The Longboat, York

Despite looking like part of the Premier Inn, this is a surprisingly large Table Table operation with a big eating side and a fair-sized bar area, all in the fairly predicable modern budget hotel style. Just a Doom Bar handpump, although bearing a label saying "available in bottle", so how often it is actually on is anyone's guess. While not actively unpleasant, there is not much point in using the place, even if you are staying in the hotel part.

It really is just the bar for the Premier Inn although there’s a separate entrance and hapless members of the public and sad old pub tickers can wander in. There’s a single hand pump with a Doombar clip and draped upon it a small blackboard saying “available in bottles”, hands up who thought it would say “coming soon”? Two low T-Bars of keggy standards, I had half of dodgy Carling to be polite. No, just no.

Official site of The Longboat - www.tabletable.co.uk

Official site of The Longboat - www.tabletable.co.uk

Table Table outlet attached to the Blossom Street South Premier Inn, with the usual semi-modern furniture and decor, but it does benefit from numerous partitions which means that each of the various seating areas is relatively self-contained. Limited drinks selection, but there is one bespoke Black Sheep pump so it looks like that particular ale is a permanent fixture.