The best restaurants serving French food in Barden Fell Craven Yorkshire and The Humber

First came here in about 2010 as a very good but very different incarnation, but it was excellent and we stayed in one of the cottages. Two return visits (after keeping an eye on what was happening with various changes) in 2023 and 2024 and wow is it ever really now a genuinely truly special place to go to. Surprised they didn’t get to two stars already but presume it’s a matter of time given the pedigree of MW and the quality of what we’ve had there. Lovely lightness of touch and real elegance in the presentation, lovely staff, welcoming and helpful, though some of the wine pairing patter was rushed and felt inauthentic. Wines could be slightly more accessible overall, we saw markups of 4-5+ times retail on the lower end of the list, but then again that’s not especially unusual, but a bit of a shame as the former incarnation of the angel had old and deep cellars with great value to be found - if you want that great wine dimension to your meal the Inn at Whitewell is still doing slightly better on that front. Will return again I am sure and would encourage anyone to before that second star and it becomes much harder and costlier to. Have already introduced a few friends and everyone suitably impressed.

I did a delivery there and the staff were very friendly and welcoming.