The best restaurants in Great Ayton Hambleton Yorkshire and The Humber

It was late afternoon on a Saturday and we were hoping for some tea and scones after a day out walking. Most of the other cafes in the town had closed, but we were lucky to get a seat here. The scones were wonderful and we spent a relaxing hour watching the world go by. We also got talking to some other visitors which was nice. Great venue and location, with friendly staff. We plan to return during our short stay in Great Ayton. Thank you.

Our first visit to fry Court bistro food and service excellent we will be visiting again soon.

Very quiet cosy restaurant good excellent food. Been quite a few times always good. Not cheap but worth it. Always have the scallop starter which are cooked to perfection.

A bit disappointing; over £10 for two lattes only…., to be seated in a cold room with the wrong sized drinks given even though the staff admitted to knowing this - all very strange and all feeling very overpriced. Great location though!

Went for breakfast today. Staff really friendly, food delicious!

After having a drive around Redcar and Saltburn on Saturday 28/12/24, my wife and I fancied fish and chips for lunch, so rather than pick a seaside chippy, we decided to go to our absolute favourite chip shop on the high street in Great Ayton. Sadly, neither of the two lads were frying and you could tell because the fish was overcooked and dryer than an Egyptian camel rider’s flip-flop. This is so unusual because normally the cod is cooked to perfection, beautiful brilliant white flakes of cod, cooked in a lovely golden batter. On this visit however, it was such a disappointing experience and made worse as the price of fish and chips is not cheap these days. This one bad experience won’t put us off but I think next time we’ll make sure it’s the lads frying as they tend to concentrate on the cooking and not gabbing as was the case I think yesterday.

I organised my Netball Teams Christmas Party here in December and it couldn’t have been better! The food was absolutely amazing, way too much for us all and the upstairs private room was perfect for our gathering. We were also kindly allowed to go downstairs later on in the night into the barn to watch the band, which was fab! All the girls had an amazing time and we couldn’t thank Whinstone enough! We will definitely be back♥️

I would never give business to this place ever again. I am incredibly disappointed and disgusted with the customer service of this place. I was taken here for a meal as a treat and sadly it was not the treat I had looked forward to. I am celiac and so I can’t eat gluten. I ordered off the gluten free main menu and the gluten free dessert menu. We paid for the bill and the service charge, on our way home I knew I didn’t feel well and within the hour my stomach was in soo much pain I took myself to bed. I’d definitely been given gluten in the main or in the dessert I’d ordered. I stay well away from gluten and so I know the symptoms when I’ve eaten gluten all too well! I was so poorly that evening and through the night, which was a real shame and upsetting. Those people who suffer with celiac will understand. I rang up and asked to speak to the manager who didn’t care to really want to know my complaint and put the owner straight on the phone. The owner was so rude and heartless. He began very abruptly and arrogant, he went on to say that he cooked my food and served it which was an absolute lie and that he knows those meals don’t have gluten so therefore didn’t believe me. He would not accept that I’d been poorly from his food. No compassion whatsoever. I genuinely feel so upset by this experience. They refused any compensation. They refused to offer me a refund for my meal, which is the least they could have done. the owner showed no understanding or empathy for the fact I had been so poorly after eating at the restaurant. I know exactly how my body reacts when I eat gluten and without any doubt in my mind that restaurant had gave me gluten! I would not recommend anyone goes here with allergies, they simply don’t care. I won’t eat here ever again, the manager was incredibly rude to me on the phone. An all round awful experience I wouldn’t wish for anyone else. I will forever be telling friends and family to not go here and give them business as the owner is not a nice person at all to deal with. I feel so let down by this business and I feel terribly treated as a customer and overall utterly disgusted. They can reply with a response to this post but I know exactly how I was spoken to and treated in this instance by the owner.

Arrived without booking and although very busy a table was quickly available. There was a good selection of dishes to choose from, plus specials on the blackboard, and the service was efficient. The food itself was pretty good with generous portions of everything. It seemed like very good value for money.

Visited here for some lunch mid-week. After seeing the reviews we had high hopes but we were left a little disappointed when we found that our jacket potatoes were pretty cold- lukewarm at best. The coffee was great though, and we liked that it was dog friendly.

Yummy food, lovely small friendly atmosphere. Reasonable prices. Perfectly placed along the Cleveland way.

What a little gem of a cafe. Breakfast service is personal and welcoming. The menu was taylored to my choice and so tasty. Yet to enjoy the evening menu but it always looks so warm and welcome when I drive by in an evening.

What a lovely find for nice food and not overpriced like the bigger'chain' garden centres I ordered a combo meal of tuna mayo sandwich and tomato+basil soup and 'other half ordered a piece of quiche (again a very generous portion) and 'coriander+carrot' soup Both soups were much more generous than the places where the price is double what we paid here and my sandwich had lots of filling and was in lovely seeded bread The staff were all lovely and very friendly and welcoming Will defo call here again- sorry Strikes you need to take a leaf out of their book and have a look at the portion sizes and prices that you provide

Thank you Akbardarbar for an incredible tasting take away last night. Friends from Whitby travel to Guisborough for your food. We ordered extra meals last night as they took some home with them to freeze. The meals all arrived on time, hot and absolutely delicious. Thank you for the poppadoms.

I booked the upstairs room in the bistro, for the Ormesby bellringers dinner. Fantastically laid out, excellent food at affordable prices, and bar in an ideal location. The team were very helpful, and room at an appropriate temperature. We will most certainly be coming back next year for an Annual bellringers Dinner! Thank you