The best restaurants serving British food in Ripon Minster Harrogate Yorkshire and The Humber

A wonderful find. Spotlessly clean, very good range of food priced appropriately. The spinach, spiced cauliflower & lentil pie was delicious. Staff cheerful and friendly. Lovely original decor with good attention to detail ( there were scissors provided at the table to cut the individual condiment satchets).

Fantastic old world charm cafe fresh made food with warm friendly atmosphere I can’t recommend this cafe enough would highly recommend this cafe and will visit again

Popped in for a late lunch and they catered for our later arrival really well with a genuine warm welcome. A nice place for a bite to eat.

We visited here today for Sunday lunch with a large group of our family. I am afraid to say it was one of the worst Sunday lunches we have had, mediocre at best. At £20 for beef main and £16 for pork and chicken I think the prices are extremely inflated for the quality served. I had roast chicken, I was served a Chicken drumstick, and one small slice from a breast, the skin was soggy and slimey, no crispness - like it has been only just roasted in lots of fat (I was expecting a nice full Chicken breast) we all had one small carrot stick, one parsnip stick a floret of cauliflower and 1-1/2 roast potatoes- a very small cold dollop of mash(smash) the Yorkshire was the only saving grace. My daughter ordered the Cumberland sausage, with mash and veg. Due to the large group my daughter only got her dinner as we were finishing ours, at least 10-15 minutes after the first main, she got 2 Cumberland breakfast sausages and very small cold dollop of mash and 2 carrots (we were expecting a Cumberland ring??) she can home still hungry. Numerous people were still waiting an age for their meals. We didn’t get any green veg as advertised- I asked another table for some of theirs, I was passed a dish of cabbage and a few green beans with an inch of water in the bottom. Very very disappointing. The puddings were served, (we had no cutlery, had to ask after it was delivered) Eton Mess with no meringue 🫣 dry sponge, sticky toffee and brownie as hard as nails. Again so disappointed. The young ladies waiting on were very polite but not trained to wait on with interest, no courtesy checks, no apologies. My nan had paid for the entire groups meal before I had finished the pud, I had every intention to complain but didn’t feel I could as she paid and had included the 10% service charge, sorry but I wouldn’t have tipped 🙁

What a great experience! We had read that The Old Deanery had been taken over recently, and seen the reviews so decided to go for dinner, bed and breakfast with two friends. Anyone expecting the interior of the place to look like something out of Country Life please remember - it's an amazing Jacobean mansion literally next door to Ripon Cathedral, dating from the early 17th century with quirky staircases, beautiful light-filled rooms, friendly staff and comfy leather sofas. We had the 9 course taster menu created by Adam Jackson - a work of art to look at and then to taste. It was particularly special to get to chat to Adam as he finished putting the final touches to the first course. Breakfast was 'de-constructed' and made up of traditional English breakfast ingredients - a great way to start the day.

We arranged a buffet to be catered for a family gathering at the Water Rat and could not be more impressed. The food was excellent, including the best vegan choices we've ever had. Service was great, and the beer was well kept. Huge thanks to the whole team for a super experience overall, would recommend.

Well what can I say, when they get it wrong, they make sure they get it right straight away! . We opted for the tapas, taking advantage of the free glass of wine, with 3 menu choices for £13.50! Bargain, and oh my days, for the quality it was a bargain. Once the correct dishes were delivered to the table the flavours and spices complimented the dishes as they should, all felt fresh! . We give credit where credits due, allow people and places to correct mistakes, and these guys did this with no hesitation, which we thank them so much for, we created no fuss, which was reflected by the staff too in a positive way! . Highly recommend the food, accommodate well for dietary requirements(We’re vegetarian and our daughter isn’t) so to make the burger plain with just the bun, delighted our little girl! . Don’t hesitate to visit this place for great atmosphere, ambience and top professional service from the staff!! .

I’ve just bought our supper, 2 fish and a battered sausage, the latter was ordered in my arrival to the assistant frying. He never acknowledged my request so I didn’t know if he’s heard me. The young lad who asked me what I wanted to I repeated the order and after freshly cooking the fish. which was delicious. I noticed 2 battered sausages had been cooked and when the young lad got my order together the cook raised his eyebrows at the battered sausage left on the cooked items shelf them checked my order. The best way he could have stopped this waste of food was to ACKNOWLEDGE my request. A head shake would have sufficed.

First time visiting here it was busy but still got a table for 5 of us all the staff are lovely and polite the restaurant was lovely and clean the food was delicious would highly recommend and will definitely come back when next in ripon

The fish and chips were realky good Been 4 years since here could do with a lick of paint but then again we were not there for the decor

Excellent well priced food cooked to order but not long to wait. Really good service from attentive staff. Beer quality as good as it gets. 10/10.