Recommendations

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LA ROSA HOTEL

# = Dog friendly venue. Some restrictions may apply

RESTAURANTS & CAFES

  • The Marine – Great seafood restaurant down by the harbour.  
  • White Horse & Griffin – Fine dining in Whitby’s oldest coaching inn.
  • Kam Thai – Authentic Thai restaurant in Whitby’s train station. 
  • Rusty Shears – Relaxed café with lovely courtyard and a huge gin selection #
  • Sander’s Yard – Great café over the bridge in the old town with a lovely courtyard #
  • Pizza West – Great pizzas in a relaxed modern setting, just around the corner.
  • Four Seasons – Turkish grill. Amazing pittas and great home made meze selection. Good vegan options #
  • Moutrey’s – Popular Italian with traditional clay oven.
  • Cosa Nostra – Provincial Italian food and wine.
  • The Singing Kettle  – Best greasy spoon breakfast in town
  • Crocodile - Small, relaxed tapas bar serving the Spanish classics

FISH & CHIPS

  • Magpie – A Yorkshire institution with a huge seafood menu to choose from if you’re eating in.
  • Trenchers – The UK’s number one fish and chip restaurant 2026
  • Royal Fisheries – Crinkle cut chips, and two types of curry sauce to choose from!
  • Abbey Wharf – Popular light & airy restaurant/bar overlooking the harbour #
  • Fisherman’s Wife – The best views out to sea from their cliff-top dining room. 2 minutes’ walk away.
  • Tides By Trenchers – Extensive seafood menu, especially in the evenings #
  • (Plus another 20 or more so to choose from!)

PUBS & BARS

  • The Little Angel – Lively pub with great beer & regular live music #
  • Whitby Brewery – Brewery tap by the abbey. Beers and pizzas al fresco! #
  • The Fleece – Best for catching the last rays of the sun, harbourside with a pint of Whitby IPA #
  • Monmartre – Intimate cocktail bar in the market square #
  • The Black Horse – Friendly traditional boozer with a cozy bar and a big range of beers.#
  • The Endeavour – Good pub with live/folk music most nights. Bring in your own fish and chips. # 
  • Green Dragon – Tiny bar with a vast selection of modern British & International beers.#
  • The White House – Cliff-top pub with a large beer garden overlooking the golf course.# 
  • The Waiting Room - Microbar witha great selection of beer &  cider in Whitby train station #
  • Whitby Crown - New & popular Gothic bar on Church Street #
  • The Tap Room - Helmsley Brewery's beer hall in an old Methodist chapel on Church Street, with street food by Yuzu #

FURTHER AFIELD

  • Homestead Kitchen, Goathland - Modern fine dining
  • Birch Hall Inn, Beck Hole.- Our favourite pub ever! #
  • Fish Cottage, Sandsend - Fish & chips and more exotic fare to eat in or take away #
  • The Hart Inn, Sandsend - Great pub food by the beach#
  • Waterside, Ruswarp - Great food  in a waterside mill
  • The Plough, Scalby - High wend pub food. great roasts on a Sunday #
  • Saltmoore, Sandsend - Fine dining in newly refurbished spa hotel #