The York Roast Co. in York - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Went in today for the first time and was served by Sam, despite being really busy, he provided a great experience and really friendly customer service.

Food was below average. I had the "world famous" Yorkshire pudding wrap with pork. The pork was dry. I think it's a shame as its a great idea but the food just wasn't anything special at all. Also where the counter is and they are toasting the wraps was very messy.

The food was yum! Totally recommend! And place to sit inside too! Service was a little slow but the lady was on her own.

Great place with a variety of seating. Small and cosy place with fresh, warm, great quality food. I had the Yorkshire pudding wrap with the chosen meat of Beef (along with Gravy, Stuffing and Veg). Staff very polite, welcoming and friendly , Would definitely come back and recommend

The company needs a lot of hygiene and staff's educations. A staff didn't gave me a bag and pass to me like this photo. And a small cap of potatos with gravy sauce was not with a cap. I How could he bring to home in this situation? He packed this box with his gloves which were used serving meals. It was so young rude boy. And he was more rude to next asian tourist who can't speak English well. The taste was nice but totally a bad memory of York.

"We don't do beef", yet my mum ordered it before me. Don't know what there problem is. Not like they had even ran out. I wasn't rude or anything! The woman serving had an attitude. Weird. Never going again.

The meat inside the wrap and the gravey was nice but the wraps were a little stogy and the vegetables were hard.

Great food, friendly delivery guy

This is a really poor effort. The staff are downbeat and a little disorganised. I had the pork wrap and when I left the shop to eat outside, I opened it up to find very little meat content. The ingredients were under cooked and well there was not much of it. Being from York myself, locals warn against this place being an overpriced, stingy, tourist trap. I have to go with local opinion. It could be so much better than what it is. Motivate your staff and treat them well, be way more generous with your portions and start using better ingredients. Good food, happy staff, great customer experience. It will help you deliver a better profit and reputation than what you have currently. The YouTube reviews are hammering you.

So yammie!!! I tried beef wrap and the potatoes - heavenly!!! The wait is a bit long, I think maybe they don’t have enough people?! But it’s worth the wait as it’s delicious!!!

They ran out of food so they close early

My new home. Yummy food , drinks and beautiful people. Great staff

Pretty disappointing… They didn’t have any yorkshire puddings left so we had to get the naked roast… It tasted ok but it took close to 30 minutes. Kind of feel bad for the stuff but they need a better way of dealing with the queues

Wait was quite long but the food was quite nice.

Absolute rubbish. Didn’t get what I ordered and the response was ohh well it’s all the same. Wait was too long and I’m a patient person. Then we get to the eating part…. Don’t waste your money most of it went in the bin very sad for a business that specialises in the stuff.

Wait not to bad and the food was lovely beef wrap with veg and stuffing got some roast potatoes in a cup with gravy too.

Very good concept but very bad execution. The Yorkshire pudding is completely flattened which destroys all its interest and the herb sauce inside was quickly sickening.

Even for a day trip tourist like myself, their food is nothing to write home about. The crust of their Yorkshire pudding is soggy with unimaginative vegetables. The roasted side vegetables we ordered is NOT roasted and is exactly the same as those they throw in the pudding. Cracklings are literally more hairy than an unshaved Viking man. Gross!

The service is very good, they are very attentive. I found it quite greasy... it's a bit tasteless. The location is good. It has no accessibility.

We got 2 wraps, ham and beef. Both were filled with everything and gravy and we really enjoyed it for lunch. Would definitely recommend.

Raised prices & Lowered Quality Used to be a regular living in the city for years. Returned to ridiculous prices and clap cold food. £21 for two tiny sandwiches and a cup of mushy, cold and un roasted potatoes. Could not believe it. Not a happy Spud.

If there were more stars we would give them to The York Roast on Low Petergate. This is purely because of two members of staff, Christian and Elena. Their attitude to their work, people skills and willingness to help is exceptional. Whilst we were waiting to be served, an elderly Chinese lady walked up to the counter and offered a £20 note. It was evident that she did not speak any English at all. After attempting to communicate with the lady, to find out what it was she would like to purchase and also to communicate that the shop is card only (cashless), they were unsuccessful in getting this across to her because of the language barrier. During a very busy period where the queue was out of the door, instead of becoming frustrated with the language barrier or being distracted by the amount of people waiting, both Christian and Elena took the time to help the lady and ascertain what it was she needed. After trying everything, they decided to use their own meal allowance (they must be allowed a meal during their shift) to provide the lady with a roast dinner. Christian even said that he would pay for her meal himself if this was not a possibility. They did not accept the £20 note and provided the lady with her meal. They even carried her walking frame up the stairs and assisted the frail lady to a table. My partner and I were taken aback by this level of generosity and willingness to help a customer despite the challenges posed. Christian and Elena are a credit to The York Roast and an email has been sent to the company highlighting this. In a world where everyone is so wrapped up in their own self importance it was refreshing to see this situation unfold. Oh, the food we bought was lovely.

Fair. The dining room is dirty, poorly ventilated. The restaurant or takeaway, whatever you call it was below standard.

The queue was large for this place every time I went past today - which is telling in itself that it’s a great place to eat! It was my first time visiting york roast co. and the roast was so lovely! Nearby to a small town park and the weather was lovely so enjoyed it outside.

I ordered the ham wrap, asked for mustard bad decision on my part as there was more mustard in my wrap than gravy. I would describe the food as soggy like eating Sunday dinner the next day. Would not recommend.

Good portion size, very tasty food. 😋

Great food fantastic service, delivery guy was incredibly nice

Service was atrociously slow. It was late on in the day but most people left because it was that slow

I'm still waiting to be served after an hour. Not that it's that busy. Two slow workers need that owner down here helping instead of replying to reviews. Worst service ever

The food took fairly fast to make and with a tinge of horseradish the wrap was delicious

Amazing food, but the upstairs and toilets were messy and unclean.

Love this place always visit when we come up this way Foods good staff are friendly

Tempted by the hot roast joint in the window i decided to succumb to the temptation. How disappointed was I when i bit into a dry , cheap bread, sandwich semi filled with cold dry pork. Pork crackling an additional £4.00!! Didn't finish the sandwich as without a drink it was hard to swallow. High expectations met with low reality.

It was really dirty. There were some burned parts in the food I got (beef wrap). The people who worked on July 4, 2024, were so rude. They shut down the area where people could eat before 7 p.m. (it was intended to close at 7:30 p.m.). They count and touch money, use the computer, the card reader, meet, veggies, and do everything else while wearing one (same) gloves. My strong recommendation is that "Don't go there at all .

I have never eaten so badly all over Britain: Extra dry meat, spongy pudding, salty gravy, sticky tables … running out of words!

£15 for two pork sandwiches (one with stuffing). The bread was of poor quality, average amount of dry pork, and when I asked for some crackling, was told I had to pay another £4. Will not be going back again.

Sorry, but my meal of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding was by far the absolute worse dining experience I have ever had. It was dreadful. I large piece of gristle, served in a cardboard takeaway container with flimsy wooden cutlery, (this from the outside looks like a proper restaurant)?? you pay downstairs, then carry it upstairs to eat in what can only be described as a … I don’t wish to swear, but a S-hole. Dreadful from start to finish. They should be ashamed. 👎

Average. This place was much better when it first opened. We went back to York for our honeymoon and was excited to try it again. Lacking fillings and very soggy. Staff were very friendly but seemed stressed out as things clearly werent working properly. Strangely enough they have opened another one nearby so another case of money over quality.

want a full refund as not recieved my food.

Don't know how they can confuse apple sauce for mustard but other then that it was alright

Really good heartwarming food, served by great friendly staff.

FREEZING, SMALL. NO VALUE FOR MONEY

Every time we travel to York, we make it a point to visit the York Roast Co. I still remember how warm it felt during our first visit in winter, and how the sight of the meat made our mouths water. Even on our recent visit, we thoroughly enjoyed the food here.

We thought this looked like a good choice for lunch but we were wrong. After walking in to absolutely no greeting from the 3 young girls behind the counter I should have walked out. They were busy chatting amongst themselves and not acknowledging customers. They watched me stand and wait behind another customer at the collection till for 5 minutes before informing me I needed to order at the other till. All 3 of them were serving one customer it seems! I ordered the naked roast and a beef sandwich. Card payment only - not good when you're spending over £20! The prepped food arrived eventually and I was shocked that there was gravy all over the outside of the box. The server didn't apologise although she saw me using the napkins to wipe it off. Poor customer service! Food was edible but the meat was chewy and fatty and the roast potatoes were clearly frozen not fresh so dry in the middle. The sandwich consisted of 5 pieces of beef, a flat piece of bland stuffing and a squashed roast potato - shocking for £8!! We went to shambles and had a cheaper lunch with better customer service, great food and lovely atmosphere - go there instead!!

£5 for 10 roast potatoes is ridiculous

The beef sandwich was disappointing for the price. It was served cold with dry bread and the amount of filling was stingy. Don't be fooled by the generous display of succulent meat in the window. This place is a tourist trap!

Delicious food! Nice atmosphere and excellent service.

I have never left a bad google review but feel this place warrants one. Ordered the roast - when I asked a question about the veggie options I was asked if I’d ’read The menu’ by a staff member who was unnecessary rude. The toilet was disgusting - missing a toilet seat and needed scrubbing (was soiled). Seating area very dirty with floors and tables covered in muck and not cleaned. Actual roast very average, probably the only positive is the actual Yorkshire pudding was nice. I’d recommend eating at many of the other friendly good food places in York ahead of this one.

Nice sandwiches but not as good as it used to be. Not enough meat, seems to have been replaced with potatoes? Also girl on the till was twiddling with her hair and then handled the Yorkshire pudding 😬 Won't be visiting again

If you like Yorkshire puddings & roast dinners this is a must go!

Lunchtime my friend and myself.Travelled from Leeds. Asked if there was seats upstairs .Was told yes.By the time we got our food and went upstairs to eat it allthe tables were full of people holding tables while ordering their food. My friend and I ended up eating our now cold food on the staff steps ! Manager came and found us a table. Terribly disorganised! Will not be returning .

Totally honest review! Small sandwich, hardly any beef and cold £8!!! Fairly grumpy guy serving. Place not exactly clean upstairs! Really really disappointed. Feel robbed. Definitely a tourist trap! Very very over priced.

So disappointed! Have been looking forward to visiting knowing that I was coming to York. Judging by the long queue coming out the door, others were too. Yorkshire pudding was cold and soggy. Veg undercooked and almost raw. Meat gristly and roast potatoes tastes straight out of an Aunt Bessy’s bag. Overrated and overpriced, not worth the hype or visit.

I love the food here, especially the roast potatoes and the staff are incredibly helpful and provide a great service. However, the owners / management could do with looking at the eating areas aren't great. The tables are usually dirty and need wiping down, but there's no one to do this, especially during peak times. I would suggest having at least one or two people on table duty to clean tables as well as any other mess, empty the bins and do toilet cleaning through the day. The toilets are really not in great shape and one was missing a toilet seat, and it was on my last eat in trip, which was quite a while ago. This is not great, if like me, you need to sit down and faced with an awful toilet bowl.

We tried the yorkshire pudding wrap, very satisfying and delicious. The restaurant was really tired and run down and the toilets were abysmal. Wish I could have this delivered on a hangover

Poor. Clean toilets would be nice!

Very Nice Sandwich, But Very Poor Customer Service From AL. Definitely won't be returning. No manors & very arrogant.

Hearty roast in a giant Yorkshire pud with all the trimmings, great prices

The pudding wrap was ok , nothing special but overpriced. We would never go back because the man who served was extremely rude to me and my family. Awful service treats people like cattle.

We visited their sister store, a little disappointed they measured the meat, but overall it was ok, asked for extra gravy which they were happy to give us. Staff very friendly. Upstairs seating was clean lacking in napkins but we were there at the end of the day.

The yorkshire pud was simply delicious! Wish we could get this in Canada!

Loved my food from here however there can very often be a large wait for food. What i will say is the food is ALWAYS in my experience worth the wait. :)

Brilliant food! I went for a ham & mustard Yorkshire Pudding Wrap and wasn't disappointed at all, though I can see the appeal of getting the whole roast inside a giant yorkshire pudding with the extra potatoes and stuffing. Will absolutely have to come back and try that next time I'm up in York.

The best roast I have ever had alina Jack and Miguel were amazing. The crackling was unreal

Disappointed with my “viral” wrap which didn’t taste anything special and didn’t feel like good value for money at all. I’ve had much better Sunday roasts from roadside trucks. The service was friendly and granted it was the end of the day (6pm) it felt like the staff really just wanted to go home. The restaurant was pretty dirty, card machine very sticky and dirty which is massively off putting to see in a place you’re about to eat from. This place is definitely past its hay day, influencers posting about York tend to miss this restaurant off completely and recommend other nearby street food/restaurants. Feel like this place might need a facelift and maybe pay the staff a little bit more to keep the place clean and keep professional.

Stopped a police officer on the street and he told us this was the best place for York Roast and he was right!

Not the same as advertising. The photo and the food display show that there’s a crispy pork skin. However in reality, it’s just a damp gravy pork. Tasted more like a overcooked pork stew. When asked, the staff just said that the pork skin is just for display.

First time i’d seen the shop without a queue so came in for a beef wrap and my sister got the beef roast. The wrap held no flavour at all apart from a very strange tangy after taste almost resembling some form of poison 😂 and in my sisters roast, the potatoes were borderline raw. I don’t understand how something like this can lack so much flavour it is one of the easiest things to cook. The cashier was also really quite grumpy when serving us making us feel uncomfortable, all she was interested in discussing to a colleague was going on her break (in front of us!) It’s a nice idea but i won’t be returning

the sauces that were included and the sauce we paid extra for was missing

Very expensive the food was bland no crackling, no coffee.

assuming it was mash but it was horrible. no roast potatoes or stuffing given either.

Food tasted absolutely disgusting, the stuffing was covered in herbs that made it taste so sour and sweet at the same time. I asked for no horseradish sauce in the sandwich yet they put it in the sandwich anyways. Overrated and bad tasting food

The food was plentiful well cooked and very tasty, Yorkshire puddings big and filled with pork, stuffing veggies and gravy, superb

Looks pretty good through the window. Meats fresh and well roasted.

Tempted to switch from haddock and chips round the corner, at the last minute after seeing a queue for roast dindin. The regular takeaway-like shopfront belies the legend this is. The meat is succulent and tasty, accompanied by all the trimmings on a saucer sized Yorkshire pud. All costing less than the fish and chips would have! It is self service, yet the upstairs dine in area is comfortable with a view over the square where street artists perform. Must come back.

Wow. What a delicious treat. Slow cooked meat in a doughy wrap. I'd died and gone to heaven. No fountain drinks and only Pepsi products, but there's a Tesco Express across the street that has everything you can want to drink for less money. Dining area is upstairs. Two bathrooms upstairs too. Not clean enough for a number two, but great place for a number one and wash my hands. Definitely will eat there again. Suggestion--I ordered double meat on both the beef and the pork wrap. I would have been disappointed if I hadn't. Also, I didn't notice the apple sauce or horseradish, so even if you don't like it, don't worry. There's not much on it.

Really disappointing food. Perhaps ordered the wrong thing (didn’t get the wrap but the Yorkshire roast) but just wasn’t good at all. Felt marginally better than a school roast dinner. Nothing special at all - deffo wouldn’t go back

Worst meal ive ever had in my life, meat was overcooked, everything else was undercooked, vegetables were rocl solid. They forgot my crackling, and when i did get it, it was inedible as it had way too much salt on and almost broke my teeth. The service was very slow and the tables were sticky and dirty. It’s absolutely unacceptable especially at that price.

Service was very slow with dirty working conditions. The taste was not as expected. I do not recommend this place.

I didn't understand why there was a queue there. The beef sandwich was all veins and fat, impossible to chew. Threw it away in the trash.

card machine didn’t work for 5 minutes. Long wait. Food came out instantly once i got my order in which wasn’t a great sign. Carrots burnt on the edge, and everything else was positively average about the meal. Not sure what the fuss is about with this.

driver was polite and really good

This is a poor and tasteless execution of the classic Yorkshire food. Cheap ingredients, overinflated prices, staff more interested in socialising with each other than interacting with customers, unclean and not particularly hygienic environment. I don’t think we will be returning soon.

Love the food here, especially the Yorky Pud wraps! Hate having to queue for so long, but the food is worth it. Prices are a little on the expensive side, so may not visit so often if they increase more.

Food was great only let down was frozen roast potatoes

Take away type venue with better food. I prefer my food hotter but it was very nice and hit the right spot. Highly recommend

Great traditional roast dinner in a York is pudding

I was sooo looking forward to this, I have always walked past and wanted to stop, so today I did. Inticing menu and display of food when looking from outside...However what we received was really disappointing. The wrap was so chewy and tough, and the stuffing was really stodgy. We were really hungry but both of us decided not to finish it. For £8+ a person, I won't be back and unfortunately won't recommend.

Delicious 😍 We just feel it’s a little overpriced, but 10/10 as a takeaway

Very disappointed with food as it looked nothing like the picture in the window. £20 and left still hungry. The amenities were atrocious, sorry but honest. The bit we had, did taste ok

The food was average, a little dry. The portion was slightly over average size, however for the prices I would expect this amount. The service was friendly and efficient and the area was clean.

Food was ok however it was dirty, staff were messy with presentation / wrapping of food. Toilets were poorly maintained and need a good clean. Stairs looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in years.

there was no gravy and barely any meat

I feel bad giving a low review, because we were served quickly by friendly staff and customers. So it is of no fault to the lovely staff and service we received. Me and my partner opted for the Yorkshire pudding wrap, the stuffing was a cheap stuffing mix that wasn’t cooked and just warmed slop and the gravy was horrible and left a film in my mouth, tasted like bisto. Overall it was just really bland, I didn’t expect my socks to be blown off by a Yorkshire pudding wrap but I did expect warm nice tasting comfort food and unfortunately it was not that. We opted for roast potatoes on the side, they weren’t crispy in the slightest and seemed frozen, not cooked in any sort of goose fat etc and if they were they did not taste it. The staff accidentally gave us two lots of roast potatoes as a side and let us keep the second one even though we informed them we didn’t order two, so again lovely staff and service, food was just a let down. Overall it was bland and tasted like frozen or ready made food and worse than your average marstons inn pub food. I also felt quite sick for the rest of the day afterwards, however this may be down to something else. I was looking forward to visiting but unfortunately would not again; maybe just not my cup of tea.

Ordered pork in a Yorkshire pudding and a pork sandwich and it was average at best. Quite tasteless and disappointing.

Wasn't bad. The yorkshire pudding was nice, the seating area was decent and the portion was good. I did have some issues with my meal though unfortunately. The beef was really hard to cut with the wooden cutlery provided. The potatoes were also very undercooked...😔🥔 felt like I was biting into raw potatoes.

£24.50 for 2 Yorkshire pudding meals and 2 cans of coke. No proper cutlery, we had to use wooden knife and fork. They are in a box not on a plate so you get your hands dirty as you try to cut the food up. Honestly, I'm disappointment. I guess it's a tourist trap and not for repeat visits from locals. I'll take my hard earned elsewhere as I'm still hungry.

My husband's favorite meal on our trip from USA, ham that will make a Georgia boy slap his momma!

Nice and tasty but not much meat for almost £10.

very underwhelming, especially for the price, we had barely any gravy or sauce in our wraps and the meat in mine was chewy and gross.