The Postern Gate (JD Wetherspoon), York

Tris C left this review about The Postern Gate (JD Wetherspoon)

Situated in a rather uninspiring location and well described below, modern though unremarkable in its size, this sits below my luxury accommodation of choice, so perhaps best described as a Travelspoon, chosen for an overnight stay after an OMD/Heaven 17 recital at the nearby Museum Gardens last Thursday.
This is a ‘spoons so needs little further description as I suspect that much PuGgery has ended here, the corridors redolent of crawls past, with my photo giving a glimpse of the interior with customers typically studenty.
There’s the usual ‘spoons liquid fare, my Titanic Plum Porter ordered via the app whilst sitting overlooking the river – The Bill on the Foss? – on good form, £3.09 a pint, served by an unjustifiably enthusiastic waiter.
York has many fantastic pubs and this isn’t one of them, but if you want a pint with a midnight licence immediately beneath your boudoir, this is the city’s best option. Note too that unlike one of our reviewers, you won't see the River Ouse without Bionic vision. ;-)

On 12^th July 2026 - rating: 5
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