The Fat Badger Whitby

During our recent stay at the Royal Hotel, we decided to have a light meal one evening. we ordered food from the bar the pizza, fries, salad and wine were tasty and more than met our needs. The bar area is a nice environment and very quirky.

Food was excellent, I had the fillet steak and my husband had the badger burger. We ate in the bar area as it was lunchtime and there was a good atmosphere in there. Decor was modern and lovely. I don’t think the venue had been open long and it was difficult to find as there was nothing outside the Royal Hotel to say the Fat Badger was located there (scaffolding didn’t help). Staff were very pleasant but need to learn some basics - we ordered a cocktail prior to ordering food and it took 25 minutes to get these, one person on bar kept serving other people with pints etc. before making the cocktails. When they did arrive they were tasty. When food arrived, we had no cutlery and asked for some. We received a box with condiments and cutlery in but there was only two forks and a spoon. We asked for some knives which we received, and then a steak knife was also provided. These things should be checked prior to bringing to the customer. A little bit of staff training would sort this out. Having said that, we enjoyed our food and we would return.

Superb bar/restaurant on the west cliff. Beautiful no expense spared interior, great range of cask ales , kegs ect. Relaxing atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit. 👍👌

We had got a Whitby Tour bus ticket which on the reverse had an add for the Fat Badger. As the tour bus ticket has a hop on and off service for 24 hours we decided to try the pub. Note this is situated within the Royal Hotel. The sign is not clear due to scaffolding and renovation work on the outside. Could do with a bigger sign on the scaffold as we missed the entrance and ended up further down the street. We did not realise it was within the Royal Hotel. It was very busy but we found a seat and ordered. Not the cheapest but the food was very good. Would recommend especially if you buy a tour bus ticket and visit on a Monday as there is an offer of a burger and a pint for £14.00. The tour bus stops outside.

My only regret for the meal at the Fat Badger was that I didn’t take pictures of the mains. The food was some of the best I have had not just in Whitby but generally. We had the Kiev folded pizza and the beef burger, both were better than we have had previously at specific restaurants for both. The decor is clean and modern and would almost be intimidating with how posh it looks but this is eased by the excellent service there and the near underpriced food. The staff were all very friendly and exceptionally pleasant. We live around 2 1/2 hours away from Whitby but would easily plan a day trip just to eat there again.