Reviews in Leeds and Yorkshire

Expected big things , sadly very average , maybe my menu choice , don’t like to talk places down … reviews help but I’d definitely say try this place for yourself

This is a fantastic restaurant serving the most delicious food. The atmosphere in the restaurant is relaxed and the service is excellent. We’ve been three or four times with different groups of friends and will definitely be back.

Absolutely amazing food and service. My favourite restaurant in ilkley.

I had the Spring Menu, lovely doughnuts. Pie and chips great but a very bland veg type gravy was awful. Pudding was with tinned strawberries, sorry although not in season, don’t offer if not the real thing.

Had a meal on Friday have to say service , atmosphere and food was fantastic definitely recommend and come back.

I came for my nephews 21st birthday and I won’t be coming back the food was very disappointing it was all Luke warm everyone of us wasn’t happy I told the waiter and he didn’t seem bothered what a waste of money and the restaurant wasn’t really busy so they was no excuse why the food wasn’t hot

I had a lovely evening meal & plan on returning again soon. The setting is lovely, ample parking & the restaurant area was very nice. The staff were great but it did take an hour for our food to arrive & we had to chase it up. All in all it wS very nice & I would recommend.

Friendly and welcoming staff from the moment you enter. Calm, relaxing environment with clearly very happy cats enjoying their time there too. Delicious drinks and snacks and a lovely little gift shop too.

We love it here. Tasty cakes, great coffee, lovely staff and, of course, adorable kitty cats! The cats are so happy and well looked after, it really is a joy to visit.

Had a lovely meal at the Kings Arms food was terrific and the specials board offers a great off menu selection. Having been many times before over the years this was probably the best meal we’ve had.

Family of 4 for lunch and all loved it. Food was great and the kids could go up and down freely. Which was nice. Friendly service too.

My first visit to Brooks was certainly not a disappointment.. the food was top notch and the ambiance and service was super, smashing, great ! I will certainly be going again. Thank you

Absolutely fabulous full English breakfast the scrambled eggs are to die for great service in a lovely setting would highly recommend

Food was delicious, great customer service. The only thing I didn’t like dirty windows specially when you sit next to the window for the view. I tried to take a few pictures but the windows were so much dirty literally it’s impossible to see the river through them.

We have been visiting the Kings for over 30 years, several times a year but this was our first visit since the new ownership. We were a little disappointed after the high standards of previously. The food was overpriced but of only 'satisfactory' quality. I had a cheese and bacon beefburger costing over £20 which was accompanied by a salad consisting of the sort of leaves from a supermarket salad bag. An ample freshly prepared salad would have made so much difference. Towards the end of my meal while I still had food on my plate and I was taking a pause to decide if I should finish it, the waitress came and started piling side dishes such as the ketchup pot onto my plate and THEN she asked me if I had finished. We then watched staff coming and going for about 20 minutes before we were asked if we wanted desserts...it sounded like an afterthought. We are used to the staff here being attentive and efficient but something needs to be done about training. We understand that this is still a work in progress and because we love the Kings we intend to return in the summer but we have already started visiting other venues in case there is no improvement and we have to find a new 'first choice'. We will still call in for a beer, the quality being the best in the Dales. Please get the Kings back up to the standard we had become used to! (we spoke to several people in the village who all said they had heard similar comments from visitors about the lowering of standards)

Fab food and service.

This is the second time we have visited. The staff are really friendly and welcoming and you can see the cats adore them. It's such a relaxing atmosphere and you can see the cats are really happy. The cakes are amazing too. We had a chocolate tea this time which we've never seen anywhere else. Would highly recommend this. We're hoping to visit more regular. Definitely would recommend. Such a lovely experience.