Magpie Café

The Magpie Cafe is housed in a distinctive black and white building overlooking the harbour for you to enjoy the fabulous views of Whitby at the same time as sampling a wide selection of meals.

The Magpie Cafe is known throughout North Yorkshire and beyond as one of the finest fish restaurants in the area. One of the things every visitor to Whitby notices is the queue outside Magpie in all weathers and seasons to sample the finest fish dishes in Yorkshire. The fish and chips, seafood chowder and other excellent fish dishes sets The Magpie apart and their reputation is based on the good quality of the food and service they provide to their guests.
The Magpie Café has a long association with fishing and the shipping industry. It was built in 1750 as a Merchant’s House and during its history was owned by a member of the Scoresby whaling family and was for a time the pilotage where the pilots would wait for orders to bring vessels into the harbour.