On side street adjacent to Brown's department store the pub was built in the 1930s as a John Smith's house and has been run by the same family since 1972. It comprises three areas: a bar with a period brick fireplace and bentwood seating, a front lounge with an open fire, and a rear snug. The good-value, home-cooked lunches are popular. Guest accommodation is in six purpose-built self-contained rooms to the rear. Three regular cask ales and two changing cask ales plus a real cider on handpump. Close to Beverley bus station. Dog friendly at all times in bar and after food service in the lounge.