The Punch Bowl in York

Pre booked a table for 5 on a Saturday lunchtime in York (we were recommended by a friend). The welcome from the man at the bar was really personal and the lady that served our food was great too. We all ordered food, it all arrived together piping hot and was very tasty-excellent value for money-5 empty plates. The place was really busy and had a great atmosphere. I might suggest more staff as the ones there, were really busy all the time (but they still managed to provide great customer service). We would definitely go back and recommend to others

Food we had the sea bass and the Gnocchi. It was very good and the staff were fabulous. Great atmosphere would recommend to all. 5 🌟 .

7 minutes ago New You cannot come to York without visiting this pub. Cosy atmosphere, expansive drink selection, great home cooked food, and friendly staff. Maddie, Lucy, and George looked after us this evening and were very welcoming; although they were busy, they made sure that every person was dealt with and did it with a smile. Make sure if you’re visiting York, spooky reasons or not, that you add the Punchbowl to your places to go to

Although the staff were nice, the food was very underwhelming. The quality was poor for the high price, as the food was served lukewarm and with items missing. The selection of beers was limited and there was drink menu items unavailable, which the bartender wasn’t aware of. The atmosphere was nice for a drink, but I wouldn’t recommend the restaurant.

2 adults, 11yr old, 9yr old and 2 Yr old. Lovely old fashioned pub. Comfortable seating and high chairs and free WiFi. The pies are 10/10. Kids only had fries or chunky chips due to lack of kids menu (they literally just need to add some chicken nuggets and they've nailed it). They have lots of local ales and you can get 1/3 ale flights to experience more

I have Been frequenting the punch bowl for many years, we decided to stop for some lunch on Saturday with our grandson, my grandson wanted sausage and mash they didn’t have it on the children’s menu, so I paid the main menu price. When the meal arrived it had the gravy Already on the meal, my grandson became upset as he didn't want gravy on his mash just sausage, I asked the waitress if she could take it away and have some mash without the gravy on as we assumed the gravy would be in a boat or jug. We pacified our grand son, when a female member of staff informed me that I would have to order some thing else off the children’s menu and would have to pay extra, I informed the lady that I had just spent over £50 and we only wanted the gravy removing off the mash. Shock and gobsmacked at her attitude We left and will not be back. I think Nicklesons needs to look at training staff in good customer service.

Nice pub in the center of York service good food

Not the best. Needs a good scrub. Food ok. Tables a bit sticky

Called in for a quick bar snack & the food was excellent. Efficient service & very clean. Would definitely go back.

Cosy pub with classic pub food to a good standard. Found the staff to be friendly. The location and the historic building are big positives.

Had a fantastic experience with the food and service,the staff went above and beyond for me and my pie quest? Can highly recommend the place👍

Popped in whilst visiting York and loved it. Very nice clean, friendly pub.

Jokingly said the double gin and tonic was very weak possibly watered down, a passing joke next to a fellow customer - lady behind the bar possible manger slash owner ? Very rude response ! Both me and my partner felt very uncomfortable 😳! Poor service ! Lighten up is a pub !!

Went to York for the day and once arrived around midday we sourced a pub. Came to the Punch Bowl, in the city centre and went in. Very olde worlde lots of little rooms and dark wood, superb atmosphere and good selection of local beers and gins. Didn't try the food but it was being served to other guests and looked delicious.

Oh my, so good food! Definitely worth to get some dinner in there

Delicious food in a relaxing atmosphere. Doggies welcome which is always a big plus. Served by Casey and Lucy both helpful adding to a good visit.

Very warm pub in heart of beautiful York

A small Wetherspoons but a great atmosphere that offers the usual Wetherspoons fayre. Lovely staff and immaculately clean with a 5 min walk from the Station

Food was cold, wouldn't eat there again

Beautiful restaurant, delicious food and affordable

Waiting for the car to be updated, decided to take Woody and go dogging in York - walking ! Got delayed, so looked for a lunch venue. Tried Ye Old Starre - yuck, load music and heaven forfend, it was a GK pub. Found this place - perfect, quiet, lovely bar, great staff. No Brisket - booooo ! Had the Club Sandwich instead which was most excellent. Beer and wine were good. Dog friendly - spot on !!!!

Didn't eat here, lovely old pub

⭐️Huge thanks to Maddie, Rose and Noah oh and the Chef for amazing Service and Food! Absolutely 💯 recommended to anyone visiting York and, their fish 🐠 is out of this 🌍 world ⭐️THANK YOU xx Vic n Ric, lytham St Anne’s

You can't go wrong with a Wetherspoon if you want something to eat. I suppose that the prices vary depending on where you go.

Really friendly service and great Steak and Ale pie with mash.

Casey was AMAZING! Spot on! Great atmosphere, food and drink perfect. We didn’t feel hurried as we spent over 1 1/2 hours in here. Will indeed be back

Excellent evening meal and drink here. The peppers and Mac and cheese were perfect on a cold evening. Maddie and Sam served us, and were both lovely. Maddie particularly helped us pick out a nice whiskey to try. We will definitely be back again!

I love this bar in York It has a great atmosphere

Now this is just my opinion: The pouring of the pints and the temperature of the beer was not the best - ale was kept way too cold, so what head there was disappeared very quickly. The famous pies were famously lacking in filling. Atmosphere wasn't bad - made better by the one waitress/hostess who didn't lack the banter or a smile

This is a very nice pub within an old traditional house. The food was good, the fish was chewy but the pies were delicious ! The service was also excellent! If you are looking for a good place to have a pie with some choice on tap beer, this is the place.

Beautiful quaint pub in the heart of the city. Food is excellent throughly recommend.

Lovely old pub 🍻 Fantastic food 😋

Amazing business, food is exceptionally good for pub food.

Great friendly service from Casey and Laura, nice food, great stop off with city days hunt.

Lovely old historic pub , can imagine the folks of the 1600s sitting here drinking or maybe I've watched too many Game of Thrones ? Tales of Ghosts on the wall but i think the ghosts may have stolen the gas out of my lager as it was flat ( even the second replacement pint ) Well worth a visit during quieter times I'd reckon .

£16.50 for a burger was nice but expensive. The pie was a joke best avoided .

Good pub, Bar Snacks great, friendly staff. Definitely worth a visit.

Very cosy and authentic, great food & perfect service by Casey 😁🥂

We had lunch at this place after seeing the reviews. We ate really well, we chose to order two "Pies" and we highly recommend them to everyone for a unique taste experience. Casey was the added value of this experience, also thanks to her everything in this place works perfectly. Highly recommended, we will definitely be back!

Both had sausage n mash and for someone who doesn’t usually each sausage I throughly enjoyed it Gravy n caramelised onions were delish. Washed down with a large sauv blanc.

Great pub. Lovely food. Nice atmosphere. Would recommend. Casey and Noah were great.

Rainy mid August Thursday night. In York for a couple of days and ate at the Punch Bowl tonight. It’s a wondering old building with a charming and characterful interior. The beer was good and the service and food excellent: the home made beef in red wine pie was super tasty and the veggie pub lentil and veg pie were delicious. Recommended.

Very good lamb pie and available gluten-free. Great!

Stopped in the premier inn across the road, legged it across for breakfast over the two days we were there. Could not fault the food from the full English to the yoghurt and fruit and unlimited coffee/ tea. Staff very welcoming and helpful,definitely recommend to anyone staying that end of the city

Lovely & chilled atmosphere, probably the best burgers we’ve had in a pub. Service with a smile. Thankyou to Casey

Lovely club sandwich & a good pint

Nice pint at a reasonable price. Bags of atmosphere. In the middle of york. Another favourite of ours in york

We are from out of town and wanted to find a place to relax and drink for the evening. Found this place as LGBT friendly and they really are. Atmosphere is very nice and the drinks prices are very reasonable. Service was wonderful! Will come back if im ever in town again

Very nice pies and chicken burger. And nice staff. There was not many people yet so the food came really quick and was very good

Great pub, great atmosphere. Good service. 5*

Popped in for a drink while visiting York for the day (shame weather was awful ! ) what a gorgeous city full of little nooks and carnnie streets then stumble on traditional little establishments like this what a delight ! Would definitely return if we was visiting York!

Really old type pub inside with wooden panelling and floors. Usual tap beers and a few real ales. Camra discount on showing your card. Divided into small rooms. Lights are very dull which adds to the atmosphere. Staff were friendly and polite. Beer was good. You would struggle getting a wheelchair in as there are a few tight corridors and steps to the toilets. Enjoyed my visit.

What a fantastic, old, historical pub - very friendly welcome ,lovely ambience, excellent choices of drinks & food! Brilliant that you can sample the beers before you order! We had the delicious fish pie & chicken & mushroom pies on our first visit, & yummy fish platter on our 2nd visit! Loved the welcome we had & definitely recommend! Can't wait to return on our next visit to lovely York!

What a fantastic pub - a real gem ! Very friendly staff - lovely ambience, excellent choices of drinks & very delicious food - all very reasonably priced. The fish pie & chicken & mushroom pies were really tasty on our first visit, & the seafood platter we had tonight was soooo tasty- definitely recommend all the food ! We definitely recommend & can't wait to return on our next visit to lovely York !

I love this place. I had looked for it specifically, I was there last year and the food was great. This year was the same - the food is AMAZING. The fishcakes are the best I have ever had. And for £11 - an absolute bargain! Others on our table had fish pie and a burger. Service was excellent. The ONLY thing that lets this place down is the toilets. I can't comment on the fellas, but the ladies was pretty grim. It looked like one of the toilets had just developed a leak, another was smeared in the brown stuff.... if I had seen the toilets before ordering food, I probably wouldn't have bothered to be honest! Hopefully they take this only criticism on board and do something about it. A few other pubs were similarly let down... great food but shocking toilets. It is a busy little pub, but please, check in the toilets a bit more regularly! It was very busy, lunchtime Saturday, no excuse though. Otherwise I would have gladly given a 5 star review.

A disgrace that anybody would serve sunday lunch with parsnips done as tough as leather also roast potatoes done the same ,very very dissapointing. Paid £ 33. For poor quality food, sack the kitchen assistant or cook? 07-07-2024

Maddy made me the best Old Fashioned I've ever had outside my own kitchen - will be going back again next week for a repeat order!

Fantastic venue, great food with wide choice of menu along with a great drink selection. Staff were polite and service was excellent.

Dire food and beer! My beer was plainly off but they said it was just “settling”. I took a couple of gulps and took it back. No apology. The food was equally as bad. My ham and mature cheddar toastie consisted of what looked like supermarket ham and a Kraft cheese slice! The Blt my partner had was left half eaten and ranked poor. Never again!

Met up with friends during our annual pilgrimage to God's own country. Second year to the Punch Bowl and they didn't disappoint.

The pub is a traditional one and maintains the atmosphere in all areas.However,the service was poor and did not try to accommodate our needs and gives us info we needed about the menu

Great place to watch sport, bang in town opposite Ivy and close to Betty's, so options F OK r all sexes😂 didnt have food but good choice and looked good.

Having heard a lot about this place, we went to try it out, and it was still pretty packed despite being a Monday afternoon! Rooted in the history of York and infamous for being haunted, the pub in itself was cosy, aesthetic and warm. We had the Lamb Shepherds Pie which was the best I’ve had, Chicken Schnitzel, which was a bit oily for my liking, and Apply and Bramble Crumble which was great with custard, though a bit too tart. Overall we really liked pure experience and would come back. The service was prompt and both all the servers were really kind :)

Om our recent visit to York we came upon this gorgeous olde worldie pub , Amazing food cooked by Fran and wonderful staff Sam, maddie and George thank you again

Fabulous medieval bar , restaurant. Staff really accommodating and friendly. We ended up staying most of our afternoon in the snug which has to be visited to be appreciated. It’s full of history and atmosphere we never wanted to leave. We ordered food which was from a reduced menu as the grill was out of action, so we decided to go for the pie selection. We can recommend the steak and ale pie which came with perfectly roasted carrots chips or mash and a gravy boat. Also the puy lentil shepherds pie with again perfect carrots and broccoli, boat of vegetable gravy. If visiting York the shambles shopping street is a must , this is where you will find The Punch Bowl , good look getting any further. Might see us we intend going back as soon as we get chance . Really enjoyed the experience.

Lovely olde worlde pub with excellent food, excellent service and a really nice atmosphere. Ate here twice and thoroughly enjoyed our meals.

Amazing time here. Casey and Emma were fantastic. Can not wait to come back!

Absolutely amazing atmosphere and staff so happy that we stumbled in and got a table!!

Good food very friendly staff a great place for a good pint

Nice old pub with friendly staff .Good food.

Had the Sea bass, lovely. Staff are really great. All happy to help. Several rooms to feel cosy.

We went just before lunch and the food was good. My dear old ma said that the beef brisket burger was AMAZING (she didn't have the bun because she's coeliac and the kitchen was good in taking that into consideration). I had the Pork and chorizo pie and it was divine! Hotter than I gave it credit for! but the gravy and mash were great; almost creamed potato rather than mashed! Casey saw my mum was getting on in years and, because the bar was quiet, actually delivered her second coffee to the table. What a sweetheart I know the other staff might be just as good but Casey took note of my mum's gluten problems and was very attentive; I hope you get her serving you; the best!

The midpie was sour. And the garlic bread was Ridiculously overpriced.

A cute big pub with lovely food and friendly staff

Lovely place, best pies I have had in a while! Great atmosphere and our service from Casey and Katie was amazing! Would definitely recommend!

Lovely food, excellent service, and great atmosphere! Glad we held out for this. Thank you Casey and Stuart!

Great looking pub this. Staff are very friendly, We didn’t eat so can’t comment on the food. The beer and wine selection was great. Unfortunately the TV was on showing the news. The music leaves a lot to be desired too. We left when ‘Boyzone’ came on shortly after Britney Spears! The average age of the people in the bar at the time must have been 50+ Not much thought has gone into keeping punters entertained in my opinion. Maybe Turn the tele off (people can watch the depressing news at home) and play music to your audiences age perhaps? I accept you can’t please everyone but your TV/Music made us leave. Update: Thanks for your reply. It matters that you make the effort.

Laura and Ellie were great servers, tasty food and drink.

Fabulous place loved it especially their flight of ales .didn't eat but food looked amazing 👏 😋

Had tapas style meal was amazing

One of my favourite pubs in York and I never come here without having a pint or two of Nicholson's English Ale. Not strong but a really good, light flavoured 'session' ale. Had the Nicholson's burger for lunch and it was huge. Really tasty and charred to perfection. Skin on fries were excellent too. The staff here are great and attentive. Will keep coming back

Very quirky very woody great old fashion pub. For the csmra beer lovers a great selection of beer at not bad prices . Food is very good . Fish plater is excellent. Cocktails are good too . On the whole a good pub for lunches snacks etc . Been quite a few times . Will be back next time I am in york .

Terrible food, old broccoli, greens on the fish platter obviously old, wilted and discoloured. Not what we expected from the menu description. Won't eat here again.

Drinks expensive ... Sat outside at the front... an OK visit

Lovely pub in beautiful surroundings, one of my favourite places to visit in York

Probably the best pie I've ever had. Stuffed full of meat and gravy. A really nice pub.

This little pub is lovely. The staff are very friendly. We stayed and had something to eat, I had the puy lentil and veg pie! It was lovely, topped with carrot and sweet mash with lots of gravy and some broccoli on the side. A great dish for a hungry vegan!

Didn’t eat but food looked lovely! Nice place to stop off for a drink while shopping! Very busy

Fantastic food amazing service thanks Casey & Tanishia

The pie and the sausage and mash was wonderful! We ran into a problem that a menu item wasn’t on the ordering app, but they were very helpful and accommodating. Great time!

Had a great time at this pub, great ales on hand pumps and the bar staff were really good. We went for the karaoke which was brilliant too. A great atmosphere in this place

Lovely little older world pub, friendly staff, great food. I would highly recommend.

Love this place best pub in town hands down xxx big love you guys

Great atmosphere but disappointed with the burger and chips. Small bowl of chips and not the tastiest of burgers for £15.

A bit rough around the edges, but great food and service

Always wanted to try here but was usually too busy whenever we went and couldn’t get a table but we were lucky on our last visit to York. You can’t book a table on the day but can book the day before so I highly recommend you make a reservation. Did not disappoint. Really cosy, warm and welcoming pub. Lots of polished wood and twinkly lights. Nice atmosphere and fantastic menu. We always wanted to try the pies which look amazing and were well worth waiting for! Can’t wait to visit again and try another amazing meal on the menu😊😋

Served by Casey and Tanishia, great service amazing pub food !!

Brilliant service by Casey, lovely food and a good pint.

Very friendly and courteous staff. Excellent service and the food was well prepared. Kudos to Stuart and Charlotte for their excellent service and to Chef Laura for preparing my steak exactly as I requested.

Good old fashion pub. We popped in one evening for a couple of pints. Great selection of drinks, although did seem a little pricey. We went in while a quiz was taking place so it was a bit busy. As a result the floor of the gents loo was a bit soggy. That said, a nice boozer.