Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Pickering
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Pickering restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 8 restaurants in Pickering and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Pickering restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. Courtyard Restaurant @ Ox Pasture Hall
restaurant in Scarborough
Ox Pasture Hall Country House Hotel, Lady Edith's Drive - YO12
Welcome to the Courtyard Restaurant Scarborough. Open for Lunch, Afternoon Tea and Dinner 7 days a week. The C...
2. The Blacksmiths Arms
British, Modern restaurant in Lastingham
Front St - YO62
2023 Review: “Assured cooking from an interesting menu means you could do a lot worse in the area” than this seventeenth-century village pub. Young chef-patron Ali Moran, who took over a year ago, grew up in the neighbouring hamlet of Hartoft, and serves game from his parents’ farm.
3. The Star Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Harome
Harome - YO62
“Back after the terrible fire which is great news!” – Andrew Pern’s famous pub in rural Yorkshire is, say fans, “back at the top of its game” and – having “recently refurbished” out of necessity is “everything a top restaurant should be”. One of the top 100 most commented-on destinations outside London in our annual diners’ poll: “it’s not really a pub” anymore and the interior is “as beautiful as the food”: “delicious cooking, using mainly local produce”. It would have scored even higher ratings this year, were it not for a couple of reporters who felt the offering didn’t live up to its high billing, but even they still rated it decently well. And most regulars are just plain delighted to have it back: “I make the pilgrimage there from London twice a year and have done so since 2004. It is just a fantastic all-round experience that never disappoints!”
4. The Pheasant Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Harome
“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.
5. The Black Swan
British, Traditional restaurant in Helmsley
Market Place - YO62
2021 Review: This extended fifteenth-century inn (nowadays with nearly fifty bedrooms) sits at the heart of this very attractive market town. Its Gallery Restaurant (named for its dual purpose during the day as an art gallery) has quite a reputation, and – despite sustained gripes over the years that it’s rather pricey – all reports rate it good or better.
6. Mannion & Co
British, Traditional restaurant in Helmsley
5 Castlegate - YO62
2021 Review: “Splendid cafe/restaurant in a charming building overlooking Helmsley's picturesque stream that’s on another plane altogether from Helmsley’s other establishments”. Sibling to the York original it serves “delicious, wholesome café food”: “the selection, especially from the specials board, is always interesting, and uses lots of local seasonal ingredients”.
7. Mýse
restaurant in Hovingham
Main Street - YO62
Chef Josh Overington and his wife Victoria opened this new restaurant with three rooms in North Yorkshire at the end of June 2023 (well after our annual diners’ poll had concluded) in a converted old pub, formerly called the Malt Shovel (but still replete with beams, flagged floors and characterful details). Myse (which rhymes with cheese) is a follow-up to their Le Cochon Aveugle in York (which enjoyed stellar ratings in our survey) and provides a tasting-only formula, with fifteen courses for £125 and wine pairings from £65. Early vibes – for example from arch northern foodie Thom Hetherington – are very upbeat.
8. The Homestead Kitchen
British, Modern restaurant in Goathland
Prudom House - YO22
Peter Neville made his name in these parts with venues including The Pheasant in Harome, which he co-owns; in 2021, he and partner Cecily Fearnley upped sticks to her home village to open this converted farmhouse restaurant (plus on-site holiday cottage), and by all accounts it’s a “lovely spot” amidst the moors, whose “beautifully presented” local/seasonal cooking wins consistently high ratings.
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