The Golden Slipper, York

To the left of the entrance of the Golden Slipper is a wooden floored seating area before the bar counter that runs up the left facing a thin strip of standing room to the right. At the rear of the bar is the Library, which is a small seating area overlooked by rows of bookshelves. To the right of the entrance is a carpeted sunken seating area and more seating can be found in the right rear. Regular live music is advertised for Friday Evenings and late Sunday afternoons. There was also live music advertised for the Saturday night, but during my Thursday evening visit there was just some background music playing. The barman was polite and my pint of Rooster’s Yankee was well served. The other five hand pumps were drawing Timothy Taylor’s Golden Best, Yorkshire Heart’s Blonde, Well’s Bombardier, Ainsty Ales’ Cool Citra and Weston’s Old Rosie Cider. Standard and premium keg were also available. I thought it was OK in here, but it was very quiet for a Thursday evening.

We were recomended this place by a Taxi driver , well worth a visit for its interesting interior and friendly staff and locals , 6 handpulls 4 at the libary end of the bar and 2 at the other end , 2 from Roosters TT Golden Best , Abbeydale Moonshine , Bombadier and a well kept Camerons Hoppy , a couple of muted TVs showing News Channels . Liked it in here .

An interesting pub to wander round, we enjoyed our visit here last month. The library room and other rooms are well looked after in this historic pub. We chose Leeds Calypso and Taylors Hoptical Storm from the ales available, both of which were fine.

Another really nice traditional pub with distinctive areas including the ‘library’ where I relaxed over a pint of Timmy Taylors. The smell of cooked meals was a bit overpowering in the bar and there was cutlery on most tables suggesting a move towards food here. But it was a lovely place to relax and the staff were very pleasant.

a very nice real ale drinkers pub down goodrumgate. There are usually five real ale avqailable and Cornish orchards cider on hand pull. usually Bombadier, golden pippin and Taylors golden best are available plus two guests. my pint of Golden best was a very nice drink here but expensive at £3.60. There are a few separate rooms of the main bar including a sort of snug and a jukebox that is usually on rotate. an all round good pub with good beer, highly recommended.

A cosy old pub just around the corner from York Minster, it is split in to a number of different rooms and there is also a small, covered courtyard at the rear. The bar counter is in the lounge bar at the front on the left and this is probably the largest of all the rooms. Beyond this was a small library room complete with rows of books on the shelves, and this looked to be a cosy spot although space was limited with only two or three tables in here. On the other side at the front was a cosy snug that apparently dated from the 15th or 16th centuries. The walls were exposed brick with black inlaid timber and there were leaded windows looking out on to the street. At the back was a small brick lined corridor which managed to squeeze in a small table and chairs, and this led to the last room which was perhaps more of a public bar in as much that it had a darts board, but it was still very pleasant with green wood panelling on the walls and a high shelf running around with a collection of old bottles and jugs as well as some framed coin collections on the walls. Beers on tap were Half Moon Solstice, Timothy Taylor Golden Best, Mudpuppy, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin and Bombardier. Ciders meanwhile were Strongbow, Olde English and Addlestones. All in all, well worth a visit.