The best restaurants in Scarborough Yorkshire and The Humber

Second time we've been here, first was a very busy night a year or two ago where the staff were good enough to squeeze us in for which we were most grateful. We went again last night, this time at a quieter time where we could properly enjoy the experience. We were glad to see the standard of food was still high, I had the Nashville burger with a blue cheese dressing, a bit messy but very tasty, washed down with a couple of locsl beers, always nice to see restaurants selling local brews. My boys had more of a plain burger, nothing left on the plates so a thumbs up from them. What made it really special was the excellent service, friendly and efficient. Well done guys, keep it up. Will definitely be back.

We stumbled across this small tea room and decided to pop in for a spot of lunch. Overall the food and atmosphere was lovely, however the unpleasant and frankly rude customer service let it down. I went to the counter to place my order where I was met with a scowling gaze from the lady behind it, I ordered and proceeded to pick up a tray and pop it on said counter as to then place the relatively heavy pots of tea on it, however the lady then barked at me and demanded I put the tray on the runners, I obliged, unaware that this was a requirement, loaded my tray and walked back to my table. Furthermore, throughout this whole process not one please or thank you left the mouth of the lady behind the counter. Therefore we dutifully ate our food and left, never to return again.

Goats cheese tart lovely, and service was good, and generally expensive...... But £4.00 for 2 carrots... I will say no more🤔🙄

Called in Sunday for the supposedly reopened carvery, was told in a rather sharp manner that it was not on ! We left and went down the road to our usual haunt, where the staff are always happy and courteous !

Beautiful location. The good yorkshire welcome of locally made bread and cheese, along with fresh milk in a flask for our tea and coffee in the room, was a nice touch. 1st impressions were good, but that's where it finished. The room appeared clean until we settled in and noticed the skirting boards and the radiators were thick with dust, and big cobwebs hanging from the ceiling around the bedroom, which were also dusty, so had obviously been there a while. At least the bedding was clean, so should at least sleep well i thought, until i found that the bedbase was broken, so I had to spend the night sleeping with my shoulder in a dip, made for a very uncomfortable, broken nights sleep. Unfortunately, unlike what was advertised, there were no toiletries provided. There wasn't even any hand-wash provided in the bathroom, in place were 2 little bottles of shampoo. Luckily, I had packed my own shower gel. The fire alarm went off for a couple of minutes at 1.30 am. By the time we were dressed, somebody had run down the corridor and turned the alarm off, but then complete silence. The heating was non existent (to be honest not a bad thing given how bad the dusty radiators would have smelt being warmed up) and the hot water was very hit or miss, none at all until 7am, then fluctuating between ice cold and scalding hot for morning shower. There was no mention of the fire alarm at breakfast at all. We didn't mention it at checkout as the only staff member who was around at the pre arranged check out time of 10am was the cleaner, who spoke very broken English and struggled to understand our feedback about the broken bed, so we weren't going to get into why the fire alarm had gone off during the night. I note that the hotel is for sale at present. Hopefully, a new owner could inject some tlc into the areas that matter the most when a guest pays to stay for a good night's sleep and a clean, warm place to rest.

This place is amazing the sweet milky coffee with a bacon bap is one of the things I go to Scarborough for. My father n law and I love it here as for some other comments saying it’s expensive I don’t agree, I thinks it’s great value for money. The staff are always friendly and nothing is too much trouble. I also love theme if it the theme hasn’t changed since I’ve been going for 20 + years and the quality hasn’t changed. I just love it.

Such a shame, this restaurant was fabulous. Great staff, amazing food, never failed to impress. Wishing you all the best in the future. We are gutted we couldn’t visit before you close.

I’m sure it was good when it was open. Mid September it appears to be closed.

Good wholesome food and a reasonable price friendly and helpful staff. Includes a good child menu that doesn’t rely on pre-packed food which is a refreshing change

Excellent food and service. Dog friendly (very). Although not veggie ourselves we had the veggie specials and they were outstanding with generous portions.

Lovely garlic mushrooms, steak pie and scampi. Friendly, Yorkshire service and pub.

We recently made our first visit to this restaurant and sadly found the experience disappointing. We had seen it on previous visits to the area and read the reviews and expected a great experience. We reserved a table for 7.30pm and when shown to our table, my wife noticed a dog bowl under the table, presumably supplied to earlier diners. This was moved at some point but the resultant debris was left on the floor. We were disappointed by the limited extent of locally caught seafood on the menu and skipped starters going straight to the main course. My wife had the Crab Salad, which referenced local and I had the Tuna Steak. Mine was OK, but I have had similar in many places. My wife was very underwhelmed by hers. The dressed crab was served on an un- imaginative bed of salad leaves and having been up sold the accompanying prawns , she was very disappointed to receive small shelled prawns instead. She questioned this and was told it was the normal addition. To round it off, our chilled bottle of wine was brought in a wine chiller, full of cold water.

Albert’s became a family favourite after our last visit in 2021 - a fantastic location offering a wonderful choice of seafood, served professionally and with a touch of sophistication. In 2023 we had family from USA and Australia visiting, so on a trip to Whitby we booked Albert’s as a way of showcasing the ‘Best of British’ - unfortunately in the intervening period, the standard has dropped significantly. Menu choices were limited (the seafood platters we were expecting weren’t available) and whilst the service was friendly, it felt overall like we were eating at a slightly upmarket cafe - such a waste of the wonderful location. Hopefully the people running Albert’s can recruit well and get the kitchen back to where it used to be, and a bit of training for front of house to bring back the special feel that it we experienced on our earlier visit.

What a great little place! Just had coffee but staff were exceptionally friendly and coffee was good. The food coming out looked amazing.

Best fish and chips anywhere. Had the jumbo cod and chips, and it was jumbo. Very good very nice 👍