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The Pheasant in Helmsley serves Modern British cooking at Mill Street, Harome, YO62 5JG, and held two AA Rosettes in 2026. The dining room sits inside the Pheasant Hotel, where the kitchen cooks from the estate's own produce.
Adam Westgarth is head chef. The Good Food Guide credits his appointment with returning the kitchen to the front rank of the area's dining rooms. The menu draws on ingredients from the hotel's 3000-acre Ravenswick Farm Estate at nearby Kirkbymoorside, and many dishes come from the hotel's own kitchen garden.
The Good Food Guide describes a tasting menu and an indulgent carte, with sandwiches in the bar and the midweek menu as more affordable options. The Market Menu runs at lunchtimes from Monday to Saturday, changing with the seasons and with something new each month. Two courses cost £35 and three courses £45, with coffee and petit four included. Booking is advised.
The dining room mixes classical and contemporary touches, with a less formal conservatory and a terrace overlooking the village duck pond. The bar has roaring fires, candlelight, winged chairs and polished oak settles. The hotel has 16 bedrooms, so an evening meal here can be the start of a longer stay.
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2 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
In recent years, the charming Pheasant Hotel has suffered from a lack of leadership in the kitchen. The appointment of Adam Westgarth as head chef has changed all that and returned the Pheasant to its rightful place as one of the top dining rooms within our Most Exciting Food Destination of 2024: Helmsley and the Howardian Hills. Three miles south of Helmsley, Harome is better known as home to the estimable Star Inn, but the Pheasant with its comfortable public rooms, a sunny terrace overlooking the village duck pond and 16 bedrooms, can easily hold its own with a contemporary menu of accomplished dishes taking top-quality ingredients from its own 3000-acre Ravenswick Farm Estate at nearby Kirkbymoorside. There's a tasting menu and an indulgent carte, but sandwiches in the bar or the midweek menu offer a more affordable approach.
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