Reviews in Harrogate

we had a lovely evening . We ate early because we had a little 'un with is who thoroughly enjoyed the drama and excitement of our chef in action - juggling eggs etc. If there is a downside it would be price - it was quite pricey and worked out at about £45. ph including several beers !

First visit on Saturday night, certainly won't be the last. Excellent food, lovely people & bags of personality. Not cheap but not unreasonable for such a pleasurable evening. Go!

Visted Thursday 4th February, early evening. This has to be my favourite restaurant at the moment. We have stayed at Rudding Park quite a lot and always enjoyed the lovely breakfasts there, but did not start using The Clocktower on an evening for some strange reason at first....silly us! This place is one of the best restaurants ever. The standard of everything is exceptionally high, and at a very affordable price. We chose to select our wonderful food from the local produce menu. Price at time of typing is three wonderful courses for £20.10. Bargain! We had drinks and nibbles in the lovely large bar area, then we were led through to the sort of table we prefer to sit at, when you can be next to each other, not opposite each other. We were then given bread with both oil and butter, both sorts of bread were lovely and i am sure will be home baked. My starter was a crab and sea food sort of thing, it was lovely and fresh and as ever presented in a great way. Husbands starter was a game terrine with fruit bread, he loved it. Mains were a great big pork chop with crackling with various vegetables to compliment it. I had the chicken served on a bed of mash and red cabbage. Both were cooked perfectly and yet again presented in a lovely but not over the top way that some restaurants do. Desserts, oh wow just so good. Rhubarb crumble with creme anglaise (custard!) Cant remember what my husband had now, but I know he wanted more! They tend to use as much locally sourced produce as possible. We had a bottle of Pinot Grigio, and also a large bottle of water. We chose to have our coffees and little chocs/fudge (home made)etc back in the bar area. Bill came to £75 which included the drinks at the bar. You are left to tip as you wish, which always shows a good place in my opinion. This is a very classy place, very clean and tidy throughout. High quality cutlery, glasses and linen.. I have to mention how impressed we both are by the staff at this place, and actually the whole hotel. It has been voted number 6 in the world I believe. The staff are friendly, have a great knowledge of the menu and are a delight to converse with. Thet are all lovely, but I will have to single Tomas out as a particular nice helpful young gentleman. I strongly would recommend anyone to try this place if you have never been before. It will become a firm favourite I am sure. Enjoy!

my recommendation is to never, ever eat from Masala. The food took 1hr 20 mins to turn up. we rang twice and they were rude each time, making excuses over why its taken so long. now the food....the chips were raw and soggy, the naan bread was dry with the salad and sauce no where to be seen. the curry was cold. im struggling for positive feedback now. no i don't have any. rubbish. simples.

this is the best place to go for a chicken korma and the mango chutney is just delicious it seems to taste a different on the poppadoms that they make and all of the experience is just lovely went there last week and it was like i died and gone to heaven xx

Eeee Bye .... can tell tha's in Yorkshire Greeted by the acrid hue of burning chip fat and barely able to view the menu through the smoke I identified the word 'Cheeseburger' and ordered. The lady said 'would you like a bread roll with that?' Puzzled I replied 'yes please'. 'That'll be 55 pence' she says!! Just for clarity, I set out the definition of 'Cheeseburger' with the Oxford Dictionary: cheeseburger 'noun a beefburger with a slice of cheese on it, served in a bread roll.' Perform another search of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary

I recently went for a meal at the Tannin Level and found it very disappointing having heard great things. The woman who appeared to be head of front of house was faultlessly friendly and charming, however i found some other members of staff to be far too snooty (imagine a sketch show french waiter). The menu reads beautifully and I expected great things, despite the idiotic spiel at the beginning- a run down of the restaurants domestic affairs which would be fine for a country pub but would probably still leave me questioning why I need to know the name of the KP. The fish i received was over cooked and the accompanying vegetables were dried out, i would really not be surprised to find that both were cooked in a microwave, and i was not shocked to see the chef walking through the restaurant twice as he had obviously not spent a great deal of time of my food. As is apparent from the other reviews, i may have caught the restaurant on an off day, as i can not see how such sterling reviews could have been mustered if the place was consistently this bad. Good luck to all it's future diners is all i can say, I'll be leaving it for a few years before take two (hopefully there will be a new chef by then!).

We had a superb meal at Graveleys this week. Even my wife enjoyed it and she doesn't usually like fish. The mussels starter are succulent and the Haddock is the best i have ever had anywhere. The wine list is carefully chosen and not overpriced and the selection of sweets made me (a diabetic) massively envious of the spouse.

We came across this restaurant by accident when walking back to our (very disappointing) hotel in Harrogate. This was the highlight of the weekend though; fantastic quality food with a real taste of Italy, as opposed to the usual cheap anglo/american version of the food. The cheese on the pizzas was real mozzarella (can't eat cows milk) so a fantastic find for me! A wonderful atmosphere, fantastically attentive staff and real attention to detail. Can't praise it enough.

Been many times and never disappointed, just love it. they are so professional in every way. Excellent food and service. Struggle to book now, so won't say any more!!

Based on a recommendation from some friends, I recently took my family to Luigi's restaurant for my daughters 15th birthday and it was perfect. There were 9 of us and we got a lovely big table in the window. There was something on the menu for everyone - even the kids! and Luigi was happy to alter the portion sizes and some of the ingredients in one meal as my mother can't have cream. The service was really good and we were never left looking around trying to get someones attention. When the desserts came Luigi personally sang to my little girl and got the whole restaurant involved, she felt like a princess and it really made her day. When the bill came I prepared myself for a shock but there was no need as it was very reasonably priced - great value for money. And there was no service charge. I would definitely go back there and I always give Luigi's number if anyone wants an authentic italian restaurant.

This is one of the best restaurants I have ever dined in. Over the past few years I have gone there often and never had a bad meal or bad experience. The staff are excellent - friendly, helpful and efficient and the food is always delicious with a good choice of menu, well presented dishes and very good quality ingredients, cooked by experts. The icing on the cake is the cost of the meal, which is extremely good value. I can't rate this too highly and would recommend it to anyone.

very disappointed, from the bouse, to the very cold cheese, at 2 rossette standard a complete let down, service and room was excellent, otherwise very ordinary and over priced.

Have experienced today possibly the worst meal I have had this year. As a regular visitor to Rudding the service and quality of food today left a lot to be desired. The parsnip soup starter was average, then I was brought a roast beef dinner even though I had ordered a cauliflower and blue cheese charlotte with root vegetables. The staff disappeared and 5 mins later brought the most disgusting mush of cauliflower in a fried bread tower with an oily stack of potatoes. needless to say it was sent back and i waited for cheese and biscuits. We didn't pay for this meal, the staff were stressed and some were not qualified to work in a restaurant of this nature. Not the usual standard and I hope the kitchen and management get their act together ASAP!

If you want 'posh' fish and chips then this is the place to be seen!! We travelled all the way from Queensland in Australia and had dinner here one night in late September 2009 and we were not disappointed and it was well worth the journey. The Haddock was cooked to perfection with just the right firmness and the batter was crisp, golden and not at all oily or greasy. Chips were also your normal fresh fare. The curry sauce was nice and spicy without being too hot and the mushy peas were good. Hats off to the team at Graveley's the 2 elder gents dressed in colourful waistcoats and we were made to feel most welcome. Don't go here in your dress downs as you will feel out of place as all the customers were dressed up on the night we were here, you could almost smell the aroma of money in the restaurant. If Graveley's want to expand to Australia I want to be part of the action!!!!

This is a real family friendly place, great food, fab service and not overly pricey

I love this place! It's great for a group night out or for taking the kids if they're a little bit older. It's an entertainment and a meal all in one!

The Orchid has long been a firm favourite, it's a really great atmosphere with fabulous food and friendly staff. I would recommend this restaurant for couples, groups or families with older children. A bit pricey but it's well worth it.