The Walmgate Ale House, York

A deep narrow building close to Foss Bridge just at the bottom of Fossgate. It has a front drinking area followed by a shallow V shaped counter with an adjacent seating space then a further eating / drinking area labelled the Snug at the rear. Six Yorkshire beers over eight pulls plus two types of Yorkshire lager, Freedom lager and a Yorkshire cider complete the draught range with the usual wines, spirits and coffee. No standard pump clips on the stumps, they have small oval black boards on the pump handle instead. Unusual bar snacks are also available. It says bistro from its previous incarnation as Meltons Too and the atmosphere is still very much cafe bar; upstairs is the actual bistro part of the outfit. Walmgate and Fossgate have a good eclectic range of eccentric pubs and bars and this fits in well with that ethos.

The Walmgate Ale House and Bistro is a decent looking pub. Once inside there is a long narrow room with the bar to the rear right,there are a few tall tables and chairs to the front,there is a bench seat to the front right,all other seating is normal tables and chairs,there is a separate room to the rear and a bistro upstairs which i did'nt look at. There were five real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Copper Dragon Golden Pippin which was served by the friendly landlord,the other beers were York Guzzler,York Walmgate and one more from York brewery and Daleside legover. Decent background music was playing. I quite took to this pub. Pub visited 23/5/2015

Official site of The Walmgate Ale House and Bistro - www.walmgateale.co.uk

Official site of The Walmgate Ale House and Bistro - www.walmgateale.co.uk

Compact ale house with a bistro upstairs (not visited). Mix of semi-modern furniture, with the decoration largely comprising - slightly worryingly - a collection of noose-like coiled ropes suspended from meat hooks in the ceiling. Base of cantilever pub sign unusually used to advertise the current Scallop Festival. Total of six handpumps, with rather annoying plain chalked clips, offering mostly local beers e.g. York Guzzler, Rudgate Ruby Mild and Treeboom Kettle Drum (£3.50). Also features a anonymous keg font dispensing Yorkshire Lager, Red Lager and Cider.