The Dormouse in York

Great atmosphere Lovely decor Served by Mariusz, great waiter Food was lovely, had fish and chips which were cooked perfectly Gammon cooked well, not dry, great chips. Signature burger was very good, cooked to perfection. Definitely will visit again

Friendly atmosphere, Karen who served us was really helpful and friendly when ordering food Food was delicious and plentiful..

Toady was our second visit and again it didn’t disappoint. Food was lovely (pie of the day!) and a really good portion. Service was also faultless by Mariusz, very professional and friendly. We will be back again.

We first visited here for my 40th birthday, many moons ago. We were disappointed on our last visit to York to find it closed. However, we were thrilled to be able to visit this time around and it was every bit as lovely as I remember. The pizza was huge, hot and tasty, my other half said the burger and sticky chicken starter were to die for and my lemon tart pudding was out of this world. Definitely to be recommended and we will always call in on our visits to York…we come for the Dormouse as well as to see the sights!

We really liked the atmosphere and feel of the pub and, on the whole, enjoyed our meals. We were served by Karen, who was efficient and friendly and she did a great job. The only downside was that some elements of our main course weren't sufficiently cooked, particularly the stuffing and the broccoli, which I couldn't even get my knife and fork into. We would return, in the hope that this was a one-off. The desserts were beautifully presented and delicious.

Lovely lunch with family. Prompt, helpful, friendly and smiley service from Maurice. Delicious food and great drinks selection. Highly recommend.

Jammie and Karen are excellent hosts

Lovely pub in a great location. Great food excellent service. Large car park (however remember to register your car on entry). Not far from the centre.

Enjoyed a early evening meal here with our Grandsons aged 9 and 12

Warren was very friendly and nice towards my boyfriends family.

Great meal, and wonderful service from our waitress Karen

Had a fabulous time. The food was delicious and our server Warren was lovely and witty making the experience 10x better! Will definitely be back.

Great night with family , lovely food and friendly efficient staff.

The atmosphere was absolutely electric loved the food our waitress was an absolute legend her name was Karen loved the service it was absolutely fab Karen was amazing she needs a pay rise

Me and my wife were at the Dormouse last night, very friendly and welcoming, staff great, Jamie who saved us was really friendly and helpful. Great night.

Karen was a lovely server and very kind , helped us a lot and helped me pick a good dish

Jaime Reece and warren are amazing so friendly food for amazing food was speady

Karen was a lovely server helped us out tons and was very welcoming.

karen was a lovely lady and had good service

All staff are very helpful and friendly. Special mention to Jamie. Really nice pub

Fantastic pub with friendly staff and lovely food,Jamie is very friendly,helpful and hospitable, great spot

Spent some time working near the Doormouse the atmosphere was great the food was good quality….Jamie was great and good to talk to

I can recommend the Dormouse there is a relaxed and friendly atmosphere where the staff are friendly and efficient. We ate there three nights during one weeks stay at the Premier Inn next door. I had a different evening meal each night and every meal was generous, perfectly cooked and reasonably priced. On our last night we were served with a smile from Karen who made her customers feel right at home.

A very good meal in a lovely pub with a convivial atmosphere.

As always, food was delicious, atmosphere was warm and the service from Marvis was attentive and prompt - will be coming again!

Lovely restaurant, friendly attentive staff who were a pleasure. Nice surroundings in the restaurant. Lovely food and wine, kid friendly, all meals were great

Lovely Sunday roast with family. Karen was a fantastic server and very attentive. A great atmosphere for a family meal.

Fantastic place to spend an evening! Jamie and the team have been amazing The chorizo is devine!

A great evening, great service , great beer

Lovely pub to eat at, nice old world vibe, comfy chairs and handy for York. Apple orchard right next to the car park so if you’re not full after dessert there’s free fruit on the way out.

apple juice is good. lovely way to spend an afternoon with lovely food

Absolutely fantastic venue, accommodating staff for a very large party. Foods just fab, thank you so much! We will be back again!

Had a lovely afternoon lunch to celebrate a family wedding. Karen looked after us really well and everyone's food was fantastic.

Good food and nice place highly recommend

What an amazing place to spend a lovely evening with friends! the staff of polite and helpful. A lovely atmosphere with delicious food I will definitely visit again.

Awesome place! Staff are amazing and food is great!

The team were great and really felt like part of the group 😂

I came with my boyfriend for lunch and we had an amazing meal, the chicken pie was lovely and was served by the lovely Karon, will definately come back

Warren was our waiter and was really attentive, very efficient and had a brilliant entertaining sense of humour. The food was absolutely perfect as well. Will definitely return!

Met friends. We'll be back. Thank you.

Lovely country pub offering great food, service and cheer. Suitable for date night and families.

Excellent, relaxed atmosphere, great service and very friendly environment.

Karen was amazing! So attentive and so funny. Thank you for the great meal.

A warm welcome and good service. Food was lovely. We went just after lunchtime so it wasn't busy and we got seated and food was delivered in good time. I had the arranchin balls to start. It was delicious. I had a main of lamb. The lamb was a little over, but was still tasty. Hubby had squid to start followed by steak, which was perfectly cooked. We didn't have room, unfortunately, for dessert. A really enjoyable lunch.

Nice food and wonderful service, a lovely evening out

Pleasant atmosphere. Good value. Good cooking and obliging service

Amazing pub in York. We were staying at the Premier Inn just beside the pub and came in for an evening meal and drinks. The food was fantastic and very well presented and very reasonably priced, the fishcakes I had were probably the best fishcakes I've ever had. The service we received was also excellent and everyone was very friendly and chatty. We had Karen and Jamie serve us and they were both fantastic and very friendly and definitely went above and beyond. Compliments to the chefs too for the delicious food and presentation. Could not fault this pub at all, would highly recommend.

Fantastic service, fantastic food, fantastic atmosphere! Compliments also go to the chefs who cooked us a beautiful meal. Will definitely be back when next in York.

6 of us for tea time meal. The food was OK, the outstanding meal was the aubergine dish with the special burger the next. Warren the waiter was exceptional picking up on my allergy to cheese checking that the chips were not cooked in the same frier as cheese dishes. Plus his wit and conversation with us and the children was refreshing. An asset to any business. We will be back.

A really nice pub, Wheelchair friendly Nice staff Great food Good selection

Pleasent little pub, very cosy and welcoming. Only.down.side is the service in the restraunt area. Had to wait 45 minutes for drinks to arrive after prompting the waiter twice. Meals were.finished before drinks finally arrived. Food was nice though. Have been back a couple of times since posting my original review and must say that the service has greatly improved. Staff are really friendly and helpful, food is delicious and all reasonably priced.

We have been here a few times, yesterday's food was the poorest that we have had. 4 of us ordered the Sirloin of Beef with a few extras here and there, and another member in the group ordered a burger etc. It was the the Sirloin of Beef that just did not itself justice at all. The Beef was dry to say the least and only 2 slices. We have had this before and enjoyed it, hence why we told our Son who had come with us how lovely it was. We was all very disappointed with it to say the least, my Son is a Chef and was not happy with what he had been served. The burger, was well.....hard to muck a burger up. But overall, value for money was just not there last night. Makes us think twice about going back.

Everything is amazing, I ordered a pizza, omg was it good, great lively atmosphere, nice place rlly friendly for dogs and humans, 5 stars.

Only had drinks on this visit, have eaten here in the past but many years ago, was always great food and friendly staff quick service

We visited our daughter in York and stayed at the Premier Inn next to the pub.. we collected our daughter and gave the Dormouse a try. Food was good and the service from Mariusz was excellent. A decent amount of diners gave it a good atmosphere and the food was good value. We will visit again when back in York to try the Sunday roast

Called in for lunch after a morning at clifton moore and was very pleased we did. There was an excellent choice of beers lager and cider including cask conditioned hand-pulled real ales which were in excellent condition when we visited. We both opted for the steak sandwich, which was excellent. There is a nice pub garden, plenty of car parking and the staff are friendly and welcoming. I have been back when i have been in the area as it is a good pub for food and drink.

Great pub, lovely food and wonderful staff

Lovely meal and great service from Karen!

We had a lovely meal at the Dormouse our waiter Marius was very polite and friendly the service and food was very good

Jamie and Matt behind the bar are amazing. They both look after me and my dog, they are a credit to the dormouse. I come in just to see them. Cheers guys

Food is really tasty and our server Warren was very helpful and friendly.

Lovely food and well looked after by Karen!

A really enjoyable Sunday dinner with my wife and granddaughter

Went here 2 nights in a row while staying at Premier Inn. Fitted us in first night without booking even though they were busy. Excellent food and excellent service from. Mariusz. Would certainly recommend.

Mariuss very good very attentive, nice food and nice atmosphere

I came last night as part of a group of 5, and was impressed by the menu and the comfortable atmosphere available. I had the pie of the day, chicken and smoked pancetta, which was absolutely delicious! Will definitely come here again

Warm, relaxed atmosphere. Food excellent value, staff friendly, hope to have opportunity to return again soon.

We have visited here a few times and always enjoy it, Karen has served us the last few times we have been and always gives the best service and makes our experience that little bit better thank you!

Came upon this pub by chance as all of York was busy at lunchtime. So lucky ! We walked in at 1.30 pm and was seated straight away, ordered two Sunday lunchs which came within 10 minutes. Absolutely delighted , the food was all fresh cooked oinsite , the belly pork and crackilng was best I've had in a long while. Completely faultles service in all respects. Will definitely return.

Good food friendly atmosphere :)

The food is amazing, its like fine dining but at unbelievable prices, i shall be back!

I must say the Lasagne is to die for, i recently went for a trip to Italy and this is up there 🇮🇹🇮🇹

Wonderful food! Wait staff were lovely. My chefs for the night were Jesse, Scott and Max. Wonderful experience:)

Had an excellent meal, nothing was too much for the team. Food was outstanding, I had steak it was the best I've had. Manager Nicola seated she is definitely an asset to any team.

Lived nearby for quite some time and have visited a fair amount. What we initially thought was a great pub for the location, slowly became a place we went to less and less. In the past 3 years the food quality has gone down significantly. This evening a man working behind the bar, who seemed like the manager, was coughing excessively whilst making drinks. Coughing on his hands, in his shirt, and into the open air. If you're sick, stay home. This is absolutely not professional and so careless for others' health. Still an okay place to visit, but the setting doesn't match the overall quality of service, food, and hygiene standards.

Popped in for a couple of soft drinks and snacks

Great find lovely little pub oldie worldy place off the main road no noise great outdoor area food excellent well worth the visit

Good beer, great Food, lovely Pub

Mariusz was fantastic. Great service, really prompt and polite. Really great meal. Thank you.

Mariusz was a delight serving us. He engaged with our humour. It makes such a difference when you smiles are reciprocated! We love coming here. Will be back when we have ventured from Bristol!

Ate here two nights running as we were staying in the hotel next door. Excellent food and service. Did seem quite busy both nights so probably worth booking just to be safe.

Warren, our server made our evening very enjoyable. A credit to Vintage Inns.

From email response very quickly to my questions to booking via email was so easy The welcome and service was excellent the food was extremely yummy 😋 and don't go there if you're not hungry cos its filling, the desserts were just as,described on the menu

Friendly staff, great service and the food was delicious.

A nice spot, great beer garden. Decent food. Expensive for what you get though.

Like to thank all the lovely staff especially Nic at the bar and Scott the lovely food he prepared for me. Was a great experience!

Very friendly atmosphere, nice service, good food, beautiful location, beautiful garden and I could go on and on. Many thanks for the great service to Mariusz.

Not a great place , service is surly , range of drinks limited, expensive! Caters for the hotel next door really which is a shame but understandably.

Service in dining room and bar was friendly and welcoming. Food was amazing.

Awesome food, everything fresh, nothing any trouble, service at bar and in restaurant just unbeatable, so good we went back next night! Karen our waitress was amazing, so friendly and brilliant, a lot of restaurants could learn a thing or two from the dormouse service! Overall superb in every aspect! Thanks for having us.

Very friendly atmosphere ,friendly staff ,good food , perfect location with beautiful garden 👍 Many thanks for the great service to Marek and Mariusz every time we come to eat something good 😀

The food was lovely but what made the experience was our server Karen. She was so nice to us but the interaction she had with our son was lovely! She made him laugh, smile and distracted him enough he ate the whole meal! Definitely a credit to the company

We've eaten here twice now and the food has been really good. The service has been excellent, with special thanks to Karen who helped make our visit so pleasant. Third visit today as we are staying at the Premier Inn next door. The pub is really convenient. Beth was our server today. Excellent service and the food was good too. Our fourth and final visit on Tuesday evening. Karen was serving again and as usual gave great service. Shame there were a couple of issues with the food. The first issue was that the "Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Salad", ordered by two out of three in our group, had no Avocado. When this was pointed out to a member of staff, a plate was brought out with some Avocado slices, but the looked a bit grey. The second issue was with the desert, a "Banoffee Choux Bun". This was supposed to have a caramelised banana on top but turned up with a piece of banana which was quite obviously over-ripe at one end i.e. black through its entire thickness. We complained again and the cost of the dish was removed from our bill. After three good meals during our four day stay this was very disappointing and not the end to our York visit that we expected.

We came for Sunday Lunch and were pleasantly surprised, the food was scrumptious and very well presented, Service was ok but the food made it. see you again soon. David.

I'm not local but am familiar with Vintage Inns so knew what to expect, mostly. I'm putting my experience down as a one off but I can't be certain. On our mid-Saturday afternoon visit there was a wedding party in, not sure this place has a 'function room' to book as such and they were all just occupying a specific area but the whole place is open plan so our party of 4, which included our young daughter had to sit through an hour and a half of shouting, singing and swearing whilst trying to enjoy our meal. I get they probably put a bit of cash through the bar, given the state of some anyway but would the landlord tolerate that sort of behaviour from any regular patron? Pretty sure if it was just a small group they would have been asked to quiet down or leave with behaviour like that. We did ask to be seated elsewhere further away but we're told there was nowhere that would help. You could see some of the staff were frustrated by the party too but clearly profit was the key. As for the food, it wasn't as good as others we've visited recently and had some of the same dishes. Overall one to avoid for us I'm afraid next time we're around.

This is a very pleasant venue close to York. Food is excellent and reasonably priced. Never rushed to finish your meal. Child friendly. Would recommend

Really excellent service from Warren - he was friendly, knowledgeable, funny, and the exact right balance between being attentive and not being too over-bearing. Will definitely return.

Lovely pub with a great atmosphere. I came for Sunday lunch with my family and we all enjoyed it. The sea bass was excellent but the standout was the service by Mariusz!

Good food. Great service. Great prices. Lovely experience. The Bar Snacks are well worth the money. Excellent service from Marick and Becky

Lovely meal good service from Karen.