Beer battered haddock
£17.50Line caught haddock in a batter made with our house pale ale, triple cooked chips, mushy peas, tartare.
PUB & KITCHEN · HARROGATE
Proper food, good beer, a warm welcome.
Seasonal plates cooked from scratch, cask ales from local breweries and a roaring fire all winter long.
Since 1782
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A coaching inn that never stopped pouring.
The Lantern & Hare started life as a stop for coaches heading up to the spa. Two hundred and forty years later the flagstones are still here, so is the inglenook, and so, on most evenings, is someone telling a story at the end of the bar.
We are a free house, which means no brewery tells us what to pour. We buy from small Yorkshire breweries we know by name, cook everything in our own kitchen, and change the menu when the seasons do.
6cask ales on handpump
24miles, the furthest our beef travels
1very big fireplace
From the kitchen this week
Our head chef Tom writes the menu around what the farms and the boats send us. Here are three of this week's favourites.
Nidderdale lamb rack
£26.00Pink lamb rack, crushed new potatoes, roasted carrots, salsa verde and a proper lamb jus.
Chocolate and stout cake
£8.50Dark chocolate sponge made with our winter porter, salted caramel, clotted cream.
On the bar tonight
Six handpumps, all Yorkshire.
Cellar kept by Dan, who has been looking after our beer for eleven years. Ask for a taster before you commit, everyone does.
- Stray Gold3.9% · £4.80Our house pale. Light, citrusy, made for us by a brewery six miles up the road.
- Knaresborough Best Bitter4.1% · £4.90Copper coloured, biscuity, the one the regulars order without looking.
- Valley Fog Porter4.8% · £5.20Roasted coffee and dark chocolate. Best enjoyed by the fire.
- Guest aleChanges weeklySomething new from a small Yorkshire brewer every Wednesday.
Every Sunday, 12 to 6pm
The roast people drive across Yorkshire for.
£24.50three courses, or £18.95 for the roast alone
- Dry aged topside, pork belly, free range chicken or a nut roast
- Yorkshire puddings the size of your head, on every plate
- Goose fat roast potatoes and a jug of gravy you can keep
Coming up at the Hare
See the full month5Nov · Thu
Bonfire night
Mulled cider and parkin
Warm up before the fireworks on the Stray. Mulled cider from the hatch and Mum's sticky parkin.
6Nov · Fri
Live music
Acoustic Friday: Holly Marsh
Folk songs and a few covers from a Leeds singer songwriter, by the fire.
10Nov · Tue
Quiz
The Tuesday quiz
Teams of up to six. Bar tab for the winners and a wooden spoon for last place.
Dog friendly bar
Bring the dog.
Water bowls by the door, a jar of biscuits behind the bar and a fireside rug that our own dog, Bramble, will happily share.
October to April
The fire is lit.
Our 18th century inglenook burns from opening until close all winter. The armchairs beside it go quickly, so book table 4 if you want one.
Kind words from our regulars
★★★★★
"The best Sunday roast in Harrogate and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. Those Yorkshires."
★★★★★
"Proper pub. Good beer kept well, staff who remember your name, and the dog gets more fuss than I do."
★★★★★
"Came for one at the acoustic night, stayed for the haddock and three more. Lovely evening."
Inside the Hare
Low beams, worn flagstones, a long oak bar and plenty of corners to settle into.
Come and find us
Five minutes from the station, a world away.
Tucked down Coppergate Row, just off the Stray. Walk ins always welcome in the bar. For the dining room, especially on Sundays, we'd book.
- Monday to Thursday12pm to 11pm
- Friday and Saturday12pm to midnight
- Sunday12pm to 10.30pm
- Kitchen12 to 9pm