The Black Horse, York

Bucking Fastard left this review about The Black Horse

A substantial pub building in brick and proudly displaying the fact it opens at noon all days ,which is unusual among the better real ale pubs in this fine city.It has a Victorian feel,the entrance corridor has a banquette and then opens out to the tap room while to the front is a seperate front room which can be closed off and hired privately but was available on my trip and was a comfortable place to sit with large fitted bench seating and two stand alone tables one with a chess board inlaid.
Beyond the tap room is a raised seating section while out the back is a heated beer patio.
The ale options on my trip were Roosters Yankee,Bradfield Farmers Blonde,Abbeydale Daily Bread,Vocation Victorian Porter and Acorn Must IPA (NBSS 4) together with an Old Rosie cider.There were two further boxed cider but only mainstream kegs.
The wall covering were mainly large photos of the nearby Minster and Shambles while a large flatscreen was showing terrestrial sport on mute.The events board notes two weekly quizes,a blues jam and Saturday live music while the food options seem to be pork pies.
Really should be on any real ale crawl,I liked the correct pouring on an ale which requires a tight sparkler and the relaxed vibe.I would certainly return.

On 8^th February 2026 - rating: 8
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