Lockington, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

“Village pub constantly striving for distinction” under “welcoming owners” Russell Jeffery & his wife Sarah, who celebrated 30 years at the helm last year – she runs the kitchen, and meals in the smart restaurant are the prime focus (“you’ll never be disappointed”), although you can still get “a good pint in the bar”.

James & Kate Mackenzie have kept up the standards at this glorious 15th-century coaching inn (one diner for whom it is a “home from home”, has been coming “twelve years on the trot”). Whether you indulge in the sandwiches, “fab” mains built on “exceptional local produce”, or “a perfect pork Sunday lunch”, it’s “probably the cheapest Michelin star dining” to be had these days – and certainly in these parts, being East Yorkshire’s only starred restaurant, which it has held for aeons now.

Matt & (twin sister) Michele Barker rule over this stalwart British restaurant in the wing of a Georgian courthouse (with a glamorous cocktail bar upstairs, plus a heated, covered terrace). By unanimous verdict, it’s the “really good value set lunch” which is the highlight of the “wide-ranging” yet “sharp” British offering, whose focus is on meats ‘a la plancha’.

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…