The Forresters Arms Kilburn

A lovely countryside hotel in an beautifiable village location for a one night stay after a day in York. Nice spacious room with a comfortable bed. The dinner choice was good with cheerful and attentive staff looking after use at dinner and at breakfast

Me and my partner chose to eat here while on holiday in the area. The staff were very friendly, helpful and accommodating. The food was top notch, both of us massively enjoyed our dinner. Pizza was the best I've ever tasted and everything was fresh and beautiful quality. The perfect place to enjoy a meal on a warm summer evening, highly recommend.

Stopped here for lunch after a test glider flight at the nearby Flying Club. When we arrived the restaurant was fairly quiet but it then rapidly began to fill up with other diners. There were only two ladies behind the bar, sorting out drinks, taking orders and serving food and to say that they were rushed off their feet is almost an understatement. What was very impressive to watch was how well they worked together and coordinated to get everyone served as quickly as possible. So good were they that one of them even noticed my glass was empty and asked me if I wanted a refill. When the food came it was delicious. I had the pie which was lamb with mint. Obviously freshly made, wonderful flavour. As a connoisseur of Caesar salads my wife declared hers to be one of the best she had tasted. So great food and wonderful service.

After a lovely walk exploring the White Horse and Kilburn, we popped into the Forresters Arms for lunch. As soon as you enter the place , you can see that it’s special - lovely atmosphere throughout and fabulous decor. We had Salt and Pepper Squid and a Fish Finger Butty, followed by Black Forest Dessert and coffee. The food and the presentation were divine. We were looked after by the lovely Marianne and nothing was too much trouble ! We felt like we were visiting friends rather than just dining in a pub. I would highly recommend this place, it was our first time there but it won’t be the last!

I brought my family for a Mother's Day lunch on Sunday 10th March, we were booked in for 12.00pm It stated off with the table been set for 6 and not 8, I'd also had a telephone confirmation few days before then a text message also to confirm this as well. We then all placed our orders, my son ordered the pie it was a casserole with a pastry lid with mashed potato and vegetables only to be told after that there was no mashed potato ready yet. I would of thought that the first sitting at 12.00 that this would of been ready? 5 of us had the roast dinners all the carrots on our plates were burnt on one side and raw! The roast potatoes were hard and cold and the vegetables brought out were undercooked cold, and no serving spoons, my plate was red hot, however the food on it was not! The lamb was not great either. My 18 month old granddaughter's vegetables were also undercooked and Emily couldn't feed her them for fearing she would choke. However the burger and salmon were good. I could accept this if you were busy or it was later in the day, but we were the first table to arrive and there were a lot of waiting staff, but none of them seemed to know what was going on. We have had many meals and stayed over and not had any problems before, hence wanting to bring my family here, but unfortunately we won't be coming again as it was a real disappointment. We were asked if everything was okay while she was still walking past our table, not stopping to check if we were okay. I'm not even sure if we had complained on the day that all the roast dinners would of been back in time for us to all eat together. We also shouldn't have to make a complaint when coming out for a Sunday lunch, surely the food should be checked that they are cooked correctly before going out to the diners? The bill also came to over £300.00 this was alot of money for undercooked food.

We would like to say… thank you so much to the staff at the Forresters Arms we had a super stay, We had some devastating news and decided to book a weekend away at the Forresters Arms we didn’t get the room we booked as there was a problem but the staff went above and beyond to make our stay brilliant we couldn’t have wished for more. The room was very comfortable the food and drink just brilliant we came away feeling that we had been looked after 110% the service we got will not be forgotten thank you so much for making our weekend brilliant❤️ this was just what we needed.