All the staff are so lovely, always polite and very considerate! love the food (very different to…read moreany other brunch place in harrogate)! Gets very busy and unfortunately can't book, however, the staff are always accommodating to fit you in!

Hurrah for Baltzersen - and hurrah for their stripped back Scandinavian charm!…read more We were in Harrogate for the Tour de France and it was one of those days where we were seriously wondering if we were going to get a table anywhere or if it would be a quick sandwich on a bench somewhere. Adding a baby in a buggie further complicates the situation but luckily with us being "fair weather" cycling fans we decided to have a late lunch and managed to beat the crowds who'd all gone down and grabbed themselves a seat near the front! First off this is a super cool setting - clean, crisp, efficient but friendly - it's all service from the counter where you can get coffee and cakes, but you can go deeper into a menu offering sandwiches, snacks and platter boards. Our mixed board of meat and fish came with fresh bread and pickles and cost £8 - not bad to share between us. I was really impressed with them supporting the local 'bad seed brewery' and their Citra mashup beer was a lovely Saturday afternoon beer - definitely going in there as one to enjoy in the future again! We also grabbed cinnamon buns to go - £1.70 inside where you can sit in with it, £2 when bought outside to take way - I'm not sure how that works out... but there you go, who's me to argue with the economics of the cafe business... A great place that I'm going to check out next time in Harrogate!

Love to see smaller plate options on the menu. The pea risotto and octopus salad tasted very nice…read more We also ordered fish and chips. Service was polite and quick. The atmosphere was pleasant.

My wife and I had lunch at Fat Badger in September 2024. It's conveniently located right under the…read moremedieval arches up into old town, was very close to our hotel.  We were seated upstairs in one of several quaint and cozy rooms - this place seems a labyrinth, don't know how the staff keep on top of who is where. It was really pleasant with a view of street out the window, a fireplace and lots of quirky eclectic pictures on the wall. The food was incredible. We both had a burger, can't remember which, but super meaty, super tasty. Big flavour, big belly. I felt like a fat badger after that. Service wasn't the quickest, but it was cheerful and helpful. Quality of the food was worth the wait.

Menu changes daily. Fresh bagels sourced from local authentic Jewish bakery (Leeds). Freshly made…read moremezze offered in either regular or vegetarian. Also some British fare. We had the vegetarian mezze, a roast ham and coleslaw bagel sandwich, and a scotch egg. All was absolutely delicious! We will definitely be back!

In the refurbished and remodeled Cafe we had a delicious freshly prepared breakfast, all cooked to…read moreorder here, with many locally sourced ingredients. The staff are friendly and the atmosphere is relaxed. This small but delightful eating place is popular with locals and visitors alike for lunch, with about a dozen tables plus a handful outside under a glass awning. It can get busy - a nod to it's quality? - but we always try fora table here if we can! The menu seems well priced and we can often bring our 2 daughter's for a light lunch or sandwich, water and drinks and come away with change out of £25.

a tad expensive for what it is...essentially a typical working mans chip buttie cafe but dressed up…read moreto look like a classy restaurant but the foods good enough, i recommend the chip buttie and banana milkshake

Oh my, a quaint English Tea House in a delightful town. It's where TIP comes from - Victorian tea…read morehouses had a small box on each table. If you dropped a coin or more in the box, as you were being sat down, the waiter made sure you got served efficiently - the boxes had written on them to improve promptness. as I've said before, I can resist everything but temptation and the pastries, cakes and of course the smells here just yelled buy me. Happy to oblige me dears. I mean iced fancies, sweet pies, crispy tarts, buttery shortcrust, fresh cream, grated lemon zest, meringue. Oooh. Expect to pay a sum commensurate with quality. We got lots of cakes and pastries to share with our grandkids. Everything we got was exceptional quality and looked so inviting. The servers were charming and all the goodies were boxed up and tied with ribbons. Just proper.

A beautiful tearoom, I'm partial to the York location but Harrogate is lovely too…read more This is an English tea to die for, but the menu has fantastic choices and I swear all of them tasty. The staff are so friendly and with crisp clean uniforms they bring a touch of nostalgia. If you have the chance this is a must visit, or grab some cakes to take home and nibble on.

Wheaton's is an interesting combination of boutique deli, meat butchers, bakery, and café all in…read moreone. Everything is high quality, so no matter if you are popping in for some quick fixings for lunch at home, or sitting down for coffee and a sandwich, you will not be disappointed with the delicious options to savor.

I'm thinking of moving to Harrogate. It is probably ill advised as I'd end up a serious caffeine…read morejunkie and the size of five houses but in theory it is a great idea. Food shopping is just so much fun and it 's no different in Weeton's. This is farm shopping but in a plush surrounding. Quality assured here and that is a fact. If I say fact then it must be true. What I really love about this place is that it brings the best things about Yorkshire to one place. It's like a deli but on acid. They stock over 1000 different lines of Yorkshire's finest. I defy you to go in and not come out with a sticky toffee pudding or stunning ginger bread house. The bakery really is first class. Yet so is most of it. You'll find teas, wines, meat, vegetables, really smelly cheeses and stock cupboard essentials. The oils are out of this world too. You pay for it but some of the balsamic and dipping oils are just meant to be cracked open on those special occasions. How I can get excited about oil I don't know but in here anything is possible. Great staff and service too and a food shop that doesn't involve trolley-rage or z-list celebrities advertising. Great guns of Harrogate.

What a difference a day makes…read more Friday evening - 4 hour car journey that should have taken 1.5 hours due to accident on motorway. Pouring with rain. Call in at Holiday Inn Express to chill out and have a break. Spot a Starbucks in it. Ask the girl if they do flat whites. She says they can do me a flat white. I pay £3.50. What I get is not a flat white but a bucket of milk with some faint taste of bitter Starbucks coffee. Put it down to one of life's mistakes to use as a good learning. Have 2 pieces of gum to try and get taste out of my mouth. Saturday lunch time - a lovely day out in Harrogate for Tour de France with my wife and daughter. Lovely sunny day. Find Bean and Bud on Yelp. Go in and instantly know it's a lovely coffee shop with nice smelling coffee, friendly staff, and a range of coffee options. Proceed with buying a flat white for £2.50. Drink, enjoy, smile rises on face. Chill out to lovely tunes in a fantastic setting. Satisfaction personified. Salute the owner for a job well done and decide to make this a regular haunt when I'm in Harrogate. If only every chain coffee shop was replaced with a quality independent - now that's a world I want to live in!

Great coffee in a friendly local atmosphere. A nice touch was that I saved from the standard price…read morethrough provision of my own cup.

DO NOT RECOMMEND. I've come to this gourmet deli since last…read moresummer, and enjoyed many things I've tried. Its been a little while since I've come back but unfortunately I'm disappointed in what I found. I brought my girl friend to experience this neat little deli with a great story, but was so infuriated with the service that we left before ordering. When we stood before the ordering counter (with no one behind us) my girl friend was shushed mid sentence and told to sit down. We were visibly put off, but complied, and ultimately decided that the there are plenty of good sandwich shoppes that would love our business. When we got up to leave, the grumpy old behind the counter gave a smug grin and murmured, "alright then." REALLY?? HOW RUDE! We are trying to figure out why we were treated so poorly and the only conclusion we can ascertain is that we weren't wearing our sunday best, (people dress fairly well in Harrogate) only hoodies and jeans. Even so, this is not the sort of place I want to support, or recommend to anyone else. Try Weeton's Cafe instead!

The Chequers, Bishop Monkton, North Yorkshire Had lunch here…read morewith friends. Good points are that there is a very good choice of food at really affordable prices and delicious looking creamy desserts. Bad point is that food quality is sometimes poor. My loin of pork in mushroom sauce was small bits of fairly tough pork that appeared to be left over from a carvery and my friend's cheese cake was all cream and little taste.

Fine Foods Deli is a fantastic little shop - a real hidden gem of harrogate. I found this shop…read moreafter a recommendation from Ramus Seafoods. There have been so many times that i've walked into a 'deli' to find that it is really just a sandwich shop with no 'Delicacies' in sight! When you walk in you're greeted by the friendly and very knowledgable owners - i immediately felt welcome. The shop has a bright little outside cafe with fresh coffee, cake and sandwiches on offer. Inside though they are a 'proper' deli and sell cheeses and meats and sundries which are very different to anything i've ever seen before, but this doesn't really matter because samples of the food are laid out to try so you're not buying blind so to say! I've been a couple of times now and bought myself french bread, a small langres cheese, some salami, a latte and a peice of carrot cake - and by god it was all amazing! Really tasty authentic stuff. I wish this unusual little place all the best.