Took a punt on this little bar/cafe and enjoyed it thoroughly. Lovely friendly staff and great…read morecoffee (according to my companions) inside a cute place. It was a hot day and my cold bottle of Brew Dog IPA really hit the spot. A big fat slice of lemon drizzle cake was excellent. No Wi-fi to encourage chatting!

Went here on a Living Social cocktail deal on a Saturday evening. It's great: everyone is over 25…read moreand not gravy tanned 16 year old nitwits like in Revs, it's just out of the way of the main drag so its busy but not too busy, you can hear each other over the music and the cocktails are really nice and not too expensive. Not sure about during the day but will sample that later.

We ordered the honey bbq chicken wings and the cheese garlic bread. Both were absolutely amazing…read moreespecially the wings!

This review forms part of the Legendary Mini-Break of the Sisterhood....aka Angie And Fiona Do…read moreYorkshire....aka The 'Win'kend. Having strutted my leggy, longhaired sibling around Sky Lounge on Thursday like a prize show pony, I decided to stick her hungover ass in the back of the car and whisk her to the secret waterfall in the Dales that I can't tell you about because then it wont be my secret any more (you're not squeezing THIS one out of me Yelp!!). I skinnydipped Fiona's delicate Southern backside in freezingly fresh water, stuffed a buttery picnic into her and sat her in a local pub for some wincingly bad white wine and then I left her in the capable hands of a man date to Chaophraya. The 'Win'kend was exceeding all expectations. Then on Saturday I washed her, dressed her, brushed her pretty teeth, hung some Best in Show rosettes in her glossy mane and flung her into the heart of York to buy Cath Kidston dresses and overpriced picture frames. It was during this extended bonding session that we stumbled upon, and thus into, Oscar's. May I start by miming the rubbing of hands over walls and saying that thing I often say, much to the bemusement of most of my friends, "Lovely wallpaper!!". You just can't have enough tropical birds on big red flowers. I'm not being sarcastic. I genuinely have a remote sex button that gets pressed by the sight of interesting wallpaper...which I then sit by and bang on about ad infinitum, ad nauseum, all the time stroking said paper like a 100% proper sausage of a human being. Oscar's has wallpaper for the win. It also has a nice range of ales, wines and fruit beers....a strawberry fruli later and I was ready to mezze things up a notch. We plumped for mixed olives and a mediterranean platter which, at £4 and £8 respectively provided ample piles of slippery olives, rich taramasalata, thick hummus, cool tzatsiki, salad and warm flatbread for three of us. There's olive oil and balsamic vinegar on the tables to extend the bread life into some proper dipping. It was fresh, flavoursome and tasty. We even got more bread to finish off the dips, that's how dipalicious it was. So why only 3 stars? Lovely looking bar. Clean and well stocked with interesting and wide choices of drinks and food. Utterly FAB-U-LOUS wallpaper. Pleasant toilets....I could go on. But there's the one thing isn't there that just scoots you down the ratings faster than a wet rat in a slimy pipe. Customer service. Yes the staff were all achingly polite. Most were fabulous looking. There were more than enough of them to go around. But. Every single damn time we wanted something we had to play the staring game. Staring politely. Staring more urgently. Turning around in chairs and staring. Sighing and staring. Having that conversation about when is the right time to just shout 'Excuse me!' at the 10th waitress to walk directly past your table whilst earning an Olympic Gold (see what I did there) for deliberately avoiding meeting your eye despite being close enough to see right into your wanting soul. Watching huddles of said staff engaged in exciting looking conversations about last night in the corners of the bar with their backs turned to the entire dining contigent was really the final straw. "EXCUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEE!" Pah. Not good enough. Oscar's salvages the 2 points for looking lovely, being comfortable and having tasty grub at a good price but having worked in bars and restaurants from the age of 14-25 nothing irks me more than being deliberately ignored. If you are being paid to wait then no customer should be left wanting, whether they are your 'service' or not. Scuttling past diners with your eyes on the floor is downright lazy and turning your back on them to chat with your bessie mate for 10 minutes is downright unacceptable. If I could manage to wait tables efficiently at 14 Oscar's then your proper grown up staff can manage it now. Rant over...but never out! MWAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!

We happened to be walking by this new picturesque small restaurant on Bridge Street and decided to…read morebook in for dinner later that week based on the delightful interior, delicious-sounding menu, and wine list. The food & experience did not disappoint. My friends and I had the fried zucchini flowers, doughballs with serrano ham & soft cheese to start and shared one of the specials, the summer truffle gnocchi in cheese sauce. It blew me away, the best gnocchi I've ever had. And Georgia our thoughtful hostess and co-owner brought us some amazing focaccia for the rest of that sauce. She could have brought us a brick for our second plates and we would have been happy, but our main dishes of veal chop with porcini mushrooms, octopus and potatoes, zucchini flan, and a side of fried polenta chips were also exceptional. I cannot rave about the food enough. A small menu done exquisitely well. You can tell the owners care about their customers and the quality of their food and wines. Nothing was overdone or overwrought, just simple Italian dishes done perfectly. Georgia was very kind throughout, providing us with a tasting of desert wines after they were out of the one we had wanted. She orders them from friends and suppliers in Italy and has a truly remarkable selection. Georgia and her partner Joe the chef lived in Florence and have spent time with his family in Calabria. At L'uva they have imported that love of food and friendly atmosphere to Yorkshire directly from Italy. Throughout we felt like we were dining with friends excited to cook for us and share their tables, the atmosphere reminded me of small family-run places in Italy. My friends and I have spent a lot of time in Italy over the years and this was as authentic as the Italian folks who came in after us. There is nothing else like it in York and we will certainly be back. Thank you Georgia & Joe for a wonderful dinner!

This for me was exactly what we were looking for on a relaxed day around York with my wife and 7…read moremonth old daughter. Basically cheese was on my mind all week, cheese was on my wife's mind and quite possibly it was on young Cleo's too based on her hand gestures (I can tell you know...) Basically it's a deli out front with a great selection of meats, cheeses and fresh bread to take away, but in the back there's a lovely couple of rooms which are nicely spaced out with table service and a basic but exciting menu. We went for the meat and cheese platter (£15) for 2 which had around 4 cheeses, a few meats, olives, salad and a giant basket of bread. I don't mind admitting that I actually asked for another basket of bread, fully expecting to pay again for more bread. The nice treat when I got the bill was that they don't charge for extra bread - amazing! We had tea, water and a fentimans lemonade - not bad for around £20 and it definitely hit the spot and sorted out our cheese cravings. Can't wait to go back :-)

I had a nice tasty grill cheese sandwich nicely priced lovely quaint surroundings staff very…read morefriendly there's a good selection of cheese and wines I well recommend it .

Liked the stain glass window but unfortunately I faced a horrid slot machine. The food was decent…read morebut found the sex toy vending machine in ladies room disturbing.

this place is one of my favourite bars in york. the food is excellent and you definatley get your…read moremoneys worth, the decor is really cool, lots of exposed brick, and the service is speedy, i'll defo be going back and getting more burritos!!!!! its also located right near the river so once your stuffed with cheesey goodness you can walk it off by the water

A very middle of the road, solid 3-star restaurant. Neither great nor poor…read more My better half and I almost walked right past this place as it was down a small alley and had very attractive restaurants on either side. However, there was a £27 Tuesday special on for 2 steak dinners with a bottle of wine. And I am a sucker for steak. And wine. So yea... Plus it happened to be a Tuesday so I saw it as a sign. Anyway, we walked in and weren't greeted (there were only 2 other couples there) until we sat ourselves down in a cheerful, almost Spanish looking room. The restaurant looks tiny but if you make your way through it's thin corridor-like entrance, there appear two more sections, each with a different feel. The back room is candle-lit with lots of tables while the front bar-area is more casual and relaxed. The upstairs has a glass ceiling and a nice continental feel. Almost moved up there! So we ordered our sirloin which came with onion rings, chips, a small salad, and mushrooms. The steak was good. My boyfriends was perfectly rare and mine was medium rare on the dot. However, the waitress mixed up our orders. It's a good thing we realized it after a single bite. Our tables were sticky which was disappointing. I moved right before we were served rather than complain and the table in the back was sticky/crumby too. The staff was so lovely and friendly though (dealing with my seat changing) that I again didn't say anything. The website describes it as 'Parisian' and 'a slice of Europe' in line with the kind of places Oscar Wilde would frequent. I am unconvinced. The rest of the food options were eclectic ranging from Mexican to Greek to American. A nice assortment if you want to try it. I don't know if I'd come again given all of York's tantalizing eateries. But my steak was nice.

Stopped in Wilde's for a cheeky lunch with the big sis on Monday. She was flying to Vienna the next…read moreday and I hadn't seen her since November 2008! So seemed like a good opportunity to skip the usual Monday duties and hang out a little. We didn't really plan to go to Wilde's but it was there and looked friendly from the outside so dropped in. On the inside it was bright and clean with fresh tulips on the tables and a great open sun room upstairs. The food was plentiful fresh and appetising. Although, hmm, I ordered a Ceasar salad and I don't think it had any of the ingredients you'd usually associate with a Caesar salad, no romaine lettuce, no Parmesan, no lemon and very little dressing. What I did get was a mixed green salad with chicken, cherry tomatoes, salty bacon and croutons and it was rather good! I ate enjoyed, and felt very satisfied afterwards. Overall I cant fault Wilde's, it was a good lunch. I enjoyed seeing big sis, I enjoyed the salad and the coffee too. Oh! and extra points for the mad wallpaper in the bathooms! Brilliant :-)

OK food. Terrible service. Plenty other places nearby to eat and drink…read more My husband and I stopped in for a quick bite. It was near the end of lunch time (about 1PM) and didn't seem terribly busy. We stood waiting for about 10 min before flagging someone down to seat us. Got a great table to people watch. And...waited some more... Waters came about 15 min later and I asked for a straw. It came 10-15 min later. Seeing a trend we asked if the check could be brought out with the food. Check came another 10 min later. Food came even later (40-45 min after being seated). Asked for ketchup and...you got it...another 10 min for a tiny bowl for two grown men. After all was said and done we finally settled up and left over an hour and a half from when we came in. Just try somewhere else.

good pub food in the middle of the York Shambles. I agree with one of the other reviews that said…read moreit seems like a chain. just a little too clean and well lit and modern to be associated with typical old-school pubs, but the food was very good. service was just okay, very perfunctory. the chili was great on a cold day

Loved this place! Everyone is so knowledgeable about the wine and the menu. Food presentation was…read moretop notch. I highly recommend this when you find yourself in York!

Make reservations! This place gets super busy and has long waits if you try to walk up. That being…read moresaid, totally worth it. Excellent prices for high quality ingredients and fabulous wine. Service was friendly and didn't rush us. Our servers also provided us with really helpful suggestions and were able to accommodate our requests. We enjoyed every bite of our charcuterie board and would love to be back if it was closer to us. Great spot to enjoy a cozy afternoon in York.

Great cocktails and extremely helpful staff. Some of the best cocktails in York. I highly recommend…read morethis place.

What a delight to have 2-4-1 cocktails again. Glasgow by laws on restrictions on drink promos…read morekilled that buzz up here. So when we noticed the sign on the warm looking bar, down an unassuming side street, we couldn't resist. First impressions was how empty it was, but that didn't put us off. We grabbed a seat next to the radiator, and a menu, and made ourselves comfy. They have a decent range of cocktails, but you have to decipher the code names to figure out what you're actually ordering. Or, like I did, simply ask the barman. Unfortunately, the 2-4-1 only applied when ordering the same drink, which, considering the Mother and I don't share the same taste in alcoholic libations, was a bit inconvenient. But, when looking at the bright side, it just meant we had to order 2 drinks each! :D If you're looking for top standard mixology, with flare and garnishes, this is not your type of place. But they mix up a decent drink, and the playlist could have come from my own library. All in all, it's worth a bash.