Driffield Restaurant Guide

“Excellent food, knowledgeable and friendly staff, and a lovely environment” make a visit to this former coaching inn in East Yorkshire a real treat. Chef James & FOH Kate Mackenzie have transformed it over two decades into a regional culinary powerhouse, wooing diners with the “inspiring combinations” on their à la carte menu (which, given that this is a pub, extends to sandwiches). “Have a lovely unrushed lunch, followed by a walk in their wonderful garden”. Top Menu Tip – “A fabulous roast pork loin followed by an unbelievable ginger burnt cream with poached garden rhubarb and amazing East Yorkshire sugar cakes”.

“Always a quality visit” – this restaurant (est. 2007) in a dark-wood Georgian former courthouse is presided over by siblings Matt and Michele Barker, with a terrace for summer dining. The unfussy, locally sourced British cooking is full of delightful things to eat, with the meats ‘a la plancha’ a particular hit – and the “lovely” set lunch representing “exceptional value”.

2022 Review: John Robinson’s restaurant-with-rooms again wins very consistent support, especially from local fans of its “amazing and fresh-tasting menus”: a four-course menu for £35, or a nine- course taster for £65. He took the opportunity of lockdown to give the place a significant refurb – new kitchen, new dining room, new garden…

2023 Review: This “very good fish restaurant backing on Beverley railway station” (it occupies the old waiting room) was opened by chef-owner Tina Cerutti in 1989; she still runs it with her brother Tony, who closed the Hull branch in 2019. With roots in southern Italy, the family have been a fixture of the Yorkshire dining scene for 65 years.

2022 Review: “Vaut le voyage!” – Julian & Rieko Ognio-Stamford's smart Japanese first-floor dining room is something of a rarity in these parts, turning out “exceptional fresh sushi” and sashimi, alongside “generous portions” of “cuisine with a Yorkshire twist” (think pork loin and beef).

In the Saxon village of Sancton, this revamped roadside boozer turns out some “fantastic” pub grub, from “excellent” steak and ale pies to more “high-end” options. By all accounts the Sunday lunches are the thing to go for, with the “very tasty Yorkshire pudding” a two-time winner in the Great Yorkshire Pudding awards.