Tomahawk Steakhouse - Potto — Restaurant in Great Britain

Edit: After multiple visits to Tomahawk potto over the years, the only constant is the food. We have never had a bad meal here. However, my opinion is, restaurant week does this place no favours. Parking here can be a struggle at times. it's a small carpark and very dark, but during restaurant week, it's an impossibility. Never had issues with service until the restaurant week promotion began. On our latest visit ( second time visiting during a restaurant week), service was slow there only appeared to be one young lady who seemed to bother unfortunately we didn't get her name, our drinks had to be chased up and when ordering our food the waitress didn't seem that bothered or even paying attention. We had to repeat ourselves, and still, we ended up with the wrong steaks. The place was packed, the area itself is not very big so when it's full it's hard to have a conversation as you can hear several all at once and the overall nosie level is high. We will return but will avoid restaurant week, however if we can't we will go elsewhere. We don't order off that menu when we visit. So to have a nicer time, we will avoid if possible. Unfortunately, it appears to be a more regular feature, at the cost of some of its good qualities, it seems, hopefully they can find an even balance.

Original review: Very pleasant visit. The food was lovely nice portion sizes in all 3 courses that we had. Staff were very welcoming and friendly throughout our entire visit. Nice atmosphere and not too loud, just people enjoying an evening of food and conversation. Well worth the short drive to get there. Will be recommending to friends and family...

Had a brilliant overnight stay at Potto, great customer service from checking in to checking out.

We arrived earlier than planned and the restaurant was really busy but the guy who checked us in found us a table non the less.

We enjoyed a gin & a beer and bottle of wine with some food. We had a table booked later on for dinner so just shared a selection of starters tapas style.

Our room (5) was beautifully decorated and immaculate, as was the ensuite.

Excellent value at under £50 as it was a Sunday night.

After a rest & shower wandered down for a couple of drinks before dinner. Great choice of beers, gins & cocktails.

Our evening meal was just as good, both had parmos and shared a couple of desserts, cookie dough & brownie,yummy!

Washed down with a bottle of wine and finished with Irish coffees. Hubby even took a shot of malt whiskey up to the room as a nightcap.

Next morning we had breakfast, have to mention what a great menu choice and all really well cooked.

Checked out and had a little 3 mile wander around the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside surrounding thd pub and called back in for coffees before we headed off home, at that point the young lady serving us said the coffees were on the house. What a fantastic gesture, much appreciated and excellent example of customer service.

What an amazing hospitality team at Potto from the front of house,  bar & waiting staff  obviously the chefs & kitchen staff judging by the standard of food and not to forget the cleaning team as all areas were immaculate and very well presented.

A credit to the business.

Thank you!

Can't...

We came to Tomahawk at Potto to celebrate my fiancé’s birthday. We had never been before but we had heard it was nice so we wanted to try it for ourselves.

All I can say about it was that it was boarder line ‘ok’ which is not what I expected.

The restaurant wasn’t busy but everyone there was squashed together in one corner which I thought was odd. Our starter was beautiful but from this point it sadly went downhill.

We had a very long wait between finishing our starter and the main course arriving and no explanation for this. We ordered 2 x porterhouse steaks which were cooked as ordered but clearly two different sizes - one much smaller than the other.

We ordered beef dripping chips and creamy mushrooms as side dishes. Unfortunately the chips were cold so not really very enjoyable. We also ordered the 5 ‘shell on’ garlic king prawns from the chargrill - these were awful, they were so over cooked we couldn’t even remove the shells so these were sent back.

Overall it was the kind of meal I would expect if I was dining in a Wetherspoons. Unfortunately, we paid nearly £123 for a lunchtime meal for two. It was pub food at restaurant prices.

This was supposed to be a birthday treat (I had made them aware of this when I booked) but unfortunately it has left us not wanting to visit again or recommend Tomahawk to our friends/relatives.

The staff were very friendly and helpful but that’s the only good thing I can take from...