Rose & Crown, York

The Rose and Crown consists of a room with seating to the left front, more seating to the left rear and a U shaped bar to the right with yet more seating behind it. This bar supports six hand pumps which were drawing five ales and Thatcher’s Heritage cider. Signs around the pub indicated that live sport would be shown via Sky and BT Sport, but as my visit was on a Friday afternoon one screen was airing muted rolling news and the other muted Kerrang videos. Open mic is advertised for Thursday evenings from 20:30. Out the back is a beer garden that houses some picnic tables. I found the service to be very friendly and the locals to be harmless enough. I would pop back in if passing.

Attractive, refurbished pub retaining side and rear rooms in addition to the main 'L'-shaped bar. Also has some old tiling on the main entrance walls and on the floor beside part of the counter. Patio beer garden to rear. Doom Bar, Golden Sheep, Landlord and Rudgate Ruby Mild (£1.80, half) available on handpump when we visited.

Of the three pubs we visited on Lawrence Street the Rose and Crown had the weakest Ale range, but I was lucky to get in whilst the Rudgate Ruby Mild was still on. Three separate rooms and some nice period features, and all in all a decent pub, but if I had to miss out one of this trilogy it would be this one.

I've not much to add to what previous reviewers have said. This pub was a bit, but only a bit, more modern and "well appointed" than the Rook & Gaskill over the road. It did have a bit of art deco tiling around the place, and I thought that the leaded light glazing was an attractive feature. I got in here early enough to get a half of the Rudgate Mild, which was in superb nick although it was about to finish. I also made this our lunch stop, and my wife and I had a couple of excellent baguettes, for about a fiver a pop as I recall. Although this one didn't have the range of ales available as most of the pubs we visited, I still thought it was a friendly and welcoming pub.

A decent traditional pub, which is very well kept. I especially liked the etched glass lamps over the bar counter. I found the young barmaid to be very helpful and kept her head in spite of the Pubs Galore crew, piling in through the door. Beer wise there was nothing really out of the ordinary, Sharp's Doombar, Timothy Taylor, Rudgate Ruby Mild and Black Sheep Golden Sheep. The Rudgate Ruby Mild had just finished, by the time I got to the bar. The helpful barmaid said she would run down to the cellar and put another one on for me, not wanting to make a fuss, I went for the Black Sheep Golden Sheep, which was in superb condition. Another feature here was the Victorian cast iron fireplace in the front room. As Moby mentions, the other two pubs close by do have a more adventurous range of beers.

A fairly plush traditional style pub with some nice leather upholstered bench seating along the front wall under the windows, the floor is wood,there was some piped music playing not a favourite feature of mine but it was a decent selection to my taste,there were a few more beers available than previously mentioned, I counted 6 pumps but failed to note and now remember if they were all in use, the ones I do remember were bordering on the mainstream but having said that my Rudgate Ruby Mild was exceptionally good.I couldnt warm to this pub as much as the Waggon and Horses next door or indeed the Rook and Gaskill opposite and would maybe miss this one out next time.

3 roomed pub with a central bar serving 2 real ales and food during my visit. The pub has a pool table.

Obviously once a pub with a very ornate interior, you enter into a drinking vestibule with a taproom to the right just inside the doors. Tiling and stained glass still remain as does some dark woodwork, the furniture is a bit of a mixture but generally traditional. The magnificent counter in the vestibule has four pulls as does the one in the taproom, the rear dining room/lounge is serviced by a short stretch of counter. Only two beers on, a lacklustre Leeds Pale and Black Sheep Bitter. The ceilings alas are modern and very plain, the vestibule and lounge have random maps stuck there. The Gents is off the vestibule and there is another front room used as a pool cum sitting room. There's a big screen in the taproom and another in the lounge.