The Mowbray Arms in Hambleton

Good food is worth the money, friendly staff

I don't think it knows what it's supposed to be!! Old pub that looks very tired. Didn't feel welcoming. I wanted to leave as soon as I sat down. I didn't eat so I can't star the food.

Delicious food highly recommend.

Fantastic steak pie, gravy, chips and peas. Divine! Gravy very tasty and steak pie. Excellent chips. Didn't wait long for food.

Food OK, bit limited on range of ales. Friendly staff good surroundings.

Cheap drink,cheap food drink. Good little pub

Just dropped in for a few beers and yes was a good lot of them… Cheers…

Absolutely excellent food and place to visit Well worth the walk past weatherspoons. Pet friendly. Steak pie fantastic

It does sell Timothy Taylor's Landlord beer.

Lunch call in Thirsk is a frequent stop for us on our way home from Newcastle. This time instead of a quick sandwich we saw the sign for Sunday lunch outside and couldn’t resist. The landlord assigned a table to us we bought a drink and ordered a Sunday roast each. We had our meal served amazingly quick, the pub was quite busy. The plates were very hot, the meat was fantastic and lots of it, fresh veg Yorkshire pudding and lots of gravy. A perfect lunch great service lovely staff and all for a great deal less than £25 . Will definitely call again.

My food rating is based purely on menu content.

Shocking. Rip customers off. Put beer up. Give plastic glasses and the plastic glass isn't even a pint. Said have to use plastic but other pubs didnt. Avoid.

Best stake pie and chips ever. Great chunks of meat and tasty gravy. The chips were "proper" not mushy, or bland. The pub is really old. Stone flag floors. Proper old beams etc. The staff were friendly and welcoming. If you're in Thirsk go there you won't be disappointed. Thanks guys.

This is a real old-fashioned pub with nice low ceilings, lots of timberframes. The sort of pub tourists from around the world love. It just oozes history. Well worth a visit. It's right on the market square so really handy too.

went to this pub today 20th august with mam and sister we ordered jacket potato 2tuna 1 cheese and 3 teas we waited 15mins even though it was not busy my sisters and mams was cold so she said she would heat them up you don't heat tuna and we didn't want cheese melting they took them away and they were hot when brought back we still hadn't received our tea my sister had 2 mouth fulls from hers and found a hair in it she shouted of the waitress and after telling her she walked away to get the manager saying she is complaining again where everyone could here . we asked for the money back they gave us £6.50 even though it was £7.95 . My sister went to the bar and both waitress were standing talking about us as she heard them say we better check prices as the other one came for a menu . They were unaware that she was standing there and she heard them . They gave her the rest of the money. There excuse was that they were busy and short staffed . We were there for a day out and we certainly wont be going back. The service and attitude from staff was not up to standard .

The steak pie was the best my husband had eaten in a long time. The lasagne where very filling and full of flavour. Very generous with their potions.

Drinks are not badly priced but a bit disappointed that there was no food

What a lovely place to have lunch in the beer garden on a hot day. Generous portions of good food, ice cold drinks and friendly staff. We will be back

Called in mid-evening and was surprised to see the place empty. The lady behind the bar was very friendly and the lagers were okay. The Landlord Ale wasn't one of the best I have had compared to that served elsewhere. maybe it was getting near the end of the barrel. Will try again next time we are in Thirsk.

Part of an afternoon wandering around the pubs of Thirsk. I've lived here over a year and only been to one pub. My approach to pub visits like this is to perch at the bar and take it all in. Wasn't disappointed here. Friendly group of regulars and bar staff

Beautiful food friendly service clean decent prices too would highly recommend if your in thirsk

Food here is tasty and good value. The Timothy Taylors Landlord was excellent. Friendly staff...

Lovely old world wood & plaster & nice beer 🍺

Went in for Sunday afternoon drinks, 4/5 people in all sitting at bar with their drinks, stood waiting a tall blond woman came out of back and put a glass away, directly in front of me, didn't look like she saw me, but she then did the same thing another 4-5 times, its a small bar about 12 feet long, at one point she came in went to other end of bar said something to a customer then walked past me and into the back, no word of acknowledgement no "I'll be with you in a minute" I've worked in bars and you're always aware of who's around and who's waiting. I wasn't scruffy, I wasn't loud or rude, I was just standing waiting for her to "see" me! I could maybe guess why she was ignoring me but can't say without evidence, so I left and found another pub of which there are many in Thirsk!!

Amazing food steak pie and quiche are proper 👌

We called in here for lunch on 30 March 2024 having intending to go to Helmsley, however I have to say the food was fabulous which made up for our disappointment of not being able to park in Helmsley. We were really impressed with the chips, they were proper and not the anemic chips you are sometimes served elsewhere. The pie itself was very tasty with just the right amount of pastry and the gravy was so tasty. I will definitely will be returning sometime in the future thank you Mowbray Arms.

Great old pub, like they should be. Great food, atmosphere, staff, service and food. Will use again when back over that way. Friday 15th April 2024: Called in again for lunch, excellent staff, drinks and food, friendly locals and a popular venue. Shame more pubs aren't like this.

Popped.in to watch the Grand National to find a larger than expected pub with a nice selection of beers. Much larger than I expected with exposed timbers giving it a real feeling of age. Would recommend to anyone in Thirsk who would like a good quality pint.

Didn't eat there but it's a proper pub serving proper beer! Loved it and will visit again when in Thirsk.

Stopped at Thirsk enroute to holiday. Lovely town. The Mowbray Arms had a medium menu which covered all tastes. Food was home cooked and delicious. We all tried something different and no issues with any of the dishes. Service was nice, everyone was really friendly. Would recommend this over the chains that are also in the town

Called in for something to eat with a friend, sounded very nice but when it came it was microwaved ...........not impressed at all

Food ok, staff member friendly. Shame about loud music, and the lairy lot in the window on the bar side.

Beautiful building.... unfortunately let down by the atmosphere. We arrived just before lunch and people were doing shots, music was some 90s dance, not really inkeeping with the historic architecture of the pub. We had intended to eat but there were people swearing (f**k, c**t etc.) in the bar, I'm not a prude but I don't want to listen to it whilst I am eating lunch. The menu we were given was covered in beer, decided to give eating a miss for the above reasons. Tim Taylors on cask which was decent.

Excellent pub and fantastic food. Staff are very friendly and helpful, will definitely be visiting again..

Meet up with old service friends, ambiance was wonderful, staff very attentive & extremely friendly. Service was 1st class as was the food, I definitely recommend visiting this establishment if your in Thirsk.

Lovely old pub. Nice sandwiches. Batman was very friendly and helpful. Shame they don't do food in the evening.

I spent a great evening with my daughter and her partner, meet several of the regulars, listening to the music on the jukebox, everyone was so friendly, cracking atmosphere, will certainly go there again when I next visit Thirsk.

Exceptional Ham sandwich, happy engaged staff & very dog friendly

On way home stopped for lunch with our 2 dogs, very friendly welcome. Good quality pub food - we had ham snwich which was packed with goodies and scampi was excellent - highly recommend

If this pub were a person it would be Ray Winstone at a an all-night rave, talking very loudly. Go elsewhere!

Visited as a family of 9 on 5th November and we found the Mowbray arms to be very accommodating. The Sunday lunch was really nice. 3 courses for £11.95. We were not disappointed. Compliments to all the staff.

Love what the new owners have done to improve this market place pub. Rarely used it before but do now through the day. Younger crowd on a night. Drinks very fairly priced and good John Smith's . Pleasant partly sunny rear yard and olde world interior. Good food and great value Sunday lunch. Well worth trying to support Stuart in his venture at The Mobray Arms.

Lovely authentic pub with great ale! A great atmosphere in the evening with a DJ playing! I would recommend a visit.

Wonderful homemade steak pie like my grandmother used to make it. Proper chunky chips. Fantastic sticky toffee pudding. Fast and friendly service. (PS, re picture, I asked for no peas).

This is my first time in Thirsk. And so the first time In the Mowbray Arms with my one time experience. I would have to disagree with the 2 previous 1 star reviews my steak pie was one of the best I'v had in any pub and my wife was very happy with her meal. So I have to agree with the management. Portion Size Was good enough for me I thought it was value for money. It was definitely a friendly Traditional pub with good beer. Also dog friendly. I just wish it was closer To my home town in Staffordshire.

Nice little pub, can't complain

What a great pub, best pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord I've had anywhere! Visited 6th September around 11.30, lovely lady behind the bar made us very welcome. Hope she managed to top up her tan 🤣

The pub is really good but the clientele sat around the bar area were ignorant and foul mouthed We left our drinks and so did several other customers Won’t return 😩

RAW FOOD! Me and my family walked into this pub because it looked traditional and thenmenu was to a great standard. Service was good and staff where friendly. I ordered the chicken strips and my wife ordered the beef burger. My chicken strips where raw! Cooked on the outside and raw in the inside. My wife's burger was like a 10p burger from the corner shop frozen section. It was disgusting! The staff was kind enough though and gave us free desserts. However, the chocolate fudge cake I had was dry and I pressured it had been left out for a long time. DON'T WAIST YOUR TIME HERE!

We visited the Mowbray Arms today for a drink as we had heard it was a nice pub.OMG what can I say a couple were fighting and arguing and abusive to each other using filthy language and I quote (the local drug dealer ) We are tourist to this area and myself and my husband aswell as another couple who were in felt intimated and uncomfortable we left .The man in question kept coming back and forward to the pub aswell as intacting with various vehicles outside .Not what we expected as the Mowbray Arms is a lovely oldie worldie pub and the bar maid was lovely .

Beer not good Camra rating misleading

Fab Sunday lunch, definitely recommend.

The most elegant pub on Thirsk Market

Visited here today for lunch with my family… wish we hadn’t! Felt bad as the bar lady was in her own and doing EVERYTHING from serving, taking food orders, seating people etc. was super disappointed when our food arrived. Although my 2 young children enjoyed their chicken nuggets, chips and beans, my husband’s steak pie and my prawn sandwich were very disappointing and not good value for money. His portion was VERY small and my side salad and coleslaw was literally 1 mouthful of each (including the core of the lettuce!) when we asked for ketchup we were given 1 tiny pot between 4 of us. For the price we paid we were extremely disappointed and won’t be returning. The photo of my sad looking meal includes chips shared by my daughters (which were the nicest part of the meal) .

Been to Thirsk so many times, missed this gem. Fantastic Sunday lunch, I had chicken Breast and my husband had meat pie. Plates were hot, plenty of fresh and very hot veg and just one all round great meall to see us through the rest of the day. The staff were very polite and friendly. Will definitely be back.

Lovely olde worded Inn. Called in for lunch, I had the quiche and hubby had homemade steak pie. The quiche came with a delicious jacket potato and a well prepared salad, very nice homemade quiche. Hubby's steak pie came with chips, peas and gravy, lovely big chunks of tender steak, thoroughly enjoyed both meals. Dogs welcome and very friendly, attentive staff. Highly recommended.

We stopped on our return from Northumberland. Lovely friendly little pub. Made our dog very welcome, bring him water and a treat.

Lovely Sunday dinner, very good food and reasonably priced too. I will be returning here!

Great Sunday lunch, beef was so tender and plenty of it, veg was good all hot and served fast. Staff were friendly and polite would defiantly recommend it when I'm Thirsk. Keep up the good work.

Lovely dog friendly pub. Visited twice while in the area, highly recommend . A female bar staff member on my second visit left a lot to be desired in customer service skills but she was busy. Don’t let that put you off, good drinks great atmosphere .

Ate lunch here today. My 83 year old dad thought the cheeseburger was ok, I thought the lasagne was acceptable but my wife’s “chicken fillet burger” was, to be honest, a disgrace! It was basically a “BirdsEye” crunchy chicken burger but not even sure it was a “BirdsEye” one. Bland and flavourless. Also, no jacket potatoes available, but not notified of that when we arrived and took a menu and another customer walked out because there was no gluten free items on the menu. We are more than happy with “no frills” pub food but please don’t insult us with bland tasteless frozen burgers that are about as far removed from a chicken fillet burger as you can possibly get.

We went for a pub crawl in Thirsk and visited here. Its a bit rough and ready but the staff and locals couldn't be more friendly. We were made very welcome. You can watch sport in the front area where there is plenty of seating and at the back there is a bit of a dance area.

Great service and value for money

Great beer, amazing food. Wonderful staff Would visit at every opportunity

A delightful, cosy pub/restaurant in the centre of Thirsk. Service was prompt and the food arrived on lovely hot plates. We chose the scampi which came with a large serving of freshly cooked chips,peas and tartar sauce. A very good meal at a reasonable price and certainly worth a return visit.

good Sunday dinner very reasonably priced 3 course under 12 pounds

Popped in for lunch, nice food and friendly staff, good value.

Lovely dog friendly pub. Very welcoming & friendly, even our young dog was made very welcome. Great beer & the steak pie was amazing.

Nice atmosphere & lovely sandwiches

When it comes to the sheer style and decor of the pubs in Thirsk there is no doubt that the Mowbray Arms is certainly one of the best. It is apparently the oldest pub in the square and with its low ceilings, huge dark wooden...

Lovely home made food. Dog friendly too 🐶

Nice little find. Olde worldy. Good food and friendly service. The locals use it so that is a good sign.

Spent a very pleasant early evening with a good pint of Landlord in a warm and welcoming snug

The staff are very friendly and the atmosphere is good. We visited on a Wednesday afternoon so that might have some bearing on our experience. We didn’t have food so can’t comment but I did have a pint of Tetleys which was frankly horrible , I only drank it because I hoped the taste would improve but alas no. I then tried a pint of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord which is always good , but not today sadly it was almost as bad as the tetleys. Also my wife had a lemonade and lime but the chap behind the bar forgot the lime.

Visited last night after been recommended this place by local people as been one of the oldest pubs . The staff working was absolutely fantastic so friendly and polite and went the extra mile to make sure we was happy. They was a breath of...

My friend and I had the most wonderful lunch here today. The staff were so friendly and helpful; the food was beautiful. The pub is historical and interesting. We'll definitely visit again.

Food and beer for me and the Mrs on the way to Whitby. The steak pie was crammed with lean tender meat with a sumptuous light and delicious crust. Quite one of the best I have ever tasted. Unfortunately the chips were far too deeply fried although I managed to avoid a trip to a dental technician. Beer excellently presented and willingly topped up, Timothy Taylor's landlord ' it's usually a bit lively '. Would have been an easy 5 stars but for the reincarnated chips.

Made about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit. “Landlady” rude ignorant and very unwelcoming! Wide choice of pubs in Thirsk, no need to go anywhere near this one. DON’T.

Lovely pub, great staff, the owners are sexy too. And so friendly & lovely :) a very comfortable pub to go & enjoy drinks with friends at x

Visited here not the for the first time and great every time we come to the Mowbray. Would definitely recommend, friendly staff and welcoming pub. Food is great - can’t beat homemade food! 100% will be back again

First visit to this lovely clean and friendly pub. This is how all pubs should be . Selection of snacks and food . Great staff too . Will be visiting again !!

Lovely olde worlde traditional pub in my home town. Dog friendly and reasonably priced. Take the dog a walk on a Sunday and we always call for a pint.

Very busy on race day, good beer, fast service

We visited on an afternoon for food and drinks. Looked clean, nice furnishings and staff were friendly. I ordered chicken strips and my husband ordered a burger. Whilst there was nothing wrong with the food it was a bit underwhelming and basic. Prices were reasonable so I guess you get what you pay for!

If ur visiting Thirsk don't go in Mowbray arms, bar maid makes sure she serves locals first (29th July 2022) despite the fact that we were obviously next with o t 3 other people in the bar.

Had a lunch main courses were fine for price

Had a brilliant night with my family on Friday night but the place definitely needs a door man on weekends

Turned back due to patrons smoking in the doorway due to the rain outside... really not plesent at all. Please have a word, we have been told that it is a nice place to eat and drink.

Lovely Sunday lunch and very reasonably priced

Had lunch and puddings here and can honestly say it was absolutely lovely and very reasonably priced. Highly recommend

Called for an evening drink - full of very drunk people screaming, swearing and shouting. Uncomfortable atmosphere - won't be calling in again.

Lovely olde world pub with fabulous home made food. The steak pie and chips are to die for. Barmaid was friendly and accomodating

As far as old English pubs go, this is a very old, traditional pub. The food, beer and atmosphere were great. I am a tourist and it was what I was looking for in a pub.

Great drinks at reasonable prices and a friendly atmosphere

Had two lunches. Lasagne was very small in oval shaped dish about an inch deep. Not a decent portion at all. Salad was a small lettuce leaf and two tomato slices and some onion. Not great. Gave me very bad stomach cramps n hour later....

Great Sunday lunches at very reasonable prices. Warm welcome from friendly staff.

Really good, lovely staff and meal, dog friendly

Great little pub there was no food been served the day we went,still staff was friendly.

Delicious food. We will be back soon

Tia lovely friendly lanlady, people very friendly, lovely pub,had a great afternoon .