Restaurant Weeks provide a new opportunity for restaurants, cafes and bars across North Yorkshire to attract residents and visitors to try out somewhere new to eat, at an affordable price.

The Restaurant Week format is a popular and effective way of driving new footfall to businesses. Towns and cities across the UK including Leeds and York, host restaurant weeks that have shown increased participation year-on-year.

The objectives of a Restaurant Week are:

• Attract new customers to your business
• Boost awareness of your food and drink offer
• Create regular repeat customers for your business

How It Works

Set Price Points

Participating businesses commit to provide special set price menus throughout the week at one of five fixed price points – £10, £15, £20, £25 or £30.

The set menu format is the most effective way of presenting your offer e.g. two courses for £15; two mains and two drinks for £20 – however that works for your business.

Learning from Successful Restaurant Weeks

Customer feedback shows that the best performing offers are:

• Clear and easy to understand
• Perceived to be good value/high quality
• Experience at the venue matches their expectations
• Not too many restrictive terms and conditions
• Unique to Restaurant Week

Eligibility Criteria 

• All businesses listed on the Visit North Yorkshire website are eligible to participate in Restaurant Week. 

• We partner with a local radio station for each Restaurant Week to host the offers. Businesses can submit offers by a Google Form which becomes available a few weeks prior the start of each Restaurant Week.  

• Visit North Yorkshire will use submitted information to promote your business, and submit this to the radio station, where the offer is available for customers to download.  To get the most from our promotion make sure you  have a listing on visitnorthyorkshire.com. 

Harrogate area Restaurant Week

​Harrogate Restaurant Week is returning this autumn from 6 – 12 October, in conjunction with HarrogateBID and Your Harrogate radio station. 

We would like to thank every business that took part in 2023 and 2024 and look forward to welcoming you back this year. 

Terms of Participation

• The cost of participation is £99. 

• Harrogate BID has covered costs for its members.  (Businesses still need a listing on the Visit North Yorkshire website) 

• Harrogate area Restaurant Week submissions will re-open in August 2025.  

Helmsley & the Howardian Hills Restaurant Week 

The first Helmsley and the Howardian Hills Restaurant Week will take place from 23 February – 1 March 2026, following their award as Most Exciting Food Destination in the Good Food Guide 2024.  It will focus on food producers who work with local farmers to create delicious locally sourced dishes. 

Helmsley restaurant week is being delivered in conjunction with the Howardian Hills National Landscape, Helmsley Town Council, North Yorkshire Council and York Mix radio station. 

Terms of Participation

• Participation in Restaurant Week is covered for businesses in Helmsley, the Howardian Hills, and the surrounding area.  (Businesses still need a listing on the Visit North Yorkshire website) 

• Submissions will open later this year