Booked in for 2 nights. Staff are helpful and friendly. Sadly the evening menu was poor and the food was tasteless no flavour and poor quality. I’ve had better micro meals. Probably was a microwave meal!!
Stayed in the Indigo Hotel just for one night. Had a lovely welcoming atmosphere and front desk. Parking was easy and just a short walk away. The rooms were clean and well equipped with all you could need. Breakfast was buffet style with an additional menu for other choices. The only quibble at breakfast was the cast iron casserole dishes they hold the breakfast items in - they all have the lids on so you have to take the lid off to peek inside to see what it is, if you want that item you then have to find somewhere to put the lid which then gets in the way of other people peeking to see what’s inside - I’d suggest you maybe use a chalk pen to write on the lid/pot what is inside to help people out a bit. Apart from that all good and tasty. Would go again and recommend as a place for quick easy access to every sight in York. I did also upload a picture of the remote control in our room, that was a bit grim but wouldn’t stop me going again (will just take a sandwich bag next time!)
Service was appalling. Table Service only and bar staff were more interested in having a blether and they had the cheek to add 10% Service charge. Otherwise it seems to be a pleasant restaurant. Bar staff let it down. I think they knew we weren't happy. Second gin was served in a scrawny glass with one ice cube. Decided not to eat here.
This is the restaurant in the Hotel Indigo. As Indigo restaurants go, I would rank this one below Chester and Liverpool, but above Manchester and far, far above Glasgow. Bright and airy premises, this is mainly laid out for dining, so there isn’t a massive amount of bar seating, but what they have works. The bar is well run and sells a couple of draft lagers – nothing too exciting though, just Heineken and Amstel. The food menu is quite limited, mainly a pizza menu – used to do more in the past but I expect suffers a bit due to location – hard to compete with the plethora of offerings on Walmgate. Breakfast in the morning here is excellent – a full slate of cooked offerings are available, alongside a heaving breakfast table of pastries and other items. Operating the juice was complicated, but I got there in the end. The full Yorkshire breakfast was excellent – bonus marks for the big wedge of black pudding. Nice. Might be nicer if the lighting was dimmed a little in the evenings and if there was a bit more soft seating for drinks in the bar, but otherwise a decent venue if you’re staying in the hotel.
Michael Parr eats here...
New place on the ground floor of hotel indigo, clean and quiet place to eat. Stuff are friendly and helpful. Menu is simple but have good choices. I had hamhock for starter, it was pretty good, my risotto was good too but a bit salty for me. We were curious about the wagyu burger, we'd like medium usually, but it was a little bit overcooked. It is not on the cheap side for a place like this, but overall it worth to try
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