Review on Blue Lion

Built as a shooting lodge in 1840, this gentrified honey-stone inn has been in cracking form since current owner Paul Klein came on the scene during the 1990s. The main bar is immediately welcoming with its untarnished décor, flagstone floors, oak settles and splendid open fireplace, and there's a romantic candlelit restaurant for those who fancy something rather more genteel.

The kitchen goes about its business with serious intent and visitors can choose from the daily blackboard menu or the printed carte. Among the first courses you might find ham hock terrine with split pea purée or Blue Wensleydale and onion tart with tomato chutney. Main also offer plenty of variety, from beef and onion suet pudding with onion gravy to braised masala mutton with cumin sweet potato mash or roast cod with chorizo and sauté potatoes. Desserts tease the palate with - say pineapple tarte Tatin and pineapple sorbet or iced liquorice terrine, and the impressive 100-bin wine list offers a fine selection by the glass.

Blue Lion is also featured in: Michelin Guide, Good Food Guide, AA Guide

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Cuisine

Gastro pub / Modern British

Chef

John Dalby

Restaurant Opening Times

Lunch: 12.00 - 2.00pm Sun
Dinner: 7.00 - 9.30pm Mon-Sun

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card

Online Booking Availability for Blue Lion

Facilities at Blue Lion

  • Alfresco dining
  • Disabled access
  • Private dining room
  • Private parties
  • Vegetarian menu
  • 70 covers
  • Family Friendly

Accomodation

Accomodation is available, (12 rooms)

Parking

Private parking is possible at a location nearby

Address

Blue Lion
East Witton
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8 4SN

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Blue Lion Sample Menu

SAMPLE A LA CARTE MENU

STARTERS
Homemade soup of the day £5.50
Moules mariniere £8.95
Ham hock salad with cornichon vinaigrette and gooseberry chutney £6.95
Twice baked Wensleydale cheese soufflé with chive cream sauce £7.95
Dressed salad of Yellison goats cheese, beetroot and croutons £6.95
Warm onion and Lincolnshire Poacher tart with dressed leaves and
tomato chutney £7.25
Blue Lion black pudding with slow braised pigs cheek and apple salad £7.95
Pan fried king scallops with lemon risotto and crispy leeks £12.00
Blue Wensleydale, cos, walnut salad with croutons and
creamy grain mustard dressing £6.95
Duck liver parfait wrapped in streaky bacon and served with piccalilli £7.25

MAIN COURSES
Homemade tagliatelle carbonara £7.50/£12.95
Potato and thyme rosti with mushroom, garlic and leek fricassee,
served with dressed salad – V £13.50
Bubble and squeak with poached eggs, chive and cherry tomato
butter sauce – V £14.95
Roast butternut squash and pine nut risotto finished with parmesan
and sage – V £14.95
Poached fillet of smoked haddock on a bed of new potatoes,
mushroom and leek cream, soft poached egg and glazed with gruyere £18.95
Slow cooked belly pork, pigs cheek and black pudding scotch egg £19.95
Duo of spring lamb: Slow braised leg with its own sauce and rack of
lamb with tomato and herb crust £23.50
Chargrilled ribeye steak with slow cooked garlic tomato, mushrooms
and hand cut chips £24.95
Roast breast of chicken with mushroom, tarragon, cherry tomato and
broad bean fricassee £17.50
Whole roast grouse with game chips and bread sauce £28.95
Slow cooked ox cheek, horseradish mash, baby onions and thyme with
a red wine sauce £18.95
Beef and Black Sheep suet pudding with red onion gravy
and mashed potato £18.50
Fillets of seabass and red mullet, pan fried with rosemary and served
with tomato and basil risotto £16.50
Sautéed fillet of sea trout with a summer vegetable risotto,
truffle oil and summer truffle £24.95
Sautéed fillet of salmon with tomato compote and potato rosti £16.95
Slow roasted honey glazed duckling with apple gravy (evenings only) £23.95

PUDDING
Iced liquorice terrine with roast fig £6.95
Glazed raspberry crème brûlée £6.95
Dark chocolate mousse with salted caramel and crème fraiche £7.95
Sticky toffee pudding with clotted cream ice cream, butterscotch sauce £6.95
Milk chocolate and amaretto tart with coffee cream and caramel sauce £6.95
Baked meringue with Yorkshire strawberries and strawberry ice cream £6.95
Steamed treacle sponge pudding with vanilla custard £6.95
A selection of homemade ice cream £6.50
A selection of sweets and sauces on one plate £14.25

Savoury
Blue cheese rarebit toasted on homemade walnut bread £6.25

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

Blue Lion Christmas Menu

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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