Reviews in Leeds and Yorkshire

24th December 2007 This is the second time we have dined at the Frenchgate restaurant while visiting Richmond and the food is a feast for the eyes and taste buds. Excellent is a superlative overused and rarely deserved but in terms of this establishment a grade "A" or "A star" does not do it justice. Menu - inventive and interesting. Presentation - works of art. Service - impeccable. Knowledge - impressive. Extensive wine list!! Value for money - Wow. If this restaurant was in the south the meal would cost a fortune. A faultless experience where nothing is too much trouble and the staff and owner are warm and friendly.

Great food, all homemade and hearty potions. I had homemade Black Bull Steak Pie, cracking! just lovely, my wife had a roast dinner pork & crackling I think. Smashing place, we have now booked every Sunday for our family meal, good prices too! No longer part of the Brewers Fayre chain, private owners now called Black Bull Fayre. Cute touch

Lovely food, we used to come but the food and service was poor, new owners have turned the place around very very quickly. We ate from the senior citizens menu, lovely scampi & chips, my wife went for fresh fish & chips, it even came with bread & butter! Lovely food, lovely service!

went for Sunday lunch with family, had a mixture of dishes from their Sunday roast menu and the standard menu. I had a roast meat sharing platter for 4 people! amazing value beef, turkey and pork with crackling! Food lovely, one of the best roast beef dinners I've had in a long time. Kids loved it too. Reasonable prices and great food. New owners running the place much much better. Service great too. Big car park helps too. Couldn't fault the place.

WORST & RUDEST SERVICE I HAVE EVER RECEIVED AFTER BOOKING A TABLE THEN SITTING DOWN AN HOUR LATER WITH THE MANAGER SAYING "ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS". SHOCKING & ARROGANT! MY FRIENDS AND I WONT BE PAYING ANOTHER VISIT ANYTIME SOON!

Friendly locals pub, serves good value home cooked meals. Nice place for a decent beer and good pub food, not too far out of city centre. Also has letting bedrooms, fairly basic but really good value for money! If you need a cheap bed in York this is the place!

First class food and service with friendly staff and excellent wines. I can recommend both the restaurant and Bistro and bar meals to.

This pub is now under new ownership (January 2007) and with it comes a new chef and a more upmarket menu. The food was well prepared and presented. There was five kinds of vegetables and all perfectly cooked ie neither over- nor under-done. Phew! I had the chicken in tarragon sauce and found the chicken succulent, plentiful and the sauce just right. The chef has a good understanding of roast potatoes! My partner had the lamb which was tasty and tender in good gravy with fine mash. We didn't have any puddings but the people on the next table were very happy with their Yorkshire Parkin and Custard and Apple Crumble and Cream. It's a great relief to us to have a restaurant in the village which cares about the food. Service was attentive and we enjoyed the mulled wine. While we didn't have any "real" wine on this occasion, the overall impression inspired confidence so I'd guess care has gone into the selection of wines too. The main courses were between £8 - £13 but mainly eight or nine pounds and we felt the meal was very good value for money. They also offer light lunches.

We visit Aldos weekly and always have a very enjoyable time. Aldos is lively with a fantastic atmosphere. The staff are extremely friendly, the food is fabulous and caters for all tastes.Prices are reasonable and we strongly recommend you visit.

We referred to AA Guide’s and several Internet sites before booking to stay at The Bruce Arms, West Tanfield, Yorkshire, on Saturday 5th January ’08, attracted by the pub being owned by a renowned chef and every comment praising the food as some of the best ever tasted. The landlady greeted us with “your early! I’ve got a shooting party arriving shortly!”, we immediately felt unwelcome. The Bruce is under new management. The present owners have two cats, which they feed on the stairs up to the accommodation, so they are littered with cat food and bowls. The stairs and landing stink of dog and cat faeces and urine, sufficient to make you feel sick! There was also a pair of dirty boxer shorts left on the stairs! Our bedroom was clean and tidy, had it been elsewhere we would have happily stayed. Unfortunately it was next to the family lounge and small children appeared to be left unattended as the landlord worked in the kitchen and the landlady was behind the bar. The children were noisy and ran around banging doors, making it impossible to relax. The stench from the staircase wafted into the bedroom. If this standard of hygiene was acceptable to the Landlord/Lady, it certainly was not to us. We could not stay in the room and had no wish to eat in this establishment, so we left. We decided to stay at the Stavely Arms, 2 miles from the Bruce in North Stainley. It was wonderful, with Mike and Elaine being the perfect hosts, the food fantastic and the accommodation being exceptional (£59 for B&B with the most comfortable kingsize bed!)

This restaurant is consistently considered as one of the best Italians around. Every meal I have had here was excellent. I have never had a mediocre dish yet. Last night I had their ravioli with dolcette and pear filling - what a good dish. There are always new dishes and old standards available. The service is friendly and the customer is made to feel special.

Did eat here and found the place disappointing. The service was very amateur and the menu was very basic. I would have thought a hotel restaurant like this would have at least been a bit more fine dining than the expensive cafe it was.

Great pub food! just taken over by new owners so expect great things from this place in the coming weeks. Good menu changes already including really great steak & chips cooked to perfection and excellent fish & chips. Lovely place nice and cosy

We have been visiting cypriana for nearly a year now and was surprised to see that it had been taken over by two new owners. we didn't think that they would be able to give us the kind of service we received from the old owners but was horribly wrong. the service was fantastic and even though it was busy we felt we were being given extra special treatment. our waitress was very polite and all the staff seemed happy to be working with their new bosses. the food again was excellent, i ordered the lasagna and my husband ordered the carbonara pasta, both of which you could tell were homemade, oh and the soup is the best i have tasted in a long time. prices are very good,i will definitely be going back. well done Andy and Dave thanks

Bibis is a lovely restauarant and the staff are great but the food is not a s good as people say. If this place was dull and had not had millions of pounds spent on it, it would never last as a top restaurant in my opinion. Food needs improvement big time.

we dined here on a surprisingly busy Monday evening and although in plenty of time for the early bird menu, we opted to dine from the main a la carte menu with the option of choosing from a specials board. i chose the fillet of beef which was outstanding! and something i would definitely opt for on our next visit! the wine list held a good selection of new world wines and i picked the Spanish rioja reserva reasonably priced at £20.95 which was recommended by the waiter. the staff here are great and an asset to the pub, polite, professional and with good knowledge of both the food and drinks. the gray ox is in an excellent location in the countryside and somewhere we will be visiting again in the not too distant future, - well recommended!

This place is well known with us students, being as you can take your own alcohol! We have visited on many occasions and the food and service have always been good. Yet, somehow, every time we eat there- the bill miraculously gains extra food and sides ( all written in Indian and/or illegible shorthand) and upon asking for a detailed run-through the waiter always apologises for the extra items. (same excuse being, lack of communication between waiters.) I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt, and say that it's a genuine mistake, but it has happened everytime we have eaten there. So, I will stick to ordering Indian from Moonlight tandoori (cottingham road) and eating out at Last Viceroy (Beverley road) as their food and service are very good.

i have dined here once and was very impressed with the Italian authenticity and the friendly and efficient service. the food is not the best Italian food in Hull and the setting is a little bland, but it's cheap, cheerful and offers good value for money.