The New Derwent Bistro — Restaurant in England

Came in for breakfast, with my son on Monday morning. Only one other person in. We asked about having breakfast, informed just take a seat, and she would fetch the menu over. 8 minutes passed before the menu came over. I was surprised that a cup of Yorkshire tea, in fact, all teas were overpriced above a coffee, at £3.10 and a coffee under the £3. Also surprised a hot beverage was a hot drink included in the £10.95 full breakfast, to which I ordered eventually. Without mushrooms as I don't like them, it seemed a waste to cook something I wouldn't eat. I asked for extra hash brown instead. My son has eggs my way - scrambled with sausage.

The 2 plates finally came out 24 minutes after we ordered. I know food cooked fresh takes time, but this was ridiculous. Debated on leaving. We were the only 2 in that ordered food! The plates were cold when that came out, and mine also came out with mushrooms on and the extra hash brown. I'm not sure how one order in the kitchen could have caused such a lengthy time to cook and also still come out wrong. Don't get me wrong, the food tasted nice when it inevitably arrived. My son, on the other hand, was baffled as to why he had an unnecessary balsamic Zigzag tainting the muffins on the plate and red powder decorating it. So he used his napkin to wipe it off.

Staff were polite and just seemed to be slow on this particular morning for some reason.

The back door was open, so the cafe felt chilly, perhaps with more people in, and the door shut would have been better. The ambience had character just no atmosphere.

Would I eat here again. Possibly, food was nice unfortunately a lengthy time for service, cold plates, and chilly dining room would see me try...

Tomahawk steak was really nice. There is the positive. The rest was not good. Soggy Tempura Veg that had been chopped so small it was hard to recognise and served in a bowl on a bed of lettuce. The "Pork Bites" from the specials was just a pork steak cut into quarters with a marinade on and covered in red cress. Pink Duck main course wasn't pink, overdone and tough with some very overdone limp Asparagus and arrived very late as the first Duck was dropped on the floor. We had to cancel a sauce for the Steak as it was way too late. We tried to voice our frustration but to be honest the staff were not good at taking feedback, I think they asked if everything was OK hoping not to receive the feedback. Spoke to the chef, young lad seemed like a rabbit in the headlights and knew the mistakes he had made. I genuinely don't know if he is the chef who put the menu together or whether he was covering the actual chef? I wish the New Derwent all the luck in the world as we want local businesses to succeed but on last nights showing, we won't be back. We live locally and eat out regularly. We can't even proportion any blame on it being busy, there were maybe 3 tables, one of which was complaining about the risotto. Even after getting the Tempura and duck taken off the bill we left disappointed....

Dropped in on spec whilst having a look around Malton on a very warm and sunny bank holiday Monday. Appeared to be one of, if not the only eating establishment open. Virtually every seat inside was spoken for. However, we were lucky enough to get one of the two tables situated on the bistro front. Just wanted a light lunchtime bite. Opted for the savoury cheese in a baguette. Came with french fries and a small side salad. My wife had cheese and ham melt on ciabatta with chips, also with a small side salad. Took about 30 minutes to arrive. Just sat sipping a diet coke ws5ching the world go by. More than enough on our plates for a lunchtime snack. The chips were really chunky and fried well. The savoury cheese filling was over flowing from the baguette when closed up. Cakes and desserts were available but limited. It had...