Tickle Toby - Hambleton

We 've thought of going to this pub for some time, and today thought we 'd try it with the family for lunch. The pub was clean, with a cosy and friendly atmosphere. Staff were all welcoming and attentive. The disappointment came when our food arrived. We all chose different meals, and all four were of a similar poor standard. My son ordered sausage and chips which were almost £10, he was presented with two small cheap supermarket style sausages with chips. The chips featured in three of our meals and although crispy, all had a distinct flavour of being cooked in old cooking oil, as did the chicken nuggets in my daughter 's kids meal, which she refused to eat. My wife 's sandwich, which it said came with salad and crisps, was probably the best of the four plates, although the trimmings amounted to a couple of slices of cucumber and onion as the salad , and crisps were a small amount of what looked like the broken crumbs from the bottom of the bag. I chose a cheeseburger, again costing best part of a tenner. The chips were as the others, with that distinct old oil tang, the burger was very sad. A thin pattie, that I suspect was from a tin, adorned with a single slice of unmelted plastic cheese. Nothing else in it, ie pickles, sauces, etc. It reminded me of something you 'd get at a funfair burger van or at a football ground in the 1970s. Lovely pub, nice people working there, but definitely not a place to eat in.

Went for a drink Pleasant landlord on a busy market day

Nice cosy pub right on the high street, reasonably priced

So expensive and staff not interested in conversation

The one thing you can rely on coming here, (Northallerton) is good food . Every time we come down we eat here ,and once again had a good meal of gammon ,pineapple, gammon egg.. Staff friendly and very helpful. We did not know they had a side entrance with a ramp, and was told as such, so made it easier for my mum and her rollator going out ,rather than negotiating the steps.Would recommend if looking for a good lunchtime meal. Dogs also are welcome here.