North Star - East Riding of Yorkshire

Took my elderly mother, and my wife, for lunch. We were greeted warmly by friendly staff, seated and served drinks. The menu selection was very good and they cater for older people with a smaller portion selection (still a good size). Food came very quickly, was very hot and beautifully cooked. Prices comparable with similar restaurants, certainly very good value. Will definitely return and really recommend the North Star.

First time visit to North Star. From start to finish the food, service and hospitality was first class. Loved my prawn cocktail starter and lamb shank with minted gravy. Friends ordered the lasagna, scampi and meat pie. On seeing the Willy Wonka style sweet trolley we could not resist on taking 3 meringues and 1 cheesecake home with us. Really nice find.

Took friends from Scotland for Sunday lunch and although service was very good the food presented was very poor! The fish and Scampi were tasteless, the vegetables consisted of frozen chips, watery mashed potatoes, carrot, peas and shredded white cabbage all of which had any flavour extracted in the cooking. Unfortunately, we couldn't bring ourselves to complain at the time for fear of embarrassing our guests. VERY DISAPPOINTED!

We went here as The Viking (down the road) don't server food after 7:30pm when they have live music on. That was somewhat fortuitous as The North Star was fantastic in every respect and we will definitely return. The waiting staff were fantastic and the lady serving us took our coats and hung them up, can't ever recall that happening to me! She also told me off for not using cutlery from the outside in (all very good natured). The food did not disappoint either, all four of us enjoying three courses. Highlight for me were the venison and black pudding sausages with stilton sauce, beautiful. Others also liked the T-bone steak, the lamb shank and roulade. I can't wait to go back!

We were staying in Filey and struggling to find somewhere to eat when I recalled The North Star where I had been with my parents decades before. It was a long drive but well worth it. It was a step back in time.Attentive smartly dressed staff who had the time to chat. I do like a proper pie and after an assurance it was a proper pie I ordered one. WOW! It was £3 or £4 less than I was expecting to pay in Filey and a huge slab of proper steak pie. Not only that it was served with chips, new potatoes, battered parsnips, carrots and peas. My partner had some beautifully cooked fish. Our starters were equally good. It's like restaurants were before the preprepared boil in the bag food arrived. It was a bit of a faff driving there and back but well worth the effort.