York Travel Forum

I will be spending a day in York in Nov. Can anyone reccommend a place for tea? How about a place for dinner? Suuggestions for must-sees, as daylight hours will be somewhat limited?

Thank you for your time and courtesy.

Yes for afternoon tea Betty's :
www.bettys.co.uk/cafe.asp?storyid=%7BA35FB337-BDF8-472F-B64F-4B993A62516A%7D

For dinner i guess it depends what you like but how about a pub meal. plenty of good city centre pubs in York that do very nice meals. If not restaurants serving every cuisine are available in the city.

For must sees you can make your choice from here : www.visityork.org/mustseeyork

Have a nice time, Darren.

Hi,

Betty's at St.Helens square is a nice place for afternoon tea.

Lot's of nice restaurants too but it depends on your taste, whether English, Indian etc.

You know what they say about great minds Paul.

Hi. Bettys tea rooms gets very busy, you may be a long time waiting in a queue.queue, i pass by and it is often full in a morning. Why not try english fish and chips at Petergate Fisheries in the cafe, with mushy peas, tea ,bread and butter. If your visit is short, stay in the old city centre streets of Shambles, Petergate, Stonegate and around the Minster. Hope you have a nice visit.

Betty's does indeed get very busy (especially at weeknds) but there is a smaller branch........Little Betty's...just round the corner in Stonegate. Actually, I think it is the nicer of the two, being much more in the 'olde-fashioned Englishe tea-room' mode than the more modern main Betty's.

http://www.bettys.co.uk/ will tell you everything you need to know. I highly recommend the Fat Rascals!

Another, far less well-known, place to take tea is La Place Verte (part of Skedlergate Bridge): it's Belgian, and perfect for proper hot chocolate if it's chilly!

Excellent vegetarian food for dinner at El Piano on Grape Lane (I'm not a egetarian, but I was seriously impressed).

As for must sees, you cannot miss the wonderful Minster. Allow time to properly explore it (including the crypt, which is absolutely fascinating). Then wander the town (especially The Shambles, which is a Medieval street rare in the UK), maybe walk all or part of the town walls (lovely views into people's back gardens!) and stroll along the river. I think the Castle Museum is the best, personally, so once it starts to get dark maybe finish your day there.

www.yorkminster.org

www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk

oooh the "Little Rascals" at Betty's are lovely!!

Fat Rascals I mean!!

Fat Rascals are even better....more of them! :-))

Well, it certainly sounds as if Betty's is the place to go for tea- but please tell me, what are fat rascals? (here, I'd probably be talking about a bunch of roly-poly puppies)

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I'm an adventurous eater, ready to try most things, and delighted to try new things, but my traveling companion on this portion of the trip doesn't do Indian, Chinese, Thai, vegetarian, Greek, etc.- more of a meat and potatoes, ham and cheese sandwich type. I am going to have a proper tea, though- even if I go alone.

I'm really looking forward to exploring York- just wish we weren't so limited on time.

Hiya, here is a link so you can see . ( Warning it may make you hungry ):
www.bettysbypost.com/item.asp?itmid=837

Hi Darren,

We must have been writing our reviews at the same time.

Take care.

Paul.

By the way - it's not a bad night for a few drinks as well - Hic!

Both of my adult children lived in York, and one highlight of my visits to them was a Fat Rascal to eat in the car on the way home.

The restaurant with the highest profile when they lived there (son has only just left) was always 'The Blue Bicycle' on Fossgate.

www.thebluebicycle.com

York in November can be nice on a good day. Also its nice to wander around in the late afternoon as it gets dark especially if the streets are wet and it is very atmospheric. In early November the autumn colours are nice too especially in the gardens near the Yorkshire Museum ( see my York page).
The National Trust cafe is good for afternoon tea - again see my York pages.

The Abbey Gardens (the ones which the Yorkshire Museum is in) are indeed lovely, and the abbey ruins add atmosphere.

You certainly won't be short of ideas of where to take tea or eat an evening meal: York is rather good at providing very pleasant places to eat, imo.