Knavesmire Manor Hotel

We dined here whilst staying at the hotel. It is a hotel restaurant which is also open to non-​residents and we were advised to book, although it wasn’t busy whilst we were there. The menu had a choice of several starters and a dozen or so main courses. Prices were comparable to pub food prices if not a little cheaper than many in the area and the menu was similar to a pub food menu with choices including steaks, gammon, pie of the day etc. etc. I do actually wonder whether the menu on this evening was comparable to most evenings though as a sample menu which was in one of the hotel leaflets that I picked up did seem to have more restaurant style dishes on it. We skipped the starter and both chose the pie which was chicken, bacon and leek. The filling was lovely but the crust was a bit on the hard side. The meals were accompanied by a small dish of new potatoes and vegetables between the two of us, we didn’t have big appetites on that particular evening but if we’d been hungrier we may have felt that there wasn’t enough by way of potatoes and veg. The same friendly lady served us that had served us our breakfast earlier and made us feel very welcome as everyone does at this hotel. I suppose to sum it up I’d describe it as good value food in pleasant surroundings but not really somewhere I’d choose for a special occasion.