The best restaurants serving British food in Pickering East Ryedale Yorkshire and The Humber

Always a vibrant atmosphere in the wine bar, they've put on some decent new ale revenant an Irish beer Brenda's came into play as the Guinness shortage meant an alternative was sought. The beer was slightly more sweet and chocolaty than Guinness and I preferred it tbh. Then they put on a barrel of .urphys which was also most lovely. Always good music, all sport on TV and its generally the busiest pub being open from 10am to midnight 7 days a week. The bar staff run by Kieran the manager are always polite and courteous and they're dog friendly with pool table, bar football table, 2 dart oards plus interactive darts with offers on drinks promotions to boot. A fun atmosphere for all. Highly recommended.

We booked a table for four,at the Black Swan 26th April p.m . We were looked after by a lovely girl called Izzy (a credit to the Black Swan). We had very nice starters, nothing special but very nicely prepared. Our mains were very nice ....except the latest craze in many pub/hotel restaurants is to charge for what they think of as an "extra" , well when I order fish and chips why do they feel that a charge of £1.00 for Tartare sauce and £1.50 for a small pot of mushy peas is ok? And why if you order one of their pies , it's an extra £2.50 for GRAVY !!. But that's ok as it's your choice but I still think it's a cheeky little ploy. What has made me write this review is the attitude of the manager when I offered some constructive criticism. The pies are advertised as being served with" chunky chips", but what they are actually served with are chip shop chips as served with the fish and chips. When I pointed this out to the manager, I was told in a very hectoring voice that the chips were "chunky", so I asked why the chips served with the fish are not advertised as" chunky", to which I was told , they are both the same thing. She would not have it, that the menu says differently. We were trying to be helpful , hoping she would perhaps speak to the kitchen about it. If the manager reads this , please try to remember that the customer is always right...even when they are wrong......(yes sir , oh thank you for your feedback, I'll talk to the kitchen about it, I hope it hasn't spoiled your evening.) The bill for 4 was £120 so not expensive but also a bit above pub grub prices (1 bottle of wine). It's a shame because The Black Swan is the nicest pub in Pickering, but please train up your restaurant manager.

Walked in & back out! Entrance was filthy & the cups that staff were using for customers, there were 3 or 4 flies landing on them. We left when seen this and told girl member of staff they need a fly zapping machine. She said she just worked there. Nothing like any other Costas we have been in. Very poor