The Postern Gate (JD Wetherspoon), York

Visited this JDW bar last month and chose Goose Eye over & Stout, and Saltaire Cascade, both of which were fine.

not the most inspiring place in York, either building or location, but inside it’s pleasant enough. good beer range at good value and affable service. It’s not going to blow anyone away but as a functional Spoons it fits the bill.

As noted below this Spoons takes up the ground floor of a Travelodge. It's a roughly L shaped room that is modern and has the usual furnishings. It was busy but not hopelessly so on my early Thursday afternoon visit. A bonus is the toilets being at the same level. The bar has ten hand pumps which had one available soon, Doom Bore, a cider, a Bombardier beer, Caledonian Seasoned Traveller IPA, Rudgate Chocolate Stout, Dark Star Hophead, Naylor's Toffee Mild, Loddon Bamboozle and Conwy California. I went for the Rudgate Stout (£2.65) which was excellent. The standard guest ale price here was £2.49 and the Curry Club was £7.75 which is about a quid or more above average. The beer price was cheaper than I expected for a tourist trap like York. I thought this one was OK, a good beer choice and the one chosen in excellent nick. It's above average as far as I'm concerned.

The larger of the two York weatherpersons but my least favorite of the two. This is connected to the travel lodge next door and is far to tall and spacious to give any character or comfort, it feels like a museum. there is a full range of spoons ales including the regulars, doomabr, ruddels and abbot as well as two from saltire among others. the saltaire xmas beer was very nice and better kept than spoons beers usually are but the price has been increased and it was £2.45, the most i have seen for a spoons ale in the north of england, my local in Nottingham sells them at £1.99. Good for a cheap pint but there are many quality establishments and better than this around with much better beer. one redeeming feature is it also sells some good raree beers such as blue moon on tap at a reasonable price compared to most pubs, i would return but purely for a cheap pint, nothing else.

The Postern Gate is a very large Wetherspoons below a Travelodge so expect the usual Spoon’s crowd as well as some tourists. The bar supports ten hand pumps and the usual drink and meal deals are available. Some of the pub is very dimly lit, but a glass lean-to does offer some natural light to half of the bar. There is some outside seating.