Guidebook for York

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Guidebook for York

Food Scene

It would be a crime to come to York and not visit Betty's!
147 locals recommend
Bettys Café Tea Rooms
6-8 St. Helen’s Square
147 locals recommend
It would be a crime to come to York and not visit Betty's!
You might just get a seat here if the other Betty's is full...
147 locals recommend
Bettys Café Tea Rooms
6-8 St. Helen’s Square
147 locals recommend
You might just get a seat here if the other Betty's is full...
Right next door, and delicious!
11 locals recommend
Filmore & Union
62A Low Petergate
11 locals recommend
Right next door, and delicious!
Fabulous cakes, sandwiches and sausage rolls on the go...
Thomas The Baker
12 Kings Square
Fabulous cakes, sandwiches and sausage rolls on the go...
Fantastic bacon sandwiches, soups, coffees and all kinds of cakes. The meringues are a work of art!
22 locals recommend
Mannion & Co
1 Blake St
22 locals recommend
Fantastic bacon sandwiches, soups, coffees and all kinds of cakes. The meringues are a work of art!
Reliable for those visiting with children.
22 locals recommend
Pizza Express
22 locals recommend
Reliable for those visiting with children.
Great food, good value, good service. And a local gem.
37 locals recommend
Cafe No.8 Bistro
8 Gillygate
37 locals recommend
Great food, good value, good service. And a local gem.
Avocado on toast!!! Quirky restaurant/cafe - my teenage son's favourite.
41 locals recommend
Partisan
112 Micklegate
41 locals recommend
Avocado on toast!!! Quirky restaurant/cafe - my teenage son's favourite.
Pricey, but has a Michelin star. Food is excellent (lots of 'small plates').
73 locals recommend
Skosh
98 Micklegate
73 locals recommend
Pricey, but has a Michelin star. Food is excellent (lots of 'small plates').
Kind of a wine bar and kind of a restaurant. Great service, and lovely wines.
26 locals recommend
Pairings Wine Bar
28 Castlegate
26 locals recommend
Kind of a wine bar and kind of a restaurant. Great service, and lovely wines.
Delicious all round, and decent value. The sherry flight is fab.
32 locals recommend
Ambiente Tapas Goodramgate
14 Goodramgate
32 locals recommend
Delicious all round, and decent value. The sherry flight is fab.

Sightseeing

Choral Evensong is the highlight of the day.
132 locals recommend
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York
Deangate
132 locals recommend
Choral Evensong is the highlight of the day.
Small, but massively interesting. Excellent for children.
14 locals recommend
Barley Hall
2 Coffee Yard
14 locals recommend
Small, but massively interesting. Excellent for children.
Unmissable, and more or less on the doorstep.
91 locals recommend
Shambles
Shambles
91 locals recommend
Unmissable, and more or less on the doorstep.

Parks & Nature

Great for children.
85 locals recommend
Rowntree Park
Terry Avenue
85 locals recommend
Great for children.
Gorgeous park. Ideal for a picnic.
127 locals recommend
Museum Gardens
Museum Street
127 locals recommend
Gorgeous park. Ideal for a picnic.

Essentials

19 locals recommend
Tesco Express
Goodramgate
19 locals recommend
103 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
63 Boar Ln
103 locals recommend
103 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
63 Boar Ln
103 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

118 locals recommend
York Art Gallery
Exhibition Square
118 locals recommend
Great for children, especially on a wet day. The dungeons were my children's particular favourite.
126 locals recommend
York Castle Museum
Tower Street
126 locals recommend
Great for children, especially on a wet day. The dungeons were my children's particular favourite.
60 locals recommend
Yorkshire Museum
60 locals recommend
DIG: An Archaeological Adventure
Saint Saviourgate
7 locals recommend
181 locals recommend
Jorvik Viking Centre
19 Coppergate
181 locals recommend
Richard III Experience at Monk Bar
Monk Bar Court
6 locals recommend
The Stained Glass Centre, St. Martin's Church
49 Micklegate

Everything Else

National Railway Museum (Main Entrance) station
24 locals recommend
National Trust - Treasurer's House, York
Minster Yard
10 locals recommend
62 locals recommend
York's Chocolate Story
3-4 Kings Square
62 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

79 locals recommend
The Star Inn the City
Museum Street
79 locals recommend