Guidebook for York

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Guidebook for York

Food Scene

Good food and lovely garden
409 locals recommend
York
409 locals recommend
Good food and lovely garden
Good wholesome vegetarian food.
14 locals recommend
Goji Cafe Vegetarian Cafe & Deli
36 Goodramgate
14 locals recommend
Good wholesome vegetarian food.
Vegan and vegetarian
6 locals recommend
El Piano York
15-17 Grape Ln
6 locals recommend
Vegan and vegetarian
Fantastic Argentinean Steak
17 locals recommend
El Gaucho
48 Walmgate
17 locals recommend
Fantastic Argentinean Steak
Great little Italian, great atmosphere and good food.
23 locals recommend
Il Paradiso Del Cibo
40 Walmgate
23 locals recommend
Great little Italian, great atmosphere and good food.
Lovely Thai food
15 locals recommend
Khao San Road
50-52 Walmgate
15 locals recommend
Lovely Thai food
Gorgeous traditional Polish food.
28 locals recommend
Barbakan Restaurant & Cafe
34 Fossgate
28 locals recommend
Gorgeous traditional Polish food.
Authentic food all prepared from scratch.
Oshibi Korean Bistro & BBQ
9 Fossgate
Authentic food all prepared from scratch.
Great Thai food
Siam House
63A Goodramgate
Great Thai food
Has good reviews but haven't tried it myself
The Blind Swine
Has good reviews but haven't tried it myself
Cabra Verde
5 Lendal
Tapas
Locally sourced, arrive before 6.15 for early bird deal.
26 locals recommend
Melton's Restaurant
7 Scarcroft Rd
26 locals recommend
Locally sourced, arrive before 6.15 for early bird deal.
Lovely cafe with a library to boot.
7 locals recommend
Rowntree Park Reading Cafe
Richardson Street
7 locals recommend
Lovely cafe with a library to boot.
This eclectic, rambling café, decorated with music scores, becomes a classy bistro by night.
8 locals recommend
Cafe Concerto
21 High Petergate
8 locals recommend
This eclectic, rambling café, decorated with music scores, becomes a classy bistro by night.

Essentials

Great Delicatessen and fantastic sandwiches
Bakes & Co.
78-80 Gillygate
Great Delicatessen and fantastic sandwiches
For lunch this tiny delicatessen/café is the sort of Aladdin’s cave where every inch of shelf, floor and wall space is crammed with artisan produce.
17 locals recommend
The Hairy Fig
39 Fossgate
17 locals recommend
For lunch this tiny delicatessen/café is the sort of Aladdin’s cave where every inch of shelf, floor and wall space is crammed with artisan produce.

Drinks & Nightlife

Real ale bar, also does the best pizza in town.
33 locals recommend
The Hop York
11-12 Fossgate
33 locals recommend
Real ale bar, also does the best pizza in town.
Traditional pub with small cosy rooms.
20 locals recommend
The Blue Bell
53 Fossgate
20 locals recommend
Traditional pub with small cosy rooms.
Quirky bar also serves pies.
52 locals recommend
House Of The Trembling Madness
48 Stonegate
52 locals recommend
Quirky bar also serves pies.
Quirky bar, serves great cocktails.
34 locals recommend
Evil Eye
42 Stonegate
34 locals recommend
Quirky bar, serves great cocktails.
Traditional pub with resident ghosts. Also hosts Folk nights.
9 locals recommend
The Black Swan
23 Peasholme Grn
9 locals recommend
Traditional pub with resident ghosts. Also hosts Folk nights.
Traditional pub
The Yorkshire Terrier
10 Stonegate
Traditional pub

Arts & Culture

Cinema with a bar and cafe, lovely terrace to sit out on.
67 locals recommend
City Screen Picturehouse York
13-17 Coney St
67 locals recommend
Cinema with a bar and cafe, lovely terrace to sit out on.
The National Centre for Early Music
88-96 Percy's Ln
Early music venue
Quilters' Guild Of The British Isles
Peasholme Green
Quilt Museum
I really enjoy the ghost walks
23 locals recommend
The Original Ghost Walk of York
King's Staith
23 locals recommend
I really enjoy the ghost walks

Sightseeing

Famous historical street in York
54 locals recommend
York Shambles
Shambles
54 locals recommend
Famous historical street in York
Museum gardens is a must, especially for a picnic on a sunny day.
6 locals recommend
St. Mary's Lodge
6 locals recommend
Museum gardens is a must, especially for a picnic on a sunny day.
Cold war bunker
York Cold War Bunker
Monument Close
Cold war bunker
Its free to get in The star of the show at the world’s biggest railway museum is Mallard which, in 1938, set the steam train record at 126mph.
153 locals recommend
National Railway Museum
Leeman Road
153 locals recommend
Its free to get in The star of the show at the world’s biggest railway museum is Mallard which, in 1938, set the steam train record at 126mph.
The Viking imprint is evident. Many street names end in “gate”, the Norse word for street, but only in the 1970s did the big picture emergeof the city of Jorvik – as it stood a millennium ago.
181 locals recommend
Jorvik Viking Centre
19 Coppergate
181 locals recommend
The Viking imprint is evident. Many street names end in “gate”, the Norse word for street, but only in the 1970s did the big picture emergeof the city of Jorvik – as it stood a millennium ago.
The city walls provide a series of elevated views. The best place to see the layers of history up close is the 3rd-century Multangular Tower
19 locals recommend
City Walls
19 locals recommend
The city walls provide a series of elevated views. The best place to see the layers of history up close is the 3rd-century Multangular Tower

Everything Else

National trust property with cafe.
10 locals recommend
National Trust - Treasurer's House, York
Minster Yard
10 locals recommend
National trust property with cafe.
Get Cycling CIC
22 Hospital Fields Rd
Bike hire
One of the most notable pieces is the sculpture of the head of Constantine the Great, who was proclaimed Roman emperor in York in 306.
60 locals recommend
Yorkshire Museum
60 locals recommend
One of the most notable pieces is the sculpture of the head of Constantine the Great, who was proclaimed Roman emperor in York in 306.