hardly the most professional attitude. Which made us wonder whether he valued our custom at all given the fact there was barely a handful of regulars in and ourselves, from our perspective he wished only to play darts in peace and viewed us as unnecessary inconvenience. Would not recommend to anyone, beyond perhaps regulars who could PASS - ;) - for 40+, as the landlord does not seem interested in welcoming any young people into his establishment. Forced my friends and I to relocate to another pub (The King William IV) and suffice to say I will not be darkening The Hornblower's door again.

Traditional pub with nicely decorated and immaculately clean interior & bar with good selection of ales at good prices. Warm welcome from bar staff and friendly locals. A proper drinking pub and not some trendy themed bar and it's all the better for it. Very good for a relaxing drink as it's not nearly as crowded as the Wetherspoons down the road.

Quite busy with friendly staff and locals. Only in the Tavern for a couple of hours to watch the footy and really enjoyed it

It was a Sunday evening so it was the end of the weekend but that was still no excuse for having no real ales available when they advertise them outside

The pub is ideally located in the market square region. Its a proper blokes pub, and main attraction is the live sports. If you want to let the missus roam the shops, this is a good place to crash. The beer is very well priced too at 2.40 a pint of lager.

Great place for sport and often have a great variation of music!! I ate here on a Monday night which was nice and quiet. Staff friendly and food was really tasty!! Great Value for money!! Definatly come again!

Went for a couple of beers and ended up having something to eat. Food was what you would expect at the price. Service was all ok.

Great place to go and watch sport, big screen and several TV's. Good food and service, good prices also. Brilliant atmosphere

The music was far too loud couldn't here yourself think, let alone hear the person next to you. May be ok for young people.

had food and drink here, All was very good value for money. It has a good choice of food at very good prices. Also has 2-3 real ales on.