The best restaurants serving British food in Loftus Redcar and Cleveland North East

Visited today for the first time, what a lovely piece of chocolate cake and a delicious bowl of soup, made very welcome, will certainly be back when next in the area

We booked a table for Sunday dinner, and knowing we were booking a later slot (due to toddler nap time) I specifically left a note regarding our party, and then confirmed our booking. On arrival it felt slightly chaotic and we were shown to an unset table (admittedly we were 10mins early) it took a while for our orders to be taken (we were never brought a menu and there wasn’t one on the table, so I took one from a neighbouring table) and it also took a long time for a highchair to arrive (again specified in the booking). I would happily have overlooked all of this - however, once our dinners arrived, it became obvious that they had pretty much run out of food. There was no cauliflower cheese, and no roast potatoes. We had to ask why these were missing to be told they’d run out. If we had been told when ordering I’d have understood. But to just hope we didn’t notice isn’t appropriate, especially when they’re a key part of a Sunday roast. We asked if we could have extra yorkshires instead but they didn’t have any of those either. They brought out some fried rosti as a way of excusing the lack, but only after we had asked why we were missing items and they came as we were all finishing. I could maybe understand this if we were walk in customers - but we had prebooked so surely weren’t a surprise… The roast here isn’t cheap and for significant parts to be missing, without explanation or any attempt to replace them left us all feeling deflated (and a little hungry…) there was no sincere apology, and nothing knocked of the bill (again not necessarily something I would expect but when you’re only served half of your dinner why should you pay full price?) Overall a very underwhelming experience and the only thing the waiting staff could say was ‘hopefully we will have it next time’ unfortunately I very much doubt there will be a next time.

Food is fresh and fantastic 😋 Great pub and dog 🐕 friendly 👍 we will be back for sure

Yo iba andando el Cleveland Way y había oído hablar de este lugar. Todo lo que he oído que era verdad. La cafetería funciona de 10:00 a 3:00 pm y es atendido por voluntarios del pueblo y la zona de los alrededores. Yo me comí un sándwich, un bollo y una taza de té en un precio más que razonable. Comidas ligeras disponibles. Los aseos estaban limpias así como todo el lugar. Si querías un libro de segunda mano o un souvenir del centro todo ello contribuye a los fondos de caridad. Tienen un sitio web que puede ayudar a, es: http://home.btconnect.com/skinningrovelinkup/index.php?slab=the-ochre-cafe si regresaría? No 'arf.

What a lovely place, the food was amazing and plenty of choice. Staff very friendly and helpful. We had 3 courses each, and plenty of beer which was also very good. And the bill came to less than £120. We also stayed overnight in the motorhome, a very peaceful night it was. Highly recommended

Lovely coffee and fruit loaf. A hidden gem, always a friendly welcome with seating indoors and out. Worth a visit.Takes cash only.

Very pleased to report that this shop has reopened after a long closure. I got a substantial and tasty cod and chips here. Last time I got a sausage and chips - they stop cooking fish when getting near closing times, and when I arrived at 18:50 sausage and chips was the only dish on offer. Be careful of restricted opening hours, particularly early closing times in the evenings. Edit - since I updated the hours last week, they have changed again and the shop now closes at 7:00pm on Fridays.

What a place. We were greeted warmly at the bar and taken to our table. The dining room was simple with lots of rustic charm, and the menu had enough choice for both of us. The garlic cream mushrooms were extremely good and it was just the right amount for me. My wife had the gammon steak with egg and chips, and she said the chips were the best she had ever had. I had the Veggie parmesan which was more than enough and the salad was beautiful and the dressing was lovely. We were offered dessert but had to say no as we were so full from dinner! However the desserts are all homemade and looked lovely. What really struck us about this place was how nice the staff were, nothing was too much trouble. We would highly recommend the Water Wheel, and will definitely be back!