Category Archives: Highly Recommended

Only the very best pubs get coveted ‘Highly Recommended’ status.

Minster Inn

Recently, we at thepubsofyork.com finished reviewing all the pubs and bars inside the City Walls. Like a small boy who’s allowed to play outside his front garden for the first time, York’s premiere pub review website could not wait to spread it’s collective wings. Continue reading →

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Phoenix

The Phoenix is perhaps York’s most aptly named pub, and thankfully, the pub most amenable to lazy metaphors ….. Over the last few years this ale house has closed, risen from the ashes, re-opened and then always closed again shortly … Continue reading →

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Black Swan

The Black Swan on Peasholme Green is without doubt one of York’s most aesthetically striking pubs, and this two storied timber framed building is as interesting as it is attractive. This medieval grade II* pub was originally a private dwelling … Continue reading →

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Maltings

If you are visiting York or have never been in this pub before and you like your pubs stupendous, you really should make sure the Maltings is on your itinerary. The painted black stone exterior of this small one-roomed boozer … Continue reading →

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Pivni

thepubsofyork.com love Pivo Pivni. You could say we’re Pivophiles* This cracking little pub-cum-cafe bar humbly sits in the heart of York, in a 12th Century timber framed building. The beer on offer in this place is outstanding and far too … Continue reading →

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Koko

thepubsofyork.com thinks that this is a gem of a bar (but then again they also think that ITV’s Sharpe is the best TV drama ever made so don’t necessarily take our word for it) and well worth visiting. Ko Ko … Continue reading →

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