Grindale House

Ideally located on the Eastgate, just on the periphery of Pickering town centre, Grindale House makes an ideal base for exploring Pickering on foot for shopping during the day or sampling one of the multitude of restaurants of an evening. The main entrance is on the Eastgate (on foot only), whilst vehicular access is to the rear, through a seriously small gap between two terraced houses, requires absolute concentration! This leads into a spacious gravelled car park surrounded by pleasant gardens. Grindale House has several self catering lets, as well as the majority of bed and breakfast accommodation. As we arrived we were met by the friendly owner who served us a cup of tea and a biscuit in the resident’s lounge, after our long drive — a nice touch. The lounge had fantastically comfortable leather sofas, a large flat-​screen TV and resident’s guide recommending places to eat and visit.
After ascending some rather precipitous stairs, our room was modern in décor and tastefully furnished, a little compact perhaps, but with good facilities — tea and coffee making facilities, HDTV etc. The bathroom had underfloor heating too, very nice in the winter!
The breakfast room doorway and many entrances throughout Grindale House have low beams, courtesy of the age of the building; so be careful if you’re tall! The breakfast room was modern in feel and felt spacious when the guest house was partially full, but quite cramped when it approached full occupancy later in the week. Breakfast wise, there was a good range of fruit juices, cereals, fresh fruit etc. The Full English was great, perfectly cooked and full of flavour, the smoked salmon and scrambled eggs strangely bland and the pancakes just right. All in all though, a great base from which to explore North Yorkshire.

Centrally located in Pickering but with the advantage of a private car park. They were very welcoming and the room was great. We booked a family room as we were travelling with two children so were given the Suite, a very nice setup with a living room a double room and a twin.
Only found this place as the other more obvious hotels in the area were full, happy I did.
The whole place was spotless, the welcome was great and the breakfast the next day was better than any 5* hotel I have stayed in.
The only fault I could find was the bed was a little hard for my liking but that’s just a personal preference.
The best part was the price, what a bargain.
Would definatly recommend this place to anyone who is visiting the area.