The best restaurants serving British food in Northallerton Central Hambleton Yorkshire and The Humber

It goes without saying that the service and the food at Betty's is rightly world renowned - but the whole experience is spoilt by the greedy "you have to queue" policy of management. Our friends in their 80's, one registered disabled, one with dementia, treated us (in our 70's) to afternoon tea at Betty's Northallerton. She asked to book but was told that doesn't happen at Betty's, so they agreed to meet us at 1.30 at the shop. Well OUTSIDE the shop as the usual queue was in place - and boy was it a cold day. They had arrived at 1.15 and were 3rd in the queue when we joined them. At. 1.30 we were told to enter the shop, only to find another queue leading to the restaurant and 10 groups (2s,3s and 4,s) ahead of us. At 1.55 we were near the front of that queue and could at least sit down - 2 chairs and a bench are provided. We were seated at 2pm and thereafter everything was fine, but the pleasure had been taken out of the afternoon and we all agreed "never again". The only reason that there is a no reservation policy is so that they can jam more people in (and jam them in they do) some tables I would have refused to sit at. Why not ask for a no-refund deposit up front for a reservation and limit the number of tables that can be reserved BUT this system is appalling and it doesn't matter how good your staff are, or the food, the experience is spoilt. Yo can do better than this Betty's.

Went to the Wellington Heifer for my birthday stopped over night. The bedrooms are lovely spotlessly clean with a lovely modern on/suite bathroom. The place itself is quaint and comfortable, we ate dinner here and the food is superb quality well cooked not "posh nosh" but very good and cooked to perfection. And last but not least your host Rob is a lovely helpful host without being intrusive all a wonderful stay Thank You Ken & Liz simpson

Really tasty homemade soup followed by excellent homemade Bakewell tart and proper homemade custard. Add friendly staff and reasonable prices and we'll definitely be back. Thank you for a great lunch, Garthway!

Our favourite place to eat when we are in Northallerton. My husband is vegan so it is rare to find somewhere to satisfy us both. We always have the cooked breakfast - my husband having the vegan option, while I have the builders breakfast. The food is cooked to order and always delicious. The staff are very friendly and the cafe clean and welcoming. We will be back again soon.

These are absolutely great fish and chips as the large amount of people waiting inside and outside will tell you. It is well worth the wait as the food is spot on - lovely crispy batter and delicious chips. The prices are reasonable and the staff very efficient.

Situated in a lovely location behind the church the Oddfellows Arms is a really nice traditional pub, and certainly one of the smartest in town. Service was welcoming, there was a nice atmosphere and our beers good.

My family came through from Sunderland to meet me and my hubby for dinner. There were 5 of us in total - 4 of us had Sunday dinner and I had parmo with chips - the smaller version. So glad I didn't go for the bigger version - I never could have finished it. The Sunday dinners looked amazing and came with massive home made yorkies. All plates were licked clean. 4 of us had dessert and that was delicious too. Friendly service and I look forward to coming again.

Good food, good selection of food and for gluten free/vegan. Good drinks selection and friendly staff

Great tearoom serving a good range of food with lovely service. Visited for the shop which has a fantastic selection of quality foods which is worth a visit.

Excellent Christmas lunch. Top quality and excellent attentive service. Its always a pre-Christmas treat we look forward to and we are never disappointed.

I have been here for the last 3 weeks on business for 2 nights a week, still 3 weeks to go 😀 Lovely welcome by everyone who has been on reception on all my visits, very helpful, friendly and they go that extra mile to help. The rooms I've stayed in so far are ( 2-10 and 31) which were very clean, cosy and well presented with everything you needed, Iron, hairdryer and tea and coffee facilities. The only little issue was the shower door rollers kept coming loose, just life cycle replacement needs attention at some point. I could not fault any of the cleaning at all and that's very rare for me due to being a cleaning trainer for the NHS, hotels, schools and offices for 20 years. I meet some of the cleaning first thing on the morning and they were also very polite and always smiling. The bar area was comfortable, clean, all the staff are friendly and the food in the restaurant-bar is excellent, large portions, presented beautifully and very tasty...... 😋 I didn't have the breakfast , so i can't comment on that... Thank you so much for making me feel welcome, especially when I'm here on my own. I will miss coming here when my business in Northallerton comes to an end 😊

Freezing! people sat in there coats and on seats that have seen better days no wonder the wall paper is coming off the walls

Vist here regularly as it's the only pub in Northallerton with quality craft beers and good range of Belgian beers which are my favourites. Always friendly welcoming and efficient service. Keep it up Paul (the service level that is)!

Very disappointing coffee. Did not taste nice at all. Instant coffee would have been nicer. Had this with a cheese scone which was really poor too. Tasteless and stodgy. Not sure if they are made in house It’s a shame that a simple good coffee and cheese scone is not a high standard