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Set in the North Yorkshire countryside, The General Tarleton is an award-winning pub with rooms set in a historic 17th century coaching inn. A place where good food, a well-kept bar and warm hospitality come together from lunch through to late evening.
Dine, Stay & Unwind
We have a lot to offer – a restaurant, a bar for a quick one that turns into two, a terrace when the sun’s out, and rooms upstairs to make a night of it.
The Restaurant
Our restaurant is where we show off the best of Yorkshire produce and hospitality.
The Bar
A welcoming space to sit back and relax, pull up a seat and enjoy a drink, bar snacks or even a board game or two.
The Terrace
Come and visit our beautiful outdoor space, the perfect sun trap for spritzing and snacking, or full alfresco dining well into the evening.
The Bedrooms
We’re more than just a fleeting visit, our eight luxury bedrooms mean you can really make a trip of it.
Private Dining
Tucked away upstairs is The Hayloft, your very own private space ready to host everything from long dinners to Champagne-soaked soirees.
What’s On
There’s always something happening at The General Tarleton from our monthly pub quiz worth swotting up for, to guest chefs in the kitchen.
Throughout the year, we have a whole host of events for when you’re looking for an experience that’s out of the ordinary.
Sundays at The General Tarleton
We don’t take our reputation for a great Sunday roast for granted. Sundays at The General Tarleton are something of a ritual – great company, good vibes and a delicious meal.
A Destination
Worth Discovering
William Sitwell, The Telegraph
The General Tarleton is a gastronomic pleasuredome… Banks knows what he’s doing: his menu is a vision of refined British pub grub and there’s a wine list offering value to both the passing punter who wants a bottle for £30, and the prosperous North Yorkshire folk keen to drop £345 on an epic French claret.
Stylist
Speaking of cosy country pubs, The General Tarleton in Ferrensby might just be the cosiest in the region. The menu is hearty, homely and rooted in pub classics, but the execution is what you’d expect to find in a high-end restaurant. The staff really get what hospitality is meant to be about, and you’ll feel properly looked after.
The Times
The executive chef Aled Williams was previously at the Michelin-starred restaurant Northcote, in Langho, Lancashire, and the combination of his reimagined pub classics and the low-beamed, bashed-bricked bar with wood-burner works beautifully. Leave room for the sourdough treacle tart; its warming ginger and syrupy citrus flavours, topped with plums and crème fraîche ice cream, is a genius match.
The Yorkshire Post
Everything we ate was sublime, but if I had to pick a favourite, it would be the steak and Black Sheep ale pie. I’m not ashamed to admit that I have scoffed plenty of pies in my time, but I’m hard pushed to think of one better than this. Put simply, it was faultless. This certainly isn’t cheap for a pub lunch but given that it ranks among the best pub meals I’ve ever had, it feels churlish to quibble about the cost.
Sheerluxe
The eight-bedroom pub has been sensitively restored with interiors that balance original features with warm, contemporary touches. Exec chef Aled Williams has created a menu that reworks pub classics through precise, ingredient-led cooking.
Time Out
What’s special about the General Tarleton is that they apply that relaxed philosophy to the hotel element of what they do too: comfort is at the heart of everything here, from the wildly tasty, gutsy food served out of the pub’s kitchen, to just-right mattresses in the bedrooms that would make even Goldilocks jealous.
Condé Nast Traveller
Banks’ new Jeopardy Hospitality project is on a mission to revive rural inns: here that means adding eight bedrooms – all with deep walk-in showers and faded Persian rugs and installing chef Aled Williams, formerly of Northcote. Treading the line between convivial village boozer and on-point restaurant, this is still a place to stand at the bar with a contented dog and a pint of Timothy Taylor’s – but also to order a rhubarb negroni and settle into a booth.
Olive
Yes, there are casks and kegs of Timothy Taylors and Turning Point ales served in the lively bar area but also cocktails such as Ferrensby spritz featuring homegrown rhubarb and marigold aperitif. Likewise, on the food menu, pub classics sit alongside elevated plates. Kick off with the runny yolk scotch egg with homemade brown sauce, or the graceful roast beetroot terrine, reminiscent of The Black Swan’s unctuous crapaudine dish.
Location
The General Tarleton
Boroughbridge Road
Ferrensby
Knaresborough
HG5 0PZ
01423 297050
info@generaltarletonferrensby.co.uk
Opening Hours
Bar Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday: 12.00 – 22.30
Sunday: 12 – 19.30
Monday – Tuesday : 17.30 – 22.30
Kitchen Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday: 12.00 – 14.30 & 17.30 – 20.30
Sunday: 12.00 – 18.00
Monday – Tuesday : 17.30 – 20.30
