The best restaurants serving British food in Helmsley Ryedale Yorkshire and The Humber

11/10 top quality produce elevated to an exceptional level Liz and her staff where spot on all night The Bed was next level -super king walk in shower and roll top bath beautiful all clean and welcoming with ropes and massive towels Thank you chef !! Lush treat away Chris and Claire

What a beautiful place! The best dining experience I’ve had. The food and drink are delicious and thoughtfully crafted. Everything about Pignut is unique, right down to the ceramics used to serve the food. A real treat for art lovers together with the paintings on the walls. The ambience was relaxing and welcoming, Laurissa is the perfect host and the chef Tom has created food that looks and tastes superb. Can’t wait to go back!

If you want fast food don’t go here. If you want good food served by friendly staff this is the place for you. The food was excellent and the staff were courteous and very friendly and welcoming I can recommend this place.

We stumbled upon this place and couldn’t be more pleased! The food was excellent, and even the twins finished their meals—a rare win. The steak sandwich was the best we’ve had, and the cappuccino was an absolute delight. Our waiter was incredibly patient and polite, and the atmosphere, along with the music, made for a great experience. We can’t wait to come back. Thank you guys for a great experience!!

It was my first visit and I was not disappointed. I loved all the restaurants, cafes and shops. It was market day while we were there but as it had snowed, only a few stalls came. We certainly got friendly service from the stall holders though. I shall go back for another visit soon, but book everything in advance, especially the restaurants, which get very busy.

We visited this tearoom after while back after a hike and what we had to eat and drink was amazing. The coffee was perfect, which is rare. The food was lovely, I had a lavender scone. A true oasis.

Very friendly. Great place to visit.

Shown to a table and given a menu and then ignored. Staff served three tables who were seated after us and did not attempt acknowledge us. We felt priority was given to people who staff knew over and above other customers. Won’t be trying there again. Weren’t even acknowledged as we left disappointed.

We have visited this cafe before but just for a drink inside the modern cafe area. This time the extended family (8) decided on food as well. Sitting outside in a shaded area everyone enjoyed their food choices, with the Monk's Pottage being a bit of a highlight! If you are visiting the Abbey, be sure to stop and refresh in the cafe.

Great location and atmosphere with singers on x lovely clean room with view over the square. Friendly accommodating bar staff will definitely be back

Birthday meal ruined - my partner booked us a weekend stay for my birthday and booked the restaurant for Friday and Saturday. After eating there Friday I realised unless I wanted the same meal for my birthday too, we needed to book somewhere else. Unfortunately due to short notice we could not book anywhere. My partner went to reception to ask if the chef could prepare a chicken dish for me as there was none on the menu and it was my birthday meal. The reception staff got back to my partner and said the chef would be delighted to prepare me a dish with a sauce, so far so good I thought. When ordering I made a point of telling the waitress the chef was preparing me a special chicken dish as it was my birthday. When the dish came it was the most bland meal I have ever had in a restaurant just a plain chicken breast, a few potatoes and broccoli, oh and a pot of red wine jus which I had the night before with beef. I am not a chef but know that red wine just does not go with white meat. There was no effort at all. I did not say anything at the time as my partner had gone to a lot of trouble arranging the weekend. When we got home I got in touch with customer services, after a while they did reply and I was put in touch with a manager who I spoke to, I was promised the chef would prepare my another meal if we went again and his excuse was that he was not told, even though when looking around the quiet restaurant there was only me having chicken as its not on the menu. I said it was too far to travel for us just for a meal, then I was promised bubbly in the room and discounted rates of £200 per night in April. We actually looked up the rates on the website for our dates and they were less than the "discounted rates" I was offered. When I queried this I have got no response to date, and it has been 5 weeks since. The customer service is almost non existant as I have had to chase this myself and then I get asked to send all my emails and who has promised us this deal as if I am lying. Well its just not worth the effort anymore and I do not want to come back, there are far better places to eat and stay with much better customer service!!

Under new management but run by young lads who are confused. We arrived around 3:10pm on a Saturday. We went to order food and got told to sit down as it was table service. A lady wandered around tables chatting to friends. Gave up at 3:35. Went to front again. Told “sorry kitchen closes at 3:30”. Told them we had been waiting. Got a shoulder shrugged and smiled. Really disappointing.