Helwith Bridge Inn — Restaurant in England

The pub should be on your list if you are visiting the area to give you a taster of every day Yorkshire life. The bar is frequented by many local characters who are very welcoming and engage you in their topic of discussion for the day. Mostly entertaining! The bar has a great choice of drinks and offers sample tasters of local beer. The restaurant serves good, home made food with no fuss and the portions are massive, making it great value for money. Dogs, children and everyone made welcome by the very friendly owners, who always seem to remember faces, no matter how infrequently you visit. The view from the bar window shows the river Ribble and the Settle to Carlisle railway, which due to the proximity, is a gem when the steam trains go through. There is seating outside and even though it is against the car park, the owners have transformed the gardens into colourful displays and is a suntrap on good days. The pub is in a good location to walk to Pen-y-Ghent (long walk) but a different way from the usual Horton-in-Ribblesdale end and has the unique Hotel Paradiso on offer should you want to stay overnight after your trek. It is within walking distance of Stainforth and Knight Stainforth caravan park. There are children's games and books/dvds on loan if you are camping in the...

The pub should be on your list if you are visiting the area to give you a taster of every day Yorkshire life. The bar is frequented by many local characters who are very welcoming and engage you in their topic of discussion for the day. Mostly entertaining! The bar has a great choice of drinks and offers sample tasters of local beer. The restaurant serves good, home made food with no fuss and the portions are massive, making it great value for money. Dogs, children and everyone made welcome by the very friendly owners, who always seem to remember faces, no matter how infrequently you visit. The view from the bar window shows the river Ribble and the Settle to Carlisle railway, which due to the proximity, is a gem when the steam trains go through. There is seating outside and even though it is against the car park, the owners have transformed the gardens into colourful displays and is a suntrap on good days. The pub is in a good location to walk to Pen-y-Ghent (long walk) but a different way from the usual Horton-in-Ribblesdale end and has the unique Hotel Paradiso on offer should you want to stay overnight after your trek. It is within walking distance of Stainforth and Knight Stainforth caravan park. There are children's games and books/dvds on loan if you are camping in the...

Called in for Sunday lunch. The most unappetising meal I have ever been offered. I ordered chicken breast in a peppercorn sauce. The plate arrived and I immediately noticed the frozen packet veg, the chicken was in a separate dish - all chopped up, mixed with the sauce. It had obviously been cooked beforehand and just warmed up as it was very stringy. It came with dark skinned whole potatoes which looked like they hadn't been washed with separate individual portions of butter. I tried, but the peppered sauce it was so, so hot I could only eat a couple of mouthfuls, my friend also tried it and she agreed. In the end I swapped it with my husband's roast beef as he can eat anything hot and spicy! I ploughed my way through the - not so tender beef and hard sweetcorn but mentioned it to the waitress who agreed that the chicken was far too hot for her too! I enjoyed the "bought in" sticky toffee pudding but will not be returning and would...