The Postern Gate in York

Fabulous atmosphere great beer gardens helpful staff good food shout out to 2nd visit will deffo be coming again Georgina Kat and Dan

Conveniently located close the Castle Museum and the Barbican this is a fairly large pub. Unfortunately when I visited recently there were only two members of staff serving. One man on the bar and a young woman making up the orders from the app. Nevertheless they were efficient and quick but still pleasant and friendly . Fair to say both of them were working flat out and doing their best to provide good service when the pub was obviously short on staff. The food was as expected - I always enjoy the meals which are excellent value for money! Service was quick given the circumstances. Tables needed clearing but could obviously understand why that hadn’t been done! Pub is nicely laid out and the toilets were nice and clean.

The bar was undersraffed but the staff on the bar were working their hardest to clear the backlog . Lauren clearly under pressure never let her professionalism slip despite the tut tut tutting of some customers This is when you need your backline no nonesense hard working polite and professionl Brilliant !!!

Very pleased with our Wetherspoons breakfast came out well cooked , quickly & all hot ! Excellent value for money. Been to many Wetherspoons & this was one we would definately come back too !

Went in for dinner with a friend. Burger and chips was delicious but that's where the positives end unfortunately. When I went to the bathroom I was threatened by some guy who accused me of being homosexual. He grabbed me and basically threatened me with violence. Me and my friend reported it to the staff aa we left. They were sympathetic but I will not be entering this establishment again

All good. Decent meal and beer selection.

Had breakfast and evening meal whilst staying at travelodge, breakfast very tasty had mushroom benedict which was delicious and had fish and chips for evening meal which was as good as I have eaten anywhere,and as this included a drink was excellent value. The Postern Gate has a good vibe, friendly staff and the place was very clean. Well done Postern Gate.

Weatherspoons at its best! With a great location in York!

App wasn't working when ordering it ordered twice place was very busy Hannah sorted it all out and I received refund great job food was great would go again

Called for breakfast while staying nearby. The staff was impolite, the food was cold, and the place was dirty.

super spoons as usual! our main goal after landing in stansted earlier!

Great Wetherspoons pub/restaurant lots of atmosphere here.. food was great and very quick service I can recommend the chicken pieces in a basket we had it with salad which was also served with coleslaw and smokey bbq sauce but available with fries if you wish. If you're just having drinks there are tables outside and some are riverside which is nice in good weather (food is not served at these outside tables.!) Staff were friendly and efficient ..'spoons is always good value.! 👍 🍽 🍺 🍷

Love a 'Spoons but this one was disappointing, tables not cleared, food cold when served, staff not attentive at all, not be back

Very good food, quick , great value

Weather spoons by the river good outdoor seating by the river fantastic weather spoons prices best value in york

Great food and beer. Riggwelter was a special treat. Highly recommended.

They had a couple of non alcoholic beers on offer

It's a spoons what's not too like

Cheap food and beers. Tables a bit crammed in

A Decent boozer to visit on the whole with a great selection of real ales

Visited today at 11.30 am. Almost every table had left over food,pkates and condiments. Two tables were served with the wrong meals and one sent their food back because it was cold I asked a duty manager why the venue seemed to be in freefall. He said if I didn't like it I was free to leave. Absolutely appalling!

A large Weatherspoons location well suited for families with a generous amount of space inside as well as outside for eating, drinking at prices you can't believe are as cheap as they are!! The breakfast is particularly good, with my favourite being the eggs benedict. However, all items are customisable to your individual taste. Great decor, as well as a fantastic atmosphere, come together under one perfect roof for the quick stop you need to recharge your batteries or for a longer dining experience!!! 5 stars and worth every one! Christopher

Went here with my son, last week and we had the fish and chips. We were going to go to the Waterfront Cafe, but this was nearer, so popped in on the off chance. We really fancied fish and chips, but wasn’t holding our breaths for anything amazing. Wow! Were we surprised! This was the best fish and chips, we have ever had! We thought it would be just something microwaved, from the box, but it wasn’t. I don’t really like cod, as it’s a wet fish, but this wasn’t at all. My uncle had a fish and chip shop, all of my youth, so we grew up on fish and chips. The batter was homemade and perfect 👌🏻 Usually the batter is thick and soggy inside, this wasn’t at all. The batter was applied lightly and cooked to perfection! ❤️ There was no soggy undercooked batter, on the inside, with a dried up fish. Obviously, the chef had the right temperature when they put the fish in and left it in, the correct length of time. The fish tasted lovely, more like the consistency of a haddock, which for me was perfect 💯 Unfortunately, the chips were frozen, but expected - even the Ivy use frozen chips 😔 For £14.95 we got 2 fish, chips and mushy peas - with 2 pints of Pepsi. We would have paid close to £100 for the same at the Waterfront Cafe and tbh I don’t think could have been anymore perfect than it was. The fish was the better than any fish shop/restaurant I have ever been to! Well done that chef! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I did send my compliments to them, on the day too 🥇🏆😍

Visited her a few times on the trip. Had breakfast twice and some food in the evening. Was always fresh tbf. Typical Spoons. Good value for money and excellent choice of drinks. Worth a visit

Lovely place, enjoyed our breakfast here. Would go back again.

Good food as always in a Spoons. Quick delivery from the staff who were very accommodating.

We visited at lunchtime, the food wasn't brilliant but OK prices for York. Staff were friendly.

I try Wetherspoons wherever I go (within reason) and usually have an average or above experience based on knowing where I am. I will say that it was busy and a really hot evening when I tried this one, which may explain some of the issues. However, I chose here because I'd had a long day, was hungry and thirsty and normally get drinks within 2 minutes of ordering on the app, and food within 10 minutes of that. My Coke and IPA took about 15 minutes to come, and (after 30 minutes had passed) I eventually got someone's attention and asked when my food might be coming. This was after seeing people ordering basic food after me and being served. Now I'm not blaming the staff - they were polite, friendly and rushed off their feet - but the system was clearly chaotic. Something that I have not experienced in the many 'spoons that I have visited. For clarity, it was 9.15pm when I ordered food. Not exactly the busiest time for that. My chicken and rice was okay, but not after such a long wait. I'm not tempted to return.

I can't praise it enough!nobody is ignored!

This is a Lovely wetherspoons 👍

Great Wetherspoons, lovely outdoor areas and overall prices that let a normal gadgie have a decent night out 👌

Had lovely meal here sat outside at beer garden was amazing so quiet would highly recommend here toilets spotless and have to say staff were professional and friendly

Food was nice. However one particular staff very rude, woman, ginger with glasses and long ponytail. Slammed my food down and gave me attitude. Didn’t even look at me or say anything. Whispered to her other staff members about me and my friends as we walked in. Bad customer service if you ask me and made us feel very uncomfortable.

We use Wetherspoons at least 3 times a week local to us. Visited this wetherspoons and it weren't a nice experience at all. Firstly I waited 20 minutes for my drink I ordered online, after asking at the bar how long the wait time was on Internet orders and was rudely told my drinks were on the end of the bar on a tray! Expecting me to take them to my table. Secondly I appreciate that wetherspoons do not welcome dogs in the outside areas however my husband waited outside with our dogs while my daughter and I ate. We sat by an open door away from the outside eating area which I took a chair outside for him to sit on, he wasn't directly near the open door nor beyond the sign saying no dogs. A worker came and told him he couldn't wait there and that the chair he was on was wetherspoons property. She was just really rude. No need whatsoever and she then went on to shut the door. It's a shame as we spend alot of time at both our local wetherspoons.

Considering that I visited on a hot day and the pub was busy at 5pm, the service was fast and the staff friendly. Only two cubicles in the gentleman’s toilets though, perhaps could have more? Nice Wetherspoons pub.

A nice little wetherspoons in a great location near to the city Centre. It’s a five minute wall from hotel indigo. Nice bar with a good atmosphere. My only criticism is that the tables were quite messy in terms of previous customers glasses and plates when we sat down. Cracking pint of Corona though!

After an epic drive north from Devon, I checked into the adjacent hotel (business trip). Feeling that I needed something more than a hotel room, I walked into The Postern Gate and was immediately presented with the most friendly and amiable lady, asking what I would like. "Guiness, please." No Guinness....boohoo "How about one of our ales?" "Alright, ummmm," This wonderful lady presented me with a sample of Hullaballoo, whilst telling me all about it. It was a really pleasant and welcoming exchange that I never experienced in Wetherspoons in Devon. Suffice to say I bought two. I really liked the atmosphere, so I decided to order food at the table (Ramen, which was delicious). As I was eating, the same lady was doing the rounds of the tables, ensuring that they were cleaned up and ready for the next customer. She approached me and said: "Because you liked that ale, I thought you would like this," and then handed me a Wetherspoons leaflet about all their ales. We had a really sociable exchange, and she carried on with her work. I sat there relaxing and noticed that she took the time to talk to many customers whilst she worked. She was engaging and fun throughout. This member of staff was, in my opinion, exceptional, and most certainly not what I as a consumer experience on a regular occurrence. I do work at a high level in innovative digital product management, and I rarely see the genuine interactive skills that I experience with this particular lady. @JDWetherspoons, invest in this individual and others like her. If you do, you will see success everywhere.

Great food, reasonable prices, staff busy but polite and cleaned the tables as quickly as they could. So nice we went two evenings

Had a brilliant meal here and staff were great!

Typical wetherspoons...fairly modern and spacious with plenty of drink and food options and outdoor area with tables overlooking the river Prices are extremely good compared to other bars and pubs Medium glass of pinot and a pint of ale,less than £5....amazing!

Foods normally small size but this is standard spoons. Service is great speed Slightly older crowd Saw a rat by the beer garden but its due to the river not the bar

Typical weatherspoons pub, nicely decorated and cheap food

It's on the river, it's spacious, it's fairly priced. It's an institution.

Loved food didn't take long to come out

Very rude service staff. I moved my chair out of the aisle as it was blocking the way for people because of the position of the table. Rude and condescending staff member told me to put the chair back because it was blocking the fire exit, which it wasn't because there was more room for people to walk after I moved the chair. Also, there was a separate aisle leading to the exit and we were metres away, certainly not blocking it! So we had to pick up the table and move it so I could put the chair in the 'correct' position. Obviously the rude staff member didn't offer to do this, we did it! It was totally stupid. Then to top it off my brother went to the loo but found it was broken. Don't bother with this place unless you want some random prat speaking to you like you're an idiot.

Great beer at proper prices for a change thank you 👍

Dog in building and staff aware but did not remove !! Lots of barking everyone knew dogs not allowed !!!

Been to a few Wetherspoons, but this is far the best I have been to, amazing staff, clean(someone always clearing and cleaning table ) food came quickly even thought it was very Busy with the football on, a credit to managers and all staff 👏👏😘👏👏😘

had an absolutely fantastic night leon the barman was so lovely and chatty and drinks were so good cheap can’t go wrong will be back xx

Lovely Wetherspoons by the river. All good was great and well prepared. Staff were very friendly and caring. (Would be nice to have a sprinkle of cheese on the jacket potatos rather than none or ordering a full extra topping of cheese as the only options.) Overall a great spot and will definitely be back again.

Pub on the edge of York. Food ok for a spoons. Staff friendly and chatty.

Been going every Friday for 6 weeks but now they can't swap stuff they been doing for 6 weeks not possible but was for last 6 weeks . Staff don't listen when you tell them no egg ect .

Lovely place preferred by locals. Has something to eat and something to drink. Affordable prices and good food. There is plenty of beer as well.

Dependable food, friendly and efficient staff.

Good food. Great location. Staff work hard.

We paid for drinks and then the waitress stole them from us, citing that they don't have the alcohol license for us to take them off the property? £5 down the drain I guess thanks to an unknown policy that prevents us from drinking what we paid for

Food not cooked anough and wad brought out far to fast

Good quality Wetherspoons, very busy but ample seating inside and out, was kept relatively clean, service was polite and fast.

Typical standards for a WS it is what it is as they say. Great atmosphere and worth a visit

Had dinner with wife and grand daughter and her partner had table service and cocktails

Met friends here for breakfast. Food was good and reasonably priced.

Food was really good and the hospitality was excellent

This pub is way too busy for us.

Bar was extremely quiet, 2 servers on. First server had served three people to the others one. Knew I was stood there waiting yet asked others before me, I literally felt invisible. Was just a very rude experience. She clearly didn't want to be there.

Very tasty with friendly staff.

Came for breakfast with two children 12 and 14 was clean, affordable and a great breakfast can't fault it.

Went on a Sunday tea time as going to a show at the Barbican, I expected to queue for a little but 15 mins is shocking! So halfway down our drinks I decided to use the app in the hope it might be quicker.... it was not! 25 mins so had to leave most of them to get to the show on time. Lots of tables not been cleared of plates and glasses, not very welcoming.

Very busy, difficult to get a table

Place was very busy,to say how many people were there the staff were quick to serve you, friendly and food was good too .

Had several breakfasts which were very good value

Shoutout to Travis for perfect AF koppaberg :)

Best Spoons ever. You can actually see the toilets form the bar. Not joking, no lie, no mountain to climb, no need to order an Uber to have a slash. 5 stars.

Lively and busy place with polite, staff who were well mannered, The only bad thing was the young individual who couldn't hold his beer and threw up just outside the door,

I’m not really one to leave a review but feel like I have to today, the drinks and food were exactly as asked for and perfectly made for a wetherspoons, plus it was quiet so that was a bonus! The main thing that stood out was the young woman who severed me called Alicia, she was so helpful with any questions I had and was very calm when a customer before us was quite creepy (for lack of a better word) . Definitely recommend this pub and Well Done Alicia! (You definitely handled it better than I would have)

Not the best Spoons I have been in. Attracts unsavoury clientele, outside areas poorly maintained and people smoking in the non-smoking area. Food well below the Spoons standard.

Good value reasonably priced food and drink

Drinks very cheap.. served very quickly...Sat outside in sun.. Good visit

Had a bad selection of dishes, I don't understand why would they even add this to the menu. The katsu curry was blant and boring just as it looks in the picture. Adding to that, the hot and spicy grilled chicken was tasteless and dry. Never ordering them again. Highly disappointed

It's very stupid to get a drunk so early. Iam really drunk right now.

Nice steaks in the far room near the river. Good, quick service.

Food was nice. Far too busy for us.

Stopped in for some drinks after a long walk around York on a hot afternoon. We ordered four soft drinks on the app whilst sat outside. The drinks took 18 minutes to be brought out, which seemed excessive. The tables outside were majority unclean and had stacks of dirty plates or unclean glasses adorning them. We noticed that even when the occasional staff member did appear outside, they didn’t clean the tables or take anything back inside with them, which was odd. Aside from this, the location of the seating was lovely and secluded from the road, and a great spot to sit in the shade and enjoy a cold drink. The toilets were satisfactory, but could have used a bit of a freshen up.

Had a breakfast absolutely rubbish should have complained,.

Shocking service, We ordered 2 Double vodkas and monster, the rude member a staff used an already opened can of monster, which had no fizz, I politely asked for a replacement, and asked for a fresh drink, in which she gave attitude, saying shes not replacing our drinks and we needed to purchase more drinks, We asked to speak to management, they were equally unhelpful, we ended up getting a refund. Shame on you wetherspoons, just because your drinks are CHEAP does, give you the right to treat your customers rudely... Will not go back when visiting York again.

nice place to go for a drink or bite to eat

I would like to give a massive shout out to Meg a member of your staff who went above and beyond to help me with my choice of meal tonight i have celiac sometimes its very hard at times to get the right meal without cross contamination she showed me the allergy board and explained everything she also got advice from the kitchen staff (cook)for me to ensure theres no gluten in anything i had ordered she was very helpful and patient i would just like to say thank you so much i had a very enjoyable meal thanks so much i will definitely come back thanks again Jackie x

It's weatherspoon must have been busy the tables were messy but we manage to get someone to clean and remove the plates food good for weatherspoon great staff 👍

Worse weatherspoons we've been in , absolutely filthy food all over floor

Great food, great drink, great service

It was so busy it was hard to get a seat, but after a short wait we got one. I've been to cleaner Wetherspoons, but they were so busy.

Nice favourite , worth a visit xx

Real typical English breakfast to discover if you are not from the area.

Lovely seating area by the river

A top-tier Wetherspoons. Brilliant prices, paired nicely with perfectly prepared food and drink. Short wait times and seamless service. The interior is nice and clean, with plenty of facilities.

Quick service, polite staff, food was ok.

Usual spoons in a nice location

If it's the weather spoons you can't go wrong

Large modern wetherspoons near the city wall. Attached to a hotel. Gets very busy in the evenings.

I can not comment on the food, as we did not have any. We have been to number of Weather spoons recently. This for a Weatherspoons was a modern building, lacked character that most Weatherspoon's have, due to them being located older/restored buildings. It was a very busy pub and the bar staff were kept busy but it was a very automated/going through the motions sort of service but to be fair, this could be because of how busy they were. Prices were good, especially for wine. Would I go back, probably but only for the price of the drinks. If you want a quiet, comfy atmosphere. This is not the place for you.

Only went in to go to the toilet. Seemed very busy