Keystones in York

Amazing pub, love the quiz and craft Thursdays, Tayla is the best!

abbie was amazing! so friendly! she really had us eating up those and deals

Great pub quiz that you can do.

A really enjoyable meal here. Good quality food.

Brilliant experience, lunch menu is really good

Lovely pub with amazing food service , shoutout to Abbie and Erin they are always fab !

We booked at Keystones on NYE for a double celebration, bringing in the New Year but also our Mum’s 60th! Tayla and the staff could not have been more helpful, accommodating and personable by decorating an area for us to celebrate both. There was birthday balloons, confetti, a birthday sash and even a glass of Prosecco on the house. We wanted to find somewhere where we could celebrate the milestone birthday as a big family, and Tayla did everything she could to make that as wonderful as possible. We can’t thank her team enough for their hospitality!

We came for bottomless brunch and it was amazing. The woman who served us (didn't catch her name but she had short red hair) was lovely. So attentive and came regularly to check if we wanted more drinks. The food was also delicious. We really enjoyed it and have said we would definitely return when we next visit York. Thank you for making our trip so enjoyable 😊

Fantastic value for money lunch deal. We both had flatbreads that came with lots of tasty toppings, fries that were hot and crispy and a huge cola for £7 each ! Staff were exceptional and we'll be back when next in York.

Brilliant pub with a great atmosphere, have been in a few times for the football and also just for drinks whilst out in town. Always cracking service too!

Most hospitable staff in York - always an enjoyable place to be and go above and beyond for customers!

Great pub to watch the football (unless you’re an Arsenal fan in a room full of Liverpool and Leeds supporters) with reasonably priced drinks and decent pub grub.

We had a bottomless Brunch here at the end of December 24 for one of our family members Birthday. First time here so didn’t know what to expect. The Pub is a great pub, well set out with its own area for the bottomless brunch. The service was 100% with the. Drinks flowing while we talked and ate. The lady who served us was amazing!. The food was first class and those cocktails went down with everyone. Definitely reformed to anyone else and we will be back to do it all again at some point.

I was here for bottomless brunch with my mates. great staff, great food (thanks sandra) & lovely vibe. Come in for pints all the time. Thank you! x

the best pub i’ve even been all the staff are lovely and a different deal everyday of the week, regardless of what the plans are this is the first stop. this pub needs to be tattooed on my body

We booked online for a bottomless brunch. We got there early the table was set with crackers and hats to wear..we travelled from Newcastle for the Christmas market but it was cancelled with the storms..we were soaked through by the time we reached the pub. The pub was welcoming cozy and warm! Our server was Taylor and we can't praise her enough. The drinks were brought out quicker than we could drink them which from previous bottomless brunch at a different chain pub the service of the drinks was so slow, not here ! The cocktails were lovely my favourite was the green sleigh cocktail (recommend this if you like after eights) Taylor came every few minutes to check drinks and that we were all Okey. My only thing was the Nachos didn't have alot of cheese sauce etc but everything else was absolutely beautiful. We are rebooking next year for hopefully the Christmas market and another bottomless brunch. Fully recommend this pub if your in York !! Amazing !!

Keystones is the #1 pub in York, we’ve been going for 6+ years and love it every time! We often celebrate birthdays & occasions with their bottomless brunch. We did a festive bottomless brunch this Saturday and loved it. The service from Tayla was amazing, constantly asking us if we were ready for another drink - not something you usually get at other pubs/bars. Great value for money as well, can’t recommend enough!

Called in for a pint and had a decent selection of ales.

We went to the keystones in York for the Christmas bottomless brunch on November 30th 2024 . The staff were really helpful for such a little pub that was very busy the lady that was serving us with constant drinks was second to none think her name was Taylor would recommend the Christmas bottomless brunch if you are going to York this festive season

Cheap Lunch and Good food and service to.

A good pub, called in for a quick G&T on the way back to our hotel, nice beer garden area

The keystones is a traditional pub next to monk bar that serves food. It has a good range of beers, lager and cider, including several hand pulled cask conditioned real ales that were in excellent condition when we visited. They do a great deal on a Thursday £3.50 a pint. The staff are very friendly and welcoming and there are TVs showing Sky Sports in the pub and in the garden. There is a pool table and a large beer garden with great views of the city walls and the ice house. The pub has a lovely modern but rustic feel to it, nice music a great pub. Highly recommended.

Enjoyed stopping for a pint and being in the beer garden

Great pub serving excellent food and a wide selection of drinks.

Lovely pub. Great atmosphere. Thanks to the two really cheerful bar persons who reserved a table so we could see two different football matches at the same time from the same table. Great service.

Been coming here for years when visiting York. Great to sit outside in the summer. Only drawback is the limited range of beers.

Good food, served quickly with a smile.

Top place. Ellis is the main man , needs a 50% pay increase, definitely.

Firstly, the food wasn't great. I ordered the chicken and fries and gotta say the portion of chicken was very very less. Secondly, the server (a lady)( the lad was great) was kind of rude - didn't help with the menu. I believe at least they could treat customers with a smile and not with an attitude. The mens washroom was out of order, the TV screens were continuously fluttering (the outside ones).

Do recommend this nice pub in york, it has many screens for different sports where the nice and friendly staff don't hesitate to put on for you, seems to be a good atmosphere among regulars, tourists and the staff alike. It's got a good big beer garden to the side also. Didn't have any food however as I went for a succulent Chinese meal instead! Will be back one day!!

We had a great bottomless brunch here today. A table right Infront of a huge screen to watch the football. A wide range of beers available on the brunch menu and the food menu was also great. I had the rebel burger and it was great. The bottomless brunch was great value and the staff were attentive and certainly were not shy when we had finished our drinks. I would highly rec this to groups of men who want to watch the footy and drink. It's a great value way of having lunch and beers at a great price

Came for a bottomless brunch and was not disappointed, the management and staff we're fantastic and plenty of drinks to choose from. The food was excellent and was fresh and delicious... i would highly recommend this place for a brunch

Excellent pub with great staff especially Ellis and Oly top guys 👍 and cheap drinks Amstel £3.50 a pint 👍 Highly recommend especially if you like watching sports as there's many TV screens and an excellent beer garden 👍👍 In reply to your message. You did absolutely fantastic and that's why I came back 4 days on the trot. Thank you for your excellent hospitality, to me your pub is the best in York 👍👌 And as Arnie would say.... I'll be back 😄

Pizza was nice and you wanted a salad but it wasn't on the menu but Sandra made you one Ellis and oliver great service on the bar

It's canny okay for a visit food and TV football, not a local as such!!,

Fab place, booked for after work drinks and it was welcoming and great service. Regularly attend and it’s always amazing service by all staff whether it’s food, bar or collecting glasses.

Came to their pub quiz and it was amazing, great energy, atmosphere and prizes! Had some food while we were there, the pizzas are top end! I'm going to be back to try out even more and hopefully win some prizes for the next quiz, definitely recommend for anyone looking for a midweek activity

I visited with a friend on Sunday for drinks, I've been a few times before. Very friendly attentive staff. Oli was very helpful. Great atmosphere. Lovely garden to sit in with dogs as they are very welcome by the staff.

always the biggest fan of keystones🙂‍↕️ the staff are lovely, its affordable, and the location is stunning. definitely a frequent for me and my friends, and student drinks deals are phenomenalll for the budget girlies. food is well priced too, and there are plenty of veggie options, which i love. the quiz also always has the best vibes!! (shoutout to my fav quiz master eleisha). 10/10 recommend.

Wonderful dog friendly pub in York with great food and drinks and a huge beer garden. Staff were so friendly. 10/10, will return!

Great location, amazing staff, fabulous bottomless brunch and a beer garden with a beautiful backdrop! Definitely worth a visit if you are in York.

Been here a couple of times, stayed all night. Such a chilled place and lovely staff. Met a friend for food and drinks a couple of days later and was even better. The fish and chips and burgers were our favourite. Thanks again for making us 60 year old women feel so comfortable and welcome. Well done Keystones for a lovely team.

Came in to watch the Leeds game, decent pint and burger was good. I’ll back in at the weekend! Thanks

A return visit and it was certainly worth it. Really good food and atmosphere. Very busy as per previous visit but really well looked after by the staff. Nothing too much trouble and lovely to see Oliver was still working there from last time. As then he made us very welcome. We will be back

Came here for a birthday bottomless brunch and it was fantastic! Food was good and drinks were flowing. Alisha served us the whole time we were there and was excellent! Very attentive and helpful throughout so thank you Alisha!

best quiz in york every Thursday. cheap drinks, unreal staff.THE BEST PUB IN YORK

Alisha and Meg were lovely!!!! Thank you so much!!!

Lovley place, sadly football takes president as the rugby was turned off despite the large crowd I'm watching it. Clientèle soon left as a result and the incoming football crowd were less pleasant to be around so we left.

Sub par food (Old oil/hard food) Could’ve been a great place Good guinness

I would rate one star if I could. The lotsa pepperoni pizza had 5 pepperonis on it, was soggy and uncooked in the middle and burnt on the crust. Tastes like ketchup sauce. Corn on the cob served burnt, yet somehow literally frozen. Salad had rotten peppers. Burger came with no BBQ although menu claims it does, and the patties are clearly cheap frozen ones and they were cold in the middle. This is all on top of having to download an app, give all your personal info, and create an account with your credit card. HATE THAT. Overall, it was a pretty atrocious experience.

Pretty awful. Staff were unfriendly, beer was poor. No wonder it was nearly empty

Its a genuinely good beer garden - despite the pub being on a main road, the garden is at the back and peaceful and is right under the city walls. So if you want to come for the beer garden on a nice day - fine. I'd otherwise treat the reviews on here with caution. A lot of them seem to have had the bottomless brunch or didn't eat at all. I can't comment on the bottomless brunch, but my experience of the food is that it is very average. Also, the indoor of the pub isn't particularly attractive if its not a nice day. There's much nicer pubs in York.

I traveled solo for 3 weeks in Great Britain. Thinking it would be fun to eat dinner at an authentic pub while in York, I looked at TripAdvisor and found Keystones listed as a Traveler’s Choice. Maybe I visited on an off night but my meal at Keystones was the worst meal of my entire 3 week trip. At 7pm on a Friday, they had already run out of a LOT of food so the very friendly and helpful bartender recommended the Burrito Bowl with chicken breast. Big mistake. The chicken was dry and overcooked and so was the tortilla. The plain white rice wasn’t warm. At least their Garlic Cheese Bread was good and their staff was great so it wasn’t a total loss. It was crowded with drinkers not eating so that must be the draw of this place. And it did look like a fun place to watch sports but I wouldn’t eat there again.

The keystones is definitely the place to come to in York for a bottomless brunch. My boyfriend and I came for a botty b the price is fantastic as well as the food and drinks. Everything was delicious and the service by Taylor and the rest of the staff was fantastic! Thank you very much for everything and Velma the dog was a lovely guest as well!

Consistently the best venue in York for watching sport! Me and a large group went for the first England game of the Euros and we’ve been back for every game since! Extremely accommodating staff every time, and great value on drinks…love this place!

First time visit here and the beers we had were great. Pizza and burger were good. Posh fish finger sub was not so good...fish good, not so the toasted brioche roll and the tartar sauce was overwhelming Still gets a high rating The outside area below the city walls and next to the Ice House was good

Great place.. Bottomless brunch is well work the price..Staff here can't help you enough, don't have to go looking for someone to order next drinks..(Megan was particularly attentive during this visit. I have been to this pub a few times now, for brunch or just drinks, and can't find fault with anything..

Always great when I am in York to pop in. The drink and meal offers are excellent and really friendly staff! Well worth a visit!

Really enjoyed it, I'm a regular down Goodramgate and will visit again.

Really fantastic place. Great food, good selection of drinks and very friendly staff. All in all a great place to visit with a nice vibe. Deputy Manager (Can't remember his name) was great and a credit to the place. Will definitely be returning the next time we're in York.

Our first experience of a York pub and it was great. Went to watch the football, Sainsbury's v West Brom. The service and the staff was first class. We did not try the food as we had previously dined, but the menu was extremely tempting and reasonable.

Bottomless brunch was amazing. Great selection of cocktails and good food. Taylor was brilliant and so friendly and efficient!! We will be back :)

Love, love, love! Brilliant staff, efficient service, amazing location, beer garden with a stunning backdrop. Great deals throughout the week, great selection of beer on tap. Big on sports, dogs and generally good vibes! Ace social media One of my absolute favorite spots for a drink in good company whenever I'm in town. Thank you Keys!

Came to watch the last PL games. Atmosphere were brilliant, even when the place was packed the staff were still smiley and helpful. Would highly recommend, cheapest and happiest place in york! Great place.

A very busy day at the pub, the staff remained calm and professional. The food was so delicious and the pints were cheap for York. A fabulous experience and TV screens everywhere which was great for the PL finals. Thank you for a wonderful Sunday.

Such a lovely pub ! Every single member of staff is lovely !! Come here for great drinks and food ! Cosy atmosphere, great music honestly if I could give 6 stars I would !!

Went in for a cider with my mates the manger has very poor customer service and was refusing to serve us for no valid reason. I understand why at the first instance I was not severed as I forgot my id however I went back home brought it to show and he again refused to serve me for apparent bad attitude when all I was asking was a genuine question. Anyone who knows me knows I’m far from having a bad attitude! When coming back with my id and he saw me and my friend he rolled his eyes and shook his head at me it’s not very nice. Hence the feeling of feeling disrespected. Absolutely disgusting. Honestly felt racially profiled I am devastated. In this day and age? Really? Is it really that hard to smile and do your job of serve a drink? Went back in today after this incident purely due to meeting friends and convenience and as I felt over the situation. Was told I couldn’t be served unless I apologised to the manager who was being rude to me previously. I said yes that’s fine I’ll apologise purely to avoid another situation. A different manager came to speak to me and her attitude and demeanour from the beginning was already rude. She said I had to delete my previous review and why come back if I left a one star review. She had an issue with the fact I used race in my review however I’ve read previous reviews and other people have said the same thing. She was shouting at me in the middle of the bar, very unprofessional, and felt very attacking. I still decided to apologise to avoid my friends from having to leave. She then refused to take my apology. So just a heads up don’t leave a one star review and don’t speak about your bad experience unless you want to be shouted at spoken rudely to when you are just trying to get a drink after a hard day. I have never had an issue like this in any other pub or bar and initially felt like I shouldn’t post this experience to prevent them from further targeting me. However I am leaving York very soon and feel like this should be said. i am not trying to be disrespectful purely expressing my feelings as I felt like I couldn’t speak to the manager properly due to her predisposition of the situation.

Cool place, tasty food and good beer.

Completely appalled with the service received. We went out for a drink, the manager was rude to my friends if I’m honest it appeared to be a race thing as he was lovely to everyone else. This man then refused to serve me afterwards giving me a horrible attitude so we had to leave.

keystones is my favourite pub fr, student deals saving my low bank balance and uni lifestyle (responsible drinking), bar staff lovely today :)

popped in with some mates and a (very excitable) dog and have no faults. we all ordered food- it came promptly and was amazing. the staff are great- so friendly and professional :) great student pint deals too!!

Great visit.. cracking atmosphere in the beer garden

Best pub in central York by a country mile

Took a wrong turn and found this place, reminded me a bit of the film of the same name.

Great pub atmosphere for bottles brunch, some places are packed out and over comerialised, we've visited on numerous occasions and it's a great vibe and traditional the staff are always really friendly, the selection is not restricted like other places and the food is good too, I recommend this place too all my Friends, thanks again for amazing service

Bad service, bad employee asks about race and doesn't serve well really she is racist

Bottomless boozy brunch. Worth a visit.

Can’t recommend this enough…from the friendly welcome, great decorations, tasty food and fantastic cocktails 🍹 The little touches- personalised reserved sign, flag, balloons 🎈, haribo and badges made me smile 😊 We were looked after so well by our server Ellis and nothing was too much trouble! WELL DONE TEAM KEYSTONES 🤩

Ellis and Louis slayed. Greet food, service and drinks. Really friendly service and great atmosphere. Went the extra mile with the festive easter decor.

The staff are always incredible. Shoutout to both Ellis’ and tayla amazing customer service everytime and incredible wing Wednesday. 💖

Ellis was very attentive. Good service. Nice food. Great location. Good value! Will come again! Happy days! Thank you!

Had a Bottomless brunch here and must say definitely one of the top ones I've been to the food was amazing.. and Eleisha was amazing honestly made our day she was amazing with us ❤️ would definitely return to see her thank you for been amazing

Best brunch in York. Georgie served us was very pleasant. Food was amazing and the drinks just kept on coming. Well worth the money will definitely be coming back. Sisters third visit my first definitely won't be the last.

Wonderful always to go to the Keystones pub. Food fantastic, great selection. Thank you to Sandra for the warm welcome. Hope to be back soon

Stopped by on Monday afternoon to enjoy 2 for 1 pizzas with a couple of drinks in the beer garden 😍 Pizzas were amazing and the team were lovely!

Best bottomless brunch!! Went here Saturday for bottomless brunch for my birthday with 9 others and have to say it was amazing! Drinks were served fast, food was lovely!! Would highly recommend the pizza and chicken wings to share! Our service was great and the woman in charge of it was awesome! (Forget her name unfortunately) all the staff was lovely and friend and the table was set up was great! Would highly recommend to go! Thank you for making it so good! Will be booking in again!

Oh my goodness!!! Great service, kept filing drinks and wonderful food. Highly recommended excellent value for money xx

Stopped in here for a couple of pints after a gym session. Staff are friendly and service I quick. We went around 6pm on a Wednesday and managed to get a table though it did get a reserved table tent in it for a booking a couple of hours later so we'd have had to move if we wanted to stay. It's popular with the student crowd so if the sound of that puts you off go in the summer or the usual term holiday times (Christmas and Easter).

We did Bottomless Brunch for my partner's birthday on 09/03 and it was just an outstanding experience. The table was decorated (such a lovely touch) the staff were an absolute pleasure and the food was scrummy. The menu choices were fantastic and everyone commented how lovely the staff and service were. We will definitely be back - best B.Brunch we have done. Massive thank you!

The staff were amazing and very friendly and attentive, food was great, and the pub was busy and had a great vibe.

Only popped in for a drink, atmosphere was good and service was excellent. If going by car don't use car park at rear its ridiculous price.

Keystones is our favourite pub… Max is our guy!!!

Called today after long hospital appointment left uplifted and refreshed Top class crew and very open feeling here recognised by a long termpub visitor me! Timothy Taylor 4 pints good as recommended by my other half a South East Londoner! Recommend to try this pub not just carry on walking into town please.

Taylor needs a raise ASAP amazing waitress, she gave us sooo many drinks at bottomless brunch, we are truly bottomless

Taylor 10/10 amazing waitress!!! and the man that’s here too. got so drunk at bottomless brunch only £26 sick bruv

We had an amazing bottomless brunch experience. We were served by Eleisha, Joe and Georgie. Everything was perfect, so friendly and accommodating. Would definitely want to come again

Came for brunch. Amazing and friendly service by Eleisha, Joe and Georgie. Had such a good time, such a good atmosphere!!! Defo would recommend.

We did bottomless brunch and it was amazing, we got fast service and was delicious, shout out to the keystones staff that served us today and the team in general. Everytime we come in it’s fantastic

Staff were polite and friendly Food was good

We went for bottomless brunch and elisha served us. The service was AMAZING and so well organised. Thank you so much absolutely amazing