please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This elevated pub is well used to lockdowns and lock ins.
Because of snow making it inaccessible.
A cosy spot though - to spend a few days.
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I called in at this pub on a Tuesday afternoon in August after a good circular walk over to Rosedale Abbey and back with my dog. We were both welcomed by the staff with smiling service (the dog getting much admiration and even given something to eat). In addition to the York Brewery Guzzler which I drank (it was well kept and served at just the right temperature), the offer of real beers included Theakston Old Peculier, Thwaites Wainwright, Theakston Bitter, Black Sheep Bitter and Copper Dragon – a veritable beer festival.
It is the second time I have visited this establishment for refreshment this year; it was a calling point when I trekked the Coast to Coast walk in June and enjoyed a generous sandwich with trimmings washed down with Copper Dragon. It seems a large rambling but interesting building with cosy, low ceilinged rooms and fires. There are fascinating historical photos on the walls of the locality including the Rosedale Ironstone Railway the remains of which are close by. Whether walking, cycling or motoring this is a pub worth visiting - it's location astride Blakey Ridge is remote and wild. I'd like to come in the winter!
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One of our favourite drives in North Yorkshire takes us across the moors from Hutton-Le-Hole to Castleton, and the Lion Inn is one of the highlights of this beautiful route. The pub is popular with walkers and travellers, and rightly so. The interior is possibly the perfect pub -- warm, cosy, comfortable. The food is very good pub food. And the beer is really very good. All in all, this is one of our favourites.
mosey - 15 May 2012 21:44 |
The highest pub in the North Yorkshire National Park, we visited as a family on a Thursday evening, to find most of the seats taken.
This is a very welcoming and characterful place, which offers plentiful meals (not the cheapest), and a good range of beers on the bar.
There is a very large open fireplace, lots of little alcoves, and the the lights are kept at a decent level to allow the place to be kept cosy and warm.
It is set high on the Moors with nothing else around for several miles, so would be a great stop for walkers.
Worth a visit if you find yourself looking for a good pub on the Moors.
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Very busy when we visited, full of walkers and bikers on a lovely Saturday lunchtime. A good range of beers well kept mainly Theakstons. Food good and despite the place being quite busy the service was quick efficient. The gents toilets were not up to much but I suppose they had had a lot of use that day. All in all a good pub with good food and most important the beer was on form.
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Well kept beer, at reasonable prices..food looks good..busy with walkers...very nice pub
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This pub featured in the national press today. Apparently a couple and five staff were trapped in the pub for eight days due to the recent deep snow. The pub is 1,325ft (404m) above sea level.
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Great food and drink. Theakston's Black Bull was good, haddock and chips was enormous and very tasty, staff were friendly and the pub has great character and a beer garden that catches the sunshine. I camped and had an excellent breakfast !
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Got here exhausted after walking from Ingleby Cross. First impressions were that it was very expensive for food, although when the food came it was plentious and very tasty. A good range of ales on and not in my experience limited to Theakstons.
What really made this place great though was its hospitality to walkers. When we got flooded out of our tent they let us come into the pub early on a Saturday morning and brought us coffee, let us use the phone and store some of our wet things until the end of our trek. Mega friendly staff and a nice place to dry off in!
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I am not usually a person to comment but after a lovely drive on the moors with a French friend we decided to stop and have a light bite. I have to say that I asked for horseraish sauce to go with the steaklet sandwich (was disgusting by the way) the waitress looked as though I'd asked for gold dust! when the horseradish arrived it was GREY with streaks of cream in it. I dipped my finger in it to taste it and it was off. I took it back to the bar, by the time the second serving of horseradish arrived I'd finished/ left the sandwich. The lady with the second serving was rude and didnot even appologise. We will not return or recommend this pub.
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Good pub on the whole. Shame that the "range of beers" is all Theakstones, but hardly surprising as they own the place. Good food and clean pleasant rooms.
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a very very good pub . Friendly , good food and great beer. They kindly let the Lyke Wake Race use their car park for a race checkpoint. I have visited this pub on many occasions and in all weathers and never been disappointed. Have a wander along the old railway line , you may see an adder in spring and summer. Definately visit!!
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This was one of my highlights on the second part of the coast to coast walk my partner volunteered me for in august 2007. It was a very welcome sight after 20 miles and had a good range of beers though I stuck to theakston's Grouse beater which tastes far better on tap than in the bottle in my opinion. The food was good and plentiful and the atmosphere cosy. Well worth a visit! I imagine it would be excellent at christmas!
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Brilliant pub, been visiting for years. good range of beers, very friendly when not too packed and if you stop overnight out of season, not only do you get the moors and walks to yourself (absolute silence and 40 mile views) but the breakfast they serve would sink a battleship, it's MASSIVE. One of the best pubs in Britain.
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A lovely little oasis on the moors - well worth a detour if you like pubs and hiking - or just looking at inscriptions on old waymarker stones, or just a scenic drive.
Theakstons is good, as is the food. Can get crowded, but a pint and a seat by the fire after a hike is a real pleasure in this place.
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A good stop for those on Coast to coast or Cleveland Way.It's a checkpoint on the annual Lyke Wake Race (42 miles since u ask and yes i have run it!). Stayed here a few years ago, welcome break.
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Visited today as the rain lashed down - very atmospheric (could have done with a fire in August !).
Enjoyable and relaxing, but beer and food only good.
In particular, I doubt beer turnover justifies the full Theakstons range, although Old Peculiar was good.
Puddings were microwaved to death as well. Could do better but worth a visit.
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Maybe I visited on a bad day! The staff was rather unfriendly, food was far below expectations and the toilet (gents') was unclean and smelly!
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Another good pub on the North Yorks. Moors. Very friendly and welcoming, nothing better when the weather is miserable outside. See if you can sit next to the fire. They serve really nice home made food, decent portions as I recall.
Agree with comment below, very remote, but beautiful location.
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This pub is a MUST for me every time I visit the area which I do several times a year for the last 30 years and it get better each time,great food,very good beer,great service,warm in the winter cool in summer what more could you ask!I havn't managed to be in when it is cut off by the snow(wouldn't that be just awful!) but I live in hope
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There used to be a band associated with this pub called Back Door; indeed the pub featured on their eponymous album.
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Great pub with good food and beer. In the middle of nowhere by car but walks everywhere around.
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The Lion Inn is one of the most atmospheric and remotest pubs in the country and also a popular music festival venue.
Built in the 16th Century, its walls are a few feet thick, there are roaring fires in every hearth and the food is amazing!! the beers..are also superb!
You will set off across the moors and wonder whether you will ever find it, but wait and catch a glimpse across the moors and you'll never forget!
Shelley - 26 Oct 2004 13:16 |
Deceptively large, stone built pub in a solitary position in the middle of the North York Moors. Very atmospheric and does good food and beer. Also does accommodation. Popular with hikers etc.
Jim - 26 Dec 2003 19:18 |
