Name: George and Dragon Clifton
Address: Clifton, Yanwath, Yanwath, Yanwath, CA10 2ER, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

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George and Dragon Clifton

Yanwath

Good location, comfortable rooms, fantastic food

Excellent stay

Delightful property, staff fantastic and food wonderful. In perfect location for our journey , easily accessed fro M6 and full of character. Will use again and would recommend.

We opted for the dinner, bed and breakfast option. We received a warm welcome and our ‘Lowther’ room was charming and vey comfortable. Dinner was delightful, the amuse bouche were exquisite and we enjoyed all our choices from the menu. Cheese soufflé highly recommended.

Cosy fine dining pub

Warm welcome - huge bath which was very welcome to a well chilled traveller - very comfortable room and excellent food for both supper and breakfast.  This solo lady traveller felt very well looked after!

Comfort and Great Food

You'd have to try very hard to find fault with a visit to the George & Dragon, and I couldn't! From the cosy well stocked bar, good local beer to the very comfortable and well appointed rooms. Excellent bed, firm but comfortable, pillows, that you sink into and pleasant decor. The restaurant equally excellent with a delightful menu, refreshingly different dishes and all freshly prepared and presented. Breakfasts cooked freshly to order equally excellent. Would love to have stayed longer, and would return anytime.

First Class on Every Level

Thank you. A delightful location, a super room, a delicious dinner and a grand breakfast. What more could one want? And we had a drink with 'mine host'. Well done. We found Larch Cottage Garden Centre well worth a visit.

Well done and thank you.

Easily accessible from the M6, the George and Dragon is ideally located if you need to break a journey in the area. 

Our room was tastefully decorated and the bed was very comfortable. Despite being on the A6 we weren't disturbed by traffic and had a good night's sleep.

A few small niggles - although a hair dryer was provided we couldn't find an accessible socket near a mirror. The bathroom was spacious, felt very new and had a lovely big walk in shower. It was a bit "form over function," though. There was no surface on which to put anything in the bathroom other than a small glass shelf over the washbasin (which held  the hand wash) so we had to use the floor. The controls for the overhead shower were at the back of the cubicle so it was hard to avoid a brief cold shower when turning it on. A shower cap would have been very useful. I don't think it's too much to expect when luxury items such as bathrobes and slippers are included!

The refurbished bar is a comfortable place to sit for a drink but only serves wine in 125ml or 250ml glasses. We've only come across this in a small number of places and find the practice very annoying. It  seems to be a way to make more money as I guess most people will opt for the larger measure. This is more acceptable in the restaurant, especially  as there is a good choice of wine by the glass. The 250ml is served in a carafe which offers more flexibility for sharing if you like to choose wines to suit different courses.

The menu in the busy restaurant is very flexible with starters labelled as "small plates." They are quite happy for people to order a couple of small plates rather than a main course which is great for the smaller appetite. I really enjoyed the cheese soufflé but the soft shelled crab  was disappointing - so heavily battered it was hard to find the crab inside. My husband ordered the venison pie which was good but he didn't realise it was a potato topped pie and ordered a side of chips. Fortunately the waitress was happy to take the chips back.

Overall, a fairly pleasant experience but we would probably try somewhere different if we need to stop in the area again.



A comfortable stopover with a few issues

We stayed at the G&D on our way to and from a holiday in Scotland. Although there's not much to see in Clifton (apart from the Rebel Oak) it's a good place to stopover being close to the M6 but far enough away that the motorway is not a problem. It's also easy to find with plenty of parking. Our room was good sized and well equiped with a large comfortable bed. Wifi worked well. Breakfasts were ok, but the evening meals not as good as we were expecting having previously stayed at the Queen's head in Askham - also part of the Lowther Estate.

Excellent stopover, food disappointing for the price

We were a party of 7 with a well-behaved dog, for lunch.  We pre-booked.  We had a great table so we were able to enjoy ourselves without interfering with others.  The food was great, although a bit pricey for a pub (or was it a restaurant?).  Location is interesting, particularly with historic tree around the corner.  The staff were good although service was a bit slow, but maybe that was the issue over the hospitality sector struggling for staff, and they were dealing with seven of us.  Good car park, and location is convenient by main road through the area.

George and Dragon Clifton

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