The best restaurants in Craven Yorkshire and The Humber

We stayed in a nearby cottage and ate here five times during the week. Initially, we’d planned on booking meals at the King’s Head too, but they weren’t doing food until later in the week. However, we were very happy with all the meals we had at The Blue Bell. Highlights were my wife’s fish and chips (twice), my delicious roast leg of lamb for Sunday lunch, an excellent homemade lasagne and wood pigeon breast with risotto. The desserts we tried were also very good. When we arrived on Saturday there were eight beers on, mostly from Lamb brewery at nearby Litton, Dark Horse brewery and Wharfedale brewery. The beers went down to seven during the week, but still a good choice. If you want to go in for just a drink, main evening food times could be tricky, although there is a small dedicated bar area with two tables. Outside of busy food times, you can also use the old bar area to the left of the door as you go in, which also has a large wood burner, so is quite cosy. Overall, would highly recommend.

from a previous visit I opted for the red lion Skipton WOW ....I couldn't believe it a Gala procesion of Christmas themed tractors turned up as I was entering the pub...And what a fantastic Christmas cheer was welcomed for me!!!! Kaitlin was superb Brilliant

Waited over 15 minutes to get served a drink. One uninterested barman for over 70 people. Had pre-ordered our food . It was given to someone else. The management refused to replace it as the kitchen was about to shut. Very arrogant attitude. On the plus side, a good pint of beer. Ate next door at the very friendly Lister Arms.

Superb food and service. The food at Aagrah is the best I've had. Utterly delicious. Went for vegetable Madras: without doubt, the very best I've ever had. Great service throughout. Very highly recommended.

We called in just on speck and asked if food was available. They were serving Sunday roast with a good selection of meats. The service and the food was top class - highly recommended - great food at a great price!

Sophia is excellent at the bar and serving food. She's a credit to the buisness. Very friendly. Also great food great service. Set next to a canal. So as your eating you see barges passing. Best around great price too. Wonderful layout. Davie 😇

Unfortunately, the worst meal I've ever had at a Weatherspoons. Gourmet steak for me and char grilled chicken for my wife. Both sent back as being tough and uneatable. I suspect these had been pre-cooked and warmed up. The replacements were marginally better but not much. Very dissapointed.

Came upon this pub at lunch time by chance. A huge selection of beers - we were spoilt for choice. A varied lunch time menu of small plates, sandwiches, sharing plates and burgers The young lady at the bar was friendly and welcoming. The pub had a lovely ambience and background music. Clean and tidy. Dog friendly. We had a fish butty and a beef with crispy onions ciabatta. Both delicious. Will definitely return again and again. Well done team.

Stayed one night in our Camper. All the staff were super friendly and there was a great atmosphere in the pub, the fire was roaring. It was really busy but we managed to get a table as they only allow groups of 6+ to reserve tables. The food was lovely. The views and walks are great. We would go back.

We came here not knowing any review or the place itself. We came on a Thursday evening about 6pm, were greeted politely and shown to a table. The server provided us with menus and came back five minutes later to take our order. Prices are reasonable, portions are a good size and the service and food were excellent. I don't always believe the odd negative review of Fish n Chip Restaurants as not all positive reviews are recorded, just the negative ones. We will definitely be returning when we are in the area again.

10 out of 10!! Beautiful Sunday lunch! Reasonable prices and the portions are massive! Best Sunday roast I have had in a long time. Well worth a visit. I had lamb shank Sunday lunch, my daughter had lasagna and my dad had a burger! Staff were friendly and helpful. Pub was clean and warm. All in all it was a good experience and I would definitely be returning

We stayed for the May Day bank holiday weekend. This is a great location for walking in the Yorkshire dales. Room was nice but the jacuzzi bath was amazing. Suzanne and her husband clearly work really hard to produce nice food and look after their customers. My only thoughts is that they need more help and support. I don't think this is an independent pub .I think they are working so hard for someone else and I hope it's appreciated, they made are stay really good.

We stayed overnight having spent the day at (a very wet) Kilnsey Show. We were welcomed by the two staff who had clearly had a busy day but were helpful, smiley and flexible. Our evening meal was delicious - cauliflower soup and prawn cocktail followed by scampi and pie of the day. Sadly having thoroughly enjoyed our large starters we couldn't finish our mains - we should have paced ourselves better! Our twin bedded room was comfortable, in-room refreshments plentiful and the bathroom clean with loads of hot water. NB. this is an old inn - it is quirky and interesting but not sleek modern luxury so give it a miss if that's what you want. The panelled breakfast room was a lovely place for a relaxed and plentiful Full English. The staff could not have been more helpful and welcoming - we very much hope to be back next year.

Where to even start it’s actually comical. Oh and before I start it’s worth just letting people know that when you face the owners with the truth via message or social media their approach is to become defensive, fabricate and imply false accusations to customers as an escape mechanism to deter you from the absolute shambles of a service 😂 I invite anyone who’s thinking of booking to take a look into their social media and reviews below to ensure you see my point in the above statement and give yourself a lucky escape to. The scenario…. Friday 4th August, myself, my partner, two children and our dog were due to arrive in a pre pitched pre paid tent purchased from Groupon. Within that week I had called twice to ask for some information which wasn’t very forthcoming but thought id give them the benefit of the doubt as the pictures online looked good and there was the odd good comment here and there. Friday arrived and we set off at 1:30pm for our 3 hour drive, I called The Punch Bowl out of courtesy to let them know our eta. (Again still no confirmation or correspondence from them). I got through to a person that I though was a middle aged lady but then later on came to realise it was a young man, the young man was very vague and very laid back quoting “your tent is wet through and I’ve been trying to dry it out all morning” “There is nowhere for you to stay” my response “Is this a bloody wind up” and the reply from the man “Nope” in which he persisted to put the phone down. I tried to call back and there was no answer, this was as we were travelling to the place 🙄. (On social media the owner has tried to claim they had let me know and tried to claim I was told the manger was away, this was untrue) I called again and again and it became clear that I was being ignored. We turned around and went back home, the car was fully packed we had purchased shopping, equipment, clothing and booked time off work, the children were gutted as you can imagine on a Friday afternoon it was difficult for us to try and sort something else out. My family members also had bookings 1 relative hired a caravan and the others a pitch for 2 tents they were due to arrive on the Saturday but as we had been treated in this was they were very sceptical about their arrival and tried to call also in which for hours there was no answer. Finally on the Friday night my sister in law had a phone call from this young man who’s said that the tent I was due to go to wasn’t wet through it had accidentally been double booked 😂😭 (And of course on social media they have tried to deny this) So I took to their social media site to reach out to others, it become quite clear what sort of place this was as I have been contacted by a few other people that have had similar issues and I’ve also been contacted by some of their neighbours who have stated that they are currently being investigated for fraud and have had their licence taken off them. I was also accused of all sorts over social media, I was accused of being discriminatory towards their son who is diagnosed with autism, I was accused of bullying, lying and much more…. I have left my comments on their social media site so that others can read it for themselves and see that I have in no way committed any of the above I have clearly put the facts there to insure that this doesn’t happen to anyone else. (Again the comments they have fired back at me about their personal circumstances appear to be an escape for them to try and get out of facing the facts) Also be prepared to get questioned and pin pointed by randomers that live on their site trying to back their corner, it’s actually quite funny. The point I’m making is my time is precious I do not care about the money I care about the inconvenience of having to take time off work, pre plan, the effort of getting everything together, the journey but most of all letting the children down and seeing their faces that’s what this place should be thinking about! I received a text message from Mr.Trayner to ask me to give him a call, I called and was asked what the problem was this was a day later and I was trying to sort a day out for the children so by then after all of the social media abuse I just couldn’t be bothered he apologised (like he had read it from a script) and again said my son has autism but he is a university graduate (as another means of trying to make me feel guilty and escape from the mess they had caused) he said get a refund from groupon and he agreed to take the false accusations from social media (which are still there) Top and bottom of it is save yourself the hassle and have a lucky escape.

We had been on a walk nearby and wanted a coffee and cake (well deserved) 4 of us, no booking. Great Covid measures in place. But the star of the show was the cakes (all of them) Lemon cake was so fluffy and yummy, date and walnut slice Is possibly the best I’ve ever eaten and our friends had a Bakewell and Victoria sponge. Safe to say nothing was left & we asked who made them and it was the lovely lady in the kitchen who makes all the cakes! Definitely will stop by again for some cake! Side note coffee wasn’t the best but it really doesn’t matter as the cakes and friendly service make up for it.