We decided to have dinner out on Easter Saturday as a family. We live locally and so decided to walk down to the Knaresborough Inn for some food. We had been in for drinks many times before and had always been great. We ordered a few starters to share and our mains. We waited a while for starters and when they arrived, we noticed that one starter only had three small, already unwrapped prawns on-which for £12 is absolutely nuts, considering the quality! The rest of the starters were decent, however we had not even finished and the mains were already arriving at the table, so the staff had no room to put plates down and was very disorganised. Furthermore, only two out of the five mains had arrived and one of them which had arrived, a chicken and pearl couscous salad, the couscous was slimy and crunchy (undercooked) and the chicken breast on the salad was unbelievably dry. At this point, still only two out of the five mains had made it to the table and we ended up having to wait around 15 minutes for the rest of the mains to arrive at the table, one of which they had got the order wrong (pie had been requested with chips-not mash). Staff were very apologetic and you could see that they were embarrassed, however this did not stop us leaving much earlier than planned-just decided to pay the bill and leave, without more drinks and dessert. When we got home, I noticed that the Inn is hiring both a new head chef and Bar supervisor, meaning that there is very little quality control or standards-very visible from our visit. In conclusion, for easier, cheaper, faster and nicer food in Knaresborough-visit Carriages on the high street or Two Brothers in the market square!