I enjoyed a fabulous fish pie in The Water Rat. Great service, good portion sizes and a beautiful view too. It a as also dog friendly for our family's dogs. We all would return and try other items on the menu as everything looked great.
This lovely local pub in an amazing setting on the River is starting to grow on me. 3rd visit now in 2 weeks. Great beers, friendly service nice vibe inside. Seating outside to sit alongside the river and overlooked by Ripon Cathedral. Albeit not many tables. Haven't eaten there yet but the food com
Lovely spot to have a morning coffee, great views great interior, friendly happy staff, but our coffee was lukewarm, despite that we would go back.
Arrived about 12:30 on a sunny Good Friday. Was told there would be an hours wait for food. Table would be ready at 1:30. We were happy with this as it wasva lovely day and we were sat outside in the sun. Steak pie was homemade, as were the chips. Nice big chunks of meat. Gammon sandwich was amazing
Had a pint here, friendly service and not too expensive. Sat at the outside tables right next to the roaring river, which have a great view up towards the Cathedral.
Really nice place. Great view when sitting outside. Staff friendly..
We visited for Mothers day and were lucky to be the last sitting as it meant we didn't have to leave. Although all food etc was finished in plenty of time so we wouldn't have been rushed. The food was amazing and generous portions, and service was quick and very friendly with lots of smiles, even at
Delicious fish n chips. It's rare to find yourself eating all those stray bits of batter, in this case because they are so light and tasty. Great view out onto the river and nice people. Burger looked good, fish pie was honest and creamy, sandwiches looked good. Highly recommended.
Just showed up without booking and we were told it would be a one hour wait but was infact 30 minutes was shown to a table had a great view the staff were very friendly and so helpful they couldn't do enough for us 😀 so glad we chose to go to The Water Rat the food was superb atmosphere was great de
Just had an excellent lunch here; there were 7 of us and not one bad meal. I had a Goat cheese & onion marmalade sandwich and it was delicious. Prices are reasonable and the service was good. We sat in the conservatory and there’s a nice view of the river. There’s seating outside as well. Would defi
Called in for lunch today and the attention, service, food and atmosphere was fantastic, could not of asked for better.
Lovely meal, great friendly service. It was was dark and windy when we went so can't wait to go back summer to experience the lovely views and beer garden!
Beautiful pub/restaurant by the river. Favourite place to go after a long walk. Friendly staff and great food. Best to book in advance for the Sunday carvery as it's very popular :-)
Lovely atmosphere, amazing view, friendly staff and relatively cheap prices. I didn’t have any of the food as I only came for a drink, but I would definitely recommend coming here if you’d like a relaxing pint in Ripon. (Good tunes too)
Nice relaxing lunchtime at a lovely cosy pub. Food great value and excellent staff
Beautiful setting, delicious food, lovely staff. What more could you want 😊
Amazing service and the food cooked amazingly only down side is no disabled toilet for anyone who uses a wheelchair and the wheelchair ramp is steep and need someone to stop you was going into bars as you would if you went down wheelchair ramp
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