The Half Moon Public House,

Main Street, Skidby

Our Mystery Diners visit the Half Moon, Main Street, Skidby

Good Food - Huge Portions - Great Value!
Well its been a long time since I visited this month’s venue, probably 18 years, so I have to say, I was looking forward to it. The Half Moon in Skidby is a well established village pub located just on Main Street as you enter the village from Cottingham or Beverley.

It has a reputation for good "pub grub" and a well kept cellar, and has always been a popular destination for pub lovers. It's a typical village pub and has a large carpark at the rear to welcome its visitors. Not having been for a while, we decided to book a table for Sunday lunch just to be on the safe side and our party of four arrived at 1.00 pm, finding the car park relatively empty.

As you enter the pub you get the impression of a cozy village pub with dark wood in abundance. We were shown to our table and handed the Sunday lunch menu and ordered our drinks, which were promptly delivered by our pleasant and helpful waitress. Looking around the tidy dining area, over half the tables were taken with a wide range of age groups all enjoying the food.
The Sunday Lunch menu is fairly limited, with only one starter, Vegetable soup, three roasts, Beef, Pork or Chicken as well as Homemade Steak Pie. All the mains are served with a selection of fresh vegetables, mash and roast potato and of course Yorkshire puddings.

Having seen the size of the main courses coming out we decided to skip the soup, but were told it was delicious, and just ordered the main course. Without discussion we all ordered the Roast Scotch Beef with all the trimmings and they arrived very quickly.

Now at this point I have to say you need to be hungry to eat here, because the plates were overflowing with three thick tender slices of home cooked beef, mash, roasts, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, Yorkshire pudding and courgettes and a lovely thick gravy. If the other meats are as good as the beef you will not be disappointed.

If I have one criticism it is that the roast potatoes appeared to be of the frozen variety, but that is only a minor concern but with all the other vegetables being fresh, surely they could be as well. That said none of us left anything on our plates!!

We have eaten Sunday lunch in many pubs in the area and have always felt they never live up to their "home cooked" label. This meal came the closest we have tried and at a price that we feel is very reasonable. Main courses only are £6.25 and if you have a starter it is an extra pound, very good value for the size and quality of the food. If you can find room after the main course, there is also a limited sweet menu to enjoy.

Just a comment on the service which was very attentive, quick but unobtrusive and polite, which is not always the case in some pubs and restaurants. Well done.

By this time the pub had filled up with only one empty table so obviously it is still a very popular place to come to for Sunday lunch.

The total cost was also a nice surprise, coming to just under
£34 for four with drinks, so it’s not a place that will break the bank.

If you haven't been out for Sunday Lunch for a while, then I think the Half Moon in Skidby would be a great place for you to try either as a couple or a group. You won’t be disappointed.
We have already discussed revisiting this pub the next tune we have family come to visit and will try the weekday menu next time.

Telephone 01482 843043 for further information.