Craven
Bay Horse Inn

Bay Horse Inn

Snaygill, Keighley Road, Craven, United Kingdom, BD22 0AH

Pizza • Steak • Coffee • Salads


"Popped in for lunch with my wife and daughter on Saturday. Oh dear, what a dreadful mistake! It 's been ages since we came here, but I had always been a fan of all Vintage Inns but now I would think twice about any, and certainly won 't be back to the Bay Horse.After waiting ages for the food (about an hour and it wasn 't busy at all), we were served;Rump Steak Sandwich the steak was cold, pea shoot garnish was withered and drying up, looking like a pile of weeds after a day 's gardening. The steak was tough and chewy not overcooked just poor quality. The chips were hot, suggesting to me that they had somehow forgot them and that the sandwich had gone cold whilst they cooked the chips. Incidentally, we had wanted chunky chips but were only offered chips or salad so ended up with skinny fries.Fish Finger Sandwich again, the fish goujons were cold and the garnish was, well, dead! In addition, the goujons were really oily suggesting the fryer was not hot enough when they were cooked, but the chips were hot.Kids pasta a very small and boring portion of penne pasta with a bit of tomato sauce. The garlic flatbread was OK but overall this was not a suitable dish for an 8 year old, and very poor value at £5.We complained about the sandwiches being cold and the response was underwhelming. Did we want something else? We were assured that the sandwiches had come straight from the kitchen and hadn 't been sitting around blatantly untrue!Having wasted an hour and a half, and with a hungry (but patient) 8 year old to keep happy, we were not in a position to walk out let alone order again, so we finished our meal and when we went to pay received no apology.Looking around at the décor, this pub had gone from shabby chic to just shabby Afterwards my wife suffered from the oily food and felt queasy for what was left of our afternoon. In hindsight we would have received better food and service in the restaurant next door McDonalds! (and I am not a fan of that place)Really shocked..."

Hart's Head Inn

Hart's Head Inn

Belle Hill, Craven, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • British • European


"We had bookings for days at Harts Head. We were supposed to have a meal on the June which would have been our visit. This had to be cancelled by our close friend John Piggin. This came about from us making a...visit to Harts Head for a drink after a meal elsewhere as hart head is local to where we were staying and on previous occasions we enjoyed the hospitality. But during Thursday evening, we had noticed just before shutters internally came down, front door to establishment was shut too. We managed to enter the back door. Once the running management noticed how we entered, aaran was fuming and told staff to shut the back door. When our friend John and my husband went to the bar to order drinks, both could see that they looked displeased. My husband asked are you open, one of the managers behind the bar said, we are closed but you can have a quick drink. From that moment it had escalated as we were uncomfortable and cost of drinks and having to rush our costly drinks was not what we expected after annual visits and previous visits in that week. Aaran had only said the evening we had a meal and stayed abd continued to purchase drinks from the bar area, said i wish more people would come in for a drink. I will say one thing, compliments to the chef!!!! So thus is why we returned thursday evening and spend time drinking in the bar area, helps due to loss of earnings after Covid. How the management did not want us there, aaran spoke quite rudely to our close friend John Piggin and he spoke was really dreadful and you would not expect this behaviour in an establishment as the harts head. We all decided quickly drink up and cancel friday nights meal. We got a booking for friday at the Craven Arms at very short notice. Hospitality at Craven Arms Extremely accommodating the male manager. I cannot refer by name, cannot remember but he was absolutely brilliant and opposite to arran at harts head. Just like to point out there were a few guests in the harts head who heard everything. Felt so sorry for some of the staff working under this management regime( very military like) We drank up quickly, cancelled booking for under name of Mr Piggin and walked out. If harts head look up each year booking under surname Mr Piggin, you'll know what you have lost."

Little House

Little House

Duke Street, BD24 9DJ, Craven, United Kingdom

Steak • Cakes • Seafood • British


"We’ve gone to Little House for close to twenty years and never eaten so well anywhere, even in France. We know of course it won’t be to everyone’s taste, so don’t bother going to Little House if you want: • A quick snack for a fiver; • A head waiter in evening dress to sneer as you’re escorted across two acres of carpet to a booth by the toilets; • Celebrity guests and someone to park your Ferrari; • Marble tables, sparklers, screaming kids and forty varieties of pizza; • A couple of pints by the fire to wash down a ploughman’s (ploughperson’s? lunch or a chip butty; • A fifteen page wine list from Italian paint stripper to Chateau Margaux at five grand a bottle; The room is comfortably subtle and understated (Hopper prints; quiet jazz on the hi fi the food, ambience and service are quietly perfect. Small but imaginative menu; local produce beautifully cooked; a short but well chosen wine list – all eminently drinkable including three excellent house wines by the glass. Now re-opened (albeit for limited days: booking essential we went there on Saturday after a break of nearly three years. Andrew and Veronica welcoming as always and in excellent form: fine dining in a hidden gem. PS: Have just spotted a TripAdvisor review I wrote three years ago: I wrote then “for occasion and delight you’d travel far to find anything like Little House”. Still true: we’ll be back."