The Rose Inn in Ryedale

Was on holiday in Pickering, I went in for a drink with my son in law. We got 2 pints of Theakston's best bitter and went to a table, when the drinks had settled, I tasted mine it did not taste like Theakston's best bitter and the colour of the beer was too dark. I asked my son in law to taste his and he agreed. I took it back to the bar and told the lady behind the bar it was not what it said on the pump clip, I received a serious tongue wagging from the lady, saying other people were drinking it and had not companied. I was not complaining that the beer was off simply that it was not as described, (for the record I have been drinking Theakston's bitter for over 50 years mostly in the pubs around Masham, so I have a very good idea what it looks and tastes like). Needless to say we drunk up and left and went to another pub in Pickering, which does know about beer.

2:30pm on a Tuesday, I ordered my favourite, half chicken with chips meal, lady at cash desk went to kitchen to check and came back with the bad news, they were out of stock. Out of stock! It's a large supermarket with hundreds of fresh chickens for sale, it even sells hot roast chickens freshly roasted, couldn't they get one of them. Come on Morrisons get your act together. On a plus note the cafe looked clean and tidy and the toilet was ok.

Very disappointing - this is my second visit in a few months and on both occasions I have been served by staff who looked like they would rather be anywhere else! They weren’t rude but it wasn’t exactly a friendly welcome. In their defence I did notice that the member of staff on the till was in her own and the chef himself was bringing the food out so maybe they were understaffed and two people was certainly not enough to run the cafe which was full. The coffee as usual was lovely.

We had a really good experience here yesterday. Spent the day at Flamingo Land and chose this place for food as wanted something more substantial than burgers/hot dogs etc. Good beer and a lot of alcohol choices to have with the meal. I also thought that the drinks were good value for money for a theme park. We ordered: Mozzarella sticks Loaded fries (the chilli and cheese ones) Chilli Tacos Beef birria sandwich Kids burger and chips The portion sizes were great and the food was really tasty. Also good value for money. Loses a star as we had to ask for cutlery and then search for some ketchup. But overall, I would definitely eat here again on another visit to Flamingo land. Finn, the guy who served us was also very friendly.

Anticipated, me and my friend entered the diner with high hopes. However, upon entering the “restaurant” we were directed towards a dingy, dirty side table which was coupled with flies and layers of dust?! Nevertheless we were starving, prepared to order our meal, well we were … ATROCIOUS, £12 and a whopping £13 for our burger meals. Hesitant, we continued and yet the process was difficult and quite rude as no one came to collect our order and we were forced to get up ourselves? After a reasonable wait, we received our “meals”. DEVASTATED, we looked upon our radioactive meals, comparable to the measly rustlers burgers one microwaves. Stale, cold, bland and simply vile, me and my friend stared in horror, nauseated as we attempted to digest this monstrosity. We entered hungry and left famished, sick, disappointed and on the verge of tears. DO NOT ENTER THIS FACILITY AT ALL COSTS IM WARNING YOU!!!