The best restaurants in Ripon Minster Harrogate Yorkshire and The Humber

We called in for a late lunch and were lucky enough to get a table straight away. There was a warm welcoming atmosphere and staff were friendly and efficient. We ordered a selection of tapas which were all excellent and portion sizes were just right. Good value for money and would highly recommend.

My husband has lots of restrictions on his diet and the staff at the Yorkshire Tea Rooms were just so helpful! We went with a friend and he and my husband both had omelettes - whilst I had a ciabatta with mediterranean vegetables. All were delicious and our friend actually said his mushroom omelette was the best he could remember having! All were accompanied by a lovely fresh salad. I can't fault the food or the service. Lovely 'home made' food - we'll be back!

A wonderful find. Spotlessly clean, very good range of food priced appropriately. The spinach, spiced cauliflower & lentil pie was delicious. Staff cheerful and friendly. Lovely original decor with good attention to detail ( there were scissors provided at the table to cut the individual condiment satchets).

Fantastic old world charm cafe fresh made food with warm friendly atmosphere I can’t recommend this cafe enough would highly recommend this cafe and will visit again

Fabulous cafe with friendly staff, a lovely atmosphere and really tasty food. Lots of options, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten free. Everything is made fresh and it really shows in the taste. Dog friendly as well, which is always a bonus. Will come back for sure!

Not all menu options were available - substitutes were twice the price and not advertised. Portion sizes were incorrect given the number of patrons on the table. Waiter was unhelpful/misleading and some dishes ordered weren’t delivered.

Helen who owns the Cafe is such a smiley person, the staff are lovely and give great service, Bacon Sarnie, the best in Ripon. Great Coffee and Tea. Regular visitor now.

Absolutely amazing place! Ordered the OG dog meal, 8inch hot dog with onions, mustard and ketchup in a really soft white sub roll with hand cut triple cooked chips which are unbelievably good! And a complimentary cup of coffee all for £6.50, bargain! Very very clean kitchen 👌 the staff here are so friendly and make you feel at home! highly recommended

We booked this restaurant over 4 months ago, only to turn up to find that it was closed!!!!! We had over an hours drive to the restaurant, as it had been recommended. The booking was for a special occasion, celebrating a friends birthday. We received notification of the booking from the booking agent the evening before as well as on the morning of the lunch booking, so there was no notification saying that the restaurant was closed. When we arrived there was a printed note on the door saying that there was a problem with the roof so it was going to be closed for a short while. There was no evidence of any building work and the tables were still set up for dining, so it seemed a very strange situation. I telephoned the restaurant and the call was transferred to an answer machine. I have still not received any feedback, which is very rude, All pre-booked diners should have been notified of the closure, as this is the only polite way to explain the situation. I have also checked the restaurant website (as I was planning to Email), and the website domain is no longer available. I can only assume that the restaurant is now permanently closed. Very unprofessional and rude!!

We’ve been as a family a few times lately, the food is always very good but the service has really gone downhill. Starters and main courses not too bad but then been utterly neglected as if we don’t exist! Asking for extra drinks a bit of a problem too, been forgotten more than once. Trying to order a sweet almost impossible we’ve paid and left twice now waiting far too long to be given a sweet menu. A bit of a shame really perhaps more staff, or better management ? Staff rushing around and not noticing a table full of empty plates for almost half an hour and having to ask someone to clear the table is not really good.

Still sat at the table after a lush meal, and wanted to leave a review immediately. Took the family - 3 teens- who are notoriously fussy and all 3, loved the food - the ribs for starters were beautifully cooked and so tasty, the seafood croquettes equally delicious pizza were lip smacking devoured at speed - all in all a gorgeous 90 minutes of family company with exceptional food!

THE place for real ale in Ripon. Friendly, welcoming and with a nice selection of beers.

What a gem!!!!! What a delightful dining experience in a vibrant but chilled restaurant. Starters we had were Garlic mushroom and Goats cheese with black pudding. Mains We had Carbonara and haddock and prawn risotto all were amazing. The staff were friendly and welcoming and very knowledgeable. We would highly recommend dining at Portofino.

Our first time we have had a takeaway so I can only comment on 1 experience but we are from the Midlands, 2 starter’s 1st Fish Pakora really bad 3 pieces of small unseasoned pieces of fish in really soggy batter not nice went in bin. 2nd Sheek Kebab really tasty would love as a main course. 2 Mains 1st Special Jalfrezi, plenty of tasty meat no onions or peppers normally in a Jalfrezi, 2nd Tikka Parthia chicken nice tomatoes not cooked out. Both mains said hot but more mild to medium no spice just tomatoes in Parthia. Keema Nan bread nice but Keema minced lamb wafer thin in the middle. Can’t say if would use again because not sure if the dishes are consistent.