The Slip Inn, York

Compact side-street local, retaining a pleasantly traditional look and feel. Five handpumps on the counter, with several good ales including Rudgate Ruby Mild.

This is yet another excellent York pub. This one has the look of a fairly small backstreet locals' pub, well away from the main tourist areas. And in a lot of respects it's all the better for that. Well described by others the only thing I would add is the unusual matchboard panelled ceiling, and small hatch to the bar, in the quieter back room where Mrs R and I sat. There was some decent beer here as well; I had the Timothy Taylor Boltmaker, which I thought was OK but perhaps not quite good enough for the CAMRA accolades it has received. This is another one deserving of a revisit.

Another fine York pub, a small venue this, the pub name is inscribed on frosted glass on the lower part of the windows and again on a seriously attractive panel of stained glass on the entrance door. Carpeted inside, there is a dark wood boarded ceiling, regular style seating at small tables with banquettes on the front wall. A small separate rear room was rather plain in appearance. Black and white photos, mainly of river scenes, there is a dartboard but you might need a few hands to shift stuff around to actually chuck some arrows. Snacks available, there were the usual York "proper" pork pies and I saw Scotch eggs, no idea if dinners are served. There is a bit of an outdoor area and the gents are outside too. The cask ales were Leeds Pale, Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker, Rudgate Ruby Mild, Wold Top Wold Gold and guest ale, Liverpool Craft Beer Co Quokka. A cider was on from Jack Ratt. Another very good and friendly welcoming York pub.

A traditional pub just outside the city walls, it consists of a larger room running across the front of the pub with etched glass windows bearing the pub’s name and a couple of smaller rooms at the rear, as well as a patio area for some alfresco drinking or smoking. The landlord seemed a friendly chap and was unfazed by the group of twenty or so who suddenly descended on his relatively small pub. The snug at the rear of the pub had wood panelling that had been painted red on the lower part of the walls and cream paintwork up above as well as more dark wood panelling on the ceiling. There were a few old black and white photos of the river on the walls as well as a map of York from 1849. Food does not appear to be a major feature here, although I did spot a few pork pies and picked eggs on the end of the bar. Beers on tap were Timothy Taylor Boltmaker, Ruby Mild, Wold Gold, Leeds Pale and Quokka from the Liverpool Craft Beer Co. Ciders were Thatcher’s Gold and Black Rat Scrumpy. All in all I thought this was a friendly and decent pub, and well worth popping in if in the vicinity.