The New Inn

Just visited for a meal wasn’t staying the night. Had to wait over an hour for the food to arrive. Sadly they did t tell us there would be a long wait. Food was mediocre & then got over charged on the bill. Their beers were nice & reasonably priced.

The breakfast, and the team who serve it are excellent and that’s the best thing I can say about the place. We were told it was a quirky 400 year old inn and the stairs to the rooms are a challenge for just about anyone over 60. The guy showing us to our room when I said this was too much for my wife, who has a bad knee, said “What two flights?” Yes two steep flights. I asked if there was a room in the lower floor he gave us room number 8. Now this was Quirky. The bathroom has a sloping ceiling which, if you don’t maneuver to the left while leaving the toilet you bang your head on said ceiling. Had there been mice in there, which of course there wasn’t, they would all have been hunchbacks. The dinner service was so slow four people on the table next to us gave up and walked out. Likewise, we travelled the few miles to Pickering to eat after the first nights experience. On the plus side the place is clean with lots of home brewed drinks to sample. You takes your money and you makes your choice of course. The staff, when we departed were friendly but the earlier set had spoiled things from start up.

Brilliant brewery tour, Josh was very informative and witty with it. After tour you got to sample 3 tasters or a bottle if you preferred. Yorkshire stout was lovely. Food reasonably priced, home cooked and very good. Would highly recommend!

With the exception of the meal serving staff, I found a reluctance to be friendly. The meals were mediocre, frozen fish served with fish and chips, bacon in the morning tough. On the plus side, towels and sheets crisp and white and the Cropton Classic bitter was delicious. However, there are better places in the area to stay.

Having a pub with its own brewery as a neighbour (albeit temporarily as we stayed nearby!) was heaven - and far too convenient! I did just about work my way through their selection of beers and we ate both Sunday lunch (booking required!) and evening meals there - both good.

We wanted to stay over to make the most of the brewery tour and tasting. Opted for the tour/meal option and not disappointed. Food was great - beware large portions! Never had a yorkshire pudding wrap before. Room had character, was clean and comfy. Included toiletries and refreshment tray with usual tea/coffee and packets of biscuits.

Traditional pub with the nearby brewery's beer on sale. Also cropton brewery cider. It's quite a small pub, decorated in traditional pub style. it has a sheltered beer garden and a large family room downstairs, which I presume is used in summer. We didn't eat there, but the food service was very popular, so must be good.

Our daughter bought us an experience day for Christmas for this place. It included a tour of the brewery, a three course meal, bed and breakfast, beer samples along the way during the tour, and to take a gift pack including beer and glassware home with you. We arrived at 1pm and the tour was at 2pm. We couldn't have the room until after 2pm which wasn't a problem as we would do the tour first. Told the guy behind the bar what we were there for and he just said that the tour didn't start until 2 and did we want a drink while we waited. The same guy - Josh- did the tour and all we were told was how things worked. Didn't see anything working so weren't able to do any sample tasting along the way. We finally got taken up to our room at 4pm and Josh asked if we would like a table booking for our meal so we said 6pm. There wasn't any towels or soap/shower gel in the room, we had to ask for them. The towels were just dumped on the floor outside the room while we were downstairs eating. Still no shower gel. Went down just before 6 and no table booked and was just told "oh, you can sit there if you want or go into the other room". We were taken to another room, given a menu and we told them we eye on the experience day. That menu was taken off us and another smaller given to us. Next morning we opened the room door to go down for breakfast and the tiniest tube of shower gel was on the floor. Walked in for breakfast gave the woman our room number to be told that there wasn't a table for us!!. She went to a table which had crumbs on quickly brushed them onto the floor and then set the table for us. Didn't even wipe it. Tea pot was all stained and breakfast was dry. Went to check out and asked about the gift pack and glassware that we should get. The woman said to just take one of the gift packs out of the window so again I asked about the glassware. She took a glass from under the bar that they use for customers and said that was all they had. I didn't want a glass that others had used so told her to forget it. Not a very good experience and I wouldn't recommend the place to anyone.

Visited for lunch lovely small country pub great ale!! Great menu plenty of choices Yorkshire pudding wraps superb and great value very tasty Lovely friendly staff Plenty of free parking and they have a brewery tour as well to book Highly recommend stumbled across a great find !