"Stopped for a sandwich and a drink here after visiting Jervaulx Abbey, as this is the only eatery in Middleham that 's open on a Monday. On reflection I wish we 'd gone on to Leyburn instead. My pork and apple sandwich had clearly just emerged from a fridge, as the shop bought bread was as cold as the jarred apple sauce and 2mm thick layer of butter centre. The pork had a couple of crispy bits, which was nice, but this was outweighed by the massive chunks of fat and sinew, which were considerably less nice. The sandwiches were brought out without cutlery or napkins, and no indication of where these could be found. The bowl of chips we ordered were brought out by a surly middle aged man in a checked shirt who I assumed was the manager. They were dumped on the table with a sullen There 's yer chips as Mr Grumpy turned away and walked off without offering salt or ketchup, or indeed checking to see whether we had cutlery. We had to ask for salt and ketchup, and even then, only ketchup was produced. To be fair, the chips were good, but that 's about all I can really say. I was about to comment that at least the sandwiches arrived reasonably quickly, but given that they seemed to have come straight from the fridge, perhaps that isn 't surprising. Next time there 's nothing else open in Middleham, I 'll just plough on to Leyburn. I 'd strongly advise other potential visitors to do the same after Mr Grumpy 's attitude, you 'll have a very different view of the warm Yorkshire welcome that apparently exists in guidebooks."
