The Old Deanery

This was an amazing experience, we visited the Deanery for our anniversary and were not disappointed. We received incredible service with friendly staff. The meal was delicious. Such a thoughtful gesture to provide a complimentary drink to celebrate a special time. Thank you so much. We will see you again soon.

Everything about The Old Deanery was fantastic.|It's charm, character and its location takes your breath away.|The staff were so lovely and so helpful, nothing was to much trouble.|The bedroom was charming, large|comfortable queen sized bed with couch and large wardrobe keeping in character with the building. The view from the bedroom was heavenly.|The breakfast was just amazing, so varied and yet so delightful in every aspect.

We had a fantastic Sunday lunch here. The staff were attentive and friendly but not overbearing. The warm freshly baked bread was a nice surprise and the dessert was delicious. We all left happy and well fed.

Superb lunch. Melt -in-the-mouth pork and delicious freshly baked bread. Tasted like the fine dining restaurant it is, but a main course and coffee for lunch was £30 per person - not cheap but you might easily pay similar and get much worse. Friendly service. We didn't stay in the hotel.

The Old Deanery hosted my mums 80th birthday celebration last week. It was a total pleasure organising the event with Rebecca and it went very smoothly. All of our guests felt very well looked after throughout the day. The lunch was stunning and each course was presented with a careful description. We enjoyed warm and professional service and a great setting which has a nice blend of elegance, calmness, space and a backdrop that you can have your own colour schemes. It suited us down to the ground. We were very happy. Thank you.

A charming hotel: brimming with character and warmth. The breakfast was phenomenal; everything homemade and oozing quality. The value is unmatched. We will certainly return.

Really nice stay. Rooms were really old with the floors original and uneven. Breakfast was really nice and of the "tasting' variety. Despite that we were not hungry until it was actually lunchtime.

Used to be great. Now it's pretentious and for overly ambitious but unimaginative guests. Plenty of A* breakfast places 2 mins walk into Ripon. Who wants deconstructed breakfast?- there's a reason no one else does this and a reason they warn you about it the night before. Great for a quiet night sleep but not much else. Won't be back until after the food experiment is finished.

Please note they closed in 2021 after the Covid lockdowns and are now only a wedding venue. No restaurant.

I've had the pleasure of eating here twice and staying over at the hotel (admittedly whilst drunk!) The food was *superb* - there's a Michelin sign of some kind outside and I suspect it's well deserved. The ingredients, preparation and taste were ace. I like my grub, so you can trust me on that :) My room was also really nice. The building is, as its name suggests, the old deanery for Ripon Cathedral and looks to date back a couple of centuries at least. That means high ceilings, twisted walls and heaps of character with a view of the Cathedral directly opposite. I slept in a room right at the top of the building, sort of an attic kinda space, and it was clean, spacious and very comfortable. In fact, I liked it so much that I took my wife there for lunch on our anniversary.

Sheer bliss, sexy, fun, romantic, everything we wanted. We were in Room 2, four-poster bed, slipper bath, molton brown products, fluffy bath towels and robes, view to die for, big old hot radiators, bottle of bubbly waiting for us, old fashioned shutters at the windows, a chaise longue afair to recline on while hubby served aforementioned bubbly. Oh we just can't wait to go back! Everything clean and comfy, big pillows, dream of a mattress, cosy bedding and a fab selection of teas and coffees. And wait til you try the food! OMG. I am dribbling at the memories of the creations the chefs came up with. We stayed two night, bed, breakfast ( mmmm smoked salmon and creamy scrambled egg) and evening meals. Once seated in the comfy bar, kettle chips and olives were served while we tried to decide what to eat, get on the web-site to look at the menus now and you will understand why THAT took so long. We were taken through to the restaurant which is simply designed but lovley, tables far enough apart to have a conversation unheard by the rest of the diners, and presented with a treat from the Chef, first night was titchy little tastes of chicken and pineapple, such a tease for what was to come, the second night was a beetroot and goats cheese concoction which we would NEVER have picked, but was divine. Or food was first class, highest quality, beautifully presented and served. Lastly, let me tell you about the staff. They are great, loved Linda, who must never sleep, and special mention to the new front of house trainee, whose name I can't remember, such a friendly team. We can't wait to go back.