Three's a Crowd - Harrogate

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   Peter

   London

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Steak was brilliant. The vol au vent pastry was thick, chewy and dense
   

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   Christian

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   All the staff were very attentive and never kept us waiting. Orders came out quickly and the food was great.
   

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   Terry

   Yorkshire

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Ordered 4 meat for two, unfortunately the slices of Turkey and Beaf were wafer thin and not even a one person portion, This made the food feel expensive for the portions were received. On the plus the Yorkshire puddings were good.
   

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   Lesley

   Yorkshire

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 16 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   The service was good. Attentive. The food was nice but I feel expensive for what we received. The coffee was extremely good!
   

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   Sarah

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   We were sat by cold and draughty back doorway. People walking past all the time. The food wasn't the warmest. Meat good. Veg option poor... a tartlet not a pie. We felt rushed by the waitress. Expensive for what it was.
   

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   Louise

   Yorkshire

   6 reviews

   2.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 14 December 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Been here a few times now and although the atmosphere in Three's a Crowd is usually fun, the food is disappointing. A starter "vol au vent" was a small round of puff pastry about 1.5cm tall with a smear of bland mushroom-y sauce on top. A vol au vent is supposed to be deep, rich and flaky. This was soggy. A main of duck breast (you had to have sides with this, as it was basically just the meat) cost £24. It arrived cold and was sent back with apologies from the front of house staff, but took around ten minutes to come back, now slightly overdone. By this time most of the table had finished their main courses. A vegetarian main of butternut squash orzo was bland and also on the tepid side. It's so unimaginative to offer butternut squash as the only vegetarian meal and we noticed that one of the sides was also butternut squash mash, reducing options even further. The serving staff are very pleasant and helpful and the drinks service was attentive. However, two specials were left on the board after having been sold out, raising expectations which were then not met. It wouldn't have been difficult to cross them off. We've tried this place three times and will now give up. Better independent restaurants are available in Harrogate.
   

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   Tracy

   Yorkshire

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 12 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Exceptional staff on a busy night.Went out of their way too make sure you had a wonderful experience.Only bad point was a vastly overpriced Duck egg for a first coarse.
   

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   Lisa

   Berlin

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 8 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a great Sunday dinner, the staff were friendly and service was great. I enjoyed my roast beef and my partner enjoyed the fish and chips. We would recommend it and would return if we visit the area again.
   

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   Gill

   London

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 3 December 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   This is a smart bar/restaurant that promises a lot and delivers very little. The young staff are pleasant but there’s obviously something wrong in the kitchen when you have to wait nearly an hour for your food and when it arrives it’s very disappointing. I’m no expert but I watch Masterchef and I know that a turkey ballotine should be wrapped around a delicious stuffing and served in rounds, not three slices slapped on a plate with some mediocre veg like a lukewarm school dinner. There were no triple cooked chips left (at 7.15pm??) and my mushroom vol-au-vent was tough and dry. The waitress was apologetic and gave us two free drinks and a discounted bill but I would rather have paid full price and had a decent meal. Not sure how they’ve managed to accrue so many good recent reviews on Trip advisor when the one earlier in the year says exactly the same as us. My advice? Have drinks there and eat somewhere else until they get a new chef!
   

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    Kathryn

    Yorkshire

    2 reviews

    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 30 November 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3

    We booked 3 weeks in advance a table for 4 at 7:15. We arrived and were promptly seated. It was busy with a buzzy atmosphere. It took ages for our order to be taken. We were told “it’s really busy, so there’s a wait for food” 10 minutes later after our initial order was taken the waiter came back with menus. One of the starters had gone, along with the main course that 3 of us had selected. We ordered again. We waited around 45 minutes for the starters but the bread that came with the ham hock terrine wasn’t chargrilled it was cremated. At 8:55pm I did politely say to a waitress “we’ve been here since 7:15, we will leave at 9 if our mains aren’t here”. Our main courses then appeared. I felt desperately sorry for the polite young waiting staff, and asked to speak to the manager who immediately came over and deducted 50% off the food which was the correct thing to do. However, our expectations were not managed appropriately throughout the evening and I feel that if I’d not asked to speak to someone no action or apology would’ve been forthcoming. I have eaten here 3 or 4 times previously and this time the experience left all of us feeling underwhelmed to say the least.
    

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