The Fox and Hounds Country Inn

Excellent 2 night stay at F&H. We stayed in the luxury room ‘pinfold’, it was beautiful. Large bath, separate waterfall shower and 2 sinks. Pictures on website are true to the room. It had a superking size bed. It’s on the ground floor and parking was very close just outside. It’s not in the main pub building, but very close across the entrance driveway into pub car park. Car park has glodious views over fields. Proper countryside. I would stay here anytime I’m in the area, as Pickering is less than 10 minutes away. Ideal for catching the trains. We went on Sir Nigel Gresley - excellent. 30 mins drive up to Grosmont, so not too far away. Also not too far for The Model Centre at Beck Hole, If you are looking for kit for the modeller. Back to fox and hounds. Welcome was superb. Very friendly. Shown to room, which was gorgeous and very luxurious. We booked for supper at 6pm as we had not eaten all day. The food was AMAZING. So much so, I ate 3 courses! Beef and horseradish Bon Bon’s to start, melted in the mouth and were very moreish. Sea bream with veg for main, also delicious and chocolate delice for pudding. Hubby had sausages and mash with onion gravy. Said best sausages he’s ever had. Slept very well in very big comfy bed. Great mattress. Very quiet and dark room…perfect. Breakfast next day was a treat. Cold cereals, already laid out for you to help yourself. Delicious Taylor’s of Harrogate coffee. Hot porridge with fruit and seeds for me. Cooked breakfast for hubby. Again, couldn’t fault it. Luxury indeed. Why would you stay in a beige premier inn when you can have the most beautiful room in the most gorgeous setting 5 mins drive away from Pickering centre? Stay here, it’s stunning and the people are just lovely. Sorry to leave, but will definitely be back. Thank you to everyone who made our stay superb! You’re great and we loved it.

Perfect. Beautiful surroundings, delightful decor, super service and fabulous food. Just absolutely the perfect place to eat, drink and we will certainly return to stay too. Thankyou so much to the team for being so splendid. It is great to find such a gem!

We called in for an impromptu beer to find the pub was closed until later in the evening. Alan volunteered to open early for us in the main public bar and provided good company for us. This included a few local travel tips including the wall paintings at St Peter and St Paul in Pickering which we took up and enjoyed the following day! Lovely pub with good cask ales and good choice of lagers. We didn’t stop for dinner but the son of one of our friends had stayed the week before and really enjoyed the hospitality as well. Big shout out for Alan!

Superb!!!! This is my second visit to the F&H, and absolutely will not be my last! It’s great to be able to stay in an independently owned pub & hotel, with excellent hospitality, friendly staff, comfortable bedrooms, and superb food! The Guinness was excellent (not always the case in other establishments), and I must commend the scallops as a starter (I noted another reviewer thought that the food was much to spicy/hot, in my personal experience was the relish was a great combination for the dish - perhaps it could be put on the side so diners can make it as hot or not depending on their taste), and the meat pie was exceptionally delicious. I would like to particularly mention the first-rate hospitality from Helen, who seemed to be helpful at every moment - she met us at reception (and remembered our names from last time - a great touch of personal service), took us to our rooms, and served both at dinner and breakfast! The pub & hotel is well decorated, has a large private car park at the rear, and very easily found just off the A170.

We had a fabulous Friends’ Festive DBB made even more memorable when the village was cut off on either side by floods that evening and the River Seven burst its banks so came diverting down the Main Street turning just short of the Hotel. Despite the flickering of the lights indicating that the power was on verge of going off, the staff team managed to provide us with an excellent 3 course meal with friendly upbeat service in the face of adversity. We surfaced next day to find that the floods had thankfully receded leaving a high tide mark of debris on street just outside. The staff who had had to sleep overnight at the hotel provided the full dining room with breakfast although they must have been exhausted. Total bunch of stars.

Superb experience all round! We stayed for two nights, excellent food, friendly and attentive staff team, luxurious room. We were greeted by Helen at reception, who introduced us to the restaurant, breakfast room, bar and then our room. We stayed in a very specious well appointed room, and huge bathroom with both free standing bath & walk in shower. Extremely comfortable bed. The food was excellent, with a great (French?) chef. Breakfast was excellent, eggs Benedict was perfect. The evening meals were to a very high standard, which would beat any restaurant. All of the team were helpful & friendly, which really made our stay very special. Large car park to the rear, away from the road. Recommended 100%