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North Riding Hotel, Scarborough

161-163 North Marine Road
Scarborough
YO12 7HU

Phone: 01723370004

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Scarborough Central, North Cliff

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Real Ale Ray left this review about North Riding Hotel

This was the first pub on our crawl around Scarborough and we got here just on opening. We entered through the side door where you enter a corridor with a terrazzo floor along with a decorative edge. We headed to the main front bar, where we met two welcoming bar staff and 8 handpumps with 6 in operation, four of which were from North Riding and two guest. The North Riding Brewery line up was CF185, Mosaic Pale, Strong Mild Rum & Raisin & Peasholm, along with guest beers Abbeydale Through the Hop back & Chin Chin Big Galah. All the beers we tried were in excellent condition and the prices were excellent around the £3.80 a pint mark. We did stay here a while and relaxed.

On 16^th May 2025 - rating: 8
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Pub SignMan left this review about North Riding Hotel

This is a large brew pub located away from the town’s main tourist spots, yet still handy for the North Bay Beach, Peasholm Park and the open-air theatre. The pub has a two bar set up, with the rooms connected by a separate passageway. Most punters on our visit were massed in the front bar, to the left of the entrance – a spacious, irregular shaped room with exposed floorboards, half panelled walls with plain uppers and a good mix of chairs, high stools and padded banquettes, all serving tables or varying sizes. The servery is along the rear wall in a recessed space with an attractive dark wood counter and matching bar back, flanked by various boards detailing the draught and bottled beer ranges. Many CAMRA certificates have been put on display to one side of the bar, attesting to their commitment to cask ale, whilst a high shelf above the canopy was lined with numerous trophies, although I couldn’t fathom out how these might have been won. There’s a pleasant fireplace to one side of the room, with an unused TV screen above it, and décor included some framed postcards, old documents and miniature cricket bats. Following the terrazzo floored passage back towards the entrance, you pass the rear bar, where more of the same seating options can be found in a pleasant, if somewhat empty, overspill space. Some 70’s pop tunes were playing in the background and there was a nice lunchtime buzz from a small band of bantering locals.
Just a few days prior to our visit here, we’d enjoyed drinking North Riding’s Ice Cream Porter, which was arguably my beer of the year at that point, so I was hopeful to find it here at the brewery tap, but alas, there was just the one North Riding beer on cask – a reasonable drop of Cascade which was enjoyable but nowhere near as memorable as the porter. This was available alongside Ossett Yorkshire Blonde, Oakham Black Magic and one other that I forgot to note down. There were also no less than four real ciders and seven or eight craft keg options to choose from, as well as a robust bottle and can selection.
This is an excellent pub with a decent location away from the tourist masses, serving up good home-brewed beer in a nice traditional pub environment with friendly service. We didn’t visit any other pubs during our brief time in Scarborough but would imagine there aren’t too many that surpass this place – well worth seeking out.

On 16^th November 2021 - rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about North Riding Hotel

Quite an imposing building in a prominent position above the Peasholm valley, although the facades suggest somewhat faded glory (albeit hardly an uncommon feature of many parts of the town). However, once inside, you find a thriving establishment that retains a twin-bar layout: the large public bar (with pool table) at the front, and a smaller lounge further back. Basic furniture, and restrained (somewhat old-fashioned, in a good way) decor. First-floor dining room (not visited, and food serving times are limited) and accommodation. Ten handpumps in total, with an excellent selection from local breweries plus one of their own ales - Peasholm Pale (£2.60). Three craft keg beers, a cider and a perry also noted. Overall, well worth the walk out to the North Cliff area.

On 5^th May 2014 - rating: 8
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