Harden's survey result
Summary
“A beautifully located small hotel opposite the village pond with garden views, comfortable bedrooms” and “good food from a short menu” – Jacquie Pern’s former village smithy has been a North Yorkshire staple for more than 15 years. Ratings did not hit the heights here this year – with a couple of up-and-down reports – but change was afoot following our annual diners’ poll with the arrival of new head chef Adam Westgarth, whose appointment aims to herald a new direction in the kitchen, working closely with a local farm providing regenerative crops, heritage breed livestock and wild game.
Summary
Jacquie Pern’s North Yorks village hotel is “just lovely in every way” according to fans – an old blacksmith’s, village shop and barn that once stood here having made way for very “comfortable bedrooms and lounges, gardens and a village duck pond”. Now under chef Vincenzo Raffone, the venue produces “professionally presented cooking using many local ingredients”; it’s also a great spot for a “supremely relaxing and enjoyable afternoon tea”.
Summary
“If you want a hotel with a really good restaurant, this is the place for you” – Jacquie Pern’s “slightly formal” but reliably “quality” venture, occupies a “lovely setting” in a North Yorks village. “With the terrible fire at The Star Inn (next door, and run by Pern’s ex-husband), the Pheasant was taking the lead in looking after dining for the two operations” – but thankfully the Star reopened in Nov 2022, a year after it was laid low by an arson attack.
Summary
“A superb country restaurant with rooms”, “very well run” by Jacquie Pern, whose former husband Andrew runs the neighbouring Star Inn in the same small North Yorkshire village.
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Harome, YO62 5JG
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £35.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £5.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
Harome, YO62 5JG
Opening hours
| Monday | 8:30 am‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30 am‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30 am‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Thursday | 8:30 am‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 8:30 am‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 8:30 am‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | 8:30 am‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
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