House of the Trembling Madness, York

OK, some of the mammals are small (mouse, mole, rabbit), but there's also a lion and what I think might have been a jaguar. Space is limited - we arrived to find a "bar full" notice at the back of the off licence, but 45 minutes later we returned and made our way upstairs. Most of the space is taken up with tables which were occupied by diners but after being buffeted by waiters for a few minutes we found a bench at the top of the stairs which was OK for as long as it took to drink a half of 8.4% tripel. An interesting experience - not sure how much of the “medieval drinking hall” is genuine, though it looks pretty good - but not really what I would call a pub.