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Betty's is as much of a part of the city as is York Minster. Situated on St. Helen's square, the café has a breakfast, lunch and dinner menu as well as its own bakery (with an extensive range of bread, cakes and chocolates) and gift shop. Children are welcomed and have their own 'Little Rascals' menu; there is organic baby food, high chairs and toys for babys and toddlers. A pianist plays every evening between 6pm and 9pm. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Breaking the Bank
Time of Day: Breakfast
Atmosphere: Child Friendly
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A contemporary modern bistro, serving new and bold twists of traditional favourites. Using seasonal and local produce, J Bakers provides the best Yorkshire has to offer in a relaxed and comfortable surrounding. With a Chocolate room and a children friendly policy this is a restaurant not to be missed. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Breaking the Bank
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Overlooking York City walls, Toto's is a warm and friendly venue offering authentic Italian cuisine at a reasonable price. The restaurant is a popular venue for the students of York, mainly during happy hour (5pm - 7pm) when any pizza or pasta dish is just £4.95. Additionally, there is an upstairs area with conservatory and bar that can sit up to 45 people. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Price: Dirt Cheap
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Melton’s too is a Café-Bar Bistro, set in a three-floor 17th building. As well as serving quite traditional local cuisine such as Yorkshire rump steak, cheeseburgers and Yorkshire steak and kidney pie, it also offers a wide choice of tapas dishes. Melton’s too also caters for events such as weddings, parties, meeting and receptions with the function room’s capacity to seat 40 and up to 60 for receptions. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British / Tapas
Price: Tenner a head
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The York branch of this chain of Italian restaurants is one of the largest and most beautiful dining destinations in the city. The Grand Assembly Rooms, with its 48 imposing Corinthian columns, used to be a mecca for the card-playing, tea-drinking and ballroom-dancing aristocracy. Now it serves as a popular place to enjoy pizza and pasta dishes at fairly reasonable prices. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Price: Tenner a head
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Oscars is a popular wine bar serving good sized portions from it's Bistro menu, including burgers, steaks and Cajun chicken. It also provides a children's menu. The bar has a variety of specialty beers, a good selection of wines and jugs of popular cocktails. Oscars also offers a happy hour in its evenings along with an outside terrace which is heated through out the colder seasons. |
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Cuisine: Gastro Pub
Price: Value for Money
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Concerto is an award-winning cafe bistro, offering home-made fresh food with friendly informality and melodic jazz. It is situated on High Petergate a short stroll from the Minster. One can sit around wooden tables surrounded by old music manuscripts and instruments, while enjoying coffee and possibly the best chocolate cake in town. |
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Cuisine: French / Mediterranean
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Priding itself on serving good quality, simple and freshly prepared dishes Strada, sitting neatly on Low Petergate, just past the Fudge Kitchen, offers contemporary Italian food at reasonable prices. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Evil Eye Lounge is a cocktail bar with attitude, with a trendy decor and an individuality that sets it apart from York's other run of bars. Its situation on Stonegate places it a little further away from the centre of York's nightlife, and hidden away behind the shop front of its adjoining real ale store, it is easy to miss as you walk past. There is an extensive cocktail list, and a wide selection of martinis, champagnes and absinthes, but the atmosphere and the people are generally more bohemian than particularly upmarket. |
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Cuisine: Fusion
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Akbar's is an authentic Indian restaurant on George Hudson Street. It has a comprehensive menu of mild to spicy dishes and specialises in sizzling, pan-cooked baltis from the region of Baltistan. With an excellent reputation - recommended by the Good Food Guide and awarded 'Restaurant of the Year' by the Yorkshire Evening Post - you're advised to book your table in advance. There are non-smoking areas, facilities for the disabled and a fully licensed bar. |
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Cuisine: Indian
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Aiming to serve top class french cuisine, to make you feel like you are eating in the heart of Paris, Rustique is a cosy little cafe bar restaurant two minutes from Cliffords Tower. It boasts a reasonably priced set menu along with a delicious a la carte offering and successfully marries the Parisian atmosphere of a quaint cafe with the historic architecture of York. |
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Cuisine: French
Atmosphere: Romantic
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El Piano is housed in a listed building - the oldest in this street - and is unique in York in its concept of vegetarian and vegan food to share between friends. The decor is bohemian and the atmosphere hispanic, but the food is a selection of recipes from across the world. Dishes come in three sizes: chica, tapas and racion, mixed and matched according to appetite. There are three function rooms upstairs available to hire for parties or socials, and a takeaway window outside offers street food on the move during the day. |
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Cuisine: Vegetarian
Price: Value for Money
Time of Day: Breakfast
Atmosphere: Just For One / Theme
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This upmarket, medium-sized restaurant in the centre of York city offers contemporary Mediterranean cuisine with a twist. Situated in the centre of York, just off Piccadilly, it boasts a prime location and makes full use of its patio area, heated all year round. |
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Cuisine: Mediterranean
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Open all week except Mondays, this intimate steakhouse on Walmgate offers quite simply, some of the best Argentine steaks in a traditional Argentine steakhouse where you can enjoy the friendly and relaxed atmosphere of this cosy venue. |
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Cuisine: Latin American
Price: Splashing Out
Atmosphere: Theme
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The Living Room in York is situated on the first floor within the riverside ‘Merchant Exchange’ near The Parish. It boasts attractive views across the Ouse and has an interior to match. With live music from Thursday through Sunday, ranging from rock to blues & boogie The Living Room certainly lives up to its claim that it has become a favourite neighbourhood hangout in the city centre (though perhaps not for students). |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Atmosphere: Romantic
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A Highly recommended restaurant specialising in using local produce with a commitment to home-cooking techniques. An established restaurant in York where advanced booking is advised, especially for its ever-popular 'First Saturday Lunches'- four themed courses for £26 a head. Melton's offers an extensive wine list and also has an 'early bird' dinner menu from 5:30 until 6:15. It's sister restaurant Melton's too can be found on Walmgate. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Breaking the Bank
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Indochine is an oriental tapas restaurant offering cuisine from a wide range of countries, including Taiwan, Japan and Laos. A broad variety of meat, fish and vegetable dishes are served daily for both lunch and dinner. |
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Cuisine: Chinese / Fusion / Japanese / Tapas / Thai
Price: Value for Money
Time of Day: Lunch / Evening Meal
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A York student classic, Dusk is fairly small and with a dark, smoky atmosphere. It's always busy, particularly at student peak times during the week when cocktails are offered at 2 for the price of 1 (as long as you get the same). In the summer, or the winter if you can brave the cold, there is an outside patio area at the front to accommodate the overflow of people. The upstairs area inside can be hired out for free, making it a popular choice for socials and 21st birthdays. It's also open until 2am every night of the week. |
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Price: Dirt Cheap
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Once a brothel, the blue bicycle now boasts an impressive selection of nostalgic memorabilia downstairs. Upstairs you can enjoy the long list of fine wines overlooking the River Foss. The Blue Bicycle is well-known in the town for its high-end prices. It offers traditional cuisine such as fillet of Yorkshire beef and char-grilled chicken breast, and prides itself on its fish dishes and home made desserts. It also has a very comprehensive wine list and offers private vaulted booths for romantic dinners and has an outside catering division called Out of The Blue. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Bobo Lobo goes the whole hog in providing the authentic Latin American feel with a range of Brazilian cocktails and tequila on offer. Expect salsa or latino music playing the background as you eat. The large upstairs restaurant still has the upper class York restaurant feel though, but downstairs is a more lively, but small bar area. Portions tend to be on the large side. Restaurant welcomes big groups. |
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Cuisine: Mediterranean
Price: Tenner a head
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The fashionable 1331 is situated on a typically cobbled street near York Minster. It has a secluded courtyard outside for alfresco dining, a lounge bar, a heated terrace and, up 31 steps, a cosy top floor restaurant. At night-time the supremely well-stocked cocktail bar can get quite lively. Otherwise, it's a popular place to get a coffee and cake, a light lunch, or have an intimate dinner date. There's also a quiz every Tuesday (starting at 8.30 p.m.), regular live music events and sports games often screened in the lounge bar. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Tenner a head
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Nineteen is a sophisticated, upmarket restaurant taking up two floors of one of the oldest buildings in the city (it dates back to 1437). There are only a handful of tables on each level, and it's popularity makes it a necessity to book in advance. There are fewer than 10 main courses on the dinner menu and only one vegetarian option. |
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Cuisine: French
Price: Splashing Out
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B. Henry's is the Alcuin College bar, located on the ground floor of D Block. It is named after Brian Henry, a popular College porter between 1972 and 2000. The bar serves hot and cold food at lunchtimes. The menu includes sandwiches, homemade cakes, snacks along with a range of meat and vegetarian dishes and an array of beverages to accompany your food. |
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Cuisine: Cafeteria
Price: Dirt Cheap
Atmosphere: Alfresco
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A grand Italian restaurant, which if you're lucky, provides good views of the minster from the window seats. Serves the typical Italian tomato-based dishes and a large selection of pizzas. There is a designated smoking area and good wheelchair access. The food is authentic and you can even order take-aways. The architecture is imitated to classic Rome. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Price: Value for Money
Atmosphere: Romantic
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From a small, roadside stall on the banks of Loch Fyne, this chain has grown to number thirty-seven restaurants around the UK and boasts the claim that their 'seafood is second to none’. Situated on Walmgate, the restaurants makes full use of a prime location and offers a seasonal menu. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British / Seafood
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Five minutes from York station and across the road from Museum Gardens lays one of York's more attractive buildings. Situated at the heart of the city on Lendal Bridge with river views. The two al fresco dining areas incorporate original features including oak panelled walls and tiled floors. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Price: Tenner a head
Atmosphere: Child Friendly
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Vodka Revolution is situated next to City Screen cinema, near to the similarly stylish Pitcher & Piano and Orgasmic. It has a simple but appealing menu; whether you are after a quick snack, party plates or a three-course meal, Revolution offers them all.
Working with the original features of the historical building, which once housed the Yorkshire Herald Newspaper, it has an urban feel and is one of the more recent additions to York's bar scene. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Value for Money
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Gourmet Burger Kitchen is a relatively new addition to York's eating scene. It maintains a belief in fresh quality produce, handled and prepared with care to produce exceptionally fresh and delicious food. The food is served in a relaxed and casual environment just past Lendal Bridge and the menu boasts an extensive range of burgers. |
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Cuisine: Gastro Pub
Price: Value for Money / Tenner a head
Time of Day: Lunch / Evening Meal
Atmosphere: Alfresco / Child Friendly
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Edge is the typical campus dining room and essentially the same as all the others, except that its position in Wentworth, the graduate college, and refurbishment last year have provided it with a reputation as the classiest eatery on campus. It now boasts comfortable sofas and fairly stylish decor, and a selection of hot main meals, soup and sandwiches throughout the day. The head chef was named UK University Chef of the Year in a national contest in the academic year 2005-06. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Dirt Cheap
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An award winning restaurant serving traditional English cuisine situated in the centre of York city. The restaurant offers a brasserie menu for lunch and a comprehensive wine list. The restaurant also has a resident classical guitarist who plays on most Friday evenings. It is advised that you book in advance to avoid disappointment. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Splashing Out
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Two floors of ‘historic’ dining rooms in the heart of York for coffee, light lunches or full leisurely dinner. Serving a wide selection of seafood, steaks, salads, pasta dishes and a good wine list. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British / Gastro Pub / Seafood
Price: Splashing Out
Time of Day: Lunch / Evening Meal
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Sardinian bistro with a brick-walled cellar restaurant and rustic furniture. Walls adorned Italian ornaments ranging from notes through pictures and posters to coloured lights that make you feel like you're on the Italian island. Food is cooked by Delrio himself with a selection of pizza, pasta and Italian specials. Speciality is sea food. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Price: Value for Money
Atmosphere: Romantic
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Sharing its name with the famous playwright, this modern restaurant, has a distinctly cosmopolitan atmosphere and is tucked away behind some of York's smaller street which means newcomers to the city may find it a little tricky to discover. A touch on the small side, but its intimate surroundings help set the mood and there are many tables which ensure you wont have any trouble. Wilde's has a varied menu, which covers all tastes, from Mexican to Italian to traditional English dishes. |
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Cuisine: Fusion / Gastro Pub / Pub Grub
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This is a bright, loud and lively restaurant with an individual atmosphere. The food is traditionally Mexican - chilli, nachos, chimichangas - and unlike much else you'll find in York. Prices start at around £6 for a vegetarian main course but the majority of the meat dishes cost more in the region of £11 or £12. Located near the Gallery and with it's large tables make it a popular choice for parties, while the bar is stocked with Mexican beers and tequilas to see you on your way. |
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Cuisine: Latin American / Mexican
Price: Splashing Out
Atmosphere: Theme
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The Willow is the Chinese buffet restaurant of choice for most of York's society socials. Family-run, it has a good location on Coney Street (upstairs from Woolworths) and one standard price buys you as many trips to the savoury and sweet counters as you can manage. The restaurant is fairly large, licensed and can be hired out for up to 160 people. The restaurant is open for food all day, but after 11pm at the weekend the tables are pushed back to make room for a disco. Takeaways available. |
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Cuisine: Buffet / Chinese
Price: Dirt Cheap
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Still one of the most popular pubs for students due to its proximity to campus. Has a large garden and patio area round the back, interspersed with outdoor heaters. Offers barbeques in the summer. Drinks and menu are very cheap and usually generous portions for the price. Music videos are normally constantly playing on the televised jukeboxes. Can get quite busy on some weekday nights as is recognised as pre-clubbing venue, especially difficult to find tables to sit at. Good atmosphere and two TVs with Sky Television. |
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Cuisine: Pub Grub
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An upmarket, trendy and modern Japanese eatery, serving all the typical delights from tempura to Udon noodles, and, of course, sushi. |
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Cuisine: Japanese
Price: Splashing Out
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A family pub situated 2 miles down Fulford road, if coming from town. The Plough serves traditional beers and wines as well as English pub grub every lunch and evening. There is a weekly quiz night on a Monday at 9:30pm and the pub also has a Sky Sports license, regularly showing big football games. There is a spacious beer garden with a children's play area, good parking and wheelchair access. The Plough also has a patio area that can seat 50 people outside. There is a separate area for non-smokers. Booking for evenings is advised. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British / Pub Grub
Price: Value for Money
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The Ackhorne Inn is a cosy, 18th century watering hole hidden away just off the main street of Micklegate. There's a good selection of real ales at the bar, as well as three guest beers, which are rotated on an almost weekly basis. A small beer garden sits at the back. |
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Cuisine: Pub Grub
Price: Dirt Cheap
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Situated on Heslington Road on the route from campus into town [and, crucially, back home again], Efes has a wide range of typical student late-night food: pizzas, burgers and kebabs. Open until 3am, the shop is small but family-run. Smile nicely as you buy your meal after your night out and the staff might give you a lollipop - or even drive you home. |
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Cuisine: Fast Food
Price: Dirt Cheap
Atmosphere: Just For One
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The Bengal Brasserie is a group of four Indian restaurants two of which are located in the historic City of York. Offering traditional Bengalie cuisine, from mild korma curry to something with a bit more spice, the restaurant offers it all, including from time to time performances in Indian cooking demonstrations, teaching you the secrets of Bengali Cuisine. Additionally one can become a holder of the Bengal Brasserie Special Discount Card and receive a 15% discount on your total restaurant bill. |
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Cuisine: Indian
Price: Tenner a head
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Established in 1992 this Indian restaurant in Fishergate offers popular Indian cuisine by their team of trained chefs who have compiled a menu with a multitude of authentic, mouth watering ingredients. Serving Indian tandoori, balti, curries and many other authentic dishes, The Garden of India was established in 1992 and offers a take-away service as well. |
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Cuisine: Indian
Price: Tenner a head
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Large Spanish tapas restaurant in the centre of town, open all day with a special lunch menu of 3 tapas for £4.95. The traditional Spanish menu of tapas and paellas is good for sharing with friends, which makes La Tasca a popular choice for society socials and other large groups. Wash down the food with a jug of Spanish sangria. |
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Cuisine: Mediterranean / Tapas
Price: Tenner a head
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Part of the Galtres Lodge Hotel, Michael’s Brasserie presents a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere located in the heart of the city centre. It offers traditional British cuisine, yet it is Michael's policy to introduce new aspects to his menus. With the guidance of his Thai chef he has introduced a dedicated fresh fish range of dishes from around the world that varies each week. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Splashing Out
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Bella Italia is one of a nationwide chain of Italian restaurants that offer quick pizza and pasta dishes to suit the student budget. It can seat up to 114 and is a popular destination for society socials, so booking is advisable. On Monday, students can get 50 per cent off with a valid NUS card. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Price: Value for Money
Atmosphere: Child Friendly
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A national chain which offers a selection of traditional Italian coffees including cappucinos, mochas and espressos. Serves a mixture of English, Italian and French food for breakfast but a mostly Italian menu for lunch and dinner. Welcomes party bookings and offers loyalty cards to regular customers. Free £17.95 bottle of wine with bookings of 6+. |
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Cuisine: French / Italian
Price: Tenner a head
Time of Day: Breakfast
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The Black Bull is located in student-central, on Hull Road. Inside, it's large and bright, has a wide menu of typical Harvester-style grub (meat and chips, hot sandwiches, etc.). There's a beer garden at the front and limited parking to one side. Sky Sports is also available and there are regular calendar events as well as a weekly quiz and karaoke. |
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Cuisine: Pub Grub
Price: Dirt Cheap
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A chic, clean bar down Stonegate that offers wines, beers and coffees in a laid-back environment. Tends to be higher-end prices but still manages to attract the shoppers during the day at the weekend. Night time sees more metrosexual drinkers. Wheelchair access is available and they serve cafe type food during the day. Accept party bookings for both the upstairs bar and VIP suite. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Price: Tenner a head
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A traditional Italian bistro with a bright interior and a wide selection of pasta, pizza and meat dishes, Fellini's is family-run and all dishes are cooked to order. Its position on Fossgate puts it closer to campus than other comparable Italian restaurants, but it has limited parking. There are daily seafood specials but the prices mean that perhaps the average student would be limited to pasta and pizza dishes. |
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Cuisine: Italian
Price: Tenner a head
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The Olive Tree is a medium sized restaurant serving an English take on Mediterranean food in a comfortable setting. Providing a solo guitarist on Friday evenings, the perfect accompaniment to the stunning view of Clifford's Tower lit up at night time. |
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Cuisine: Mediterranean
Price: Splashing Out
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Red Chilli is a newly-opened Chinese restaurant within easy walking distance from the station. The interior is spacious and contemporary and there's an extensive meat and fish menu but limited vegetarian options. |
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Cuisine: Chinese
Price: Splashing Out
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Jumbo's is a basic, but fairly large Chinese buffet restaurant just off the end of Micklegate. Open all day, with a cheaper price at lunchtime, the buffet caters for vegetarians as well as all the Chinese dishes you expect, and also offers student discount. |
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Cuisine: Buffet / Chinese
Price: Dirt Cheap
Atmosphere: Child Friendly
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A bright, family-run bistro in the centre of town, Frankie C's has a simple decor of wooden tables and chairs and clean white walls. The food is traditional but with a short selection of vegetarian meals and the menu changes seasonally. There are daily specials as well as the a la carte menu. The emphasis is on the quality of the freshly-prepared food, but the high prices put this out of the league of the average student. |
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Cuisine: Contemporary British
Atmosphere: Child Friendly
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A classy chain bar for the younger trendy crowd (a favourite for post-work suits having that end of week drink). The Slug and Lettuce offers your usual pints and mixers but also does a good range of classic cocktails too. It provides your normal upmarket bar food such as steak sandwiches and sausages and mash, but it is nice to find slight Mediterranean touches to your bog standard dishes. Slug and Lettuce also offers a breakfast menu with a good selection of choice including pastries, cooked breakfast, and hot and cold beverages. |
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Cuisine: Mediterranean
Price: Tenner a head
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