The best restaurants in Kirkby Malzeard Harrogate Yorkshire and The Humber

This would have been a 5 star review if I was reviewing the food only. The food was top notch. The negatives were: One of the staff who served us was miserable and quite unpleasant in her manner. The second negative was unforgivable! They do not serve tea in a pot! It comes in a cup with a tea bag floating in it attached to a piece of string. Thats the sort of thing you get in 'cafes' or roadside caravans or take aways from the local chippy - not a place like the Staveley Arms. I asked for a pot of tea and that is what was brought to me, the lady told me 'oh we don't serve tea in pots' and plonked it down. I refused it. Later I asked for a latte which was cold! Diners like to drink tea at their leisure and not having to drink it quickly to prevent it getting cold or from a saucer that is dripping tea from the tea bag! You really need to rethink how you serve tea!

Really lovely place, very relaxed atmosphere. We bought pumpkins and carved them there then went for a little walk round the woodland trail. Nice little cafe - the pumpkin pie was a big hit - and the shop sells lots of nice little gifts etc. The plants in the garden centre looked great, although we didn’t buy any so can’t really comment further. Would definitely go back again - it’s a great community resource too.

Whenever we have passed here it has not been opening time so we deliberately called when it was open. These are the best fish and chips we have had in a long time. Just how they should be. Highly recommended. We will be back.

Lovely food, good friendly service. Never had a bad meal and have visited many times over the years.

We went for Sunday lunch prior to a visit to Fountains Abbey. The food was excellent, I had the lamb and my girlfriend had the Chicken (she is coeliac and they 100% cater for this). The staff were first class. We shared a sticky toffee pudding for dessert (that was suitable for coeliacs too) and this was very tasty too. All in all a great experience. We've been twice previously and I'm sure we'll return in the future.

Came for Sunday lunch and had turkey! So well presented and very tasty! This is a great village pub and the team take great care in the presentation, attitude and overall cleanliness of the pub. No grumpy landlord here!

Dropped in for a light lunch on a grey winter Sunday. Staff always very welcoming. The choice for dairy and gluten free was fine and the awareness of the staff on allergens was first rate. Very enjoyable lunch and quite possibly the best oat milk latte ever.

We had the “Taste of Home” tasting menu with signature wine flight and it was superb. The service was perfect. Just the right level of friendly vs ceremony! We loved the sommelier- he worked so hard to accommodate our preferences. The food was amazing. Probably not the number one tasting menu we have done but in the top 5 I would say, behind L’Enclume, Tommy Banks at Oldstead and the ultimate -Aria in Sydney. We had booked a package that included dinner, bed and breakfast so only expected to pay for drinks and service. The bill we were presented with included dinner. They said it would be knocked off at check out (and it was) but this did take the shine off what was otherwise a wonderful evening. So Grantley please sort your billing out!

I purchased my parents a voucher for Christmas 2023 and they chose to use it this evening for my Dad's Birthday. Just wanted to say thank you for giving them a wonderful experience and also share my parents enjoyment, they reported having a wonderful time... It's safe to say I've set my gift giving bar too high 😆.

Luckily booked a table. The place was packed, 6 pm on a Saturday. Lovely atmosphere. Order half adult pizza & chips for 7 year grand daughter which she said was best ever. All our meals were delicious and staff couldnt do enough to make us welcome

Best bar maid tonight by far! She was brilliant . She was lovely, personable and poured a great pint. Also cleared tables very well, and waitresses. Very smiley

Made to feel very welcome after we stumbled upon the place. Food was exquisite did everything they could to cater for me as I only wanted soup and some vegetables. Hubby had a pie and it looked delicious he absolutely cleared his plate. I had potato and leek soup which I can tell you would be worth the 80 mile trip from home to have again.

What a gem of a find. Wonderful atmosphere. The warmest of welcomes for myself, my friend and most importantly my dog. We had coffee and bar snacks. Plentiful and good value as well as amazingly tasty. There was nothing to fault here and if im ever in the area again I will head straight back. Thank you.

Fantastic dinner, wonderful staff and a great atmosphere - the food was delicious and wholesome, we will definitely be back!

Lovely place to wander around. Reception and bar staff very attentive. Sadly our meal was very ordinary. Entree and dessert were quite good. Steak was awful - not cooked as requested (got medium and medium rare rather than rare) and it was great and unappetising. Our waiter irritatingly kept visiting our table to see how we were going.