We do love a proper pub: one that takes care of its real ale and serves excellent pub food.
My cousin recommended this village pub, that I haven’t been to for many years. It re-opened in November under new management and they are doing a great job. We drank beautifully kept Timothy Taylor’s Landlord ale and ate some excellent home-made food.
A delightful evening of family, great ale and delicious food. Thank you Knapton Lion!
I chose:
- Twice Baked Yorkshire Blue Cheese Soufflé: A Light Souffle with Candied Walnuts, Mustard Dressed Leaves & Hendersons Relish Dressing
- Landlords Steak & Ale Pie: Slow Braised Beef in Timothy Taylors Landlord Ale, Shortcrust Pastry, Beef Dripping Chips & Buttered vegetables
As you can see, it was a proper pie: pastry on the top, sides and base - and it was excellent!
Fabulous meals with a superb selection of drinks. Had the battered haddock triple cooked chips mushy peas and homemade tartare sauce which was outstanding. Excellent service from the friendly team. Was full on Wednesday evening and I can see why. Everyone in my party of 5 thoroughly enjoyed their meal and we will definitely be back soon. Highly recommended.
Party of 18, all food was hot, all those with dietary requirements were well catered for. Good quality food.
A delicious Lunch for two, after walking the dog from Knapton to Harewood Wood, and back.
I had a really delicious roast beef sandwich, with slightly rare beef, Thick cut chips, Very tasty Stock, and unusually a very tasty side salad. I found out that it was the pickled red onion that made it. Watching MasterChef at the moment, I think they would call it, balanced with the extra acidity! My partner had the brie salad and thoroughly enjoyed it too.
The staff were very friendly, and looked after us very well. We were able to take our dog who rested on her blanket in our corner. There was Another group opposite Enjoying their food as much as we did. It was round the corner in the dog, friendly area, just as we would like it,so I’ve given it five stars, for dog friendly atmosphere.
Looking forward to going back again.
We had a lovely meal on the 23rd December. We were thrilled to find out that the owners of our local pub the Lord Nelson had taken over.
It had been such a long time since our last visit to the pub at Knapton so was delighted at the food & service. Will definitely book again for my birthday in January.
Good luck Tom & family, you have done a fantastic job so far.
What a great Pub The Service, Friendliness of the staff, and The food EXCELLENT. We arrived a party of 15 and wanted to sit together they did their best to accommodate us. With that number of people we were amazed at the efficiency of the food being delivered to us. We will definitely be going back and would highly recommend the pub.
Thank you to all the staff for making our first visit since its re-opening a first class service and most enjoyable evening.
A very warm welcome, help to settle the kids in, and menus for all our needs. Children’s menu better than most, vegan/vegetarian enough choice and a great pub menu with daily specials. An affordable wine list with good service…who could ask for anything more? Well worth a visit.
It was our first meal at the Knapton Lion under the new ownership. We loved the warm welcome and lovely decor and ambience. We opted for the steak and ale pie and the daube of beef and were so impressed by the presentation and the quality of food. Looking forward to a return visit next week.
Thank you to Tom and all the team at the Knapton Lion. The food is of excellent quality and consistently delicious. We've travelled there by taxi knowing it would deliver and it most definitely did! The team are friendly and welcoming just as they are at The Lord Nelson, their Sister tapas bar/restaurant. They both serve excellent quality food for excellent value in my opinion. They have a very good vegetarian menu at The Knapton Lion, perfect for my Mum in Law, which she said is excellent. I must also say they have carefully selected their wines, so if its a bottle or a glass of house wine, you won't be disappointed. Amazing choice of other drinks and craft ale/beers too. We have taken many of our friends and family and they all love it. Well done Tom, keep it going. We just need a shuttle bus from Poppleton now 😊
Absolutely amazing pub/restaurant.
Great staff and owner.
Food was lovely.
Would recommend
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