2 Best Restaurants in Yorkshire, England

The Harvey Nichols department store's roaring success is partly due to the lure of this stylish café, a standout for food, city views, and dramatic, high-tech design. The well-crafted Modern British menu changes bimonthly but is sure to have imaginative dishes like pan-fried sea bream with a lemon and mixed seed mousse, potato cake, and marinated zucchini or charred lamb leg with a Greek salad. There's also a separate plant-based menu. Irresistible desserts include cherry and whipped milk chocolate ganache with a mille-feuille, The three-course set menu that includes a Rosé Spritz (£35) is a good deal.

This gastropub's weekly changing menu emphasizes seasonal ingredients, with meats sourced from local small farms' rare and native breeds (much of it cooked over a Josper charcoal grill) and fish delivered from nearby Hartlepool. With its wood paneling and open fire, the downstairs bar evokes a snug Georgian tavern, while upstairs, the elegant dining room of the same period features several antique clocks made by John Barraclough, clockmaker to the Brontës, who lived in this building. There are special vegan and children's menus, too.