The Hop, York

The Hop is an Ossett pub with a high ceiling. There is a front bar area that was sparsely populated on my Monday evening visit, with a more open area to the rear that was much busier with an after-work crowd and quite a few people enjoying pizzas cooked from an open kitchen to the rear. With more time to spare than I'd initially planned, I decided to stop and have a pizza. I recall enjoying the food on my last visit in 2016, but for some reason it wasn't as good this time. I've seen nduja mentioned quite a lot recently in relation to pizzas and wanted to give it a go. Whether it was the nduja or the copious amount of beer I consumed during the day, I'm not sure, but my stomach wasn't the best the following day. To give the nduja the benefit of the doubt, I suspect it may have been the beer! On the subject of beer, regular beers from Ossett in here are Excelsius, White Rat & Yorkshire Blonde. In addition, they also had their Butterley & Treacle Stout. Ciders were Lilley's Mango & Weston's Rosie's Pig & Rosie's Pig Rhubarb. Craft beers were Salt Tweed, Loom, Jute, Serge, Huckaback & Ikat, Caps Off Rhys's Pieces & Turning Point Tangled Up In Blue. Still a good place to couple with the far more traditional pub experience of the Blue Bell across the road.

Continues to be a reliable place for a good pint, not to mention the excellent pizza. Swerving the Ossett ales for a change, I enjoyed a superb stout from Ainsty on this visit. Thoroughly recommended.