If you are a railway enthusiast and enjoy fine Italian food, then it can't get better than the Il Treno Restaurant at The Sidings Hotel in York. Located on the city's outskirts, near Skipton, the restaurant shares space with the hotel's rooms which are converted railway carriages. The unique setting overlooks the picturesque York to Thirsk run and is guaranteed to have patrons lingering on as long as they can.

A discerning selection of starters, salads, main courses, pizzas, pastas and grills tempts the diner to indulge. Dishes like polpette, meatballs in fresh tomato sauce topped with mozarella, pollo alla crema, breast of chicken, onions and mushrooms in a white wine cream sauce, ravioli al pommadoro, beef ravioli with tomato and basil and grigliata mista, mixed grill, are proof enough of why Il Treno is highly regarded in the area.

Il Treno's wine list is worthy of a connoisseur. There's frascati superiore 2008, a clean and fresh delicate white wine, cabernet sauvignon terre del noce 2007, an intense blackcurrent dominated ruby red wine, barbera d'asti fiulot 2007, fragrant with plum and cheery, and many more. There's nothing more to be said but buono appetito!