Serino’s Deli & Wine Bar — Restaurant in Egglescliffe

Do a small menu but do it well.

Thought I'd take Pa out for a meal. Was going to take him somewhere new for a change of scene, but he wanted to go to his "local". Go on then, your choice we'll will goto the caf' over road. We'll it's not a cafe, it's a bistro, or is it? As Mavis would say "I don't rightly know" your best bet is to try it yourself.

I can't vouch for the lunch menu, but as my father goes for his lunch there whenever possible it must have something about it. But the evening meal was very good.

We booked for 5.30 (o'tinternet as Mr Kay would say) which is when they opened. As Dad is getting on a bit, and they recognised him, they asked us if we'd like to move further away from the door, which we did. They then were quite happy for us to move to another table, as Dad is of the "Turn big light on so I can see what I'm eating" generation. (Ambient lighting is not his thing.)

Anyway I digress. Suffice to say the service was excellent and the northern soul was at just the right volume to create an atmosphere but we could still talk.

The food, which is probably what you are reading this for rather than my ramblings, was excellent.

Neither of us wanted a big meal so old fella had belly pork starter and straight onto pud of sticky toffee pudding. The pork apparently was v good and the pud looked big enough to share but it is amazing what oldies can put away, so I can't personally comment as there was none left.

I had a mushroom risotto starter which was excellent. Think it said on the menu wild mushrooms, they were certainly tasty and I lost count on the number of types of mushrooms. For main I had one of their small plates, salmon fish cake, which appears to be one of their regulars. That too was very nice. I was going to go for the "beetroot cured salmon cream" srarter, but decided 2 lots of salmon would be a bit weird.

Anyway we both had a really good meal, complements to the chef. Where do the cook? Do they exist? As far a I can see a doorbell rings, a door is opened and miraculously a tray of food appears. Is it magic? Who knows, who cares, you are looked after well and it's great grub.

In summary, I go back to my first line. Do a small menu but do it well and throw in (not literally of course) some good customer service and you have a winning combination.

As Arnie would say, I'll be back, but next time with the rest...

Not usually a big fan of cooked breakfast, but the food at Serino's was phenomenal - genuinely out of this world - and was without doubt the tastiest cooked breakfast I've ever had. Fresh, high quality ingredients that were cooked to absolute perfection. Service was incredibly warm and attentive too, and the whole place had a really nice vibe. The experience was a lovely treat that we wholeheartedly enjoyed. Can't...

Three of us went for breakfast here for the first time and we all agreed: best breakfast and eggs Benedict any of us have had anywhere.

The quality of the ingredients is phenomenal, the bacon and sausage were both superb. Sourdough bread, duck egg.

This will be out new place for breakfast, lunch menu looks fantastic too.

Staff were very friendly also, lovely...