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 ."

The Harrogate Tea Rooms

The Harrogate Tea Rooms

Parliament Street, HG1 2RN, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Coffee • Seafood • British • European


"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 • European • 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."

Timble Inn

Timble Inn

Timble, LS21 2N, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Vegan • British


"This was a celebratory dinner as my two grown up children both have their birthdays in December, and we were able to have a family meal together at this lovely restaurant. The weather was filthy. Dense fog on the drive their accompanied by what Peter Kay would call ‘that fine rain that soaks you through’. Mercifully on this evening before Christmas Eve there was no other traffic on the narrow lanes that form the way there. Once inside, there is a warm welcoming glow and friendly greetings. We had a cosy table for 5 in an alcove in the main bar. The restaurant wasn’t overly busy, but there was a gentle buzz to the atmosphere. Service was prompt, but they ran out of alcohol free beer after the first one. Bit short sighted that, in the run up to Christmas, and given the location of the pub most patrons will need to get there by car. To the food, the starters seemed to be universally well received by all of us. Mine was superb, and the roast cauliflower and cauliflower purée to accompany perfectly prepared scallops was judged just right. There was a lot going on with the garnish too, but everything was done with a light touch. Two of our number opted for the ‘Christmas lunch’ and the feedback, it was ok but not exceptional. The turkey was dry, and the roast potatoes tasted like they had been hanging around for a while. This is not unusual for pub grub, but the Trimble Inn bills itself on a higher plane that that, with prices to match, so must go into the category of ‘could do better’. I opted for the steak, which was perfectly cooked and accompanied by the reliable fare of fries, mushroom, tomato and onion rings. It was very tasty, but didn’t justify a price of £33 for a 7oz steak. It was very good, but £25 would have been a more appropriate price for food like this. The service was excellent, and we even had a wireless buzzer on the table which enabled us to call for the waiting team, and the bill when we were ready. So all in all it had been a good evening, we left happy, but with slight mixed feelings about the quality of some of the food. All credit to the restaurant for having a full vegetarian menu, and the opportunity to mix and match between this and the main one. None of us is a vegetarian but it is good to have the choice when a Christmas meat-fest is in prospect."