The best restaurants in Helmsley Ryedale Yorkshire and The Humber

Ordered the Brie & Bacon and cranberry Sandwich, it was missing the Cranberry so may have been the most tasteless thing I’ve ever ate. Ordered a pudding, the crumble, came with about a shot size of custard. This is the same for the Inn Collection Kings head, thinking it’s a recurring theme to avoid these pubs ! ☹️

We are regulars at beadlam grange and often have a Sunday lunch which is lovely but todays was exceptional we will definitely be booking in for next Sunday

Out for anniversary dinner, Bar service was good, resturant service fair, food poor. Boiled potatoes only warm More Broccoli stalks than the edible part Muscle sauce served with the fish, may as-well have been cream without being cooked Will not be returning

We have visited this cafe before but just for a drink inside the modern cafe area. This time the extended family (8) decided on food as well. Sitting outside in a shaded area everyone enjoyed their food choices, with the Monk's Pottage being a bit of a highlight! If you are visiting the Abbey, be sure to stop and refresh in the cafe.

We have been to the Wetwang Deep Blue many times so decided to give the Helmsley shop a go. Very nice fish and chips. Very good service on a Monday night, split a fish so we both could have some. The app is worth downloading.

Visited with family. There’s a really nice feel to the place. We arrived early for dinner and spent some time in the bar (with wood burner) then ate went in the dining room which has a lovely view of the valley. We chose snacks and starters, as the menu looked so good. Snacks were gougeres (perfect), an aranicino with nduja mayo (freshly made) and Yorkshire Rarebit, this being enormous. We had two starters - monkfish “scampi” and a magnificent and imaginative venison faggot dish. Our mains were: chicken burger and fries for our daughter; Toulouse sausages with puy lentils and celeriac remoulade; and partridge with cabbage etc. The sausages were spiced with nutmeg etc and tasted light not heavy. For the first time in a very, very long time we were defeated by the portion sizes and couldn’t manage a pudding. I’ve seen a review suggesting the portions were on the small side - all I can say is that this absolutely definitely wasn’t the case with us. We loved the food; clearly a chef thinking seasonal and local. Excellent all round and I had to look twice when I got the bill - £113 for 3 or about £37 per head. Unbelievable value for money, particularly for food of this quality.

15:00 on 22nd September Following a great afternoon watching several flights we decided to visit the cafe. We sat down and waited, the un smiling waitress finally decided to come across to the table, I asked for 4 hot chocolates she very curtly told me to fill in the menu request form and enter my contact details at the rear and was totally un helpful. I totally dont have an issue with completing the form the fact that there was a lack of greeting and zero warmth from this person, with a face meant for rear of house she is totally lucky to have such a cushy job.

One of the nicest fish and chips we’ve had for a while. Perfect batter, lovely thick fresh fish, and great chips - not soggy and not too crispy.

I received a very warm welcome, friendly service and lovely food. It can be daunting going into a pub as a woman on your own on a Friday evening, but they made me feel welcome and found me a quiet table where I could work on my laptop before moving on to my next thing- I had 2 hours to kill and I appreciated that they didn’t hassle me to move on. I found quite a few vegetarian dishes on the menu- I had the Brie and it was really nice.

We are walking some of the coast to coast and are staying at the Black Swan. We realised too late that the information we received from our travel agent about this restaurant was outdated. It used to be a creative dining experience, but now it is pretty terrible pub food . look elsewhere.

Having not been in here for a while I ventured in this week wondering if it was still the nice welcoming place I remembered from my last visit. I am pleased to report it still is. Rach remains the friendly, professional anchor and recent recruit Sally seems like an excellent addition to the staff, who of course are the most important ingredient in any cafe. Thoroughly enjoyable experience and I am more than happy to recommend it.