The best restaurants in Craven Yorkshire and The Humber

Step back in time to the original "Woolpack," back in the good old days of Emmerdale Farm and there it is, the Falcon Inn in Arncliffe. Once the word got out, people flocked for miles to try and get a glimpse of the actors during filming. The tiny, peaceful village got so packed that the residents couldn't get in and out of the place and protests began. Eventually filming moved to Esholt, on the outskirts of Bradford and over the years, Arncliffe returned to a sleepy little village. There is still a photo next to the bar of Amos Brierley and Henry Wilkes, as well as a more recent photo of the modern James Herriot and his wife, from the new series of All Creatures Great and Small. The pub is packed with items of interest; better than many museums I have visited. It's quirkiness is a joy to behold and you could spend a long time trying to take everything in. You can park outside, next to the green. The only sound is that of the birds and the occasional farm animal. There is a compact but enticing menu and we had a lovely plate of sandwiches and fries for two. I even enjoyed the air conditioning toilets, though it was a bit of a limbo to get into the cubicle. Having passed by a number of times, I'm pleased that we made the effort to go in at last. If you want total tranquility, you can also stay there, as they have a few rooms available. Go take a look. You'll be surprised. We were.

Great food as always and even fulfilled my extra request in the notes, bang on time as well what more can you ask for 👍

Food was very good, service was very good, my criticism was the male toilets had a very very very strong urine smell. It is a real put off..

Beware if there is only 2 of you wanting to eat out here. Waiter refused to let us sit on a table for 4 because there was only 2 of us. There were 3 empty tables for 4 plus 1 table for 2, but that was pushed up to the service counter and that was the table the waiter offered us. We didn't want to sit immediatly next to where customers would be hovering over us whilst paying for and collecting take-aways and where the phone was ringing and conversations between the waiter and customers were regularly taking place. When he said we couldn't sit elsewhere, I said 'we'll leave it then'. Then the waiter responded, in a sarcastic voice, with a 'BYEEE'. So that's a loss of income for them of between £1500-£1700 over the next year as we would have called in for a sit down meal for two every fortnight, plus a takeaway for two once a fortnight. We then had a meal at one of their competitors and then walked around Settle before heading off home. Whilst walking around Settle we looked into the Spice restaurant again to see if all the tables that we had been refused the use of, had now been taken. There were still 3 tables for 4 that were empty, plus the same table for 2, that is pushed up to the counter, was also empty. PS We had been to the Spice a fortnight earlier and the same waiter had tried to have us sit at the same table by the counter. On that occasion we asked if we could sit on another table and when he said no, we asked 'why not?' He then said 'ok' and we sat elsewhere. We didn't want to go through the same 'negotiation' for a second time. It's dimple, if they don't value us as customers then we'll spend our money elsewhere.

The largest portions I've ever experienced! How do some folk put it all away! 😂

Visited today with family one of whom is a wheelchair user and they could not have been more accommodating. The landlady was lovely having a laugh and joke with the children. Food was excellent and home cooked, the pub is delightful and inviting. Will definitely visit again. Would recommend a visit if you are in that area.

No food ordered, just there for the beer. Super service, felt like a local

Our second visit, while staying nearby on holiday. Generous portions and great value. Could have done with a reminder that it is cash only when ordering by phone, but a cash point is just round the corner. Looking forward to our next visit

We order from this takeaway regularly. Decided to order via phone rather than just eat, to save us extra charges and them. When they show up they charged us extortionate prices for the bare minimum food order we ordered. Put it this way they were very expensive kebabs and donner meat and chips! When rung and confronted about this price they told us they charge just eat prices even without just eat taking the extra cost from them which they don’t state on their business website and had no explanation for this really either. Poor customer service and quite frank a Robbing service too! Think before ordering as I’m sure you could get the same food at half the price elsewhere. Daylight robbery whether they’re over charging or the delivery guy is pocketing the extra money!

Fantastic visit on Saturday for lunch after a ride on the local steam train. Staff were excellent and food amazing, everything presented perfectly. Will definitely be returning.

Certainly won’t be going back. Ordered 2 coffees , a scone and a chocolate brownie. At the point of paying I was told there was no cream with the scone but a pot was clearly visible with the scone and jam. I asked if that would be an available and the young girl agreed it would , at which point a more mature lady came from the kitchen and said it was display only and that they didn’t have any. I suggested that it would be a good idea to remove the pot as it was misleading but the reply was that’s not your decision it’s mine and she replaced the pot on the display. There was then a search for some jam and I suggest someone sarcastically that this may also not be available. This brought about a response that my sarcasm was abusive behaviour and would not be tolerated and I did expect the arrogance of the staff member to lead to be being asked to leave ( I had paid at this time). That wasn’t the case and I was left waiting for our coffees. One coffee was placed on the tray and I awaited the 2nd one but it was clear the assistant wasn’t making a second one. One again the mature lady came out and told me I should sit down and the tray would be brought to our table but was clearly unaware one drink was missing. After much searching to find the original order it was confirmed another coffee would’ve made and the whole tray brought to our table. The lady who brought this was pleasant and a far cry from the mature lady who was clearly in charge. Maybe the mood I was now in has some bearing on my enjoyment of food that was delivered but all I can say is that it looked better than it tasted ( both the scone and the brownie were bland and the coffee barely warm). I have been a customer since the shop/cafe opened and at one point had a loyalty card. This experience and my overall view of the shop has changed and I see no reason to return as there are places offering better quality and value in the Skipton area.

Went here for my partners birthday. The service was great and the food delicious. My partner had Coq o van, which was absolutely gorgeous.

Order soup to start and brown bread main course jack potato and chill waiting 20 minutes Arrived with my jacket potato and chilli I asked about the soup she says if you have this now I will bring the soup after you finished your main course I put it in the hot oven.Need some training on sevice bit like faulty towers

Excellent as always. Booked before as come annually and have for past 10yr with our little lads and grandparents. Stunning food , lovely welcome and brilliant staff ! Our favourite place highly recommend

Nice food and no issues with any of it for a large table of us. Staff friendly. We had a mixture of hot food and cake, all was very good and we enjoyed it all. Thanks and keep up the good work