Reviews in Leeds and Yorkshire

Absolutely fantastic food, huge delicious portions, especially for the price! Very worth it and highly recommended, best fish and chips in the UK

Another fabulous meal at The Magpie Cafe. Thanks for getting us a nice window seat overlooking the harbour too. The variety of meals was great to see. I enjoyed the Plaice and the family loved their meals. Thanks again Mike and family

This was our second visit this week and our last visit was great. This experience was very different. We had a really long wait for our drinks order to be taken. We then had a really limited menu (the click and collect) menu because they had an issue with the lack of chefs. When the food arrived items were missing that the limited menu advertised. We weren’t given an explanation prior to our visit even though this has been booked for weeks. We had to wait over an hour to get our meals. This reminds me of the inconsistent service in the past. Such a shame.

We booked a table 4 weeks prior our reservation on the 29th May 2021 at 6pm, we arrived on time, and was told we had a hour wait, which too be honest we said ok as it was quite busy, we should have vacated by 8pm, we ordered drinks and food and expected our food about an hour later, 7.30 came still no food, we did realise people was coming in and leaving after been told they was a 2hour wait for food, not one member of staff came upto and explain the situation, we did notice people outside who arrived after us was getting there food quicker than us, we brought this too a young lady who basically said no they not, so when i asked the question that a party who had sat 1/2 after us why they got they food before us she couldn't get away quick enough, we also noticed a lot of people was getting food by click and collect, can't understand why click and collect service is still available when pub is fully open. It definitely came across that those who booked tables were definitely getting neglected, if we had realised earlier we would have said not too bother with our meal, but because we booked so early we thought we would have been prioritised, but obviously not, they was no communication whatsoever with staff, until we asked question, when we asked about our meal she said the pies looked crap so was put back in oven, we asked about our time slot as 8.00 came and we still had no meal, by this time we was absolutely starving and my mums sugar levels was dropping as she diabetic, luckily we carry things for her, but thats not the point, people started complaining as no communication from staff at, and they was still taking orders for folk just turning up, they should have stopped all orders and concentrate on the orders which had been taken, when we eventually got our meal, peas looked over cooked, the pies were basically microwaved, the meal was rubbish, all we was offered was free sweets, which we didn't take our bill was over £100, too be honest we wished we walked out like everyone else, the whole experience was awful definitely will not be going back, i begrudge paying the bill as the food wasn't worth the money.

Absolutely love this place, its possibly the best restaurant in Leeds. The service is first class, the food excellent, the music is great and its a fantastic place to be. If you haven't tried it, go, but make sure you book online as its busy!!

AS always lovely food and good service. One of my favourite restaurants !!

I booked a table online but when I show up for my booking the restaurant was closed and I ended up leaving hungry.i do not understand why they were closed. Just disappointing.

Friendly atmosphere. Great service. Food good value for money. No complaints.

Fabulous service fabulous food!!

Excellent range of seafood on menu. Meal was very good but spoiled by the very cramped table layout. Just needed 10 % reduction of tables to improve dining experience greatly.

Unfortunately, due to heavy traffic congestion, we phoned to advise of lateness.The female who answered was far from helpful telling us we could not get a later slot and when we arrived, we could queue up or request a call back by them when a table was free. My mother, who was travelling with us, for her 88th birthday lunch was extremely upset.We ended up at The Pier who were much more accommodating and friendly.Customer service at Magpie could do with returning to charm school!

This is one of the best seafood I have ever eaten across several destinations in Europe! It is must eat if someone visits Whitby or around. Although, the Calamari fritters wasn't that great. Else, everything was mouth watering!

Lovely food & atmosphere as always. Highly recommended.

A truly dreadful experience, after reserving a table 2 weeks prior to our visit, we were allocated a 2 hour slot from 7pm. After ordering from a very limited menu of only pizza, burger or scampi, 1 and a half hours later we were still waiting for our food with 3 very hungry children. The front of house staff did not advise us that there was going to be a delay, we had to ask how much longer our order would be, only to be told that "the kitchen staff needed a kick up the backside" and could not cope. After walking out the assistant manager approached us, only to agree that the "chef" and his brother were useless and had previously walked out the night before. Do not waste you time or money visiting this place as we ended up with cheese on toast at gone 9pm instead of a lovely family meal after 14 months of lockdown

We have been coming to Whitby for 25 years and the Magpie is the highlight of our week. This time however, the food was not quite up to the normal high quality. The fish was over cooked in the fish pie and garden peas were hard.

Amazing food! Yum yum

We booked for 6pm but had to queue for 20 mins. The menu was much reduced and even then some of the items left were not available We were waiting for more than an hour for the food and when it came some of it was cold.. Very disappointed although the waitress tried her best it was not her fault. The problem was takeaways taking precedence.