My girl friend and I went there around weekday night 10:30 pm. Not too crowded and didn't need to…read morewait in line. Many interesting cocktails menu. Bartenders are very friendly and informative. We got the ones they recommended and it nailed my taste. The room is so cozy, many floors and there's rooms popping up from left and right and i felt like im at my friend fancy house rather than being at a bar! Would love to go back again!

My friends and I took a day trip to York and stopped in for an early afternoon drink. I was first…read morepleasantly surprised by their gin shop in the front of the bar. The inside of the bar itself is very funky. The reason to go here is for the cocktails. They have pages and pages of delicious creation. I had the green fairy and loved it. After that, I ordered a gin and tonic with Monkey 47 gin. Thrilled to see that they carried this. This place is a must for a unique drinking experience when in York.

Not gonna be a long review since I did not make it into the establishment. I was told I could not…read morecome in for the way I was dressed. This would have been fine and all but the dooshe said I needed to dress smart. Wtf is smart. I asked and he repeated smart. Cheeky bastards.

was quivering over the star rating, but decided it deserves a 5 star! even with the price of a…read moreround of drinks! £22.50 for 4 cocktails! last time i say, i'll get this round in, in this bar! dont let the stairway put you off! we went on a monday night and we where the only people in the bar! but to the credit of the two barmen, they kept us entertained with the making of the cocktails with the throwing of the glasses thing that some places do! and gave us excellent banter and they seemed very knowledgeable about all the drinks and cocktails even the ones not on the menu! the music was modern dance, it was dimmly lit! and i would expect a good place to be on a weekend! as it had a nice dance floor, with some nicely set out seating areas! so perfect for groups or just couples! cocktails start from about £5.00! they don't do pitchers. and the strawberry sailor cocktail is very yum! in fact they all were! as we did the trying of each others drinks! each cocktail was well presented and made with great zeal! much to our delight! non of this pour, shake and serve that alot of so called cocktail bars do!

We had afternoon cocktails in the beautiful garden. Just lovely. My only complaint is that they…read moredidn't have Pimms on the menu; this place cries out for Pimms! (We consoled ourselves with rhubarb gin and quickly recovered our good spirits.) This is definitely a must do in York. Quintessential Britain. I'd love to stay at the hotel and try the restaurant.

On a wet and dreary day, whilst wondering around near the minster (after some cupcakes at Crumbs,…read moreof course), my wife and I stumbled upon this gem. We saw Grays Court Hotel, imagined what it would be like to stay in such a place, and may have made our way into the back garden to discover the huge outdoor seating area. As this wasn't the day for a drink in the sun, we walked inside to discover a wonderful seating areas upstairs. To our surprise the drink prices weren't much different from anywhere else in town, so we made ourselves at home in two chairs by a window in the library and ordered some drinks along with the Mackerel Paté with bread. The food and drinks were excellent. The staff were hospitable and helpful. And it was safe to assume we lounging in one of the best possible places on a rainy day in York. The forecast the next day was warm and sunny, so we couldn't resist coming back. After a brief wait, some tables opened up outside and we new that we were now enjoying the sun and drinks in one of the best possible places on a sunny day in York. I almost want to move to York just so I can come here every week.

We ordered the honey bbq chicken wings and the cheese garlic bread. Both were absolutely amazing…read moreespecially the wings!

This review forms part of the Legendary Mini-Break of the Sisterhood....aka Angie And Fiona Do…read moreYorkshire....aka The 'Win'kend. Having strutted my leggy, longhaired sibling around Sky Lounge on Thursday like a prize show pony, I decided to stick her hungover ass in the back of the car and whisk her to the secret waterfall in the Dales that I can't tell you about because then it wont be my secret any more (you're not squeezing THIS one out of me Yelp!!). I skinnydipped Fiona's delicate Southern backside in freezingly fresh water, stuffed a buttery picnic into her and sat her in a local pub for some wincingly bad white wine and then I left her in the capable hands of a man date to Chaophraya. The 'Win'kend was exceeding all expectations. Then on Saturday I washed her, dressed her, brushed her pretty teeth, hung some Best in Show rosettes in her glossy mane and flung her into the heart of York to buy Cath Kidston dresses and overpriced picture frames. It was during this extended bonding session that we stumbled upon, and thus into, Oscar's. May I start by miming the rubbing of hands over walls and saying that thing I often say, much to the bemusement of most of my friends, "Lovely wallpaper!!". You just can't have enough tropical birds on big red flowers. I'm not being sarcastic. I genuinely have a remote sex button that gets pressed by the sight of interesting wallpaper...which I then sit by and bang on about ad infinitum, ad nauseum, all the time stroking said paper like a 100% proper sausage of a human being. Oscar's has wallpaper for the win. It also has a nice range of ales, wines and fruit beers....a strawberry fruli later and I was ready to mezze things up a notch. We plumped for mixed olives and a mediterranean platter which, at £4 and £8 respectively provided ample piles of slippery olives, rich taramasalata, thick hummus, cool tzatsiki, salad and warm flatbread for three of us. There's olive oil and balsamic vinegar on the tables to extend the bread life into some proper dipping. It was fresh, flavoursome and tasty. We even got more bread to finish off the dips, that's how dipalicious it was. So why only 3 stars? Lovely looking bar. Clean and well stocked with interesting and wide choices of drinks and food. Utterly FAB-U-LOUS wallpaper. Pleasant toilets....I could go on. But there's the one thing isn't there that just scoots you down the ratings faster than a wet rat in a slimy pipe. Customer service. Yes the staff were all achingly polite. Most were fabulous looking. There were more than enough of them to go around. But. Every single damn time we wanted something we had to play the staring game. Staring politely. Staring more urgently. Turning around in chairs and staring. Sighing and staring. Having that conversation about when is the right time to just shout 'Excuse me!' at the 10th waitress to walk directly past your table whilst earning an Olympic Gold (see what I did there) for deliberately avoiding meeting your eye despite being close enough to see right into your wanting soul. Watching huddles of said staff engaged in exciting looking conversations about last night in the corners of the bar with their backs turned to the entire dining contigent was really the final straw. "EXCUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEE!" Pah. Not good enough. Oscar's salvages the 2 points for looking lovely, being comfortable and having tasty grub at a good price but having worked in bars and restaurants from the age of 14-25 nothing irks me more than being deliberately ignored. If you are being paid to wait then no customer should be left wanting, whether they are your 'service' or not. Scuttling past diners with your eyes on the floor is downright lazy and turning your back on them to chat with your bessie mate for 10 minutes is downright unacceptable. If I could manage to wait tables efficiently at 14 Oscar's then your proper grown up staff can manage it now. Rant over...but never out! MWAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I love little venue. Small, intimate and with some good nights. There's a bar on the entry level of…read morethe Basement for drinks and more room with another bar upstairs and balcony with river-views for meeting before or after events. Trendy spot, for sure and a new layout if you've not been in the last few years. Always mega busy in summer for booze and foody bits.

I've been about seven or eight times this year to the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club. Seen Sarah…read moreMillican, Russell Howard, Jon Richardson and Josh Widdicombe all do their shows pus been a few times on Saturdays. Always very busy so worth getting their early to choose your seats. Excellent value for money but the drinks are on the pricey side.

It was really late on a Wednesday night and we were out having quite a few drinks and getting…read morereally piss drunk. Being from America and all my co-working and I had no clue where we were or where we were going. We met up with some locals and they told us they knew of an open place for us to continue our celebrations. So off we went following these new friends, or complete strangers depending on how you look at it down the snigglegates of York to a destination unknown. Time flickered and consciousness faded, but determined we were to not end the night quite yet. After a little bit of a walk we ended up the Blue Fly. Upon walking in and seeing the red lights and being handed a cold pint I knew we had come to the right place. We stayed here for an hour or so, until they closed and kindly escorted us out into the street. Service here from the bartender was great. They took really good care of us and made sure we had a great time.

This little cafe just behind a large Starbucks on New Street seems a little out of place, but it is…read moregreat for taking a break and sitting in the sun on patio chairs outside or inside on either a sofa or a stool. During the day, the Blue Fly is a cafe serving hot and cold drinks and a range of continental foods all made inside, from sandwiches and salads to cake and scones. They also do giant milkshakes, which are great! I actually prefer the hot drinks + coffees here, because they usually come with some sort of biscuit and they use real melted chocolate in their hot chocolate, unlike some places I could mention! The staff are friendly, and when I was sat outside at a table another group left, and they came to clean up almost straight away. This happened again when another couple left too! The toilets are clean, and I think they also have a specific Internet lounge. At night the Blue Fly turns into a bar, serving professional cocktails in a great atmosphere. There is also a fair sized catering venue, which looks perfect for hosting a birthday party or something!

A cute coffee shop/bar in a lovely location in York. We planned to visit for a drink on New Year's…read moreDay but they were closed, so only managed to pop in for breakfast the following day. The breakfast options are very limited (something I think they should expand on) so we both opted for a bacon sandwich, which came on toasted sourdough with tomatoes and tomato relish, and was really tasty. I had a flat white and my companion had a gingerbread latte, both really good quality. Then I couldn't resist 'breakfast dessert' and got a double chocolate brownie, which was lovely, really gooey but that's my preference. Prices were reasonable for the area and for a hipsterish establishment. The owners of the bar also rent out rooms in the apartment above the bar through Airbnb which is worth checking out if you're after an affordable stay in York.

I love this cafe/bar, it has a very laid back cool vibe. I went with some friends on a Saturday at…read moreabout 6pm and it was busy but not packed, think it probably gets fuller later in the evening. It stays open till 12.30am - I reckon it would be great and spend a chilled evening here. The deco inside is trendy with exposed brick, wooden tables and a random bike on the wall. It also has a pretty garden out the back which must be lovely in the summer, apparently you can book it out for parties. They serve nice and reasonably priced cocktails - me and my friend had a orange espresso martini which was delish! They also have food available and cakes. It's a shame I don't live nearby as it would definitely be my local place to go for breakfast and cocktails -obviously not at the same time though ;-)

Better Half and I ate here last night as part of a tour. All had some variation of the Sunday…read moreroast, with most, including us, opting for the beef. Pumpkin soup and bread were tasty, though staff brought out frozen pucks of butter after most bread had been devoured. Entrees varies greatly by person. Mine needed much more gravy while others' were swimming in it. Beef was one slice of very well-done rump or similar beef, a cut that can be a bit rarer. Veggies were tasty. Yorkshire pudding was dry and needed more flavor and gravy. Hot brownie with ice cream was very nice, as were the generous gin and tonics. Live entertainment consisted of someone who sounded like a very sad Bob Dylan wannabe. The one drunk bloke who actually listened thought he was outstanding.

With a name like Kennedy's, I can't help but react with instant connections to hip, elite American…read morelounges and bars. Stepping inside, they definitely delivered on the vibe. Darkly lit, there are multiple rooms with a variety of tables, chairs, and booths. When we stepped inside, there was no one to greet us, so we went to the bar to get menus and seat ourselves. They have 2 for 1 cocktail specials for £8. I got the Bramble, which I enjoyed so much that I ordered a second. I also got carded for the first time ever in England, which must mean I'm aging like Benjamin Button! Food wise, we ordered a Proper Ploughman's to start. It had a large selection of cheese and meats alongside chutney and bread. The choices were all enjoyable with the exception of the bread, which I found to be too big and soft for use as accompaniment to a cheese and meat plate. The timing of the mains was on point, as our waiter checked in with us part way through our appetizers to see if we would want our entrees in ten minutes. I got the fish and chips, and my friend the low and slow burger (a burger with pulled pork). My friend enjoyed her burger, although the pulled pork was not the most flavorful. As she put it, "not bad for not being in Carolina". Meanwhile, my fish and chips were good, although I've yet to determine what distinguishes the good from the great. All in all, a chill dinner with some nice scenery and on point music. What I normally would rate a 4, gets bumped to a 5 because on Mondays (when we went), almost all food (and all of the food we ordered) is 50% off, which makes for an amazing deal.

A newish pub, owned by the York Brewery, with a bright, open feel in the one large bar area, with a…read moresmall walled beer garden beyond. It's very popular - no, make that often packed. The draw is the choice of up to nine real ales alongside Belgian and Czech bottled beers, and the fact it is a stone's throw from the Minster. Other draws include a lack of piped music and no fruit machines; it's also over 18s only, so no children. The 'Three Legged Mare' of the name actually refers to a form of gallows, not that that stops them selling a brew unique to this pub called 'Wonkey Donkey', also a pet name for the pub itself. Other brews include Centurion's Ghost, Yorkshire Terrier and Guzzler. They also serve food, but I've not eaten here. Well worth a look during the quieter periods of the day.

A newer pub (considering the number of ancient pubs in York) but they had good Yorkshire beer on…read moretap and live music on, with a great crowd of local folks. I came back to this one the next day for more of the Black Sheep Ale!

Finally a restaurant that has managed to capture all the best of American classic dishes! The menu…read moreis fantastic and their chef and kitchen staff are obviously well versed in creating tasty dishes. A fantastic setting along the river front with outdoor seating that is perfect for those sunny days and plenty of indoor seating with great views for those colder days. The staff is friendly and helpful as well. For those who enjoy a drink, their interpretations of the classics as well as their abundant stock of wine, beer and liquor choices is impressive. Finally their breakfast is probably the best deal in town and includes bottomless cups of filter coffee!

Just popped in to Missoula on my last trip to York as we were deciding where to eat that evening…read more Overlooking the river, the sun was out and the balcony had some empty seats - perfect for a quick pint or glass of wine. Inside, it's all very stripped flooring (watch out for the step between the bar and the main area, it's not that obvious!) and large, lounging chairs. I can imagine everything getting a bit 'sticky' in the evenings, especially as I believe this is the same Missoula as we have on Deansgate Locks in Manchester? Happy to be told otherwise... We only stayed for one, sat outside to be serenaded by the many geese that seemed to be around that day. We considered staying for food but felt like exploring the city more, though I would come back on my next visit.