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Lovely Yorkshire family that run this cafe. Very friendly, helpful and accomodating staff. Reasonable prices too. We had tea & cakes as a snack one afternoon on our holiday. Very clean and tidy cafe. Noticed that get many locals popping in which creates a nice atmosphere.

We got a takeaway from here on Friday night with all the family, we had a mixture of cod, chicken and mushroom pie, chicken nuggets, sausage and chips and all of course a chip shop curry sauce! The service was good but it gets very busy very fast. After you have ordered you get a fob that buzzes once your food is ready. It is a very good idea as you can wait outside so it doesn’t get too crowded. The food was 10/10 and well priced. Highly recommend if you are wanting a chippy tea!🍟

Pre ordered 13 Christmas Pies for collection at 12 today. Was there on time to pick up and told not ready. Offered cold ones. Refused and were told they would drop some hot ones off at place of work in 20 mins. Turned up at 1.15. What is the point of pre ordering. If you can't supply the service please don't take the order.

I have been to Frankies beach bar about a year ago. The service and food was very good. Travelled from Worthing on a beautiful day to enjoy a lunch. Was I wrong! We ordered toasted sandwiches. They were very greasy and inedible. I was told that because they had been busy a buildup of oil had built up on the grill. Greasy spoon,definitely!

Was our first time at the taster evening and we’re so glad we booked. The quality of food and standard of service was brilliant.

Booked a breakfast to re 9 of us and because of the size of the party had to pre order. Arrives and seated on time by friendly staff. Eventually got to us to take drinks order which then took an age to arrive. Considering they knew we were coming and what we were eating the food took an hour to arrive. The food was well below standard. English muffins not toasted before avocado put on and cold bacon. Dense, stodgy and horrible. The eggs were fine though. Scottish breakfast had clearly been left in the pass for some considerable time. Dry and tasteless, tattle scone so dry and haggis had no taste and was like sawdust. Bacon a shrivelled dry slice that broke up with a fork which made it difficult to eat. The taste was even worse so left it. All 9 of us were left disappointed. So I don’t recommend and I won’t be going back. Woeful.

Ordered the ham ploughman's for myself and partner, food arrived quickly and good size portions. Everything was fresh and nicely presented and with a decent pot of tea too. Staff were very polite and friendly. There was plenty to choose from on the menu from cakes, sandwiches to light lunches. All reasonably priced too. Would highly recommend.

First and last time dining since the pandemic and change of ownership. Firstly dogs are now restricted from entering the dining area even though there is no partition between it and general seating so their excuse of allergies rang hollow. Secondly they have moved the kitchen from the middle of the pub and relocated it to the men's toilet, which seems to lack proper ventilation as the place smelt of burning fat and not quite the lovely smoky atmosphere a lot of reviews have claimed. Lastly the food was adequate at best, portions are small for their price and the roast beef i ordered turned up raw and a waiter seeing me push it around my plate offered "to have the chef fry it up a bit" Gave them an extra star for their roast potatoes, so many place get them wrong but were rather good here.

Love this cafe have been many times after dog walks always such a warm welcome and great food. Yesterday I ordered the halloumi and sweet chilli wrap and was moved to write this review it was the most delicious thing I have eaten for a long time!

What a fantastic Sunday lunch with lots of delicious veg and AMAZING cauliflower cheese. Managed to squeeze in homemade Baileys tiramisu too! Lovely friendly staff. Dog friendly. Thank you, Yew Tree Inn.

We hired the smaller private room for a family tea to celebrate a special birthday. There were 15 of us, grandparents, parents and children. From the start of our relationship with Mabel's administrator, Martine, discussions flowed easily - price, one glutenfree guest, one vegetarian, lots of details - nothing was too much trouble. On the day there was plenty to eat - sandwiches, scones, cakes and a drinks bar with prosecco. Sara, our waitress, was a star, making sure everyone had everything we wanted including extra cups of tea or coffee. Everyone enjoyed the relaxing informal event. The room was full of Victoriana and the children loved the experience and also the opportunity to explore the garden (with adult supervision). Our family tea at Mabel's was everything we wanted for our special day. Huge thanks to Martine and Sara for all their beautiful hospitality and care.

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.

Wendy is a goddess. Food is OK. Stop hitting me Wendy! Food is great. Beer is the best. Company is a bit rubbish (see photo), but not the pub’s fault. This is what a pub should be.

How Posh Pigs gets rated higher than this wonderful place is quite beyond me. Don't get me wrong, anywhere else PP would be the best in the area by a country mile, but MA's Airfied Diner trumps it easily on all counts. The ingredients are better quality, the atmosphere is far better, it is much more welcoming and the breakfasts and superb home cooked dishes are considerably superior. Plus they fry fried bread instead of boiling it in oil which is an abomination. I too would prefer china instesad of paper plates but you have to consider the practicalities they face in trying to keep their prices so reasonable vs. staff costs for washing up (only two max in the kitchen, and they work flat-out cooking). For food this good I'll happily live with that (very) minor popint. Everyone I take there says it is the best breakfast they've ever had. 'nuff said.

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