Favorite Restaurants in Harrogate (Part 1)

If you are coming to Harrogate to visit us... you are in for a treat! In addition to all of the great day trips, Harrogate has some pretty great restaurants.  As we have moved over here and have lived in a hotel for almost 5 weeks, the government has provided per diem (money for food and basic needs) - that has enabled us to try many of the restaurants in town.  Below are a few of the local highlights

La Oliva

This doesn't look fancy from the street, but the Spanish tapas are incredible.  They have a lightly seared tuna on fresh guacamole that is amazing!  Their patatas bravas (my favorite standard tapa) are the most flavorful I have tried.  Top it off with the best red sangria and a lava cake for dessert...hands down our favorite!

Deano's Graze and Grill

This is a neat restaurant that has inventive tapas OR steaks.  So far, we have just tried the tapas - which are more like world-wide small plates!  We really loved the "DIY" taco with peri peri chicken and their meatballs with mozarella gnocchi. The environment and serve were excellent here and the wine prices were very reasonable.  I look forward to taking guests back here soon!

Royal Baths Chinese 

The atmosphere of this restaurant is what makes it stand out - it is housed in the old Turkish Baths building and has an incredible vaulted ceiling and amazing stand out painting.  We came here for Sunday brunch and enjoyed a number of different dishes on their buffet.  Pro Tip: Arriving at 1 will allow you to try all of their food (since it will have been brought out, but still have it fresh!).  Their pork dumplings were the best I have ever had and their crispy duck on rice rounds were amazing.  This is a neat Harrogate-only experience