The Kestrel in Harrogate

Served by Wendy who was very attentive and friendly

I have been here before. I won't be going back after my last experience. They had clearly over booked and as a result, we were not able to even get in. We booked ahead to reserve a table, the car park was fully booked. The kitchen staff came into the car park, laughing and recording a video of how busy it was. We ended up having to leave. It's a shame, when it's not this disorganised, it's actually a nice place.

Friendly and courteous staff Good food Warm atmosphere

Really nice pub, great breakfast

Lovely meal and looked after by Emma who was really friendly.

Emma was amazing, very attentive and when the food wasnt up to par she replaced them instantly.

Our group of four (4) are regular visitors to the Kestrel but was really disappointed on this occasion as it was an hour from ordering our meal before it arrived at the table, There seemed to be very few staff around. The drinks also took a long time to arrive at the table. Very disappointing ! !

Booked a table for 12 for a get together and had a lovely meal, great friendly service and very helpful on splitting the bill, will come Back again. recommend the beef and ale pie! Thank you

I just spent an amazing weekend in The Kestrel. Accommodation perfect! Food perfect! Staff fabulous. Big thank you to Louise, Francesca, Gemma & Wendy who served us all. Just a shame we had to come home. Totally relaxed. Thank you 💚

Nice pub. Nice meal. Great service.

Cracking pub and really good food and drink.

We stopped for brunch and it was amazing. My partner had a full english which was perfectly cooked beautifully displayed and all of our food was hot and food came quickly. I had the eggs royal and the eggs were done to perfection. very friendly staff and a gorgeous wood fire to keep us warm in the snow.

We regularly meet as a group of about ten, “Lunch Bunch”, so we know what to look for and the Kestrel was brilliant in all aspects.

Very friendly and inviting family atmosphere

Lovely impromptu evening, great atmosphere. Great service. Lovely and cosy on a cold night.

Lovely pub, lovely friendly service, very welcoming

Great dinner, and great service catered to my young son as well! Will keep coming back!

Had a really lovely dinner and was served by a lovely lady called Emma.

Have stayed here 4 years in a row. Nice atmosphere and staff

Great friendly service 5star very nice food staff very helpful and welcoming

The service and food were all very nice and our server Emma was lovely very attentive would definitely come back again

Chosen for its location when visiting the Harrogate Woodworking Show. Exceeded expectations

Excellent food, service and atmosphere

Great welcome, lovely service and delicious food. What more can you ask for!!!!

The meal we were served was splendid. We had planned ahead and booked a table which was perfect. Very quiet and tucked away in a corner. We could hold a conversation at a normal volume. The Kestral was busy but it didn't feel busy. The Staff were excellent and Emma, who took our order and served us, was brilliant, over and above. Very smily and obviously enjoys her work at The Kestrel. Thank you for helping to round off an excellent day. We would definitely recommend The Kestrel for excellent food and drinks.

Lovely venue with great views, fab service and beautiful food

Great service. Nice vegan alternatives. Lovely salad dressing!

Julie was very friendly and was very helpful.

What can I say 5 stars all the way from the excellent service to the mouthwatering food. Could not fault a thing

Yet another lovely welcome. Our food once again was fantastic. My husband had Fish cakes and I had Gammon followed by Honeycomb Bomb and Mini Crumble and coffee. Francesca was wonderfully attentive, even though she was very busy, she made us feel very welcome. We are already looking forward to our next visit.

Lovely service, amazing food and well looked after. Always a family favourite to come to this pub either for a special occasion or just for a nice meal out

Excellent classic pub atmosphere with open fires and good choice of food and drink. Unfortunately the fryer never seems to get repaired and therefore fish and chips always unavailable

Emma was a super waitress - attentive and friendly. Delicious food!

Always great to visit this place.

Delicious food and very friendly and helpful staff.

Generally very good, friendly environment and staff, nice food. However, let down slightly today as choices slightly affected by broken fish fryer! No flap jack with coffee. Still, the food we chose was great, waitress was lovely, friendly and professional……. We’ll be back!

Excellent evening meal, fab service by Emma. Thank you.

A solid pub. Service was not great but better than some.

Food and service absolutely impeccable in a classic old English pub. Highly reccomended!

Nice cosy take by the fire. Great service

Food was great pudding top notch

Lovely food. Great service. Dog friendly.

Stayed at the kestrel for one night a motorhome stop over great place car park round the back quiet lovely pub great food and dog friendly in the bar area would definitely recommend this place.

Emma was amazing. Friendly and helpful. Food was amazing. Me and my wife loved lamb shank. Really amazing experience

Lovely meal and servicr. Cant be faulted!

Tuesday 22nd 2024 lunchtime Excellent resteraunt, made to feel welcome straight away. Staff are friendly and polite and have excellent customer care The food was excellent, piping hot and plenty of it. Very pleasant atmosphere Will call in again, worth a visit any day of the week.

Fabulous place. Great menu, lovely food. Attentive service. Great selection of beers and drinks. Highly respected

Great meal and very good table service from Emma

Lovely cosy place nice rooms couldn't fault all staff verry pleasent

Emma was our server today. Food was amazing. Service amazing. Would recommend for a lunchtime or evening meal.

Great staff, but not enough of them

Lovely meal, warm and friendly staff

Most unfriendly first member of staff. Obviously having a bad day. So rude we left without eating. Not prepared to give them our money. Very disappointing. Will not be returning, have been many times before.

Interesting & varied menu which caters for all, Fantastic attentive service in lovely surroundings Generous portions of top quality food will definitely return when in the area again

Lovely, cozy and warm place, friendly and helpful staff, nice food. Will definitely come back!

Lovely meal and great service from Emma 😃

Emma was very friendly and smily, excellent customer service, thank you!

Gemma was very attentive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lovely meal, lovely atmosphere, perfect service by Gemma

Service by Gemma was absolutely great and the food was great value. An unexpected visit but I’m sure we’ll be back.

Food appalling. Not worth the money we spent! Will not go again.

Sunday lunch at the Kestrel was delicious, the portions were massive, and our server, Gemma was so polite and helpful, could not do enough for us. Will definitely be back

So comfy and smart but with a homely atmosphere. And Old Peculiar on tap.

The bar staff and staff in general were really friendly and helpful. Will definitely call again.

Served by Emma great night coming back.

Consistently good in all respects Many thanks to Emma who looked after us

Really lovely atmosphere, Gemma our waitress was fab, attentive and friendly. There were 6 of us and all enjoyed our food - really good sized portions - we are stuffed!

Gemma was great - super friendly and attentive. Food was delicious

We really enjoyed the day it was very very busy if anything it looked a little understaffed, there were some people looking stressed, but interactions with the customers always stayed professionaltwo of three on the adjacent table sent their meal back, which as ofter happened another person nearby also complained, if there was any fault with the meals ( turkey dinner) the parsnip was a little under done, ,they were large though.. both our plates were cleared never the less, the people complaining were saying the rosts were overcooked, on the contrary they were beautiful, but very difficult to cut, with the blunt knifes, the table adjacent were elderly so I imagine had difficulty cutting them open I hope this helps, see you next time in Harrogate for sure..

Great Sunday lunch with family Excellent friendly service Very pleasant experience

Staying over for one night had an evening meal for two service and food was excellent highly recommended unfortunately didn’t get photos of the mains

My parents and I had dinner here tonight. The food was excellent as was the service. The price was fair and the ambience lovely. Couldn’t fault it, thank you for a lovely meal and evening.

Really nice food and friendly staff!

The decor and the atmosphere of The Kestrel gave warm country pub vibes. The food was nice.

Great traditional pub food, in a lovely vintage pub. Great service from Gemma

Despite a busy service, food was very well executed. Coffee and custard for the crumble in particular were exemplary. The banana choux pastry went down very well.

We visited again this week and the service and food was excellent, first rate, a very nice atmosphere too, highly recommend.

Emma was very helpful. Great food.

Delicious food. Very quaint. Staff very friendly xxx

Sorry it's a no from me , lovely looking pub but staff not great here

Thoroughly enjoyed the lunch in a relaxed atmosphere

Whilst in Harrogate we visited this place. I have to say I was really pleased we did. The hotels bar is really nice and clean, it’s warm me welcoming. Very nicely decorated and a beautiful country pub look. The staff were friendly, helpful and polite. The service was first class. The food was divine. I had fish and chips with mushy peas and tartare sauce. The fish was cooked to perfection, Golden crispy batter with a fluffy bit of haddock. Tasted beautiful. The chips triple cooked with skin on, chunky and again cooked really well. The filling fluffy and I really enjoyed them. The mushy peas really good. My only criticism was my tartare sauce it was far too chunky for me but the taste was amazing. So I ate what I could. My partner had pie of the day which was stake and ale, this was massive. The meat was so tender and full of gravy. She had plenty of filling within the pie. The pastry was light and fluffy. The mash potatoes had spring onions in and it was soft and free of any lumps. The vegetables she did not like the look of but when she ate them she said was delicious. The gravy was rich and tasty. A very happy pair of customers after our visit thank you

Don't stay here.. Noise from other rooms and floor boards is shocking

Sunday lunch. Good sized portion and the food was good. Worth a visit.

We've been to vintage inns before over the years. But the food we had was far below par. It was all a bit greasy and fried. Different to the food we've had at others in the chain

Lovely place. Probably our fourth visit. Good every time.

Amazing evening at the Kestrel. Served by Gemma. Thank you for a great evening!

Lovely pub and restaurant. Good menu and cosy dining area. Outside dining when weather allows in summer. Lots of parking. Friendly staff and good service. Popular so booking a table probably a good idea.

Nice pub, lovely Sunday roast. Staff very pleasant would definitely go back

The food was great and the showers were really hot and great pressure but having a family of four, only having two trouble beds (one being a pull out bed which you can feel the springs and bed from under your back) is not great. Staff are nice and a very aesthetically pleasing place!

Fabulous place to eat, great service

Excellent Sunday lunch We all had turkey which was delicious, with all the trimmings. Recommended

It was a really good pub, and the rooms were really good. Loved our stay here for a wedding up the road. Breakfast was good!

Great food staff excellent Julie was our waitress she was brilliant. Only down side the garden and entrance to the car park could do with a tidy up roses need to be deadheaded to bring more colour to the garden apart from that a grand place.

We visit the Kestrel frequently and always enjoy our experience but just wanted to write a review specifically to praise Gemma, whose service we thought was exceptionally excellent the other night. Thank you! :)

This was our first time visiting The Kestrel. We often stay in Harrogate and decided to try somewhere different to eat—and we were not disappointed! The signature burger was amazing, the service was excellent, and the atmosphere was wonderful. We would definitely visit again.

Always great food and great service here whenever we call in!

Only called for adrink seemed reasonable.

I had to call to be notified of my booking. They double charged me for my room and lied about availability. The room smelt of bleach and the walls were so thin you could hear your neighbours movie. The food is great the place is great but the reservations team especially Mitchell are horrible penny pinchers. I’ll never stay with the inn keepers collection again.

Staff lovely, food good & drink good