My wife and I stayed in the Whernside room at Yoredale House on 10th December on our road trip up to Scotland, and the welcoming hosts Steve and Sandra made this a totally delightful experience. Make no mistake, this is no ordinary bed and breakfast; the room was large and beautifully furnished with a huge comfortable bed and a modern en-suite with a real man-sized shower cubicle. There were the usual facilities for making tea and coffee, and the room featured a combined TV and DVD player with a good variety of DVDs freely available to watch too, and everything had an air of quality and great attention to detail. I personally appreciate things like free samples of shower gel and shampoo, fluffy thick towels, heavyweight curtains, a comfortable chair, homely soft furnishings, etc., to give a feeling of being in a relaxed atmosphere. But perhaps the best thing about Yoredale is the food. Sandra is an excellent cook and the dinner and breakfast in the pretty tearooms at the front was simply fantastic. The meals are prepared from a lot of local produce and as with the rooms it was provided with great attention to detail; even the bread rolls and the morning toast was from (delicious) home-baked bread. The quality of the cuisine cannot be faulted and would not be out of place in a 5-star hotel. There are also a lot of locally produced jams, preserves and chutneys, postcards, and other souvenirs for sale.
The value is quite amazing too, all this for £60 per night and £28 for a mouth-watering dinner for two including wine. I would recommend this bed and breakfast without reservation wherever it was, except this is also in one of the loveliest parts of the Dales and would make a perfect base for exploring this most beautiful of locations. The one point I would make is that being in an older Yorkshire house, the stairs are very steep and may not suit someone with any sort of disability, but this is otherwise one of the best B & Bs we have ever stayed in. read more
