Harrogate
The Malt Shovel

The Malt Shovel

Low Moor Lane, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Soup • Steak • Cheese • Chicken


"First visit, just popped in for a hot drink. Very warm welcome from Laura on entering. Nice wood burning stove pushing out heat into the bar area. Quite busy for a thursday lunchtime, everyone seemed to be eating. Food looked amazing at it came out. Coffee was very nice. Booked for New Year's Eve, can't wait. 2nd visit. Attended NYE celebrations. Food was amazing, guitarist very good. Great service atmosphere. Definitely be rebooking for 2024. 3rd visit now. Went for lunch, very busy Friday lunch. Great lunch menu new winter menu. Some lovely dishes took ages to decide. Opted for prawn crab cocktail, king prawn tempura, mains we had haddock goujons duck breast, managed pudding for one Sticky Toffee Pudding. All the food was delicious. Can't praise the chef enough. As always looked after by Laura. We will return. Thanks. 4th visit. Another faultless lunch at The Malt Shovel. Lovely returning welcome from Laura. Great choice on the menu, no rush which we enjoy. Highly recommend liver onions , also Cajun Chicken sandwich and soup combo. Both meals arrived in due course, all freshly prepared, piping hot and very, very tasty. Hats off to James in the kitchen fo once again delivering 2 lovely tasting and presented meals. Already booked for upcoming birthday celebrations in May, might even squeeze in a Sunday lunch before then. Thanks again, Laura, James and the team at TMS. Sunday lunch on 7/4/24. Great roast lunch, lots of choice on menu. Recommend the malt mix choice of 3 meats from 4). All served with roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese sauce, roast carrots parsnips, kale , gravy boat of gravy yorkshire pudding. Delicious. 6th visit. Birthday celebration lunch for 4. Arrived early, it was already busy. Shown to table 6 red1), plenty of room on table and around it. Nice choice on menu, we all decided on 1 course from lunch menu. Food arrived piping hot, very tasty indeed. Highly recommend fish goujons, pie of the day, cajun chicken sandwich. Looked after once again by James in the kitchen and Laura front of house. We will definitely back, new summer menu launches 1/6/24. Can't wait to sample it. Another lovely meal and experience, all under the eagle eye of Laura. Definitely worth a visit, but book as it's very busy. Thanks ."

Crab & Lobster

Crab & Lobster

Dishforth Road Asenby Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3QL, Harrogate, United Kingdom

French • Cheese • English • Seafood


"Very disappointed with this restaurant. I booked as we were in the area and the menu looked good. We skipped starters and went straight to mains, I ordered the Haddock in mustard sauce my husband opted for the Malaysian fish curry. When my dish arrived, the ill advised tower of onion rings on my fish had collapsed and they were hanging off the edge of the plate almost taking my poached egg with them. Why the chef had tried to defy gravity I don't know but I wish he'd put that effort into flavour and colour. The plate was beige and tasted the same. There was a lack of flavour in the mustard sauce and the mash. The onion rings were weird, the batter was chewy. My husband declared his Malaysian curry to be bland. We decided to have pudding, they were much better but not good enough to warrant the price. At the end of the meal it took 45 minutes to get the bill and pay. The staff were clearing plates from empty tables and seemed to have forgotten they had customers. The ambiance in the restaurant was strange when we arrived it was quiet despite plenty of customers and we felt we had to whisper, later with live music we couldn't hear each other. The decor was odd, an attempted blend of old fashioned dining with quirky additions didn't really work. My overall impression is that this restaurant is stuck in the 1980s. I don't mind paying more for exciting dishes, but all the excitement was on the menu. This meal would have been poor value at half the price."

Konak Meze

Konak Meze

11 Mount Parade, HG1 1BX, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Wine • Mexican • Turkish • Ice Cream


"We had heard good reviews and so were looking forward to dining at Konak but unfortunately my expectations were not met. We arrived to find that there were dining rooms at Konak but there was only one open and felt very like we were dining in our front room, tables were cramped together and we were asked to give the server our coats as so we would not take too much room, decor was like an old fashioned tea room with doilies on the table and when the plates, salt and pepper and candle were on the table there was room for nothing else, and tables were so close together we could easily listen to the next tables conversation. I felt so uncomfortable I really could have and prefer that we had left and went else where without even giving it a try but as we wanted to give it a try we stayed all be it uncomfortable. I chose the Turkish sausages which when they arrived looked like it was one large sausage pre made and sliced into not traditional sausages that I thought it would have been it was not very hot nor tasty nor spicy and for main ordered the lamb meatballs. Because this dish was made and cooked to order there was at leAst a minute wait following the starter and was so hot that it had just came out of the oven that as the table was so small was fairly dangerous to sit with in front of me all I wanted to do was get it eaten and get out. Unfortunately it was not an option to eat fast and get out as it was so hot and so we ended up arguing over the dishes, left most of the main and paid and left. In hind sight I should have gone with first impressions and left the restaurant when they seated me on another couples knees at the start ! I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for an up to date modern style Turkish meal but perhaps for someone looking for an at homely feel very traditional Turkish meal."

The Harrogate Tea Rooms

The Harrogate Tea Rooms

Parliament Street, HG1 2RN, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Vegan • Coffee • Seafood • British


"Booked afternoon tea for me and a friend after looking at several excellent trip advisor reviews (I should have read more! . We paid £32.95 each plus £8.95 each for small bottle (one glass size of Prosecco We thought from the menu that we would get a variety of sandwiches but only got a choice of 1 each (2 fillings had a supplementary charge . When the food arrived we were soooo disappointed. The sandwiches were incredibly ordinary. No fancy bread or cut nicely. The ‘home made’ cakes on top were visually boring. A couple of fairy cakes with watery icing and 2 pieces of very small millionaires shortbread that looked ‘old’. The scones however looked and tasted lovely. And 2 teacups with very small portions of Eton mess were also nice. There was absolutely NOTHING special that warranted such a huge price! Nothing at all. We asked for the cakes to be boxed up and we ate them on our train journey home. The fairy cake was just ok and the millionaires shortbread did indeed taste old. On the way back to the train station we called at another place (Mama Doreen’s emporium for a drink and the afternoon teas that they were serving were incredible. We found out they were £25 each ! I don’t believe in posting a bad review on here without making the place aware first. I’ve sent them a message but had no reply. Hence I have no qualms posting this review."

Burgers & More

Burgers & More

11-19 King’s Rd, Harrogate, HG15JY, HG1 1TX, United Kingdom

Kebab • Mexican • Seafood • Fast Food


"service the service was mixed: the woman who took our beverage order looked like she had more important things with which she could proceed. However, a man came by and spent a good 5-10 minutes walking through the menu, explain all the options and said they were ready to offer everyone: nothing would be too much annoyed. this improved the experience and after that, the woman returned and seemed much happier to deal with us. besides the first quibble, the service was very good. food that was excellent. I went for a selection of 3 mini burgers who were very nice. all the others on the table also enjoyed their dishes (the ribs were particularly delicious. the prices were not too bad, but my miniburgers cost more than 1 big burgers that would have been good, but the minis were mini! I would bite-size say so that I wish they had been a little bigger than I felt at the end still hungry. I liked the idea to try 3 mini-burgers, but now I know the sizes, I would recommend going for a favorite bigger burger. if everything else fails, they could try their HUGE stackburgers. while I didn't see you coming out of the kitchen, they sounded impressive! atmosphere the only thing that really left this place. it was relatiw calm (probably because it is largely based on recommendations, because it is not close to the city center and so they would not stumble without knowing its existence! the worst part was the music. the restaurant seems to have a strange fascination with elvis presley to play his borrower on the loop. I'm not sure if they do this all the time, but it makes me think again, I'd have to sit three times through elvis's biggest hits. overall the restaurant is very pleasant and I would recommend that everyone there is one going. if they love burgers, there is something for them; but even if they don't, there are many pizzas and other great choices to choose."