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Estbek House

Estbek House

Estbek HouseNorth YO21 3SU, Whitby Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Food • Full • Hotels • British


"very welcome to the arrival and shown in the small bar. sad to see that the evening menu does not include homemade cheese, brote and ice creams listed on the sample menu online. regardless of which there was still a large selection. started with lobster bisque delicious, but I would like to have offered a few crusty brot with it. serve my man had a lot more grief in it than mine, who had hardly anything. I thought it was probably overpriced. we had both the famous stacked fish “pee” for our main course and it was delicious. the scallops were some of the best I've ever eaten. it was served with parmenting potatoes and a sapphire salad. the salat was really very good, but not really working with the fish dish for me. the choice of mini desserts was good that we divided five and they were all beautiful. Coffee was also good, but I didn't know that the espresso would come into a pot and ordered a double as I usually. gallon coffee! the total bill was £165 including our drinks in the bar and a delicious bottle of wine I thought was about right. all employees were really nice, but a special mention to jeanette both for their wee recommendation and for their customer service skills. she created a situation with a few demanding people who sit close to us exceptionally well. most diners were in the mature group, including us! I'm not sure if I would take my 30-year-old daughter here, although she would love to eat that, it's a pretty old fashion place. we would definitely go back."

Estbek House

Estbek House

East Row, Sandsend, YO21 3SU, Whitby, United Kingdom

Steak • Seafood • British • Vegetarian


"Haven 't written a review for several years but this place really pushed the button so here I go. Booked this from Australia months ago based on good reviews and photos of rooms and restaurant. Luke warm welcome and showed to an over heated, airless garret at the top of the house. We had requested a quiet room but this was claustrophobic with a small double bed. Our request to move to another room was granted and we went to another king size bedded room at the front. King size in UK means queen size in most other jurisdictions. Nothing luxurious about this. No nice touches. Knackered pillows and tired old furnishings. Basic bathroom and if you don 't pull on the top of the shower door to get out you could be in there for ever. On the plus side we were not charged for our upgraded room. Place appears to be on the downhill run. No vacancy sign was up but only us and another couple in residence. This restaurant had acquired a double rosette from the AA so we were expecting something really special. Whitebait starter was good, paid extra for crab spring rolls which were pretty bland. Our main of fish pie comprised of a round pile of chopped up seafood smothered in a white sauce with a seaweed accompaniment and boiled potatoes and peas. Where was the pastry in the seafood pie? Nowhere to be seen in this totally tasteless dish. Dessert was an offering of several small sweet concoctions which you could get a selection of 5 of if you shared. Given what had come before we opted for the cheese plate which had had no intervention from the chef...the best course. Yalumba wines appear to have a share holding in this establishment as their logo and wines are everywhere. In Australia we know them for their budget boxes of cask wine but here they were shown a great deal more reverence. Only NZ and Australia featured on the red wines list. No European and no other new world wines......and this is a double rosette restaurant?? One wine by the glass and that was a Yalumba Shiraz which we passed on. Went to the pub after dinner for a glass of their house red....much nicer. In summary over priced and under delivered in everything. Pleased to move on"