Restaurants near Ripon Racecourse

What a wonderful evening this was, from our initial arrival and being taken to our table, to our departure with a lovely send off from the staff, so polite and attentive throughout. We had the Christmas 4 course menu, which was absolutely amazing, we were all stuffed to the brim, but thoroughly enjoyed it. Made a great start to our Christmas celebrations x Been to The Inn many times now, but this was by far the best. Thank you to all the staff x

I’ve tried a few Ivy restaurants around the country including Covent Garden last week but my home town Harrogate branch is the best, great staff, the outdoor experience at Christmas is spectacular and comfortably warm, and the food is exceptionally well prepared.

A most perfect experience. The team at the old deanery strike a really great balance between efficiency, professionalism with a good dose of warmth and can do. The afternoon tea consists beautifully fresh finger sandwiches (we asked for a few more and these were given with pleasure) and a small savoury tartlet, delicious with prawn and dill. Now…. The scones well they are just about the most epic scones, we are still talking about them! Short and crisp top and crumbly unctuous.. even a small shot glass of chocolate ganache which sadly couldn’t be finished due to our expanded waists! Teas, coffee & the most exquisite English sparkling wine were the ideal pairing to this feast. You simply MUST try it ! Thankyou to the whole team

Stunning meal with my parents who loved the fact it was Tapas but not just the standard patatas bravas etc. and had a lot of variety. All the food was really tasty, the parsnip and blue cheese being the most surprising/impressive. My wife and I had been before and loved it but I didn't want to say anything to my parents before hand incase it didn't live up to the hype. Very glad to say that if anything the food was even better this time. I will definitely be back and Im looking forward to it.

The Silva Bells has become our favourite place to eat when we visit Ripon, the food is always amazing as is the service & best of all they are dog friendly so our pet Bert can come too. Try it for yourself, you won’t be disappointed