The Inn, Harrogate

An older looking exterior probably redeveloped in the 1930s as a roadhouse, the interior is now very modern in style and the pub food led. It is divided into two parts and although each has a separate entrance there is an internal connection. One end is called a Family Dining Area and is laid out as a conventional restaurant with food servery and tables and chairs. The lounge bar section is open plan but has a number of alcoves, leather sofas and a fireplace in one, bench seating in another that can be divided off by folding wooden doors and a corner with books for sale for a local charity. There is a pool table and dart board in a further area off to one side. The main area is largely vertical drinking with an L shaped counter, home to two T Bars of conventional kegs and a couple of handpumps, average Black Sheep bitter on one of them the other unused. It's on the main bus route between Harrogate and Ripon and pleasant as it is, there's not much reason to get off the bus.