Museum Street Tavern, York

A bit of a mad pub decor wise, the elegant Palladian frontage has a faux Victorian interior as you enter then a lower level beyond that and a dining room upstairs. The floor has coloured lines hospital style and a sign saying if you want a drink go left if you want to eat take a seat. The counter in the top section has two pulls and the lower one has three, most of the beers were from Wentworth and in good nick when I called in. The decor is eclectic or slightly mad depending on your viewpoint, with a big Union Jack painted on the ceiling of the lower section, display cases of stuff, traffic lights and walls papered with odd posters and handbills. There are a couple of busts of Queen Victoria and a number of defaced Mona Lisas. Equally daft is the furniture, a mix of everything you've ever seen in a pub , I wrote this review sat on a leather Chesterfield with my pint resting on a table made of an old pallet cut in half and painted black. The exuberant barmaid tried to serve me with a handled jug but as she hadn't seen Get Carter it was a wasted moment.

A split level interior serving 5 real ales and food.

This pub is now called Thomas's and is a brilliant one to have a wander round for quirky rooms. We enjoyed Hop Studio Blonde and Theakstons Old Peculier, both in good condition. Worth popping in when on a real ale trip round York.