New for 2009 Catch and Cook Courses. Click here for further details. From Hardens UK Restaurants 2007 - “This restaurant with rooms is unanimously hailed for its ‘fantastic fish and seafood’, served in ‘lovely’ surroundings: even the breakfasts here are celebrated for their range and quality”. The Endeavour Restaurant nestles in an old cobbled street at the heart of the picturesque North Yorkshire village of Staithes. Acclaimed by critics and recommended in both the Good Food Guide and the Hardens UK Restaurant Guide, the restaurant offers fine dining and distinctive accommodation in unique surroundings. Our building is over two hundred years old, and retains much of its character with wood panelling and narrow staircases. The small dining room provides an intimate and informal atmosphere. Staithes is still a fishing village, and the restaurant sources fresh crab, lobster, and fish from small local boats, as well as catches from the quays at Whitby and Scarborough. Wherever possible, meat, cheese, and vegetables are also sourced locally from small producers. We specialise in seafood, although meat and vegetarian alternatives are available if requested at the time of booking. We have four double rooms, and private parking in the old village, for diners who wish to stay at the restaurant. All the rooms are fully en-suite; one has views of Cowbar's impressive cliffs; another has panoramic views of the sea and harbour. Dinner, Bed and Breakfast rates are available for midweek stays of two nights or more. Click here to see the restaurant's reviews and awards... We are now offering lunches on Fridays and Saturdays between 12.30 and 2pm. £18 two courses, £21 three courses, booking essential. We are offering a year-round a la carte dinner BB deal with prices ranging from £135-£150 per room per night. Tues-Fri only, minimum two nights stay, eating both nights. Offer excludes all drinks and we ask for a small supplement for lobster. The Endeavour Restaurant Chefs/Proprietors Brian Kay Charlotte Willoughby Tel: 01947 840825 Email: endeavour.restaurant@virgin.net whitekite digital design

View more pictures from this trip. Register your interest in these courses. From April to September, 2009, the Restaurant will be running a series of two day residential Catch and Cook Courses, covering seafood cookery from rod to table. Although there will be an element of demonstration, active participation will be encouraged at all stages of the course, including the preparation of dinner for your partner or friends! Courses will begin, weather permitting, with a fishing trip in local waters, although alternative activities will be available for those who do not wish to fish. In bad weather, fishing will be replaced by either an early morning trip to Whitby Quay for the fish auction, or purchasing from our local wholesaler, Whitby Seafish, and/or Tim Turnbulls Live Lobsters. Fresh fish and shellfish will be used in the kitchen to demonstrate filleting, boning, skinning, scaling and other techniques, the process of stock and sauce preparation used in the restaurant, and the preparatory stages of salting and smoking. Instruction will also be given on other aspects of preparation essential to the delivery of a three course seafood dinner in a restaurant environment. Dinner on the night of arrival will be prepared and served for you, but on subsequent nights participants will be invited to work in the kitchen under supervision to produce the evenings meal, hopefully from the catch prepared during the day. The maximum party size for any course will be eight people, although tuition will rarely comprise more than four people at any one time. No previous experience is required to take part, although an interest in seafood and cooking is obviously helpful. All specialised equipment will be provided, but participants should bring suitable outdoor clothing for fishing wellingtons, waterproofs, etc. Full details will be provided on booking. The course will cost between £600 and £620 per room (depending on choice of room) which includes boat fees, two days tuition, three nights accommodation in a double en-suite room, private parking, breakfasts, and a three course dinner each evening. to register an interest, and full details and dates will be sent as soon as the course programme is finalised...

Our four rooms provide distinctive, individual accommodation. All are double en suite rooms with TV, video and/or DVD player, extensive film libraries, tea and coffee making facilities, a welcome sherry, and complimentary mineral water. We enjoy a late breakfast and hope you do too! Breakfast is served between 9.15 and 10.00 am. The sea-cliff view from one of our rooms. Please note, although the restaurant is closed on Sundays, the rooms are available on a bed and breakfast basis on Sunday night to residents who have already stayed on Saturday night. £80-£95 per night per room. Special Rates for Two Nights or More: Dinner (three course a la carte), Bed, Breakfast and Parking: £135-£150 per night per room (eating both nights). Dinner Bed and Breakfast offer applies from Tuesday to Friday only. We are featured in the Hardens UK Restaurant Guide to read what our critics say about us...

How to find the Endeavour. Dinner is normally served between 7.00pm and 9.30pm from Tuesday to Saturday except on Bank Holidays when we are also open on Sunday evenings. Advance Booking is essential. To reserve a table or room please contact Brian or Charlotte by telephone: Don't forget to leave your name, telephone number, and the date you wish to visit us. Although we are happy to answer queries by email, we only accept bookings for meals or accommodation over the phone. The Endeavour is a very small business comprising four letting rooms and six dining tables, and we turn a lot of business away in order to honour bookings. Unfortuantely, due to the demand on our rooms, it has become apparent that some bookings are being made on a speculative basis and subsequently cancelled at short notice. Cancellations are potentially devastating to our viability, and late cancellations are ruinous, particularly with regard to accommodation, and we have had to act to make our business less vulnerable. For all accommodation bookings, we now ask for the first night to be paid in full as a deposit. Where only one room has been booked, we will refund the deposit if we are given a weeks; notice of cancellation. If more than one room is booked, we will refund the deposit if given two weeks; notice of cancellation. If all other circumstances, the deposit will only be refunded, or credited against a future booking, if we manage to re-let the room. We are sorry to have to impose these conditions on bookings, but trust that they will cause no concern to anyone booking in good faith. http://www.whitekite.co.uk

Here are just a few of the comments independent food critics have made about the restaurant in recent months. If you would like to send us comments on your own experience, BBC Good Food Magazine, August 2007. Top 30 Best Seafood Restaurants in Britain. Sunday Times, July 2007. Top three restaurants to eat fish in the UK. Daily Telegraph July 2007. Top 30 Seaside Restaurants in Britain. Hardens UK Restaurants 2007. This restaurant with rooms is unanimously hailed for its fantastic fish and seafood, served in lovely surroundings: even the breakfasts here are celebrated for their range and quality. A nightly changing menu of impressive sophistication in a cosy candelit dining room Daily Telegraph, 2006. The Endeavour is small, intimate, and worth every cobbled step to get there Which Good Food Guide 2006. The place is run with an appealing absence of flourish, the formidable quality of the ingredients and cooking allowed to speak for themselves Time Out Eating and Drinking in Great Britain 2005. The Endeavour delivers the freshest, most sophisticated seafood on Yorkshires coast. Shortlisted for UK Restaurant of the Year in the Annual Observer Food Magazine Awards (2005)

Weather, and seasonal availability, often shape our menu which changes daily. Lobster is usually available at market price but must be ordered 24 hours in advance. Below is a recent sample menu, but please note that meat and vegetarian alternatives to seafood must be requested in advance at the time of booking. Two courses £26 Three courses £29. Kir Royale (Cava and Creme de Cassis) Bloody Mary Oyster Shooter. Creamed Fennel Soup (V) Provencale Fish Soup King Scallops, Dusted in Oven Dried Coral, Seared and served on a Rich Risotto Stir Fried King Prawns with a Soy, Sherry and Honey Sauce Six Fresh Oysters on the Half Shell with Lumpfish Caviar, Horseradish Cream and a Shot of Frozen Vodka A Smooth Blend of Naturally Smoked Haddock, Potato and Garlic (Brandade) served with Fingers of Toast and Marinated Olives Warm Salad of Rare Duck Breast and Caramelised Pears Cherry Tomato Tart in Olive Oil and Lavender (V). Seared Turbot Fillet on Caramelised Mixed Peppers, Local Squid, and Garlic Confit with a Lemon Butter Jus Prime Whitby Halibut Fillet crusted in Natural Sesame Seeds, Roasted, and Served with a Lime and Cumin Sauce Red Mullet Fillets wrapped in Crisped Parma Ham and served with a Romesco Sauce Cioppino (a Tomato Based Casserole) of Local Halibut, Ling, King Scallops, Squid, and King Prawn Sirloin Steak Roulade stuffed with Brandied Raisins and Pine Nuts and Served with a Tomato Sauce Steamed Portobello Mushroom filled with a Lentil Bolognese and served with a Rich Red Wine Sauce (V). Tonights Complimentary Bread and Accompaniments: Multigrain Rolls, Honey Rolls, Ginger Butter, and Anchovy and Olive Tapenade. All main courses include a selection of vegetables. Creme Brulee with Spiced Plums (V) Lemon Mousse with Cream (V) Pave De Chocolat Layers of White Chocolate Mousse and Dark Chocolate Mousse on a Chocolate Sponge topped with Raspberries and Blueberries (V) Apple and Mincemeat Crumble with Cream (V) A Selection of Regional Cheese with Grapes and Spiced Bread (V). An Assiette of Creme Brulee, Spiced Plums, Lemon Mousse, Espresso Cake, And Pave De Chocolat (£3 supplement). Dessert Wines by the Glass (8cl): Nivole Moscato £3.50 DArenburg Noble Riesling: £4.50 37.5 cl Bottle £13.50 37.5 cl Bottle £19.95 A Glass of Port £2.00 or Late Bottled Vintage Port £2.50. Featured After Dinner Drink Angostura 1919 Premium Rum. A Pot of Tea, or Espresso, Latte, Cappucino or Cafetiere of Coffee with Home Made Chocolates 2.25 p.p. All our dishes, breads, and chocolates are made on the premises from raw ingredients. To the best of our knowledge, none of them contain genetically modified foodstuffs but some may contain raw eggs please ask for advice if you are concerned about this. We cater for food allergies and can advise on our daily menu, but choice may be severely restricted if we have not been given prior notice. All meat is served pink unless otherwise requested. Our prices include VAT at 17.5%. Service is not included, and our credit card slips are closed. If you wish to leave a gratuity on a card, please tell your server before they begin a card transaction. In this restaurant, all tips go to the staff.

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 Dinner may be served in the room
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