Zinc in Harrogate

Visited many times & always great food & service. Fully recommend.

Just had a drink at one the chain pubs on the street and wanted to move on. Looked at this place which was empty but it looked different. Went in and it was a very different experience which was great. Had a couple of drinks and listened to some live music from Damien ?? All in thoroughly enjoyed it.

Really friendly, passionate about what he does, felt very safe. Crepes were very good, would certainly try the mezzo next time.

Really lovely little venue with friendly staff, great food and a fantastic selection of drinks

Great service Good coffee. Great collection of crepes

Quick service, lots of vegan options and a friendly host with a sense of humour.

Needed the toilet badly so popped in for a coffee and cake. Very tasty. Toilet was clean and fresh

Great restaurant run by a lovely guy. Highly recommended!

This small but perfectly formed establishment can be found nestled amongst other bars and restaurants behind the Yorkshire Hotel. A warm friendly welcome received. Drinks at a reasonable price compared to other places. Had a great evening chatting to other staycationers.

Fantastic home made crepes. Wonderful friendly atmosphere.

Lovely little place with a lot of character, really friendly staff and delicious savoury and sweet crepes. Would definitely recommend👍

Staff very friendly, great selection of craft beers. Dog friendly 🐶

Delicious food attentive staff tho very busy!!

on this occasion the food and atmosphere was ok however the sausage was very small .. there are much better restaurants available

Beautiful food, cosy atmosphere, Olivier is a top host.

Second time for a wine tasting evening, sparkling wines for christmas. Great evening with a guy who supplies and introduces the wines, a natural raconteour who knows his wines. Food was very nice with each wine. A great evening highly enjoyable

Visited Zinc on a busy Saturday lunchtime as a family of four. The manager greeting us very friendly, showed us to a table round the corner and reeled off the menu. Taking our order of 4 large cups of tea, and 4 soup + sandwich, the drinks came quickly and the soups/sandwich combinations within the 15 minutes promised. Tables are quite close, so don't expect to be dancing around, but 'interesting' art on the walls. We all enjoyed the food and the soup was first class! Not expensive, highly recommended.

Super cozy French café-bistro. Olivier is very welcoming. Beaujolais Nouveau night had a lovely buzz to it . A very tiny gem ♥️

Truly appalling pizza which is a premade base/sauce with a ghastly over flavoured tomato flavour. Linda McCartney sausages just cut into 3 pieces and thrown on top from the packet. Cranberry juice was half apple puree and sickly sweet. £13 +for something v inferior to Asda ready made pizza.

Went there at around 11 am. The owner very happily greeted us and asked what we were looking for. We told him we were looking for some brunch and he carefully explained all of the different types of bagles he had, sandwiches pizzas tarts and more. We each had a bagle and shared a tart. Everything was absolutely fantastic and the bagles had more flavor than yesterday's dinner. Fantastic place with a very friendly host. Most of the sandwiches and bagles were 3.50 and hand made. Would recommend for breakfast or brunch

My husband and I stopped here for a bite for lunch and were really glad we did. Such a cute restaurant and the food was beautiful. We just wanted a bite to eat as we had a large meal booked for that evening, so we shared a pizza (delicous!) and a homemade dessert (gorgeous!) The service was excellent and very personal. The place has a lovely feel to it too. When we return to Harrogate, we will definitely visit again.

The family Rhodes took a chance in the rain during the Cycling World Championships when we had no idea where to eat and wanted to be dry for 5 minutes. The welcome was as warm as the pizza which was delicious. A wonderful place to lunch and highly recommended. Just wish we lived closer.

This bar is no longer a vegetarian cafe/bistro/restaurant and so I desperately miss the vegan pancakes and fantastic, incredibly good value 3 course meals. However, it is still vegetarian. It is still run by Olivier, one of the friendliest, welcoming and accommodating owners you could hope to meet. Lovely as he is, he is hopeless with social media ;) so there is always a level of uncertainty as to what is going on there - hence this lengthy review! It’s now a cosy bar, serving home made pizzas, all vegetarian/vegan and great beer and wine. They put on monthly wine tasting events and I went along to one yesterday - 4 wines and a liqueur I think, although I lost count some time shortly after the pino grigio! 5 course meal - delicious and perfectly matched with the wines (vegan for me, meat for my husband) and v entertaining talks from Patrice - all for less that £29 pp. In response to an earlier, slightly damning review, although tickets were £10, I believe Oliver provided beer and pizza for only £5 pp for the vegan night. Great place, great night - I may even have started on the journey to forgiveness for the disappearance of the vegan pancakes....

So disappointed that TripAdvisor let us down. Couldn't wait to tuck into those crepes again! Massively rate the place.

Fantastic idea making all the pizza’s vegan! Not that you would even realise, I tried the pulled jackfruit and wouldn’t have been able to tell the difference between it and pulled pork! The white wine was also delicious. Olivier is a great host so friendly and welcoming

Great drinks and friendly bartender

Always a wonderful experience at zinc. Friendly staff, creative wonderful food and wonderful ambience. If you haven't been it's a 'must go', especially for the veggie and the newbies visiting Harrogate

Personal attentive service and really good prices. Great place to chill.

Pizza and booze ... all vegan... with veggie options if that’s your thing... surrounded by surreal artwork ... and all served up by a French homme in Harrogate !!

Great friendly service. Great pizza. Great crust and sauce. Try the falafel on the pizza, it sounds weird but it is amazing! I got mushroom, spicy sausage(veg), and falafel on mine. It was all good but the falafel was the superstar of the meal.

Absolutely amazing value, lovely customer service, one of the best vegan pizzas we've ever had! Will definitely return 👌

Had a lovely vegan meet up evening at zinc on 5/6/19. Went on my own but people were friendly and chatty. Pizza slice was yummy and I will definitely go back and have a whole yummy pizza to myself! 🌈🌸🍷

Got a micro pizza portion and small drink at a special £10.00 event for 20+ customers on wed 05 jun 2019. It was such a shame as could have been lovely. The drink was in a bottle and we had or serve ourselves as the host was too busy making his small pizzas. It was basically served as a take away portion on cardboard and at the price the proprietor was hitting us with a costing of about £40 per pizza. I felt so sad and disappointed that I never want to go back and can’t recommend this place to any of my friends.

Great coffee, lovely vegan pizza, we really like atmosphere, i will back for a beer another day!

Great vegetarian sausages. Lots of vegan and vegetarian options available. Friendly staff. Good decor and in a good central position.

Been to Zinc a number of times but in particular their wine night. 5 courses with wine giving great value and a very entertaining night out. Looking forward to trying out the new gin and beer selection now they’re open Tues - Sat evenings. Great local independent.

Amazing vegan pizzas and a friendly atmosphere. Would recommend to anyone visiting Harrogate

We visit Harrogate at least every month and have been regulars at Zinc. Always relieved when we could manage to get a table as was always full and very busy, but we were more than happy to wait as the food was always fantastic.

Have always loved coming to zinc for breakfast when staying in Harrogate, unfortunately they have decided to go fully vegan, no more bacon or sausages. Now I’m all for keeping up with modern tastes but the fact I couldn’t have a ‘full english’ and had to endure dry tasting ‘vegan’ sausages which were horrible, also the place was also empty (Saturday morning!) which I had never witnessed there before!

Loved it! Such a fabulous array of vegetarian and vegan dishes to choose from. Had a delicious vegan lunch there today (avocado crepe) and shall certainly be returning ... as soon as possible!

I work in Harrogate and occasionally want to pop out at lunchtime for a coffee and a snack but am never sure where to go. Well now I do. I didn't know this lovely place existed. Everything was special starting with the very warm welcome and continued with lovely food and great coffee. I asked a lot of questions about the food and the charming waiter (owner?) was very knowledgeable and helpful. There looked to be a good wine selection too but I'll leave that to my next visit not on a work day.

Went today for lunch. What a lovely welcome we got. Very friendly! Menu AMAZING for vegetarians and vegans. Wanted everything can’t wait to go back. Hidden gem of Harrogate

As we walked up the sunny street looking for somewhere for lunch a lovely man stepped out smiled & introduced his restaurant then went back inside to let us consider. We were surrounded by franchises &’we wanted something different, so in we went.

My husband and I had a light lunch on Sunday at Zinc...we're vegan, so it's a real treat to find a delicious menu with lots of vegan options. Cassoulet with vegan sausages with a glass of white wine - definitely more-ish. But the vegan chocolate-berry crepes were the best crepes I've ever eaten.

Fell over this place whilst visiting friends. Excellent and friendly service. Massive choice of vegan vegetarian food from sandwiches to crepes and with a daily special. Licensed with bottled beers, ciders and wine but also a range of teas, coffees and soft drinks. Will be back!

Fantastic food and Saturday evening menu great value for money.

This Tasty French Bistro has fresh food at a good price, The service is fast and efficient Great wine choice

Simply delicious. Will be returning

mein host welcomed us in & served us great coffee, crepes, & croque monsieur, the food was absolutely delish!!

Delicious - so good I had a second savory crepe for dessert! Gluten free options available too

Welcoming and cosy. Cheap and cheerful. Highly recommend. Wonderful French Good.

We visited Harrogate for a long weekend and by chance came across this little gem of a cafe. In fact 'cafe' doesn't do it justice, it is indeed small with no more than a dozen tables but it serves fantastic crepes which I'd say is its speciality but it also has a great choice of hot and cold sandwiches. It also has wine tasting sessions which set it apart and seem to be popular. But what makes this place a must visit is the French owner who warmly welcomes everyone in and generates a warm and friendly atmosphere with a bit of gentle banter which everyone appreciates. The bottom line here is the food is delicious but you will love the whole experience. Highly recommended.

very friendly team and French owner was very charming. food was great value for money and came out quickly. i would recommend breakfast there over the hotels next door!!

This is a small French cafe/ Bistro with delightful, friendly staff who spent time teaching our son some French words. The food is all freshly prepared to order & was fantastic quality, clearly prepared by a chef using tasty, fresh ingredients. A great wine list & a great French feel to the place. Really enjoyed our visit, we’ve had both breakfast & lunch, not evening meal yet but will definitely be back!

Excellent breakfast crepes and coffee, friendly service, nice atmosphere

Popped in for brekky - what a great little place, wish it was nearer to home. Lovely chap, lovely food & great coffee.

Went based on trip reviews...& so glad we did. Got there 10am, fairly quiet but in the time we were there it became very busy...& with good reason! Service lovely, personal without being over bearing. Savoury crepe for me, sweet for my friend...SOOOOO good!! Authentic...like being at a creperie in France! Good coffee...so good I had two! Great prices. Nuff said.

We ate breakfast here during our stay in Harrogate - my partner had the full English but I went for pancakes which were lovely. The owner was chatty and pleasant and we would have like to have tried their evening menu but they were fully booked. Also interested in their wine tasting evenings which sounded great.

Awesome little creperie. Tasty food, reasonably priced. Worth seeking out.

We dropped into zinc on our quest to find somewhere nice for breakfast. It was quite warm on Sunday so we decided to sit outside. We ordered a full English breakfast and cappuccino. The poor waitress was rushed off her feet as she was the only staff serving as the place was very busy. She apologised a few times for time it took but she didn’t need to as we didn’t have to wait too long. The breakfast came and it was hot and was excellent! The bacon was cooked well and was good quality and not fatty.

Went for lunch having read such positive reviews. Quite an extensive menu. My friend’s order of bean cassoulet was very disappointing; such a small portion. The coffee was great though. The place is really tiny. I wouldn’t like to go when it is busy.

Good food, not overpriced. Very attentive and helpful service. Great atmosphere. Nothing to fault really.

Friendly place really nice little french coffee shop . Have been few time service great food really fresh and tasty would adviser a stop here for a coffee

Excellent food. We went for breakfast which was very good value and really nice. So nice we decided to go for dinner. Three course meal was lovely. Great environment. Amazing value for money on food and drink. We noticed they do crapes as well...so that will be our third visit!

Nice spot and good decor - the evening menu is very good value - with the trade off of no choice - nice to see a small independent doing well

A coffee shop by day and a French restaurant at night. Fixed price menu ( good value ) and a reasonable selection of wines. Excellent food with great service. We will certainly come back soon.

French bistro providing a limited but interesting lunch menu. Small space, staff (1) coping well even though full. Presume there is a chef as well! Very good French wine. Evenings offer wine tastings, crepe nights, and lots of innovative things. Independent, deserves to continue doing well.

Popped in for lunch on a hot day, sat down and the dogs had a bowl of water before we even ordered which was a lovely touch, meals were nice and my son loved his crepe.

Great food nice casual atmosphere ,in there today taking mum for lunch,take the kids and try the crepes,my daughter loves them.

Lovely welcome! Great choice of menu and fab service. We sat outside and ordered two lattes & two breakfast bagels. Coffee was really good and food was delicious. Would highly recommend! Great for a snack or lunch. Thank you!

Been here twice now and definitely recommend the crepes. There is an excellent selection of sweet and savoury and at reasonable prices. Friendly efficient service and the location in a narrow street surrounded by other international cafes / restaurants gives it a lovely cosmopolitan feel

Good, genuine, French Cafè. Crèpes fab. Wine fab. Simple but good.

If you don’t lift your head you will walk past it, ignore the chain pubs down the alley and look opposite for the hidden gem of zinc. We ordered a salmon salad and chicken/bacon salad, both of which were delicious. Our salmon salad was made to our specification which is great as it proves it is all made fresh to order. We washed it down with some fruity cider and Belgium beer. We will return to try some of the crepes, they sounded amazing!

Tucked away just off one of the main Harrogate streets. Interesting and varied menu including some lovely lunchtime snacks. Licensed, though we did not have wine. Salmon crepe and scrambled egg on toast with smoked salmon both delicious and well cooked. Thank you.

A cosy place where the staff were friendly and welcoming. The Full English Breakfast was perfect, a nice size without over facing you and very well cooked too with tasty ingredients. This was my first time here but looking through the menu there is a good range of food that seems reasonably priced. I hope to be back to sample more of it.

We had a lovely lunch here, everyone was extremely welcoming and friendly. The place was very busy but service was excellent at all times.

Had a BLT and crepes. Enjoyed them and the atmosphere. A nice little place for lunch. No complaints and enthusiastic gallic service topped it off.

popped in for lunch & it was delicious, I had the soup - home made Pepper Soup , really tasty & thick, all from fresh. My wife had a tuna & red onion salad, again delicious. The food was as you would hope & expect - fresh ingredients & very tasty. A couple of large coffees & our lunchtime experience was complete . Service was with a friendly, helpful smile. Would definitely recommend & will return asap

Was a lovely breakfast after a bit of a session the night before, coffee was refreshing and the full English was cooked great was enough to fill me for the morning, would definitely go again.

Stumbled on this little street of cafes and bistros on our last day in harrogate and went into this lovely place...the owner was very courteous and polite and friendly..i asked what he suggested for lunch and he replied "the soup is stupendous and the sandwiches splendid" so ee aent for that. We were Not disappointed! ! The soup was pea + mint and was delicious!! I make my own soup and mine is blah compared to this!! It was the best soup iv ever tasted!! The sandwiches were chicken pesto and mayo and were really fresh and lovely too!! Total amount?? £5.50...gorgeous and pretty cheap i thought x i would definitely recommend a visit to this little cute cafe/bar...there were special offers on for friday/sat nights too!! 3 courses for £10... you can't go wrong! Can't wait to go again x

Wandering past the chain eateries it was nice to stumble upon Zinc and their welcoming independent Bistro.

We went for dinner last Thursday - they had a French Chef Yves Quemerais cooking and the meal was AMAZING! It was reasonably priced and the service was excellent. We will definitely be returning. A little gem in Harrogate!

We stumbled upon this little place as we are not from the area. We weren’t disappointed by the very warm accommodating welcome we received.

Overrated and not very warm on our visit.

Had a family brunch here - had full English. Crepes (savoury and sweet) and a selection of salads, etc on...

Have a day trip to Harrogate and found this restaurant. Service is good but the quality of the food does...

Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff. Delicious desserts.

Really nice and friendly people and had a delicious crepe and cheesecake! Lovely and inexpensive

Just visited Zinc, the portions were small and the food was not hot. I would not recommend this place for...

We popped in for a glass of wine late afternoon and received a friendly welcome. So we returned for a...

Came across this quaint restaurant down a back street in town

We love going there, unbeatable prices and really nice atmosphere;

Lovely place to visit for relaxing breakfast during weekend trip. Full English breakfast is excellent and great value followed by the best coffee we had during our trip to Harrogate. Excellent service from friendly owner.

Started our day with a lovely full English breakfast & a great cup off coffee. The owner was really friendly and very helpful and gave us some good advise of places to go . A very pleasant experience 😁

Endroit So British sympa et accueillant. Le patron (Français) est super accueillant pour tout le monde. Bonne cuisine.

Good coffee, friendly welcome, nice food but portions were either small or overpriced. To charge £1.50 for a single ball of ice cream is excessive and hardly a portion. Croque Madame on the other hand was well made and tasty.

We have just eaten at Zinc. Unbeatable value, amazing friendly service lunch and dinner, and superb food at both meals. We don’t usually return to a restaurant but we have eaten lunch and dinner here today and very happy that we did. Thank you Olivier. It was a blast!!

Great for a Sunday morning coffee.

We stopped for a bite to eat here & had the dog with us, so had to sit outside, but the lady who was running it was so welcoming & funny, I would fully recommend it. The food was lovely & the homemade soup was beautiful! Great place for a quick stop.

Nice cosy place with good coffee and a good range of food from breakfast, sandwiches, soup and crepes. Good, cheerful service, too.