The best restaurants in Yorkshire and The Humber

My daughter and I popped in here for elevenses this morning and had a wonderful time! Service was quick and friendly, the flapjack was delicious; I'm sure we'll be back!

Best fish and chips in the area. Fish is often cooked fresh, so a small wait is sometimes required

We went to Lost Property Café for a private function early one evening. The room size perfect which gave the whole party a lovely atmosphere and the food was sensational. The staff made everybody feel very welcome and relaxed. It was the perfect venue for this intimate family gathering. We have since been back several times for lunch to the Lost Property Café and every time it’s been a very enjoyable experience.

We visited Sher e Akbar on Boxing Day 6 adults and 2 children. We were so warmly welcomed it was fantastic. We had the buffet which I think is usually served on a Friday and Saturday but as it was Boxing Day they had the buffet on. All I can say is that from start to finish the staff couldn’t have been more accommodating and attentive, we were welcomed in by a lovely lady who proceeded to explain where the disabled toilets were due to myself being a wheelchair user and gave us a fabulous table to make it easy for me to get to the buffet selection. She then showed us around the food selection explaining each dish then said she would leave us to get our food. We had taken our own beer and wine which they were very happy to supply us with wine glasses and a cork screw (the only thing they asked is for us to take our empty bottles and cans away with us which we were more than happy to do as it save you a fortune to bring your own). The starters on the buffet today consisted of chicken tikka, sheikh kebab which had slices of the most beautiful doner meat mixed around them, veg samosas, spring rolls, and onion bhajis all served with a beautiful mixed salad and 4 types of sauce plus’s poppadoms. They had around 5 curry dishes 1 was vegetarian 3 chicken and 1 lamb which was absolutely delicious. To add to this they had chips and a veg rice too. If you wanted nans or garlic nans you asked the staff and they made them fresh for you in their tandoor oven (they were beautiful) and the best thing for us was that they offered to make our grandchildren some chicken nuggets which they loved. The last thing on the buffet was Kheer (cold rice pudding) which was deliciously sweet and creamy and just nice to finish our meal off. The children had ice cream as they don’t like rice pudding but the guys said it was not a problem and got the kids the ice cream with sauces which they loved. We went as new customers and left as friends to the owners and can’t praise them highly enough for their hard work so thank you all for making our Boxing Day meal so awesome.

We had a hankering for Greek food so came to get our fix on a sunny Thursday lunchtime. My husband had the spanakopita I had the vegetarian meze it was stunning authentic food, took us straight back to our happy place. We didn't have time for baclava and greek coffee sadly, not on this occasion, but we will definitely return. Seriously good food and top notch service, do check out this little gem of a place. They open evenings too and have greek nights with entertainment.

Very nice hot sandwiches and excellent salad options.

Ok restaurant with very good taste. Compared to the prices, it is worth the experience. There is a bus stop at its entrance, which makes it easy for you to visit it through transportation. But if you want to come with your own car, you will suffer a bit, given that there is no parking nearby. I ate in once and am ready to try it again.

Best fish and chips around! Absolutely beautiful 😍 could eat them every day 🤪

There are plenty of things that Shaun Rankin @ Grantley does superbly, and I guess that raises a key question - at ten courses for £160, what are you after? If it is everything *around* the food, then this place absolutely nails it. If it is specifically the food with the rest a bonus (as tbf it is for us) then there are places that will make more of a similar spend. The decor is ridiculous. In all the grandest, most opulent / OTT ways, Grantley Hall nails it. From the ridiculous drive up the gated front drive, to the tour past the Rolls Royces and McLarens out front, to the overflow car park with (as Jay Rayner notes in his review of the brasserie) mystery soft piano jazz rolling out of the shrubbery. The setting is immaculate; and for outright opulence / grandness hasn't been topped by the 20 or so Guide Michelin places we've visited in North Yorkshire. Sofas / seating for pre-dinner drinks, immaculate - comfortable, spacious, ridiculously grand. Perhaps not our core cup of tea, but superbly done, and delivered on. Could quibble the art, but that would be a quibble. Service, astonishing. Just superb, again. Friendly, prompt, efficient, looking to help in every possible way. Not intrusive. We perhaps got a slight sense that teetotalers are the exception rather than the rule (the champagne trolley appeared to be expected) but there is a decent array of interesting / worthwhile non-alcoholic drinks. Again, this is absolutely nailed down - service is bang-on, tremendous. The food is where Shaun Rankin stuttered for both of us a bit. Is it good? Yes. Is it very good? Yes. Is it outstanding? For the most part, not really, and that felt like a bit of a shame as it is the main reason we went. There were some absolute highlights - the crab was superb. Light, sweet, almost fruity. Whoever is on desserts / pastry deserves a medal - rhubarb is my partner's thing, and a rhubarb sponge with rhubarb assortments was her dish of the night. The Jerusalem artichoke magnum was magnificent - familiar flavours, superbly executed. I think we're used to petit fours being quite good but rarely the highlight of a meal, but again, whoever is on pastry knocked these out of the park. Every one something new / surprising, hints of herbs in a couple, just tremendous. I think this is what we've come to expect of the best places - the places that keep us coming back, that draw us in. You know, everything, just meeting and exceeding expectations (and often surprising them). We were reminded of this a while back when we visited the Pheasant in Harome on a Saturday (not great but ok) followed by the Lime Tree Inn @ Ouseburn for Sunday lunch, and the way that literally nothing could have been better for what it was at the Lime Tree reminded me of what I'm kind of looking for in the best menus. Rabbit pasty? Not complicated, but astonishing. Rich, succulent, perfect pastry, etc. Perfection in everything that is delivered. Anyway. The rabbit pasty test was sort of where a fair few courses just didn't quite get there. Snacks were fine; the croustade could have been croustadier, the gougière was akin to a very good cheese straw, the charcuterie fine (the parfait with blackcurrant WAS exceptional). Bread was the only 'big' course, and it was huge; neither of us were very clear what the large bone full of whipped (?) dripping added, did try it in multiple combinations of bread / butter / salt, but perhaps not entirely for our tastes. The accompanying beef tea WAS superb. Sous vide and fried sweetbread, great flavours, but a not the kind of texture my partner enjoys and she could not finish hers; fine, that is an 'us' problem. Turbot and wagyu both fine. Familiar, well executed, but nothing very surprising, varied, 'knock your socks off' good within them. As an aside, this may be the first one-ounce steak I have seen. I think we both had a familiar feeling of hoping that the next course will be the one that gets there and explains why e.g. this place but not York's Grey's Court / Bow Room has one star, and not quite finding those expectations / hopes fulfilled. We have subsequently heard similar views from a couple of friends, one of whom has strongly recommended Bar EightyEight. We may well give this a go. This was an intriguing night, and again the decor and setting was astonishing. Plenty to talk about there, etc, etc. No regrets about going, it was quite an experience. Purely in terms of food, at a similar price the Black Swan and Mysé are both fairly close, both one-starred, and both deliver consistently more remarkable menus. Chartwell and Greys Court (the Bow Room) are not starred, but both deliver consistently more remarkable menus. And Pignut is a good chunk less and, you've probably seen this coming, delivers a consistently more remarkable menu. My partner would definitely add Melton's / York to this list, though it does only offer 5ish courses! None of these beat Grantley for sheer grandeur, so do make your decision on what works for you.

No name of silly samosa Rang the number was rude And finally went to the shop of a different name The atmosphere was dreadful Walked out

Always a warm welcome from staff and locals alike. Normally travel and stay overnight in our motorhome in the carpark, very accommodating. Good beer, good prices and a friendly atmosphere. Can't ask for more

Straight forward pub food done with real style and flavour. I had gammon steak with beef dripping chips - best gammon I have ever had! Oh and great beer

Ordered a breakfast sandwich for my partner and it's absolutely gorgeous and I had made a chicken mayo with lettuce and hot bacon and it was made perfect literally 10/10 and the lady who took my order over the phone was lovely.

Just want to be petty here and say the business ruined one of the nicest looking buildings in the City Centre. They took a beautifully painted and interesting building and turned it into a white and grey monstrosity that looks like it could be in any deprived city in the UK. Truly awful.

Food was lovely, nice pub , landlord and staff a+ ,dog friendly.