Restaurant in Beverley, United Kingdom
Serious cooking at a three-course price point.
Westwood earns its 2025 Michelin Plate with confident Modern British cooking inside a Grade II listed former courthouse in Beverley. At £££, it is the strongest case for a serious dinner in town — and with a 4.8 Google rating across 510 reviews, it is consistent enough to book for a special occasion without hesitation. Plan two to three weeks ahead for a weekend table.
510 Google reviews averaging 4.8 stars is a number that commands attention in any dining context. In Beverley, a market town more often associated with its Minster than its restaurant scene, it signals that Westwood on New Walk is doing something worth making a trip for. The Michelin Plate awarded in 2025 confirms the kitchen is cooking at a level that inspires confidence before you walk through the door. If you are visiting Beverley for the first time and you only have one serious dinner in you, this is where to spend it.
The room itself does a lot of work. Westwood occupies one wing of a Grade II listed former courthouse, and the architecture gives the space a seriousness that purpose-built restaurant interiors rarely achieve. High ceilings, period stonework, and the structural weight of a listed building create a backdrop that feels appropriate for a meal you are actually paying attention to. In warmer months, the sheltered courtyard terrace adds an outdoor option that retains the same contained, considered atmosphere rather than spilling onto a busy pavement. For a first visit, the interior is the better choice: it reads as the more considered space and gives you the full sense of what Westwood is doing with its setting. The courtyard is worth knowing about for a long summer lunch.
Westwood is run by twins Michele and Matthew, whose approach sits at the sensible intersection of traditional and modern. The menu mixes familiar British dishes with more creative, contemporary choices, which means the kitchen is not asking you to commit entirely to either register. That is a practical advantage: it works for diners who want something grounded and legible alongside those who want to see what the kitchen can actually do. The Modern British label covers a broad range, from [L'Enclume in Cartmel](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/lenclume-cartmel-restaurant) at one end of the ambition spectrum to gastropub-level cooking at the other. Westwood sits comfortably in the serious middle ground: technically attentive, seasonally driven, and without the performative complexity that makes some tasting menus feel more like theatre than dinner.
The menu's mix of traditional and creative dishes means it responds to the seasons in a way that genuinely affects what you should prioritise on any given visit. Modern British cooking at this level relies on British produce at its most expressive, which points toward specific windows: spring lamb and forced rhubarb in late winter and early spring; asparagus and lighter fish preparations from May onward; game and root vegetables through autumn and into winter. The sheltered courtyard terrace becomes relevant from late spring through September, and a warm-weather lunch out there is a different experience from a winter dinner inside. If you are planning a visit specifically around seasonal produce, autumn is arguably the strongest window for Modern British cooking of this type: the larder is at its widest, and kitchens that work with seasonal rotation tend to be at their most inventive in October and November. For a first-timer who cannot choose their timing, trust the menu's traditional dishes as the anchor and use the more creative options to read what the kitchen is currently excited about.
On what to order: without specific current menu data, the reliable approach at a Michelin Plate restaurant running a seasonal menu is to ask the front-of-house team what has come in that week. At a restaurant run with the personal investment that twin ownership implies, that question tends to get a genuine answer rather than a scripted one. Avoid anchoring too hard to dishes you have read about elsewhere; at a kitchen that rotates with the seasons, last month's menu is not a reliable guide to tonight's.
At £££, Westwood is a three-course-dinner-out price point rather than a special-occasion splurge. That is the right framing for what it delivers: serious cooking in a remarkable setting, without the £££££ commitment that London's comparable rooms require. For context, the Modern British restaurants that hold comparable or higher Michelin recognition in major UK cities are priced at ££££ as a floor. Westwood's ££££ pricing in a Yorkshire market town represents straightforwardly better value per pound spent than most of its award-credentialed peers. The 4.8 rating across 510 reviews suggests the kitchen is consistent enough that the price-to-quality ratio holds across visits, not just on a good night.
With a 4.8 rating and Michelin recognition in a town with limited fine-dining competition, Westwood books out. Treat this as moderate-difficulty booking: plan at least two to three weeks ahead for a weekend table, and further in advance if you are targeting a specific date such as a Saturday or a seasonal moment like the Christmas period. Weekday tables are more accessible. There is no phone number in the public record; check the venue's website directly for the current reservation method. Walk-in availability is possible mid-week but unreliable enough that it should not be your plan A.
Beverley does not have a deep bench of serious restaurants. Westwood is, by the evidence available, the restaurant that justifies a trip to the town in its own right rather than as an incidental addition to a visit. If you are travelling from elsewhere in Yorkshire or the wider north of England specifically for a dining occasion, it holds up alongside regional peers. [Moor Hall in Aughton](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/moor-hall-aughton-restaurant) sits at a higher level of ambition and price; [Hand and Flowers in Marlow](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/hand-and-flowers-marlow-restaurant) offers a useful comparison for what confident, award-recognised British cooking looks like at a similar price tier. Within Beverley itself, Westwood operates without a direct competitor at this level, which means booking it is a simple decision rather than a close call. For the full picture of what else the town offers, see [our full Beverley restaurants guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/beverley), [our full Beverley bars guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/bars/beverley), and [our full Beverley hotels guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/hotels/beverley).
Yes, at £££ it represents strong value for Michelin Plate-recognised Modern British cooking. Comparable award-credentialed restaurants in London or Manchester operate at ££££ as a starting point. You are getting a serious, technically attentive kitchen in a genuinely impressive listed building at a price that does not require a special justification beyond wanting a good dinner.
The menu mixes traditional British dishes with more creative options. For a first visit, use the traditional dishes as your anchor and select one or two of the more creative choices to see what the kitchen is currently doing. Ask the front-of-house team what is freshest that week , at a seasonally driven restaurant run by owners rather than a management group, that question gets a real answer. Avoid arriving with a fixed list of dishes from older reviews; the menu rotates with the seasons.
The setting does a lot of the work: a Grade II listed former courthouse on New Walk is worth arriving five minutes early to appreciate. The menu is approachable rather than challenging , you are not being asked to take a risk on highly abstract cooking. Book ahead (two to three weeks minimum for weekends), confirm the reservation method via the website, and if the weather is warm, ask about the courtyard terrace. Beverley itself is compact, so the restaurant is easy to reach from the town centre on foot. For broader context on the town, see [our full Beverley restaurants guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/beverley).
There is no confirmed bar-dining option in the available data for Westwood. The venue operates as a restaurant rather than a bar-and-dining hybrid. If a bar or informal counter is something you specifically want, check directly with the restaurant when booking. For Beverley's bar options more broadly, see [our full Beverley bars guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/bars/beverley).
There is no confirmed tasting menu format in the available data , Westwood's menu mixes traditional and creative dishes rather than being structured as a set tasting progression. If a tasting menu is your preferred format, confirm with the restaurant directly before booking. If you want a dedicated tasting menu experience in the wider region, [Moor Hall in Aughton](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/moor-hall-aughton-restaurant) or [L'Enclume in Cartmel](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/lenclume-cartmel-restaurant) are the benchmark options, though both sit at a higher price tier.
Yes, and it is one of the stronger cases for it in the region at this price tier. The courthouse setting provides a level of visual and architectural occasion that most restaurants cannot replicate, and the Michelin Plate recognition gives it the credibility to anchor a birthday dinner, anniversary, or similar event. At £££ rather than ££££, it delivers occasion-restaurant quality without requiring the full-commitment spend. Book early for Saturday evenings, which will be the first dates to go.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood | £££ | Moderate | — |
| CORE by Clare Smyth | ££££ | Unknown | — |
| Restaurant Gordon Ramsay | ££££ | Unknown | — |
| Sketch, The Lecture Room and Library | ££££ | Unknown | — |
| The Ledbury | ££££ | Unknown | — |
| Dinner by Heston Blumenthal | ££££ | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Westwood and alternatives.
Yes, at £££ it sits at a three-course-dinner-out price point rather than a special-occasion splurge, which makes the value case straightforward. A Michelin Plate in 2025 and a 4.8 average across 510 Google reviews confirm the cooking delivers at that level. For the quality on offer in a market town with limited serious competition, it overdelivers relative to price.
The menu from twins Michele and Matthew mixes traditional British dishes with more creative, modern choices — lean toward the creative end, where the kitchen's ambition is most visible. No specific dishes are confirmed in available records, so ask the front-of-house what's driving the menu on the day you visit. The seasonal tilt means the answer will genuinely differ depending on when you go.
Book ahead — a 4.8 rating with Michelin recognition in a town without a deep bench of serious restaurants means tables go. The venue is inside a Grade II listed former courthouse on New Walk, so the setting does real work before the food arrives. There is also a sheltered courtyard terrace, worth requesting for lunch if you're visiting in warmer months.
Bar seating is not confirmed in available records for Westwood. Given the courthouse setting and the way the space is described, it operates primarily as a sit-down restaurant rather than a bar-forward room. check the venue's official channels before assuming informal perch dining is an option.
A tasting menu format is not confirmed in the available venue data for Westwood. The menu is described as mixing traditional and modern dishes, which points more toward an à la carte or set-menu structure than a lengthy tasting sequence. If a tasting menu is a priority, verify with the restaurant directly before booking.
Yes, more so than the price point alone would suggest. The Grade II listed courthouse setting, the Michelin Plate credential, and the sheltered courtyard terrace give it the atmosphere that makes a meal feel considered rather than routine. For Beverley and the wider East Yorkshire area, it is the obvious answer for a birthday, anniversary, or celebratory dinner.
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