The Whippet Inn Restaurant in York

Reviews

1. Dave ★★★★★

   We've visited this pub restaurant before and loved it. Housed in a Grade II listed building it has a comforting ambience. The menu is definitely meat based and the service is really nice: friendly, knowledgeable and efficient. We really like it. We nibbled on some "Blistered Padron peppers with sea salt" - excellent - and then, as we'd had a lunch, we chose to share: - 300g Chargrilled Ex Dairy Ribeye served with beef fat roast tomato, spinach, garlic & watercress pesto, & skinny fries or chunky chips The steak was perfectly cooked - beautifully medium rare, with skinny chips and a delicious brandy-based sauce. No room for pud, unfortunately! A really good meal in a really nice place. (I took the photo after we'd shared the steak and started to eat it! Lol) (Also posted to my food blog on Instagram @AbbeyKing16)

   almost 7 months ago
2. Eilidh McArthur ★★★★★

   We had an absolutely delicious meal and lovely evening here. We had the Sunday Lunch menu, with dessert and left stuffed and satisfied. The food is very tasty and fresh (excellent Yorkshire puddings), very nice cocktails as well, a nice selection that isn't just your standard ones. The service is fantastic, couldn't fault it at all. Angus (like the steak, as he introduces himself) was especially good. He was friendly, chatty, and approachable. The staff has a whole are all like this and accomodating too.

   almost 8 months ago
3. Douglas Adams ★★★★★

   Attended Thursday, 23 Oct for birthday dinner for 2 at 6:30pm. Booked two days in advance, with lots of availability. Wonderfully cosy atmosphere, with extremely attentive and polite staff. Generally quiet evening, with only four of the two dozen tables being occupied. Star of the show was the food: we went for two starters - the rarebit and 'coronation' roe, followed by Chateubriand platter. All absolutely delicious. One of those meals where you'd each say: "I couldn't cook this, even if I had all the ingredients and all of the recipes". By far, one of the best steaks I've had in years. Would definitely book again, if I come by York

   almost 9 months ago

1. S G ★★★☆☆

   We had booked here for Sunday lunch on our visit to York, as the food looked amazing. Great decor and service here. And is actually reasonably priced. The cocktails were ok. Starters were good, Lacked flavour, not amazing but nice. But what let it down was the Sunday lunch. We both had the beef, it is served pink, which is fine as that is how I like it. But unfortunately not a great joint. It was so chewy took ages to chew and even with a steak knife you couldn’t cut it. I noticed most people who had the beef that day left the beef as we both did. We left feeling Disappointed. However the rest of the meal was nice.

   almost 10 months ago
2. Gareth ★★☆☆☆

   Only giving two stars due to the guy waiting the tables was all on his own. Otherwise I would of just walked out as soon as they didn’t have the item I wanted on the menu. I think this was tactics for me to have the steak. I’m a big meat eater, this sadly was the most chewiest piece of said meat. It was cooked badly, Should of been medium to rare… but was more rare. Hence chewy toughness. Wrong side salad came out with my meal, so by time it did arrive I had already eaten most of my meal. The chips were okay, accept the large ones were hard in the middle. The tomato and onion salad felt like it was topped up with fresh (nice tomatoes only 3-4 then the rest all diced mushy bitter tasteless tomatoes. Onion too large and tasted so raw in the mix it was unpleasant to eat on its own. I really hope the restaurant takes on board the info, and get their quality standards to warrant the price tag. £44.00 (1 pint + bottle still water + side salad + fillet steak with bone marrow and chips) would of been warrant if I had enjoyed the meal. I don’t mind the small portions as long as quality is involved. The bone marrow remove, it adds nothing to the dish. (Or add a slice of bread to enjoy the bone marrow on.) Also the steak wasn’t cooked in Garlic and Thyme as stated. Maybe the chef had an off day.

   almost 3 years ago
3. Tony Jones ★★★★★

   Amazing dog friendly resteraunt. The food and service were brilliant. If you want a high quality dog friendly resteraunt you won't find better. The monks fish and sea bass were excellent as we're both the starters and deserts. If your in York please give it a go, highly recommended.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Oon-Hui Ng ★★★★★

   Absolutely delicious! Staff were fantastically friendly, courteous, and helpful with welcoming smiles despite what I am sure is a tiring job. Food wise, the steak (I had a ribeye) was excellent, and my starter (beef carpacio) was especially delicious! Would definitely recommend!

   almost 3 years ago
2. Paul Ainsworth-Lord ★★★☆☆

   I am giving a 3 star because of the service, without the exceptionally good service levels we received. It was cert friendly and our waiter was very attentive. If i was scoring on the food alone, I’m afraid the score wouldn’t be as good. Firstly i was disappointed with the narrow choice on the menu, amd the food we had was, well… not as good as We were expecting. Quite disappointing actually. If some one asks me how was it, i would say ask me if we will go there again? We won’t. I appreciate running a business and especially a food business must be a real hard challenge, amd satisfying everyone will be almost impossible. Most people who have left reviews seem to have had very positive experiences. I’m sorry guys, but ours wasn’t. One other thing, i really don’t like 12.5% service charges added to the bill. I know u can ask for it to removed. But come on. We’re British.

   almost 3 years ago
3. Mark Williams Hutchins ★★★★★

   We had booked a dog friendly area here. Worth booking as it seemed very busy. Staff were fantastic, food was lovely. I had a steak & it was so good. Highly recommend eating here. Lovely wine also. Would definitely go back. Great 80's music and a few themed bits behind the bar.

   almost 4 years ago

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