There is no better way to begin or end your visit to the Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Estate than with a drink, snack or hot meal at our restaurant.
You can’t fail to recognise the quality of ingredients and great tasting food that our restaurant produces but what you may not know is that all of the food created in our restaurant strictly adheres to the National Trust Food policy, an initiative that is designed to ‘reconnect’ the food chain between producers and consumers.
In our restaurant we aspire to use fresh local ingredients wherever possible, purchase our produce from local producers and also buy seasonal food as available. All of our ingredients are also free from genetically modified organisms and our eggs are free range.
- Venison is free range from the estate and we source our lamb from Redmire farm in Skipton.
- Beef comes from R & J Catering Butchers based in Kirkby Malzeard
- Cheese in our sandwiches is Wensleydale, handmade in Hawes according to a time-honoured recipe
- We stock the delicious Yorkshire Crisps, Yorkshire County Fruit Wines and Taylors of Harrogate Tea.
We’re always on the look out for great tasting local produce that are as much a pleasure to serve as they are to eat and we are constantly updating our offering.
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Visitor Centre Restaurant
The licensed restaurant is open from 10am daily for morning coffee, lights snacks, hot lunches and afternoon tea.
Fresh seasonal home made soup is a bestseller, as are the tasty homemade cakes, biscuits and sweet or savoury scones.
The family friendly restaurant has a children’s menu designed with their taste buds in mind, Trusty the Hedgehog packed lunchboxes and an indoor play area.
With its colourful decorative ceiling mimicking that of the estate’s ornate St. Mary’s Church, a Victorian high gothic masterpiece, the restaurant is a wonderful contemporary venue, contrasting perfectly with the historical estate.
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Studley tea-room
The cosy tea-room at Studley Royal seats up to 60 and serves morning coffee, light snacks and afternoon tea. The tea-room adopts the same local, seasonal and sustainable food policy as the large restaurant and is a popular place to relax after a stroll around the estate, with a cup of tea and a home made cake, or a delicious, local Yorkshire ice-cream.
The tea-room has fabulous views over Studley lake and on towards the medieval deer-park, home to over 500 wild deer. Opening times vary throughout the year, so do check by phone prior to your visit.
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