Sharon Smith
06.03.2025
We were recommended this place for lunch and we weren’t disappointed. Our server was lovely and very attentive. We thought we were ready to order a few small plates to share until we saw other tables having hanging kebabs delivered! I chose a halloumi and chilli sauce one with coconut rice and my son had a lamb shish one with chips. So delicious. The coconut rice was amazing. The hanging kebabs are worth a visit for sure. I’d go back definitely.
Mark McDowell
02.03.2025
Great atmosphere and music 🎶
MG Letts
21.02.2025
Walked in for a try, walked out 3 hours later ! All good ,very broad array of cocktails. Happy hour 2 for £14 which makes it better. Bit of a wait sometimes but then all are prepared as you order.
John Matthews
20.02.2025
Amazing food and excellent service.
ice wolf
19.02.2025
A very cozy antique building with very cozy and earthy decor inside. plenty of seperated rooms upstairs and a cozy eating and drinking atmosphere. while a little pricey it is expected for the middle of york. i would love to visit again sometime and have a proper meal and drink with friends once i have the time definatly recommend absolutely lovely little place
Mrs Peppa Pot
16.02.2025
Visited here numerous times for a drink, but this was first time for food. We sat upstairs. Excellent food and service, but music far too loud. Drowned out any conversation we tried to have, and became even more annoying when the live singer who wasn't particularly good kept announcing he'd left his business cards around for anyone to pick up!
Simon Lakin
15.02.2025
Great place for cocktails if a tad expensive. But this is York right? 😉😁
Ben Hurst
14.02.2025
Service and the location of this place was really good, our server was brilliant with us.
The drinks we ordered were lovely, then we ordered our food, the scotch egg was lovely, and then we ordered the “famous” hanging chicken kebab, it was very underwhelming, the chicken was dry and tasteless and so I was very dissatisfied bearing in mind how much I was paying for it. My girlfriend went for the chicken Asian noodle salad and it was very average, chicken was dry but flavour was very good. We would come back for drinks but definitely not for food.
Graham Bean
13.02.2025
I've had better experience and food at wetherspoons.
Paula Wilde
12.02.2025
Food and service very good. Would recommend.
Belinda Wright
10.02.2025
Excellent restaurant. Very good menu. Staff answer all questions with no hesitation. Food is to be tasted to be believed. Will definitely return with no hesitation.
Wayne Wilde (The Restaurant Critic)
10.02.2025
Called in for lunch, the meals we had were very nice. I would definitely recommend this eatery. Top marks👍
Martin Breeze
08.02.2025
Our host angel was tremendous. Our whole party had a great time!
Simon Wilson
08.02.2025
An excellent pub with a nice restaurant. The staff were superb and the food was good.
Quenten Nagel
02.02.2025
Great atmosphere and service but £7.25 for a Guinness is daylight robbery.
Carley Watson
02.02.2025
Myself and my partner booked to come to the restaurant on 01.02.25, after the restaurant was recommended by my parents as they come regularly when in York! The food was amazing, my cocktails were amazing and the music was good
The girl Amy who served us she was absolutely fantastic the service we received from her was 5 star she is an asset to the botanist.
We will definitely be back very soon.
Will H
26.01.2025
Overall a disappointing experience. I went with my family (partner and children) on an early Saturday evening at 6pm. The main issue was that we waited one hour between ordering and receiving food. We received 20% off as a result, and the waitress was polite and apologetic, but I would not go back and risk getting the same service. In their shoes I would have brought some free drinks and bread, but these weren't offered.
The food itself was nice when it came. However, given the prices (getting towards £20 for each main), I would expect 50% bigger portions of most of the meals.
Overall I got the impression of a chain that is squeezing out more profit, for example by not employing enough staff, and sadly would not go back.
Archie Harris
16.01.2025
We were running late, but they were so accommodating. It was my birthday and they surprised me with the best brownie. Abi was so good with us, very attentive and friendly. Would recommend.
chljo chljo
12.01.2025
We came a few times during our trip and the staff were fantastic and as always the drinks were a 10/10. You can’t beat the 2-4-1 deal either
Morag McGlinchy
07.01.2025
Great vibe and central location in old part of town near to York Minster.
Happy hour cocktails are great!
arnietwo
04.01.2025
Nice restaurant, food good but they forgot our starters ??
But made up for it with discount !
Beth McLoughlin
03.01.2025
Lovely drinks and service from
The gorgeous bar man Sam with the lovely hair xx
michael cross
02.01.2025
Lovely place to eat, lovely food and the staff were great, the waitress we had really looked after us, we went at Christmas and the place was extremely busy and we had to book, definitely would recommend.
Sarah Waddington
31.12.2024
Went to have some drinks to celebrate my friends birthday. Checked on Google to see what time it closed, Google stated midnight. We walked in at 10.10pm to be shouted at from the bar "we've already shouted last orders but you can have one drink each, that's it!"
Not the friendliest welcoming we've had to a bar but we stayed for a drink anyway. In that time the bar staff refused to serve another 2 groups that entered. When we asked why they had called last orders so early when they don't close till 12, he replied with Google isn't relevant. We can close when we want.
I don't run a business myself but I would have thought the idea is to make money from people willing to spend it! The bar was fairly full of people happy to spend more money!
The drinks were lovely but one of the bar staff was incredibley rude!
Rachel B
04.06.2024
Nice bar in a good location with a great menu.
I like the hanging kebabs. Also love the cocktails.
Harvey Stroh
30.12.2024
Great Sunday roast
