2Tue
Quiz night
Six rounds, teams of up to six, cash prize and a bar tab for second.
Cold Bath Road, Harrogate · since 1871
A charcoal grill, four cask lines and a table that is actually yours.
We hold your table for a full evening, not ninety minutes. Beef is hung 35 days and cooked over British lumpwood. The fire in the snug is lit from the first cold week in October.
4.81043 Google reviews35days on the beef96covers across four rooms
Chalked up this week
Pie and a pint night
- Steak and stout pieSuet crust, buttered greens, gravy jug£16.50
- Chicken, leek and ham hock pieMash or chips, mushy peas£15.50
- Any pie and a pint of caskTuesday only, 17:00 to close£21.00
Specials run until the kitchen sells out. Every dish above is cooked to order on the charcoal.
The grill
Two hours to light. That is why we open at noon.
The grill burns lumpwood, not gas, and it takes until midday to settle. Everything that goes over it was butchered a mile from here: sirloin, ribeye, lamb chops from Wharfedale, a half chicken pressed under a brick.
35days hung, in our own fridge
1farm, one herd, one butcher
4cask lines, two of them guests
Off the menu
Six things that come off the charcoal.
Prices below are what you pay at the table. The full menu, the puddings and everything behind the bar are on the menu page.
Sunday roast
Four sittings. When the board is empty, that is the day done.
We roast 40 kilos of Yorkshire sirloin and six pork bellies every Sunday. When the board is empty, that is the day done.
13:30 has room for 4. That leaves 4 places on the board.
Roasts are £17.50 to £21.50. Half roasts for under twelves at £11.00. We hold your table for fifteen minutes.
What is on this month
Quiz on a Tuesday, music on a Friday.
Nothing here needs a ticket unless it says so. Push the strip sideways for the rest of the month.
4Thu
Steak club
Ribeye for two, a side each and a glass of Malbec.
5Fri
Live music, the Stray Trio
Jazz standards in the front bar. No ticket, come early for a seat.
7Sun
Roast and records
Vinyl on the counter, roasts until the board is empty.
11Thu
Brewery tap takeover
Four guest casks from a Nidderdale brewery, the brewer on the bar.
14Sun
Supper club, one long table
Four courses, twenty seats, menu written that morning.
Why people come back
4.8 out of 5 across 1043 reviews.
★★★★★We booked the 13:30 roast for eight and they held the snug for us. Beef pink, potatoes proper, gravy in a jug you could refill.
Helen R., Harrogate
★★★★★Steak club on a Thursday has become the thing we do. Ribeye carved at the table and nobody rushes you out of your seat.
Tom A., Knaresborough
★★★★★Rang at six on a Friday with no booking. They found us two at the bar, food out in twenty minutes, best haddock I have had this year.
Priya S., Ripon
Cask Marque accreditedFood hygiene rating 5Yorkshire beef, hung 35 daysDog friendly in the snug
The short version
Three things that have not changed.
The fire came first
The chimney in the snug has been drawing since 1871. We rebuilt the room around it in 2019 and left the bricks exactly where they were.
One farm, one butcher
Beef comes from a single herd in the Dales and hangs 35 days in our own fridge. We break the sides down here every Monday.
Charcoal, not gas
The grill burns British lumpwood and takes two hours to come up to temperature. That is why the kitchen opens at noon and not before.
Book a table, or walk in and take the fire.
Kitchen 12:00 to 21:30, Sunday 12:00 to 17:00. Closed Mondays.