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The Red Lion, Knapton
Knapton is an unremarkable village. Surrounded by fields but bounded by York's outer ring road, and the city's western suburbs, it feels marooned, a place that is neit
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Durham Ox, Crayke
The Durham Ox is a fine old 17th century coaching inn in Crayke, a classically picturesque North Yorkshire village of stone and mellow brick, clipped greensward and a hilltop
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The White Hart Inn, Pool in Wharfedale
We tried to book a table for two on a Wednesday evening at 8pm but there was no table free until 9. This speaks volumes for the popularity of this gastro pub, close to the Riv
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The Bull at Broughton
The Bull. A name to remember. I have been a customer here for all my "drinking life". That's about two-thirds to date, with a longish lay-off when I was doing outr
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Estbek House Hotel at Sandsend
If any Yorkshire coastal resort can claim to be chic and upwardly mobile, it must be Sandsend. It has an exemplary boutique hotel in the Woodlands. There's a surf school,
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The Sage Bistro, Harrogate
Such is the state of our economy that the tiniest green shoot elicits disproportionate excitement. Particularly in the restaurant scene, where new openings are something of a
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The Milestone, Kelham Island, Sheffield
It was only half past six on a Saturday evening but the Milestone was rocking as if it was half past nine. Waiters were racketing up and down the stairs. Shouts were coming ou
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Old Bridge Inn, Ripponden
As you rattle along the road from Halifax to the M62 through Ripponden, it's easy to forget that if you take a left by the church you'll drop down into a pretty, quiet
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The Blue Lion, East Witton
Standing on the only corner in lovely East Witton, Wensleydale, the Blue Lion has a long reputation as a country inn with outstanding food. Neighbouring communities include Ma
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HQ Restaurant at the Cedar Court Grand Hotel, York.
When the Cedar Court Grand Hotel opened its doors this summer, it awarded itself the title of "York's first five-star hotel", promising a journey of gastronomic di
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The Harrogate Grille
Is there a magicians' bar somewhere?" asks my friend as we walk through the doors at the Balmoral Hotel and make our way through to the adjoining restaurant, Grille.
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The White Swan, Pickering
I've always had a soft spot for the White Swan, ever since a posse of boisterous teenagers persuaded me to spend a long afternoon zip-wiring and tree-swinging at Go Ape a
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Samuel's, Swinton Park
Are there any public dining rooms more gracious than those at Swinton Park? This Victorian enhancement of an earlier building was created by Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, using part
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Prashad, Bradford
The Prashad vegetarian restaurant is accustomed to awards and accolades. The latest is from Gordon Ramsay, who placed it runner up in his Channel 4 quest to find "the best
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The Red Lion, Burnsall
WHIRR, whirr, whirr. What's that? A child's pull-n-let go toy car? No, it was a wind-up torch on the next table, not what you'd expect in a dining room. Torch? Som
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The Three Tuns, Osmotherley
There's a lot to like about Osmotherley. It has a peach of a location perched on a shoulder of the North York Moors. It has a wealth of honey coloured houses, red pantiled
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Rim Nam Thai Restaurant, Hebden Bridge
Hebden Bridge prides itself on being a fairly cosmopolitan spot in the culinary department. There's Greek, Italian (three of those) Turkish and at least two chippi
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Carpenters Arms, Felixkirk
Inns in villages you'd like to live in…" is a bold strap line. Well, there's plenty of beautiful villages I'd love to live in, in Yorkshire there's also an
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Fazenda, Granary Wharf, Leeds
IT'S LIKE a whole new city down here. Granary Wharf has always been a little world apart, a maze of arches and tunnels where canals and river – once the vital arteries of
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The Dining Room Restaurant, Boroughbridge
It's tough out there in business for everyone right now but restaurants, it seems, are taking more than their fair share of the bashing.
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