The Windmill Inn in York

I have previously given a 5 star review for the windmill obviously on a Sunday it totally breaks down...came for Sunday dinner no cauliflower cheese on the plate the beef was tough stuffing must have been sat in a warmer for hours staff didn't care poor service

Last year we had some terrible experiences trying to watch 6 Nations rugby in Greene King pubs in York Edinburgh and Manchester where we booked tables and arrived to be told that football was taking priority (there were 6 Nations ads everywhere) . Naturally I complained. Today at the Windmill Inn York things couldn’t have been better. The staff were very friendly and helpful and set aside a TV for us to watch our rugby match separately from football on other screens. So we stayed and enjoyed some good food and drinks (not the result though, Sale Sharks lost)

came here last night for evening meal was lovely atmosphere great lasagna reasonable price so decided to have breakfast ...once again great meal and price ...staff attentive and friendly

Drinks were fabulous but expensive. The chicken and ham pie meal was delicious The waiter was very good at his job But I couldn’t fit the dessert in

Lovely place, been here both times we’ve been to York :) always good to know you can go somewhere fairly cheap with good food

This is the first time we have been, and it most certainly won't be the last. Good on all scores.

Great and quick food at a reasonable price. Couldn't order through the app so ordered at bar. Service was great. Have different deals on, took advantage and tried something different.

Good variety of Tasty foods at at adescent prices! Sky sports available, beautiful inside very cosy and pet friendly dishes. Staff were very welcomeing and provided pleasant service. Thanks to all of you especially Ellie.

Good pub for tourists to try a great pie. The menu is limited however and to international for tourists to get an authentic local experience, however they have a good selection of ales and IPAs to try. Tables were a little dirty.

A good place to relax and enjoy a good meal.

Brilliant Christmas Day atmosphere, pool table was still available for use which was brilliant! Daryl helped guide us around the bar to be served and everyone looked to be very busy on the day. Will definitely return on a normal day!

First time in there good service and good beer not that expensive as well

The food was OK. However, the constant loud head banging music made conversation difficult, to say the least. Not my scene.

Lovely pub on a busy corner, yet never too busy inside! Mainly there for after work food and drinks. Moderate range of drinks

We had the festive menus and the Turkey was not great. Processed meat full of water. It was a shame as the waiter/barman could not have been more attentive!

Lovely staff, had our Christmas party here and they were all lovely! Food was delicious and the drinks were fab! X

Went at lunchtime. Ordered via the app. Good service, Meals arrived promptly.

Stop before go to Edinburgh. The place is spacious, comfortable. The fried chicken wings are very tasty.

Warm cosy pub with reasonable priced food

Food comes out quick and hot, only issue was I was missing a lemon 🤔

Great fun! Good food ( plenty of it) very comfortable atmosphere, staff are very friendly and helpful. Felt welcome and will definitely go back next time we’re in town! Too marks guys, keep it up!

Excellent service and very tasty food. Great ambience and very authentic. Will definitely return.

The Windmill lnn is a large spacious traditional street corner pub close to the historic city walls. There is a wide range of beers, lager and cider, including four hand-pulled cask conditioned real ales. The cask ales i tried were in excellent condition. There is an outside seating area at the back of the pub, and there is a dart board and pool table in the bar. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. I haven't tried the food, so i can't comment, but it is a popular place to eat. A great dog friendly real ale pub highly recommended.

Friendly staff and good food which was brought out without any delays and was hot. Prices were reasonable as well. We've eaten there plenty of times without any problems or issues. Will be returning next time we're in York.

Great atmosphere, great staff. Come here instead of spoons over the road (the punch bowl) because spoons staff are muppets

Very enjoyable meal and well presented. Very helpful and courteous staff...definitely worth visiting 😀

Lovely food and drink at a very reasonable price. The service was fantastic and they were very attentive. Definitely would come again when back in the area. Well done all staff, you serve the premises well.

Meal deals good price. Food very good. Served hot, polite pleasant staff. ......worth a visit.......would recommend

Dog friendly in York! A must. Green King food. Friendly staff. Clean environment. Beer garden. Food was delicious and cheap. Highly recommend.

Love this place, go in all the time. Staff are fun and friendly, food is nice, loads of screens for the sports, pool table and darts too. The kids enjoy it also and to top it off the prices aren't bad....especially if you have the greene king sport app which gives you a QR code to scan at the bar for discounted drinks.

We came yesterday for lunch and when it arrived the cauliflower was hard and the broccoli was stone cold. We complained but was offered a desert. Nothing said about replacing the lunch with a hot one.very disappointed.

Good pub food. Massive menu and great kids meal options even after a busy Sunday! Friendly staff. They have pool table too!

Friendly staff and absolutely delicious burgers. Five minutes walk from York railway station and next to a premier inn. Highly recommended.

Great food and service. Everyone is very friendly and helpful. Cold beer and good food is all you need!

Unfortunately lots of menu choices unavailable. Sunday roast, fish and chips, beef and Ale pie, chicken pie and scampi and chips all off the menu. It meant the vegetarian member of our party had very little choice. Food, when it came out, was reasonable and staff were friendly.

Called for food while at premier inn really nice and serviced brilliant

Harldy anone in the pub and it still took a while to get served, however they are very nice bar staff and put the football on for us.

Lovely food and very nice staff

Nice meal, very busy had to queue to be served at bar. Food was served quite quick. Food was reasonable.

Friendly atmosphere, multiple TVs showing various football matches to suit everyone. Friendly, helpful staff.

On race day, there was not much service, only two servers behind the bar. Was also told at 11.55, we could only order bacon butties but at 12.05, staff were bringing out steaks and chips for other customers. If only one of the two staff members told us to wait. The pub itself is decent with a good choice of drink.

Excellent food and great value. Served hot!! Generous portions too! Friendly welcoming staff.

Only had drinks, always liked the windmill pub tho

Ordered breakfast at 11:30 and tried ordering chicken from the all day menu . Chef shouting all day menu starts at 12 . Staff didn't want to argue with him . Fairly long wait as it had become busy . Otherwise decent food and drinks .

Popped in for lunch after arriving in York on the train. Quick, friendly service. My husband had the veggie mushroom chilli - was wonderfully spicy as chilli should be. I had the honeyed halloumi on flatbread. Chef wasn't shy with the halloumi- absolutely gorgeous. Both meals perfect with a pint of IPA.

Good ales and beers. Pool table and dart board. Thanks alot

Very good service. when there was an issue with the app they still managed to fulfil my order with no trouble at all and made sure I was aware of the problem asap. Big fan of the IPA Hot Sauce

Superb. Staff are so polite and available to help with whatever you need and the food is wonderful classic pub grub. Can't get any better if you're looking for a classic pub meal

Warm and a nice place! Delicious burguer and many options of cocktails! Worth it a visit when you are in York! Highly recommend

Brilliant team !! Happy, helpful and efficient !! What more would you want...??? Oh yes £2 a pint 👍👍👍👍👍

Had a cheap quick tea after school. Was lovely and not to busy at that time. People were starting to arrive for after work drinks as we left but the atmosphere was still calm.

Me and my girlfriend came in for lunch and got recommended the burger of the month by Siobhan and it was sublime. She also let us know that carling was on offer which was amazing, overall a very pleasant experience with a kind and talkative bar woman, would recommend to anyone in York

Decent pub good food at reasonable prices.

Great place to drink and the food is top notch! The team are always happy to help and very friendly!

Great atmosphere great ataff Sadly the Sunday lunch isn't much to write home about Frozen roasties, beef thickly cut but very fatty, not much choice of veg , no mash or turnip !!

What a lovely little pub with delicious food and nice atmosphere definitely recommend to anyone also list very dog friendly and I will definitely be bring my dog next time to try there doggie menu 😊

Food fine well presented desserts Lovely, good customer service from the young man very pleasant asked if everything was ok very reasonable price for the four of us

The food was great! Had the bacon blue cheese burger and it was stellar. In addition to food and drinks, they also have pool and darts! So it was an incredibly fun and satisfying experience! We left laughing and happy. The staff was fantastic!!!

A great place for food, music, drinks and gaming! We had a blast! The manager is the bomb!❤️

Terrible food, overcooked literally moldy veg awful, staff generally useless kids really bad experience. Annoyed.

Nice place for a simple dinner. many attractions, with large screens and medium quality products. service and food quality normal

quite pretty place. One of waiters has really nice customer service, dont know his name tho, dark longish hair. All the staff are brill and have great customer service. Lovely place, would come again. Also, the triple chocolate brownie is so delicious

Wonderful place for my daughter and myself this evening. We're only here for a few days and decided to call on our way back to the hotel. It's a lovely presented little pub with a great atmosphere. The food we had was lovely, served quickly by a lovely young man. The deserts were to die for. (God help my diet! 🙈. Highly recommend 👌

Great greene king with a good selection of food and beer on show.

Took the family here pre cinema for some lunch. Large food choice, relaxed atmosphere and good, honest food. Very well priced also so would recommend

Just another chain pub where the staff couldn't give a monkeys about the customers. They stuck the prices up on Saturday because it was a raceday. This is an absolute disgrace. Why should regular customers be penalised just because it's a raceday? £11.05 for a pint of Guinness and a pint of Carling. What a complete rip off. They don't put prices up to pay for extra staff. They put prices up, because they want to extract as much money from people as possible. It's not my local pub, but I do pop in now and again. I won't be back.

Greatest pub I've ever been in. Unbelievable attention to detail, super friendly staff. Peroni at the perfect temperature for quaffing. I'd gladly sell my partner to spend just one more hour in this luxurious establishment. The finest purveyors of alcoholic beverages in the country. Beyond imagination. Reccomend. Disclaimer, I was definitely not bribed with a free t shirt for this review.

Good food good atmosphere and friendly staff. What more can you ask for? Really enjoyed our visit. Would most certainly come again

Great location next to station. We ordered the loaded fries buffalo and katsu they were delicious and filling. The kids make your own tacos were super and so fun for kids the bacon cheese burger brought a smile to my other daughter. A Fabulous feed for the family before our 5 hrs train trip home......the kids asking can we come back again. Service was great and the member of staff who served our food was super welcoming. 👌

Had the texmex sharer was lovely and staff were really friendly. Also been in for the football the night previous and staff all though run ragged remained friendly and jolly

Fabulous food , good selection of drinks and friendly staff. All within view of the bar walls of York. Highly recommend the big breakfast

Horrendous service. Booked a table to watch one of the euro 2024 games, asking for a table where we can see the game. This pub heavily advertised the euro 2024 games and called itself as a sports pub. On the day they were terribly understaffed and the only person serving honestly couldn't even be asked to put on the game. After asking 2 times and after the first 5 minutes of the game have already passed, he put on the game but we had to ask one more time for him to remember to put on the sound 😂 Overall one of the worst places in York

Had a steak dinner. A lovely pint too. It's massive with plenty of seating. Bar staff friendly. And the food was great. Recommend going.

Looks very good and actually is very good until you come to the details like playing pool where you need a 5 quid cash deposit (who carries cash these days) plus 1.50 to play and then out drinks were literally removed from us at 1115 because it was 'his licence' if he didn't. Really took the edge off what was otherwise a nice evening

It's your typical sports bar, some decent beers and great staff.

Had something to eat ,before catching our train home 🏡

Great place for food and atmosphere for football and drinks. The staff were friendly and attentive. Happy to switch over channels and check with tables if everyone was happy with it. I had 2 small plates,chicken and corn bites and they were ok and when turned up it was hot.

Very slow food service and little atmosphere. Soft drink prices extortionate.

Ni e pub at the crossroads by Micklegate. Good selection of beers and friendly helpful staff. Nice outside space as well.

Awful management allowing racist comments by locals to customers .

Lovely place to spend time with family or friends, on the good day, lots of place to be outside

Was referred by relatives to come for supper. Smooth process of finding a table and ordering, they accepted cash or card, food came out pretty quickly. Food was pretty good, portions decently sized but not enormous. Staff was very friendly, good experience overall.

Love this place. Always go here when in York. Bar staff are fantastic and the atmosphere is brilliant. Be back in September 🍻

Dropped in on a Friday evening for a meal. Used the app to order food and drinks. Excellent service, friendly staff and very reasonable prices. Accessible and wheelchair friendly.

Fantastic atmosphere with extremely welcoming staff. Very relaxing bar with pool table and darts available 😀

Great pub with a great atmosphere and great food.

Asked for a pint of hand pulled beer, lad struggled to pull it properly, his colleague suggested topping it up with a different beer. Didn't listen to me telling him the barrel needed changing consequently it looked and tasted like it was straight out of the river.

Called in to watch the grand national before going on to have my birthday meal the pub was full and a lovely atmosphere service was good will definitely call in again

Was recommended by a local! Bellies fully fed after a long day of travel - thank goodness it was open late on a Sunday when many others were shut. Kind, considerate staff; hearty, filling food; easy and decent meal options ordering from app; Jameson shots at the ready.... The Windmill Inn saved our family trip from a meltdown. Thank you for a safe space to regain our bearings before exploring the beautiful city York. 💞

Family day out 4 adults and 2 kids all hungry half the meals were cold sent back came back 5 mins later they just refried the chips and sent meal back out

First time visiting ordered the mix grill after searching most places in York and this is absolutely by far the best yet. The meats were all cooked perfectly even the chicken that I usually find is dry and overcooked. the egg was clean and runny decent chips lovely onion rings and the service is spot on. We will be regulars from now on. The friendly service is an added bonus too.

Sunday brunch and football. Excellent seat and good game experience. Good pint of Guinness. Handy for train station.

Just wanted to give a big thank you to junior who waited on our table. He was amazing, so kind and made so much effort to check how our food was and was super friendly and polite. Thank you junior! X

The Windmill is a busy pub at the junction of Micklegate Bar heading into York. The food is fairly standard Greene King pub grub and there is a good selection of drinks as well as plenty of seating, sports screens, a pool table and dartboard. Gets very busy when footy is being screened. Accessible toilets on the ground floor and friendly staff.

Quick service, food was pretty good. Not Great that the Vengaboys was blasting whilst we were eating our dinner. To be fair it's on me as I wanted to go somewhere fancy for dinner but this is more a typical British chain pub/restraunt Not a bad place all in all. Staff were friendly 🤘🏻

Came with a Groupon voucher, can't fault the burger with blue, really good, chips were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, so tasty! thoroughly recommended, great value!

Excellent service, friendly, food was quick to be delivered and was hot and tasty. Good deals as well with 3 starters (small plates) for £13.50 and 2 mains for £14.99.

Nice food & very friendly staff, we ordered steak which was well cooked and sat in the open garden in a rare spot of sunshine. Recommend.

Had a decent meal here. Nice, accommodating staff, decent range of drinks/ales and a pool table that was available to entertain my 9 year old! The fish and chips were decent and the pies in particular were excellent. All reasonably priced. Overall, exceeded expectations. Thank you!

The food was excellent would highly recommend. But as for the woman behind the bar could even crack a smile, but ignorant. Not polite at all. Definitely try. Beer 🍺 good too plenty of choice