The Winking Stag Holmfirth — Restaurant in Kirklees

As I was halfway through my meal at The Winking Stag I was struck by the fact that after nearly a year of global travel (which involved a lot of eating), here I was eating some of the best food of the whole trip, in a small cocktail bar and restaurant, in a small Yorkshire town. The whole set up and ambience is on the edge of eclectic; a wide range of cocktails with weekly specials created by the staff, who themselves are a young and energetic crowd. There's good background music, well spaced tables and a really pleasant atmosphere. And the food. Oh the food! Japanese fusion, really well presented, layers of flavour, generous portions, served tapas style. I was very impressed, very happy to be there and couldn't quite believe that of all the places I'd been able to go this year, this place was so standout - and in my own home county! I'm looking forward to having the opportunity to go again soon. Well done to all at the Winking Stag. Finally, if you find yourself in Holmfirth, I can really...

This is a cool little place and the food was nice - cauliflower wings were amazing and the panko goats cheese lovely but bao bun not all that.

However it was incredibly loud, hadn't realised going for tea on a Tuesday night would mean being surrounded by a few quite rowdy drinking groups which isn't my personal cup of tea and the wait for my friends food was overly long, I'd finished all my dishes before her main one arrived and tbh I think they'd forgotten. We had to ask to chase it and were told it would be another five minutes.

If you want nice food in a bar/pub environment then this is a good place for it but if you're wanting a calmer more restaurant experience I'd suggest...

Incredibly slow service - no reason given for this. Table booked for 8pm, only just received all the food by 9.40pm. Restaurant wasn’t even full after 9pm, but seemed they couldn’t cope with 4 tables. Asked to take the dishes home after we waited so long. Drinks offered on the house, we were still charged one of them on the final bill & I didn’t realise until I was in the car as i wanted to pay and leave ASAP. Food was bang average, bland squid and sushi looks like it’s part of a Tesco meal deal, with a couple of sesame seeds sprinkled on it to liven it up. Wouldn’t recommend nor return after...