Yorkshire Restaurants are increasingly featuring in the Top 100 best restaurants in the UK and Yorkshire city Leeds has consistently been voted top UK city for restaurants by Which! Michelin Star and AA Rosette Award Winning restaurants in Yorkshire can be found across the region. Restaurants in Yorkshire have access to one of the best food producing regions in the country across the Yorkshire Dales and Moors offering a wide choice of locally produced cheeses, game, beef and fine real ales. The Yorkshire Coast too offers up the finest of fresh fish particularly in hotspots on the Yorkshire Coast, for example seafood restaurants in Scarborough and Whitby.
Restaurants in North Yorkshire include food connoisseur centres like York, a Yorkshire city which has long been a showcase for the finest of Yorkshire local produce. York restaurants span the full spectrum of restaurant choice from award winning British contemporary restaurants to a huge choice of cosmopolitan cuisine including York Thai restaurants, Mexican, Chinese and Vegetarian restaurants.
Restaurants in West Yorkshire include the outstanding choice of restaurants in Leeds where chic new restaurant quarters have emerged in the Corn Exchange and around Clarence Dock further boosting the outstanding choice of Leeds Indian restaurants, Chinese restaurants, Japanese restaurants and chic bar dining options around Leeds City Centre. Places to eat in South Yorkshire include Sheffield restaurants with an excellent choice of oriental restaurants and fine Chinese and noodle bars, Italian restaurants and Indian restaurants. Yorkshire cities boast famous dining quarters and streets home to Yorkshire restaurants, often family run, which have long histories and an established reputation within the city. Further superb choices of Yorkshire Restaurants are to be found in Yorkshire cities Hull and Bradford. Thematic specialities emerge in many restaurant hotspots in Yorkshire such as a choice of award winning Whitby seafood restaurants, Harrogate fine traditional tearooms, the finest choice of Indian restaurants in Bradford and Leeds, York's award winning restaurants featuring the best of local Yorkshire produce.
The outstanding choice of York restaurants, one of the best in the UK, is no accident. York boasts many award winning Yorkshire restaurants and is at the very epicentre of Yorkshire fine food and local produce. York serves as centre for one of Britain's most important food producing regions which includes the Yorkshire Dales to the west, the Yorkshire Moors to the north and the Yorkshire Wolds and Coast to the east. Indicative of York's status as a Yorkshire centre for food is the fact that this historic Yorkshire city plays host annually to the York Food Festival which showcases the very best of Yorkshire food. The Fresh locally produced food available in Restaurants in York and in York's many historic markets includes locally reared Yorkshire beef, game, fine Yorkshire cheeses including Wensleydale, Whitby fresh fish and in York's many bar/pub restaurants a fine choice of Yorkshire real ales.
Alongside an emphasis on locally produced fine fresh food, York restaurant choice spans the full spectrum of world cuisine including York Italian Restaurants, Thai Restaurants in York, York Mexican and Chinese Restaurants in York, Vegetarian Restaurants in York and a huge selection of stylish York cafes, many of which offer fine organic, vegetarian and vegan fare. York restaurants and dining experiences also span the full spectrum of themes from stylish modern bar/cafes and bistros often with live music and entertainment to historic inns and the ultimate tearoom experience. Many of York's fine hotels also boast award winning York restaurants and York tearooms include the famous Betty's Tearooms which feature across Yorkshire. Historic York offers the authentic country inn experience. The city contains a superb choice of historic inns and pubs serving locally sourced Yorkshire food and fine Yorkshire Ale sourced from local breweries such as Timothy Taylor and the Black Sheep brewery. The City of York has for centuries served as a main centre for Yorkshire food stretching back to the origins of its famous markets and shops around the Shambles. World class chefs, including Jeff Baker, who have established restaurants in York testify to the fact that York sits within easy reach of some of the world's leading food suppliers.
Restaurants in Leeds have in recent times come to rank with the best of UK cities and Leeds is now firmly established as a major centre for creative dining. The magic of Leeds Restaurant choice is in its mix which combines a choice of internationally acclaimed award winning Leeds restaurants, family run Anthony's with executive head chef Anthony Flinn features high in the Top 100 restaurants in the UK, alongside an emphasis on tradition, quality and value for money. Traditional Yorkshire food and fine ale sourced locally is to be found in the city's many authentic country inns and stylishly restored Victorian ale houses. Leeds is a UK hotspot for nightlife and shopping and offers a superb choice of chic bars, cafes, brasseries and DJ bars and clubs, many of which offer in-house quality dining experiences. In Leeds eating out is very much part of the all night party with the city offering a huge choice in innovative Bar Snack dining.
Leeds Restaurants also include an outstanding choice of cosmopolitan flavours, with a wide choice of Leeds Indian Restaurants, Leeds Italian Restaurants, Leeds Japanese and Chinese Restaurants and Thai, Vegetarian and Mediterranean Restaurants. Internationally acclaimed Aagrar has an Indian restaurant in Leeds and other Indian restaurants elsewhere across Yorkshire. Aagrar boasts two international UK chefs of the year!
Restaurants Leeds offer the best of cosmopolitan first class dining are to be found in many of the city's new restaurant districts and centres which have emerged in recent years including the spectacularly refurbished Leeds Corn Exchange and the Clarence Dock area. Restaurants in Leeds cater for an eclectic mix of tastes ranging from award winning Leeds Restaurants offering the best in innovative British Contemporary food to the finest of traditional fish and chips in Leeds and cosmopolitan flare particularly in the city's choice of Mediterranean, Italian, Japanese and Indian Restaurants. Leeds has consistently been ranked one of the UK's top cities for restaurants by Which? Good Food Guide.
Certain Sheffield Restaurants have been quietly emerging as award winners in recent times. Recently the Observer voted Marco@Milano's Italian restaurant in Sheffield the UK's best Italian restaurant. Sheffield's historic association with fine dining is linked to the city's heritage in steel and the production of the world's finest cutlery. Recognised clusters of outstanding Sheffield restaurants sit in areas such as the Devonshire Quarter near acclaimed Sheffield theatres and art galleries. Sheffield's famous Ecclesall Road fondly known as the Golden Mile boasts a superb choice of best restaurants in Sheffield, bars and cafes including some of the best of Sheffield Italian and Indian Restaurants. Sheffield restaurants like Ashoka Indian Restaurant have a long history in the city. Ashoka first opened its Sheffield Restaurant in 1967.
Chic and cosmopolitan, restaurants Sheffield range from modern and minimalist Chinese restaurants to an excellent choice of fine pizza pasta bar dining. Sheffield leads the way in contemporary twists on dining including the outstanding choice of funky Pasta Bar Restaurants in Sheffield. Look to Sheffield's club and bar hotspot West Street for a fine choice of stylish and sophisticated late bar dining. Sheffield Restaurant legends include the three AA rosette award winning Thyme Restaurant in popular suburb Crosspool. Sheffield particularly excels in its choice of Italian Restaurants, Indian Restaurants and fine selection of Chinese restaurants in Sheffield, particularly around London Road where chic glamorous Chinese restaurants blend with quality and value for money oriental Noodle Inns. London Road is also home to another Sheffield restaurant legend, Wasabisabi Japanese restaurant.
Scarborough restaurants include some of the finest of Yorkshire's fresh fish and seafood restaurants alongside a cosmopolitan mix of restaurants, including Indian, Italian and Chinese Restaurants Scarborough. For fine Italian Restaurants and Indian Restaurants, Scarborough excels. Historic Yorkshire Seaside resort Scarborough boasts a wide choice of elegant coffee houses and chic cafes around both Scarborough centre and the resort's theatre district near the acclaimed Stephen Joseph Theatre. A choice of Scarborough restaurants also sit around the Stephen Joseph Theatre, perfect for pre-theatre dining.
New exciting dining districts are emerging in Scarborough with a choice of chic Scarborough Restaurants and café/bistros now sited around the new Leisure Complex overlooking North Bay. The buzz around Scarborough's restored Victorian architecture including the Rotunda and rejuvenation of the Harbour area is in conjunction spawning new chic restaurants in Scarborough in this classic English Seaside Resort. Scarborough also offers an outstanding choice of character Scarborough pub restaurants and traditional country inns, many of which are CAMRA recommended, and serve locally sourced Yorkshire food and fine Yorkshire ales.
Traditional Yorkshire cuisine and local produce, sumptuous cakes and tearooms and world cuisine all feature strongly in Harrogate Restaurants. Harrogate sits within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales, one of the UK's finest food producing areas and in Harrogate restaurants you can expect to discover the real taste of Yorkshire. The Great Yorkshire Showground which hosts the annual Great Yorkshire Show, one of Yorkshire's main flagship events for showcasing Yorkshire produce, sits just south of Harrogate. Harrogate is a Yorkshire centre for farmers markets and local produce. Alongside a huge choice of traditional fine Yorkshire English restaurants in this historic spa town sit an equally impressive choice of cosmopolitan restaurants. Restaurants here include a fine choice of Chinese, French, Italian and Indian restaurants in Harrogate. Other cuisines featuring in this Yorkshire centre for fine dining include Thai restaurants, Japanese Restaurants and seafood restaurants.
Harrogate is the home of the authentic Yorkshire tearoom experience. The very first Bettys Café Tea Rooms opened here in Harrogate in 1919. The Stray and Montpellier Quarters of Harrogate offer a superb choice of fine cafes, tearooms and restaurants. The town also boasts an excellent choice of character country Inns serving fine traditional Yorkshire food and ale.
Whitby restaurants include award winning Whitby seafood restaurants, CAMRA recommended gastropubs and historic inns, charming traditional English tearooms and a fine selection of award winning Whitby Café Restaurants. Whitby and neighbouring village Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire Coast has a fishing history stretching back hundreds of years. The catch of the day from Whitby Harbour includes a variety of fish which appears fresh in many of Whitby fish restaurants acclaimed for their tasty seafood. Fresh whiting, haddock, lemon sole, shellfish, plaice, halibut, red mullet, brown and velvet crab and lobster all feature in Whitby restaurants fresh from the catch. Whitby is home to a selection of award winning seafood restaurants. Traditional Whitby fish and chips are some of the tastiest in the UK. Famous fish restaurants in Whitby include The Magpie Café and Mister Chips which has consistently been voted one of the best fish and chip shops in the UK.
Award winning Yorkshire seaside resort Whitby also offers a superb mix of traditional sea-shanty inns and gastropubs serving fine locally sourced Yorkshire food and real ale. Many character pub restaurants in Whitby are CAMRA recommended and pub restaurants in Whitby are particularly prevalent. Legendary English tearooms like Bothams are here in Whitby and Whitby Indian restaurants are particularly good for Indian Tandooris and Bistros.
Restaurants in North Yorkshire
Restaurants on the Yorkshire Coast
Restaurants in the Yorkshire Dales
Restaurants on the North York Moors
Restaurants in West Yorkshire
Restaurants in East & South Yorks
