The pub is a whitewashed cottage in a quiet village, run by Alastair and Claire Ross, where seasonal ingredients are locally sourced and get a gourmet touch. Alastair spent 14 years in London working at The Savoy and Leith's and clearly felt the need to leave the pampered south for a change of scenery.

Imaginative starters may include smoked haddock and steamed Shetland mussels with curry butter sauce and roast quail with wild mushroom tortellini. Main courses continue the tantalisation of taste buds with best end of lamb with Boulangere potatoes and Provençal vegetables, and fillet of turbot with lobster and tarragon cannelloni. The Yorkshire folk certainly do like their puddings, both savoury and sweet, and the Oak Tree doesn't let you down with such sweet treats as wine-poached plums with honey and yoghurt ice-cream, coffee crème brûlée and peanut butter parfait with mocha sorbet and blueberries.