North Riding Brew Pub

A fantastic array of beers and ciders brewed on the premises and from their local brewery plus the 'Naughty Tower' with guest beers. If you can't decide between the huge selection on offer you can ask for a free taster! The beers change regularly so you hardly ever see the same beer 'menu'. Its a lovely old fashioned cosy pub. We are posh so we only go in the lounge (🤣) and it's cosy and welcoming with brilliant friendly staff. My only gripe would be that they only seem to put 1 stout or porter on at a time but OMG what amazing stouts and porters they are!

Splendid brewery tap in the north bay close to the cricket ground. Great prices, super tasty ales and a wonderful lady behind the bar. The Cascade, Styrian Wolf and US IPA were all bursting with hoppy goodness. The Gose was tart and spicy and the Strawberry Cheesecake Stout was so good I had seconds. Absolutely worth the short walk from the town centre. If you visit one pub in Scarborough make sure it's the North Riding Brew Pub

Visited Saturday 8th April 2023, early/mid afternoon. Absolutely superb, reminds me of our local (Alexander Hotel, Derby) and came highly recommended. Traditional wet led pub with a superb selection of cask beers by North Riding, North Riding Brewpub and a couple of guest, alongside modern craft keg with NEIPA's, sours etc. Easy going, non pretentious decor, great staff and customers immediately put you at ease. Prices are cheap to be honest, £6 for a pint of 7.2% Kernel IPA, £4 for a pint of 5.9% Thornbridge Jaipur, £3.50 for a pint of 4.3% North Riding HBC 522 U.S IPA. Could have happily spent a significant amount of time in there, can't recommend it enough.

When, just after Covid had eased, my father-in-law told us of a "decent pub" in Scarborough where, even though he'd been insulted by the landlady about how he'd entered the place not observing their strict post-lockdown rules, you could get craft ales that were well kept and priced like it was the 70s my interest was piqued. This was, mind, now over a year ago so when I found myself in the vicinity I decided to go on the hunt. Not difficult to find (camra rarely gush but when a local wins pub of the town/city at least 10 ten times it's not the usual hyperbole) it's a 20 second stride from the cricket club which I guess would mean it's a place that makes a fair living off the sport but to be fair when I entered (last week of October well past peak cricket) there was still a nice buzz about the place with several obvious locals sampling the waters so to speak. A closer ear detected some conversation about the ales (overhearing discussion about where to drink in York I threw in The Phoenix as a starter for 10) as well as the usual daily wind-down from work. Though mostly male clientèle the atmosphere was welcoming and I didn't feel any undue attention raised to my increasingly soft southern tones. It's worth saying now, even if I hadn't been made to feel welcome, the price of this really superbly brewed and kept beer compared to Bristol's made me think very hard about the move back North. Downsides are hard to find (though I could have lived without the landlord's cough that sounded either like he needed to give up his 40 a day habit or else Covid never actually left his premises) and even though microbreweries abound down South this establishment wears a spiky NE crown as king of its kind here in God's own. It might be on the "wrong" (quieter?) side of Scarborough so not worth the trot across town if you're here for just a couple of days on the spa side but remember these places aren't catering for the masses - but you make the choice - lager lout or cask ale tout?

This pub is only 5 minutes walk from the Leeway Hotel, another 5 star establishment. Fantastic beer, I had the Styrian Wolf, £3 per pint, nectar at a bargain price. The wife had a drop of Accelerator, no obvious effects, but she did like it. Great staff, including ex-staff with good advice on ALL beers and what to choose. Go now and stay until you run out of money.