The Punch Bowl JDWetherspoon in York

Been in a load of Wetherspoons over the years, the Punchbowl in York is right up there with the best of them, great selection of drinks and the food platter for £14.99 was spot on for me and the wife, defo be back next time we are in York.

You get what you pay for here and then some. Always fast service and food tastes good.

Ordered 3 plates for 14.99 - all perfectly fine there, and then a chicken basket meal, which came with soggy definitely twice cooked chicken bites and 10 chips. Literally 10, so small portion we counted as they were scratty ones too. Looks like they miss judged the size of the portion they cooked for the loaded fries and the plate and just threw the leftovers on the plate rather than cook more. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Shame on one of the meals.

Standard weather's food. Great pint though.

not so cheap bad these days we had a rhubarb crumble and it came out cold however the beer as usual is excellent more of a drinking pub than an eating pub

We tried the second Wetherspoons in York to see if their breakfast was any better than the Postner gate one. Called in around 9.45am Friday morning, it was quite busy but was served quickly. This time we ordered the 'large' breakfast as we were travelling on. Unfortunately yet again the food was luke warm, bacon and mushroom totally cold, and the 'toast' was still bread on one side. Again we handed it back to be brought a second one that was not much warmer than the first but at least we could eat it. Mentioned this to the staff again and she said she would inform them.

Came in here for food .. extremely busy but shows it's good ..food great .. service extremely good..

Usual food, quick and tasty. Plenty of variety I drinks and reasonably priced.

After a tour on the York Ghost Bus ,food and drink were required.And after a previous positive experience at the Harrogate Spoons are Hope's were high for our food.Unfortunately this is a negative review.food ordered Ultimate burger and lasagne with cheese garlic bread .Wow what a dissapointment a tortilla topped with cheese and wacked in the merry chef is not a pizza garlic bread.A lasagne wacked in the micro and almost warm. Chips served warm .And burgers torched like the elephants foot at chernobyl.are not a great start.positives the fresh salad was nice.Im sorry guys I hate leaving negative reviews but this was £30.00 with drink deals.it fell well short of our expectations.It just goes to show how even within a nationwide company within 20 miles of each other.One can deliver and one sadly cannot.

Had an amazing time at The Punch Bowl on Blossom Street, York, thanks to the incredible service from Charlotte! From the moment we walked in, she made us feel welcome with her warm smile and friendly attitude. She was attentive, knowledgeable about the drinks, and made some fantastic recommendations. Her enthusiasm and great sense of humor added to the lively atmosphere, making our visit even more enjoyable. Charlotte is an absolute star behind the bar—can’t wait to return for another round. Highly recommend!

Is it too much to ask for a" please and thank you " from staff when they are requesting payment.?? Or has" please, thank you, and service with a smile been omitted from the training manual at this establishment???? (except the american lady, who actually knows what SERVICE INDUSTRY means) Any thoughts anybody?

Staff very polite and hard working.

The back was hot and there was no signal and no wifi which made ordering a massive pain.

Great Spoons value. Called in for breakfast en route to Scotland via train from York station. Great location. Quiet atmosphere at the time we called in but I can imagine it'll be buzzing come an evening.

Went here on a Tuesday eve expecting it be steak night like in all other wetherspoons but not in this one so ended up with pizza. Chips were just warm have eaten here previously had a breakfast wrap which had to send back as was cold. Place is shabby & on this particular evening the place was freezing with no heating on. Could do with a complete make over including the toilets as have been in better public toilets. Have been in plenty of wetherspoons around the country think this must be the worst so far. The only plus is the cheap drinks!

For what it costs you can't go wrong. Nice atmosphere when we was in (Sunday teatime)

Website said it was wheelchair accessible. I had to go round the back to enter, just to get stuck in a very busy, densely packed part of the pub with no space to sit or even turn around to leave. Left hungry and embarrassed.

I was looking forward to a proper English breakfast, but this was an absolute letdown. The fried egg came with hair on it—a clear sign of poor hygiene and lack of attention in the kitchen. That alone was enough to put me off the meal. I won’t be returning, and I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone until they seriously improve their hygiene and food quality.

Good wethersooons bar in the centre of York near train station and city centre , nice atmosphere and food is good as well , been there several times now while staying in York , definitely recommend

Friendly team that are on the ball, well maintained lines and probably the best pint of Stowford Press cider I've had anywhere. At £1.99 a pint, absolutely nothing to complain about.

After an almost cold breakfast, a rock hard panini at lunch and cold chips with the evening meal, I would not recommend eating here. I ordered a double Glenmorangie from the app, duly ticking the box for no mixers, I got it with a glass full of ice. When I complained, the barman took it away and brought me another one, which was the same one but he had used his fingers to take the ice out. When I complained to the manager, I was told I had to tick 'remove ice' on the app. An option which is at the very bottom of a very long list of mixers. When I order a single malt, I am ordering a single malt, not ice, not coke, nothing, just single malt. If i want something else, I will order it. The manager's attitude was inexcusable. She needs some training on her people skills.

A usual Spoons set up 👍🏼 Staff need to smile more 🤷🏻‍♂️

Warmest friendliest with fast service great place to eat free refills on hot drinks swung it for me

The table was dirty, the food was not so good. It looked like we were given the last fries lying around, which had been sitting there for a while, Macdonald's ones are better. The mashed peas were very bland (maybe they are supposed to be? first time trying them in a pub). The Whitby scampi were also not good and barely tasted like scampi. The only redeeming factor was the battered fish which I enjoyed. First time and last time in a wetherspoon, at least to eat !

Thought we would have breakfast before going to train station for our train,was undecided wether to use hotel or weather spoons,wish we choose hotel Food wasn't very warm, butter had melted, coffee machine ran out of milk Don't think I'd be calling next time I'm in York To top it all we was told no eggs ,then has we was leaving the bar staff told another customer he could have a poached egg,I questioned the bar staff but she did not answer

A nice ancient place, you can enjoy a traditional English breakfast. The service is fast, the food is good, the coffee is delicious

We called in for Breakfast it was one of the worst we've ever had in a spoons. We normally use them while away coz I need my coffee fix after a night on the beer. But I wouldn't recommend this one food was cold and the Bacon looked like it had been boiled in water.

Decent beer but a small and busy location.

Great pub. Buzzing. No idiots here like some places. Mature clients !!

Traveling from Canada and have never experienced a pub that does not give human service. Have to get app and order food online. App freezes on phone. Food ok

claim to be accessible but the only entrance that a wheelchair can get into is through a creepy small tunnel, the door is tiny and requires a tight turn, impossible to navigate through as too many tables

Food was yummy yummy in my tummy but they were all out of fruit! Top tip btdubs, if you sit in the conservatory area it's nice and quiet AND you're right by the coffee machine. 😎 EPIC!

As with most Wetherspoons you know what your getting at a terrific price and the popularity of the chain always makes for a great atmosphere

Disappointing fish and chips, though mushy peas OK. Mix up over table number and app. Place feels a bit cramped for amount of customers.

It's a wetherspoons you get what you pay for

Quality team, excellent beer, and food that puts any other offering to shame. I'm a massive fan of the Spicy Meat Pizza, it's a real Wetherspoons Winner!

Service was amazing, food was lovely and lots of drink options to choose from for all!

Our guide was Jake. He certainly knew his stuff. Very interesting tour and informative

This is the worst weatherspoons we have been in. Went to order lunch at 12 noon before catching our train. Used the app and most were unavailable. No chili, no jacket potatoes, no ham egg and chips. No fish. No ham pizza. Terrible. Ended up with a tasteless cheese pizza. Place was grubby

More pub-like than a usual Wetherspoon's. Staff very friendly.

Typical spoons, Monday club price £2:99 a pint of Guinness,you can't beat that I paid £6:50 in other nearby pubs. Nice friendly atmosphere,staff very helpful and friendly.

Super place and very handy if your staying in the premier inn, The breakfast here is superb and definitely on to try., Busy in the evenings but that's a sign of a good pub, Definitely recommend visiting for food or drinks

Quick service and good value food.

Typical Wetherspoon. Extremely busy. Difficult to find available seats Thanks

Very cold no heating on. Cold breakfast food, this becoming the norm for Wetherspoon, we have scaled down how often we go, would rather cook my own.

Friday at 11:00 is quiet. Quick service. Good beer.

Is one of my regular pub's, great staff, nice atmosphere.

Not a bad pub. Good location and beer was good. Staff attentive when ordering from the app

Typical wetherspoons. Nice staff but more of a drinking pub

Lots of swearing by the staff and very poor taste in T Shirt showing Fred West and his wife!!!! Sad!

What a fantastic pub!!! We called in for ONE.. and ended up staying all night!! Met some friendly people from Scarborough and had a blast!!! Such a great atmosphere, especially on a cold winters night after they CANCELLED THE CHRISTMAS MARKET !! Had more fun in this pub anyhow!! Lol ❤️

Came here for New Year’s Eve. Was very good, toilets were clean. Drinks were nice

We came for two visits over the last couple of days. The evening was a lovely atmosphere and quite relaxed, with food being served at a good pace and the breakfast was lovely also. Would recommend.

Best performance/price pub in York.

If this place was a weather forecast it would be "grey clouds with a hint of drizzle".

Cheap and cheerful with excellent service

Great pub, friendly staff & the usual good priced drinks & food.

Bar staff ignored myself and friends for 15 minutes serving other people who came to bar after we walked to bar to get service this used to be a great pub before covid now only deserves 1 star for bad customer service

Everything you'd expect from a 'spoons. Value for money food, pleasant environment and good service.

Wetherspoons pub. Cheap and cheerful. A bit busy for our SEND group.

Good all-round pub. Visit mist time we're in York. Good selection of beers, wines and spirits. Good choice of pub food on the menu at good prices.

Chose to try here for breakfast. Decent price and unlimited refills a bonus. Tables could of done with a clean. Food average.

Went for breakfast .service fast .nice food .polite staff

It's okay, Wetherspoons I like, value for money.

Nice pub it was very busy but the staff were very friendly

Fish and chips ok and do smaller portion. Baked potato inedible, some very weird topping purporting to be cheese, really?! Ice cold salad.

Really nice breakfast. Staff friendly & efficient.

It's a spoons. You know what you are getting. Prompt service. Near to railway station.

Always a great range of drinks and at great prices.

A pleasure to come here, small cosy with a charming garden/patio area. Usual Wetherspoons food and prices, all in all very pleasantly surprised. Particularly pleasant and friendly young lady on duty as barstaff this morning. It is often easy to ignore individuals, but this member of your staff made a particularly good impression. Thank you

Was okay, albeit pretty busy as our steam train excursion arrived slap bang during the busy lunch hour period! Not the fault of the pub, of course. The food was okay, but not up to normal Wetherspoon standards, probably due to the pub being pretty busy. I would definitely go back again preferably when it's less busy!

We've had several tasty meals here while on our short break. The staff have been lovely. However, they seem to have a problem with keeping on top of their stock, so they run out of things. Tonight it was peas. Last night we wanted salad, but couldn't order what we wanted as they had run out, but later they came to say they had run out of what we had finally ordered, but had some of what we originally ordered but had run out of. It got so complicated that we weren't sure what we were going to finally end up with. The food that arrived was delicious though. Can't have been bad as we went back again 🤣

Standard Weatherspoons and what you would expect

I think ordering beans on toast with 2 poached eggs is better than ordering 2 poached eggs with a side of beans, what do you think,which ever you go for get it here its a nice little weatherspoons conveniently located between our hotel and the city centre

Smaller Weatherspoons but still the same levels of service and food.

It's a spoons, so cheap. But the decor is tired and the food barely adequate.

I had to ask for table to be wiped, which is much the same as most of them

For what you get for the price you cannot complain. Food, drink is what the price reflects and the staff are the best.

Very impressed by speedy service even when busy. The food was great for the price and the staff were smiley and fun despite how busy they were.

Can always rely on Wetherspoons, they serve Kopparberg on tap which I love.

Food was great and not overpriced It's a pub so the atmosphere is pub

Called in for a pint, beer is good but lacks atmosphere.

El huevo y el tocino estaban helados cuando se presentó el desayuno. El servidor recogió el tocino con sus manos de nuestro plato aconsejando que ella conseguiría tocino fresco. ¡Entonces descubrimos que las hachís estaban congeladas en el medio! Cuando se lo conté a la misma señora, nos trataron con un suspiro fuerte y nos dijeron que nos traería nuevos hachís morenos. Pedimos un nuevo desayuno en su lugar, ya que todo lo demás se enfriaría con el tiempo. ¡Terminamos recibiendo un reembolso en su lugar y no volveremos!

Always visit here when in York. After several visits I sadly have to say the service and staff have gone down hill. Staff looked so unhappy, miserable faces and no interaction. It won't deter me visiting again as maby there is more to todays visit? Cheer up guys!!

Brought the dog here and he loved it! He had a chicken tikka massala and was very happy. Look at his happy little face. Dog gives it a 10/10 🐶

Excellent beer good service Unbelievable value for money Pitty about the owners' politics 🙄

It's a Wetherspoons. Just like the rest.

Great pub with very good service. Would recommend to anyone visiting York. 5☆.

Just your typical spoons cheap and cheerful and you don't have to walk 5 miles to the toilet in the punch bowl.

Lovely service as always, many thanks

I usually love a weather spoons but the large breakfast tasted like it has been stood waiting for a while before It got served. Not great food today

Good range of reasonably priced beers.

The better of the 2 spoons in York.

A Wetherspoon pub... Good value for money...

Nos alojamos en York la semana pasada, fuimos a 2 comidas, las bebidas eran geniales, la comida era buena, el personal era amable y estaban trabajando tan duro, los precios eran excelentes, volveremos la próxima vez que estuvimos en York, gracias.

Called for breakfast cheaper than premier inn across road

Lovely service, lovely staff. Didn't eat so can't comment. A busy day due to the races.well done to all.

Good food, good drinks but no WIFI and the app is not working - WHY? Been advised by staff that it won't be remedied in the near future - WHY?

Always a good spot for a late night drink. We went for the 4 nights of our stay and for three of them at 22.00 it was quiet'ish and one night invaded (?) by a large group of students on a pub crawl (who changed the atmosphere until they left) - good to see ID checks on everyone. Would recommend as staff do work hard and were very efficient each night.

The Punchbowl is a nice cosy pub next to York walls and the bar. It's not as big as most Wetherspoons, but it has the same wide range of beers, lager and cider, including eight hand pulled cask conditioned real ales when we visited. The cask ales we sampled were in very good condition. The staff are very friendly and welcoming and the service is very quick. It's a very popular pub and always busy due to the great value of the food and the cheap beer.