Best find on holiday ever!!…read more Set in a beautiful little village with a huge village green with loads of parking round and about (although im sure that on a mid summer sunny day parking may be somewhat difficult!). The pub has a bar area and a restaurant area - we only ever went into the bar as you could eat int here and it was really cosy (dogs are also allowed!). The staff were incredibly friendly and chatty (lets face it, Yorkshire, particularly North Yorkshire folk are possibly the most friendly on the planet - i challenge you to disprove this!). The food was INCREDIBLE. Nothing fancy pants, just really good food, VERY big portions (trust me on this, you dont need three courses - choose your weapon of starter or dessert to go alongside your main - we made the mistake one night and 1) couldnt eat it all and 2)pretty much rolled home). We spent an evening in the pub, had a meal and then sat playing card games - we felt incredibly welcome. So welcome that we ended up visiting three times in a week long holiday. You cant really get a better recommendation than that can you??

Excellent all around. Friendly service. Nice choice of beers. Proper menu. Very good food. Indoor…read moreand terrace seating. Recommended.

They have recently added an extension to this pub, but it still has the traditional feel. It's been…read moredecorated really nicely and has a lovely open fire in winter. The menu isn't massive but everything on it is good. The bread rolls are obviously freshly baked on site and are delicious. The fish and chips with mushy peas is really good as is the sausage and mash. The soup is always good too. It's quite pricey but worth it. The chef also does guinea pig nights where you can go and try out new food for a cheaper price and then review - these are very popular so its worth booking in advabnce.

Possibly the best roast dinner in Lancashire!…read more After a short walk around Pendle Hill we popped into this establishment. This is an upmarket place and it was busy with folk having Sunday lunch so we sat in the bar area, but they were willing to accommodate us if more were eating. Therefore I cannot comment on the restaurant areas of this pub. As this pub is now owned by the seafood group, there is a lot of seafood on the menu or the specials board which I would like to go back and try. I chose the Sunday Roast as it was cheaper than most things on the menu at £13.50 and a pint of diet coke would set you back £2.50. The Sunday roast isn't on the menu but on the blackboard. This is seriously the best Sunday roast that I have had in a long time. None of it was overcooked, dry, shrivelled. It was delicious and the beef was tender and tasty. The dessert didn't disappoint either, I had the knickerbocker glory. Whilst we were eating the main, they rubbed off the Sunday Roast off the blackboard. Glad we got there in time! This is a walker and dog friendly pub and there seemed to be a good vibe.

After an 18km walk round Bolton Abbey, three hungry people needed some decent food down their neck…read moreand boy, did we find it here. A lovely country village pub with a roaring fire and a lot of people enjoying good food and great service (and dog friendly). The starters were go good the three of us couldn't choose which one we wanted, so a surprised staff member delivered their first (I'm sure) four starters for three people (there's nothing wrong with one for the table right!?). There was quite a strange silence fallen over the table as we devoured our starters. The creamy garlic mushrooms were amazing, the goats cheese peignet with pickled beetroot (for sharing) was delicious, and the pork spring rolls and pâté were met with equal delight. The mains of slow cooked pork belly (with roasts not mash), the steak & ale pie with chips and corn fed chicken supreme were all very well presented and more importantly, tasted amazing. The pork with LOTS of crackling was only let down let down by the lack of Yorkshire pudding (I know, not meant to have it with Pork dinner but I wanted one and it wasn't allowed due to exact numbers being made). The food was washed down with two bottles of white Rioja and followed by some beautiful desserts of chocolate brownie and Baileys Creme Brûlée with cookie. All in all, a perfect Sunday roast and for £122, was pretty impressive. Note: the staff were young but were absolutely honest and professional. It was great to see and they brought the food out promptly and couldn't have been nicer. A great find.

The place really is excellent, as you would expect for a pub in the middle of nowhere…read more.. We sat outside for an hour or so before lunch, just enjoying the views. It really was a pleasure to hang around here, despite being ever so slightly chilly (I'm used to the balmy climate of London). The views are awesome, there's wildlife everywhere and plenty of dogs around if you're a dog person. The lunch was in the cruck barn and this is really an. Exceptional building, it looks old despite being only 10 years old! The decor is perfect. Except maybe the projection of the menu, not the biggest fan if that (it was hard to read). The food was impeccable, I had the pigeon and venison and it was perfect, the table generally seemed very pleased with their food so I think everything else was good too! The roast looked incredibly, serious food envy there. The drink selection, as you would expect in a decent traditional Yorkshire pub, was local and very very good. If you're in the area (or even just in the north east) then I would definitely recommend coming here for some food. Beware the roads however, super difficult to drive around.

The Red Lion is amazing! Would highly recommend staying here. The service was amazing, and everyone…read moreis very nice. They breakfast comes out very quick, and servers are awesome. We stayed in a cottage and a room, and it was great! Will be back!

Set in a beautiful location, but if you go in summer expect lots of children. Food in the…read morerestaurant is subpar and you could tell it was all highly microwaved. We sat in the dining room area and it was very tired and worn, sit in the Pub area instead. Outside seating is very smoky. No A/C or even ceiling fans especially since we were in the new set of rooms. No one opened up the windows prior to our arrival and it was literally like an oven. As secluded as it is there is another hotel/restaurant nearby which we enjoyed better.

Myself and my partner have just spent the Mayday weekend here and what a lovely weekend it was. The…read moreevening meals were excellent, we had six different evening meals over the three days we were there between us. The breakfasts were excellent, I didn't need anything else to eat until my evening meal. The rooms were spotlessly clean. The bar you had a good selection of draught beers and largers. All the staff were brilliant and couldn't do enough for you, nothing was to much for them. Really enjoyed our stay, enjoyed it so much we are back in July. Norman Allen

Hubby and I arrived to Gargrave at lunch time via canal boat. After a quick walk through the…read morevillage, we settled on the Old Swan Inn and were glad we did. We didn't want a heavy meal, so we each had a sandwich - bacon, brie, and mango chutney on Ciabatta bread. What a delicious combination! I will definitely try to make it at home. We also split a bowl of potato leek soup, which was very nice. The pub is pretty large and also has a back garden with picnic tables. We stayed inside next to the bar to chat with the proprietor and soak up the traditional decor. There is a large variety of beers and ciders on tap,as well as an impressive range of whiskeys and other spirits behind the bar. The publican could not have been nicer - a tall Glaswegian who offered us a sample of different local ales on the house, and even offered us eventual help in case we have trouble on the canal!

What a lovely little pub. Great menu, friendly staff, warm welcome and good atmosphere. The pub is…read moresteeped in history and evidence of it's rich past is hung in old photos all around the pub. If you visit on a quiet day you might even be able to visit the cellar and see the stalagmites and stalactites in the cellar!

Brilliant local pub with good food to boot. Very popular beer garden alongside canal that is packed…read moreon sunny Sunday afternoons. Menu is not extensive but what they do is good. Last orders for food are early at just after 7:30pm

One of the best cask beer pubs in Skipton if not the best.There is always a bar full of cask beers…read morefrom near and far and always in tip top condition.Food is available every day from a large menu andthe service is quick and friendly.

Wow! We were recommended to eat in The Narrowboat. I was quite tempted to go and eat somewhere…read moreelse as from the outside it appeared to be just a normal pub. It just shows you how wrong your first impressions can be! If you like your beer then this is a good place for you with a whole board full of beers to choose from. The menu has an interesting range of food with a couple of meat dishes, fish, sausages and mash, and a couple of risottos. We both opted for the pork belly with mash and red cabbage. The pork belly was cooked perfectly resulting in two clean plates. I highly recommend the 15 minute wait for the chocolate fondant pudding - a delicate sponge pudding which oozes with the smoothest chocolate sauce. The staff were very friendly and chatty.

Unbelievable place they stop serving food at 8pm on a Friday night! We've been busy today- in East…read moreMarton - are you joking refusing a table for 8 people! What a joke- go to the Tempest Arms instead. Avoid at all costs

We ate here twice during our week on the Leeds Liverpool canal which is a mark of how much we…read moreenjoyed it. A proper pub with great home cooked food - (apart from the chips which were frozen and a bit of a disappointment). The rest of the food was excellent and enjoyed by all. Steak pie, fish and chips, slow cooked belly pork were just some of the dishes we feasted upon but there are loads more on the menu which is supplemented by special boards and fresh sandwiches. Also popular with real ale fans, they sell Copper Dragon beers from Skipton. The Wine selection was limited but reasonably priced and quite quaffable. Food serving times are limited - 12 til 2 at lunch and 6 until 8.30 in the evening so get there early!