The View Restaurant

You walk up Blenheim Terrace and suddenly you're perched above the seafront with the whole sweep of Scarborough Bay laid out in front of you. The View doesn't mess about with its name—this is genuinely one of the best vantage points in town, especially when the light's doing that golden thing in the late afternoon. Inside, it's proper grown-up dining without being stuffy: the kind of place where locals take their parents when they want to impress, or where you'd book a table for someone's birthday and actually feel like you've made an effort. The kitchen knows what it's doing with seasonal British cooking—nothing too fancy, just well-executed stuff that lets good ingredients do the talking.