Oak Tree

Attractive pub with real ales in friendly bar, fine food in cosy dining rooms and seats on terrace; comfortable bedrooms

Features

Accommodation available
Speciality beers
Cask ales
Separate restaurant
Sandwiches
  • Separate restaurant
  • Sandwiches sold

Bar food times: 12-2.30, 5.30-9.30; 12-4, 5.30-8 Sun

Typical main dish: steak in ale pie

Typical main dish price: £15.00

Average two course evening meal price: £22.00

  • Speciality beers
  • Cask ales

Price of cheapest bitter: £3.45

Name of cheapest bitter: Black Sheep

  • Dogs allowed in bedrooms

Price of a bedrooms starts at £0.00

  • Children allowed in the bar
  • Children allowed in the restaurant
  • Dogs allowed in the bar
  • Dogs allowed in bedrooms

The good pub guide review

Often busy with contented customers, this is a popular inn with colourful décor and a satisfying range of good food and drink. The informal bar has a mix of wooden tables on old quarry tiles, flagstones and oak floorboards, prints and paintings on bold red walls and open fires; background music. Stools line the counter where they keep Black Sheep Best, Theakstons Best, York Guzzler and a guest beer on handpump, ten wines by the glass, nine malt whiskies and gin, and farm cider. The main dining room has a large woodburner in a huge brick fireplace, high-backed purple chairs around nice old tables on oak flooring, ornate mirrors and some striking artwork on exposed brick walls. French windows lead out to the terrace where there are plenty of seats and tables for summer dining. Upstairs, a private dining room has a two-way woodburner, a sitting room with boldly coloured sofas and doors leading to a terrace. The six modern bedrooms are comfortable and well equipped; one is dog-friendly. Disabled access. This belongs to the Provenance Inns & Hotels group.

The good pub guide food review

As well as breakfasts (8-11am), the highly regarded food includes lunchtime sandwiches, roast scallops and sticky pork with apple and creamed celariac, confit pheasant spring roll with spiced chutney, sharing boards, prawn and chorizo risotto with tomato vinaigrette, chicken in a creamy tarragon sauce with herbed roast potatoes, fillet of cod with pomme purée, roast cauliflower and mussels, braised beef in red wine jus, and puddings such as cherry and chocolate crème brûlée.

2021 Awards

Licensee Introduction

With a fabulous seasonal menu featuring fantastic Yorkshire produce & locally reared beef cooked to perfection in our brand new wood-fired oven, along side our famous Provenance classics. For larger parties the Oak Tree Inn features a superb private dining room and six en-suite bedrooms.

Name of Licensee

Elizabeth Richards

Contact Details

Oak Tree, Raskelf Road, Helperby, York, YO61 2PH

(01423) 789189