The best restaurants serving British food in England

Set evening menu £65 would be good value if portion sizes were bigger as they were more like tasting menu dishes; I went home hungry despite having the cheese board supplement. The food is delicious and dietary needs can be met; they had remembered one of us was pescatarian. The dishes are well thought through but hard to enjoy fully when so small. A large team so service is swift, possibly too swift for us. Felt in a rush to get us through which meant the sommelier had to interrupt while we were eating on a few occasions to discuss the wine. Although the sommelier was very knowledgeable and engaging. Service at our table then slowed down too much when we had had the last course; left waiting for 15 minutes and would have had a coffee but were not asked or spoken to until we asked for the bill. Lovely spacious dining room with beautiful wine glasses and tableware. Toilets very cold. Not sure the pull is there for another visit given the distance from home for us.

Absolutely amazing and thank you so so much for looking after us and for being so accommodating! We throughly enjoyed ourselves 👏👏👏👏

Had a fabulous event in the Orangery last week - we held our company Christmas meal here for 20 people. Room is beautiful and table layout worked really well for our group. All of the feedback from our team was positive- delicious food, attentive service, friendly staff. Would thoroughly recommend and several of our team who live locally are planning return visits in future. Huge thanks to Ed and his team for their hospitality.

Wrong meal i didn't ordered cheeses chips i had to put food in the bin because i don't like cheese

We enjoyed our pre-Christmas gathering over the Crown and Bear Christmas special. Lovely food and happy to provide extra gravy for the roast dinners.

Amazing food every time we visited. Wheelchair access & staff are very helpful and welcoming. We will definitely be back. 😋

Nov 2024: I’ve just this minute finished a Sunday roast. Crikey! Perfectly cooked, fresh and really tasty. The best roast dinner I’ve had - and that includes the Chequers at Fingest.

As always the best restaurant for a perfect Sunday lunch hot plates meat tender plenty of fresh vegetables and lovely gravy service spot on this is a lovely small but friendly restaurant all in all we always enjoy our lunch

Quick lunch, i had the Cornedbeef pie, Mrs had the Pork Chop. Great service, lovely meal, highly recommend. Clean, modern, friendly. Would have liked branded sauces, carpark can get really busy. Apart from those small details, it's a gem of a place, be back soon.

Great coffee and croissant. More shops like this needed in the area

Excellent quality food. Highly recommended.

We had the tasting menu on a Sunday night, which in most places on a Sunday the passion and enthusiasm for guests is often not there. Here however the food was outstanding, the service first class. Nothing was to much trouble. Just right for a birthday getaway. I would quite happily come back and eat everyday! The taste, presentation and portion sizes were just perfect. Congratulations to the whole team.

Thanks for letting my friend use the toilet even after closing hours! Very friendly people. Great coffee too...

Me and my mum stopped by after a concert in York centre and we got literally the best chips ever - genuinely so delicious! The guy who served us was absolutely lovely - big shout out to whoever was working at 7pm ish sat 14th December - he was so helpful and kind. And again, the food was amazing (and very reasonably priced).

Great food, served by lovely people !