North East Restaurant Guide

Set in a converted Victorian cottage on the fringes of Halifax, overlooking the Pennines, this sophisticated – but unassuming – restaurant is genially run by members of the Evans family.

The Recreation Ground, Halifax, West Yorkshire

A fabulous woodland location at the foot of Roseberry Topping and the Cleveland Hills is one reason why crowds of families and holidaymakers set a course for this bustling bistro.

Whinstone View, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire

Sweet treats are the latest addition to Anthony Flinn's mini empire, which already includes high-flying Anthony's restaurant on Boar Lane and its brasserie brother at Flannels.

37 Queen Victoria Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Monkfish in Ilkley has morphed into the Monkman's Wine Bar and Restaurant with new owners Mike and Joelle at the helm.

3 - 5 Cunliffe Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Diwan-E-Am has been delivering the goods in Hexham since 1983, making it – arguably – the standard bearer for Indian restaurant food to the Tyne Valley.

4-5 County Mills, Hexham, Northumberland

As much of a fixture of Yorkshire life as nearby Headingley Cricket Ground, this legendary venue has been dispensing incomparable fish and chips since John Bryan set up shop in 1934.

9 Weetwood Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Chef Simon Shaw has yo-yoed his way between the north and the metropolis, and cemented his reputation while running the kitchen of Harvey Nichol's Fifth Floor in Knightsbridge.

1 Oldham Road, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire

The finest seaside café in the land never lets its customers down. It is, quite simply, incomparable. Set in a black-and-white merchant's house opposite the fish market, the Magpie has been feeding the crowds since the 1960s – and still they come.

14 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire

Casa Mia's resplendent flagship restaurant is spread over two floors in the city's exclusive Millennium Centre just off Great George Street: it boasts tremendous views and also has extensive al fresco dining facilities, so you can watch the street action, hustle and bustle of the City Centre while enjoying a cappuccino and a brioche, a freshly cooked pizza or a bowl of pasta.

Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Spice Cube guide entry suspended.

The Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear