Driffield Restaurant Guide

“Always-excellent food in beautiful, quaint surroundings” has made James & Kate Mackenzie’s former coaching inn a real East Yorkshire destination for almost 20 years – “and everyone is so friendly”. There’s “no tasting menu, but with such good options amongst the selection of dishes, that makes a refreshing change”. Top Tip – with seven boutique bedrooms, it’s “a great place to stay because the breakfast is amazing: five or so choices of fish for breakfast, most places you’d be lucky to get one!”.

A Grade II-listed Georgian courthouse is the setting for siblings Michele (FOH) and Matt (chef) Barker’s long-running restaurant (est. 2007), whose “fantastic” locally sourced British cooking and appealing atmosphere make it “great for business, romance or lunch” (not least the “really good” set lunch in the case of the latter).

2022 Review: John Robinson’s restaurant-with-rooms again wins very consistent support, especially from local fans of its “amazing and fresh-tasting menus”: a four-course menu for £35, or a nine- course taster for £65. He took the opportunity of lockdown to give the place a significant refurb – new kitchen, new dining room, new garden…

2023 Review: This “very good fish restaurant backing on Beverley railway station” (it occupies the old waiting room) was opened by chef-owner Tina Cerutti in 1989; she still runs it with her brother Tony, who closed the Hull branch in 2019. With roots in southern Italy, the family have been a fixture of the Yorkshire dining scene for 65 years.

2022 Review: “Vaut le voyage!” – Julian & Rieko Ognio-Stamford's smart Japanese first-floor dining room is something of a rarity in these parts, turning out “exceptional fresh sushi” and sashimi, alongside “generous portions” of “cuisine with a Yorkshire twist” (think pork loin and beef).

2023 Review: A meal at this former coaching inn in the East Yorkshire Wolds is by most accounts “a delightful experience, with many firm pub grub favourites” on the menu. There are “frequently changing seasonal items and specials” and a “great-value Sunday lunch”, all provided with “excellent service and good hospitality”.