The best restaurants serving British food in Yorkshire and The Humber

Called in for Breakfast with family, we haven't been for a while as we live out of the area. Staff were welcoming, ordered 3 breakfasts all I managed to eat on kine was the scrambled egg and bacon.. The sausage was warm and possibly been cooked and just reheated, th mushrooms looked like they hadn't been cooked at all the black pudding was raw, for £43 I expected better only 1 out of our group of 3 ate it all.. Always pop in when we are visiting but I won't be having food if we come again I'll stick with the coffee and cake.

As a regular for years, it pains me to say that my experience last night was highly disappointing. Upon ordering, I was shocked to find that the portion sizes of chips were notably smaller than usual. In fact, the small portion contained an alarmingly small number of chips, barely filling a child-sized box. To my disbelief, the large sausage and chip meals were even more scantily accompanied by chips. Additionally, despite paying for an extra portion of chips, it was missing from my order upon returning home. Furthermore, I discovered that a drink was missing from the children's meal, which further compounded the dissatisfaction of my family's dining experience. Considering the nearly £30 expenditure for our meal, I cannot help but feel that we were grossly overcharged for the quantity and quality of food received. As a long-time customer, I have always appreciated the consistent quality and service provided by your establishment. However, based on this recent experience, I regret to inform you that we will not be returning. I hope you take this feedback constructively and consider reassessing portion sizes and service standards to maintain the loyalty of your customers.

The most horrendous customer service I have ever experienced. We as a family of 5 had spent around £80 on food and drinks for a Sunday lunch, my husband ordered a couple of starters which was edible I had meat and stuffing sandwich which was the same just bog standard edible. However we had ordered the 3 children sausage dinners which were rock solid frozen. Carrots peas 1 roast potatoe and a yorkshire pudding with 2 sausages was all that was on the plate the only thing my children were able to actually chew were the sausages. And for £8.50 per dinner I would expect it to be not only cooked but actually ‘enjoyable’ when I took the food back to the bar I was greeted with the most rude argumentative manager I have ever known after talking down to me insisting I should pay for them because even though she agreeed the veg wasn’t cooked the kids half ate the sausage, we settled in the end that I would pay for the sausages the children half ate which were £7 supposedly. Anyway moral of the story, don’t waste your money there is a lot more places to eat around this area that are nicer and cheaper and staff who are polite and welcoming. This pub used to be a lovely place for Sunday dinners whoever is now running it now has ruined it, will not be back!

We are regulars at this cafe, usually for breakfast with family or sometimes just call in for coffee and a snack. Today we called in at lunch time and ordered the steak pie with Guinness and mushrooms, chips and mushy peas. 10/10, it was excellent and very tasty. The cafe was busy and it was explained to us that we may have to wait a while... but it was well worth the short wait. Young staff were very attentative and friendly. Off road parking and cafe attached to a small garden centre. Highly recommended.

went sat had puka pie cooked in micro wave pastry rubbery and unearable they seemed not concerned and not about to change method of cooking

Breakfast was well worth the money, service good, i enjoyed the experience, will return and recommend

Possibly the worst dining experience we have ever had in a pub. We should never have gone in after being warned there was a party of 18 booked, and had we realised how incredibly noisy they were going to be, we would have gone away. I had to take a tablet half an hour before eating, so my husband asked for us to be served in half an hour. The large party's orders were taken and the food delivered long before ours arrived, and they were ordering their desserts; a couple near us who had come in after us were served. I was getting anxious, because if more than an hour goes by without eating, my stomach tablet doesn't work. My husband had to go and ask about our order, because I was getting very anxious and also getting a migraine because of the noisy party, who were constantly yelling to each other. I went to the loo, which was up a step (so not wheelchair friendly, though the entrance is), which were less than clean, and one of the toilets didn't even have a seat. I mean, a new seat isn't exactly dear! There were a lot of signs up abut drugs, so it looks like there is a drug problem. My meal was there when I got back to the table, but it was barely edible. The chicken had been warmed up too long in the microwave and was too hard and overdone to eat, and the cheese was congealed and rubbery. They brought us a free drink to say sorry but we just wanted to get out of there as quick as we could. To add insult to injury, the large party had blocked us in with one of their many vehicles. The interior was dark and dingy and depressing. This was the first time we'd eaten anywhere in Pickering and we wish we hadn't bothered and just eaten in the hotel we were staying in, thankfully not this one.

I can see there are very mixed reviews but all I can say is that I had a fabulouse Banoffee Hot Chocolate on my visit. I had never seen this drink before and as I love banoffee pie and chocolate , I decided to try it. It was delicious!

Wen t to the blacksmith arms hook for a Xmas meal.wuth about 20 people. There was only us 20 people in the pub. We had a three course Xmas meal which I couldn't fault. I.had prawn cocktail carvery Xmas dinner and a cheesecake all very nice. But my friends went for Xmas day dinner and paid 60 pounds and they weren't impressed. They had their meal booked for 2pm and there was no turkey left just strag ends of pork and the roast potatoes were hard all. the other veg was fine. When you.psy that amount of money on Xmas day you expect everything to be spot on. Anne walker

Visited as a family for an evening meal with a young child. Staff were really friendly and food was lovely. Surprised to see so many options on the kids menu which were really well priced which was great. Our food was served quickly and was very nice, steaks cooked just how we asked for. Overall a friendly atmosphere and we will return. Spotted a children’s play area outside which we will definitely take advantage of in the future (weather permitting!)

Attended through work as part of a management day. When we arrived there were croissants and pain au chocolate which were yummy. We also got a 3 course Christmas dinner. Parsnip soup - lovely. I had turkey for mains. It came with sprouts, stuffing, roast potatoes and parsnips. One thing I didn't like was that the gravy was already on the meal. I like to add my own gravy. Desert was chocolate and orange tart which I didn't enjoy as the chocolate was very dark and bitter - but that's a personal taste. Overall enjoyed the meal and the day.

The food has changed from traditional food your gammon and chips,fish and chips etc to trying to compare with bao buns at the Riverhead,sorry no contest. The pub smells of wet dogs particularly around the fire and the sofas and been bitten there. Not in a rush to go back .

Perfect just perfect the fish was off the scale it was cooked beautifully and tasted fantastic. You should go wonderful!

If you are staying around the Low or High Bentham area, this is a must visit establishment. Food is fantastic, great array of drinks especially malt whisky’s and the staff were extremely friendly especially Tony and Molly who looked after us during our visit.

I have previously visited before they change management, and won't be returning after today's vist. Arrived at 12 45pm, was queuing for over 15 minutes as service was so slow. Finally got to till to be told by a miserable member of staff with no smile on her face that they have stopped serving food, no sign anywhere saying the time they stop food service to avoid people queuing for no reason, unles there just having drinks. She then said abruptly "are you having drinks or not." At which point I walked out and won't be returning!