A Review of The George Inn, Hubberholme, The Yorkshire Dales

Regular readers know that my main day job entails writing copy for, and editing a local lifestyle magazine, Aspire. Every month, we review two restaurants, pubs or cafe and most months, I’m lucky enough undertake one of those. Over the summer, my children and I had the pleasure of visiting The George Inn. I highly recommend it, not least for the beautiful scenery that the route from Skipton takes in. 

The
George Inn is a traditional, historic country inn set beneath the rising fells
of Langstrothdale in Upper Wharfedale. Centrally located in the Yorkshire Dales
National Park, it’s ideal for touring, cycling or walking being directly on
the route of the Dales Way walk. The George offers accommodation in eight comfortable
bedrooms, quality home-cooked food, cask beers from
Black Sheep and other local breweries and an excellent selection of wines and
malts.

Owners
Jackie and Ed Yarrow fulfilled their ambition to provide food, drink and
accommodation within the Yorkshire Dales, when they relocated from Leeds in
2013. Both were at the bar when and gave us the
warmest of welcomes when we arrived to dine with them. They showed us to our
table and I noticed that every other table was reserved. Ed told me that
because they cater for both residents and visitors, this is often the case, so booking is advisable for evening dining.

The
menu changes daily and everything is made fresh to order. To start, my daughter chose
soup of the day which was carrot and vanilla, £5.95. Served with ciabatta, it
was an unusual and delicious combination. 

My son decided to try something new so
ordered roasted bone marrow with caper and parsley salad, also served with
ciabatta, £6.95, which he enjoyed. I find it hard to resist a seafood option so
pan fried squid, prawns and chorizo held great appeal and did not disappoint.
The combination of flavours was divine and all of the food was both beautifully
presented and of generous portion. 

There is an extensive wine list and I had a glass of Chenin Blanc which complimented my starter perfectly.

For
their main course, both children ordered 10oz sirloin steak, £21.95, cooked
to their liking and served with
mushrooms, tomatoes, onion rings and served with proper chips. They both said
their steak was the best they had ever eaten. 

The George won both silver and bronze at the
2016 British Pie Awards so I had a chicken, smoked ham hock and leek pie served
with chips and seasonal vegetables which included cabbage, carrots, mange-tout
and baby peas £13.95. Packed with beautifully cooked meat and as fresh as a
daisy, it is clear why these are prize-winning pies.

The children shared a dessert of blondie (white chocolate brownie), with chocolate
ice-cream £6.95 and I had Baileys Crème Brûlée with an orange tuile. Utterly,
utterly delicious.

We
had a wonderful evening and enjoyed hearing about the history of the inn from
Jackie and Ed and it was lovely to see them chat to every guest in the same
way.

Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the bar and this is the couple’s dog, George.

The George
Inn

Hubberholme

Skipton

BD23 5JE

01756 760223

www.thegeorge-inn.co.uk

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