Reviews in Leeds and Yorkshire

I have been coming to The Magpie for 46 years it although the menu has changed over time, it gets better and better - and it was a favourite of mine when I first visited in 1975, and remains so. Food superb, pleasant surroundings and fabulous, friendly and efficient staff. What more could you possibly ask?

For the last 6 years we have travelled from Northern Ireland to Yorkshire, and our favourite place to eat is The Magpie Cafe in Whitby. It never disappoints. The food and service is always of high quality, each year I wonder will we still enjoy the meal as much and each year it exceeds our expectations. When we reserved the table we requested a window seat, our request was met. Excellent service, delicious food, amazing staff. Despite being busy the staff still had smiles on their faces and couldn’t have been more helpful, and checked to make sure we were happy with everything. High standard of cleanliness. Tables well laid out, fulfilled all current covid restrictions. Kids meal was excellent value for money. Portions are huge, we’ve learned from past experience to share the starters if you want room to finish your main course. I can’t recommend it enough. Looking forward to next year already.

Excellent food and dining experience. Felt very safe in these strange Covid times. Cheerful waitresses and careful cleaning inbetween diners.

This place is lovely It was a last minute decision to go and wanted somewhere local with the Italian Theme! Loved the atmosphere and the food.Staff very friendly.

The best Korean food I’ve had in the UK! Amazing service and very friendly staff, was a lovely experience and I can’t wait to come back for more.. Also was such pleasant surprise to see Bingsu on the menu!!

Great food excellent service will definitely go back

Brilliant food and superb service. Top class wine list.

GREAT THAT MAXI’s is back We have been a fan of Maxi’s since our first visit to its Leeds branch in 1995. The food is consistently good and glad to say that has not changed. Friendly and quick service and reasonably priced. Glad York still has this restaurant for us to go to.

The restaurant was busy but the staff were friendly and efficient. The food was good. My husband had the mackerel from the specials board and says it was the best mackerel he's ever tasted. Would love to try your fish and chips one day!

Fantastic meal and great service. We always travel to Whitby once a year to have some of the delicious seafood on the menu at the Magpie Cafe. We have recently added to our family and with a new toddler in tow meal times can be stressful but the waiting staff were amazing, calm and nothing was too much bother! Highly recommend eating here.

Excellent as always, great Friday night decision to visit and sample the fantastic chilli, moules, steaks and fish & chips. Thanks, we’ll be back soon.

Pleasant relaxed atmosphere, standard of service and food reasonable

Read an article in YP or YEP so decided to try it out. Was not disappointed. Delicious fish cakes with poached egg for all of us to start. I had chicken burger with the most delicious fillet of juicy chargrilled chicken with bacon and avocado and a tasty chilli jam. Great atmosphere and friendly staff.

Absolutely loved our meal at Oshibis. The whole experience was amazing and I really enjoyed getting to cook all the different meats right there on the table! And it all tasted amazing too! The staff were extremely friendly and there was just such a good atmosphere there! We will definitely be back.

Started with the crispy calimari,which we shared and was very good the dip with it was lovely. We both had thr Paella ,which was superb, plenty of seafoods in it,though on a personal note think clams are a waste of time and the pea shoots went really well and with it. Didn't have a sweet too full.

Dissapointing! i have booked this restaurant well in advanced ( about 2 months) and was looking forward that meal just to find out that getting takeaway would have been better, they put us in a corner in front of the cashier where everyone went by,, i could see the kitchen messed and the trolley for cleaning the tables was just on the corridor but to top it up the manager on that shift was speaking loud on how pissed of customers make her and how much she had enough. What was the point to booked well in advance? Customers where taking up the stairs the baggies (hazard) Food was not that great as i had read previous reviews, i can say it a stander fish and chips. If you are looking for a nice evening THIS IS NOT THE PLACE!

5 star!

Lovely food as always. But the toilets we an absolute disgrace, I appreciate how busy staff were but they really should have somebody checking them regularly. It was not just one toilet more than one had been left in a absolute mess.