York Restaurant Guide

Loch Fyne - York

The Loch Fyne Restaurant notion was a child of the crisis that struck the food supply industry towards the end of the 1990s, when seafood presented itself as a healthy and readily available alternative to other forms of food that were under pressure at the time.

• Address: Foss Bridge House, Walmgate, York, YO1 9TJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £31.00

Masons Bistro

• Address: 13 Fossgate, York, YO1 9TA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £40.00

Melton's Restaurant

A well-established Victorian conversion in York with a split level approach offering informality on the ground floor and just a little more panache upstairs. The highly rated food, however, is in evidence on both, depending upon quality produce and a high degree of technical expertise in the kitchens.

• Address: 7 Scarcroft Road, York, YO23 1ND (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £42.00

Melton's Too

With the success of Melton's now assured Michael and Lucy Hjort have turned their attention to establishing a less formal addition to their stable, apt terminology since the premises they have chosen were, until 1998, a saddlers.

• Address: 25 Walmgate, York, YO1 9TX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Middlethorpe Hall & Spa

Middlethorpe Hall is a splendid Georgian mansion, redolent of all that was good in that era, in particular the oak panelled restaurant is an absolute delight. It overlooks the gardens and the imaginative food of Head Chef Nicholas Evans, much praised in all guide books, follows the hotel's theme of traditional excellence.

• Address: Bishopthorpe Road, York, YO23 2GB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £57.00

Monty's Grill

• Address: St Peter's Grove, YO30 6AQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Steak, Traditional
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £35.00

Nando's - York

From South Africa to Ealing to Crawley, Nando's has taken the traditional peri-peri flame-grilled chicken on a fantastic journey, all the while maintaining its proposition of good food in a relaxed atmosphere.

• Address: 12-12a High Ousegate, York, YO1 8RZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Portuguese
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £13.00, Dinner: £18.00

One19 The Mount

• Address: The Mount Royale Hotel, 119 The Mount, York, YO24 1GU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Pitcher & Piano - York

P and P first started in Fulham in 1986, since when it has evolved into one of the UK's favourite bar groups, offering premium drinks, mingled with food that carries its own distinction against a background of different themes, many deriving from the locality, and from what is the whole being of contemporary life in modern bars.

• Address: Ebor Hall, Coney Street, York, YO1 9QL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern, Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £25.00

Pizza Express - York

Pizza Express remains a hugely popular bedrock of casual eating. Its popularity is testimony to the fact that across the country, they have restaurants where you will always be guaranteed a good nosh, with children's tastes being well catered for.

• Address: River House, 17 Museum Street, York, YO1 7DJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £21.00