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York Tap, York

Pub added by Old Boots
Station Concourse
York
YO24 1AY
Phone: 01904659009

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Gill Smith left this review about York Tap

Have had a couple of good visits here while staying in York. Went on Saturday and found a fantastic display of real ales. Had plenty for us to choose from and all in great condition. Left it a couple of days and went back in yesterday and couldn't believe it, but 16 of them had changed. Only 2 that were on when we were there Saturday. That is some turnaround and just shows how popular this bar is. We chose a Little Valley and Ilkley beer, and both were in good condition. Decided to leave it at that and have another visit today.

The above was March 2013. Called in today and found one of the cask ales £5 a pint and three were £4.20 a pint. OK the dear one was 7.4% but the others were around 5.1%. Some 5% beers were £3 so there is a lot of price variety. The Atom brewery beer and Sonnet 43 beer were great. No soap in the loo and when I told them, I was told they don't supply soap as it gets pinched!!

On 10th March 2014 - rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about York Tap

We called in around 7.30 on a Monday eve and the Tap was fairly quiet. There were 18 ales chalked up on the board, so we managed to squeeze in a few more. I especially liked the entrance to this tap and once through the doors the interior was a lot bigger than anticipated. I went for the Yorkshire Heart Hearty Bitter, Great Newsome Frothingham Best and Collingham Ales Artisans Choice. The staff were friendly and pleasant.

On 11th August 2013 - rating: 10
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Pub SignMan left this review about York Tap

The York Tap, sister pub to the Sheffield and Euston Tap ventures, is a fantastically restored beer paradise in the former tearooms of York station. The original tearooms were built back in 1907 by the North Eastern Railway and are now Grade II listed. The Pivovar chain spent around a quarter of a million pounds restoring the building, which had most recently been home to the York Model Railway, and the result is a beautiful marriage of railway history and quality beer. The interior is a single room with a central servery, which effectively divides the space into two separate areas. Access can be gained from the taxi rank at the front of the station or the train platform, taking you into the dark wood paneled room with its impressive mosaic terrazzo floor. Seating is provided in the form of very comfortable dark leather button backed settles, standard chairs and some low stools, all uniform in their upholstering, creating a very smart, classy look. There are some lovely bay windows at the front of the pub with some small stained glass panes and two stained glass cupolas dominate the ceiling on either side of the room. I noticed at least one fireplace, with decorative surrounds, although I’m not convinced it gets any use. The servery finds itself underneath some lovely ornate archways and an old picture on the wall shows what a wonderful feature these were in the original tearooms, when the servery was positioned elsewhere.
I entered from outside the station and on that side of the bar I found a vast choice of beer. The hand pulls offered Tempest Cresta Black (£3.00), Gadds Divine Conspiracy, Thornbridge Jaipur, Pollards and Lord Marples, Oakham Attila, Outlaw Mad Hatter, Peak Ales DPA, Moorhouse Cold Spell and Thirsty Cross Elderflower Cider. A healthy looking keg selection included Pivovar favorites Bernard and I noticed a few interesting bottles. What I failed to notice, despite wandering round to the other half of the pub later in my visit, was that there is a second bank of hand pumps on the other side of the servery offering a completely different selection of beers. I’d just assumed they would have the same beers on, such was the already generous range.
This is one of the stand out establishments in a city with plenty of excellent pubs. I found it hard to find fault with the place and think it’s the pick of the Pivovar chain. An excellent way to start or finish a visit to York.

On 3rd February 2013 - rating: 9
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andrew parr left this review about York Tap

A wonderful ale house on platform 3 at York station. 20 Superb beers at very good prices.American imported beer was £15 a bottle!!!!! well worth missing a train for.

On 27th May 2012 - rating: 10
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OogyWawa . left this review about York Tap

Still finding its feet but it's getting there quickly and is a seriously good addition to the York beer scene. 20 handpulls (of which at least 15 are usually available) dispense well kept real ale to the masses - it's usually busiest around 5pm onwards as people opt to take a later train after work and enjoy a beer or 2, topped up around 6pm by those arriving back into York by train. The odd gripe still surfaces about there being not enough lower gravity beers and a predeliction for closing earlier when they are not busy, but in general a very good beer haven indeed and guaranteed not to disappoint. Another of York's "must visit" destinations.

On 13th May 2012 - rating: 8
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. Wittenden left this review about York Tap

This was our first visit to this temple of ale, a remarkable renovation of the former tea rooms of York Station . A centrally positioned rugby ball shaped island bar is home to a vast array of handpumps and keg fonts. Tables and chairs,open fire, art nouveau stained glass, light and airy on a mid week February lunchtime. Not too busy: a few worshippers-me included-a lone laptop warrior, and a few slightly disconcerted families on halfterm.
Given the theological atmosphere and the generally high gravity of the beers on offer, we kept to halves, though I’m sure I’d have graduated to pints before too long. We met our son there:independently , we’d both ordered Thornbridge Hall’s Kipling. We moved on to High Wire from Magic Rock, followed by Black Band Porter from Kirkstall Brewery, which proved to be the beer of the day, indeed of the week. Not to be out done, the ladies, and indeed our son, enjoyed the hot chocolate from the Tap’s whizzy new Italian machine, which they’d twittered about that very morning.
While not exactly a pub, the Tap is a wonderful institution, and one to which I intend to return when in York.

On 26th February 2012 - no rating submitted
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Old Boots left this review about York Tap

A misreading of the train timetable, not deliberate honest guv! allowed me a quick visit to the Tap to check on progress since it opened. All the opening week snags have been dealt with and a few details have changed, beer quality is still first rate. The platform side bar blackboard now lists all the cask beers on in both sides, the road side one just lists the kegs. The problems with the handpumps are sorted and the Gents looks to be behaving itself. Strangely the bar blocking “wall of arses” seemed to be just in front of the keg fonts, the approach to the pulls being clear.

On 16th January 2012 - no rating submitted
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ROB Camra left this review about York Tap

Excellent newly opened bar on York station. They've done a great job with the refurbishment and have saved quite a few of the originnal features. The open fire was a much needed warmer during our visits. 20 handpumps including 2 for real cider and lots of craft keg fonts as well. We called in twice over our two days in York. On the second visit four of the ales had changed and a couple of the regular beers were being pulled through after running out. Good turnover for a Wednesday & Thursday. All 4 beers I had were in excellent condition and the Kirkstall 3 Swords won my personal Beer Of The Week last week. The only negative was that the service was slow, although friendly, on the Wednesday afternoon. No problem on Thursday night though. We're often in York and I can't see us visiting again without coming here.

On 5th January 2012 - rating: 9
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Gill Smith left this review about York Tap

I cannot possibly add any more in the way of a description to the excellent one below. Couldn't wait to get here, and yes, I agree that it is hard to leave. We found stools at the end of the bar and enjoyed cask beers from Tempest, Great Heck and Camden Town. Even tried a couple of the craft keg beers from Camden Town, but found them a little too cold and at £4.20 a pint a little too expensive for what they are. Cask prices were good though, with many still under the £3 mark. It was very busy with ebb and flow as trains came in and out and there were sufficient staff to deal with the crowds so waiting was not an issue. Called in again this morning when it opened so that I could take some photos, and there were 5 new cask beers on, so enjoyed beers from Magic Rock, Ilkley, a terrific Chilli Porter from Black Isle, and Thornbridge Yule a good 7.4%. They could do with a better board for displaying beers available, possibly a screen like others such as the Wellington in Birmingham have where it can be updated as a new beer comes on. The chalk board on the station side has the 20 cask ales named, but it was well out of date and some of the writing had rubbed off on clothes. The board on the other bar side has the Bernard Czech Lagers and the Craft Keg details on. A brilliant place and can only be a roaring success.

On 18th December 2011 - rating: 9
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Old Boots left this review about York Tap

I wouldn't have thought it possible but for the first time ever I went to York and didn't leave the station, the reason of course is the opening of the third of the Tap chain following the ones in Sheffield and Euston. I missed the public opening night on 16th November and had to visit a day later when it was busy but not heaving and the service was fairly snappy. Being in a station there is a fair amount of ebb and flow from travelling customers, so it can be very busy then go a little quiet, however there is a good feel to the place even though it's newly opened.

Located near the middle of platform 3 a bit to the northern end and housed in the old tea rooms and lately home to a model railway, this is a tasteful and well thought out refurbishment. Internally it is basically one big room with a centrally placed circular bar counter, although a partial wall to one side of the counter divides the room in two. The counter, with a proper brass footrail, is laid out in three sections with a nicely carved island barback providing a home to a set of fridges with a great selection of bottled beers. The counter has a set of 10 hand pumps on the side facing the platform, then moving anticlockwise is the keg section flanked by two large ceramic Bernard founts with 9 separate taps in between. These dispense Thornbridge of course, Black Isle, Magic Rock, Erdinger, Timmermans, Hogans cider, Opat and a couple of rarities in Cantillion and Rauschbier. Moving round to the road side of the counter there are a further ten handpumps with a different selection to the other side. The cask beers available are listed on a blackboard in each room but only show the beers in that room, due to weight of numbers they weren't fully up to date and they can be a bit hard to see when the bar is busy. The pumps all have clips so it's not a huge problem. Breweries represented were Thornbridge, Kirkstall, Magic Rock, Fyne, Tempest, Black Isle, Ilkley, Dark Star, and US brewers Flying Dog with a blockbuster 10% IPA; a Scottish cider from Thistley Cross was also on hand pull. I had a lot of trouble dragging myself away from that lot, especially as the quality was generally excellent, they did seem to have a problem with the beer engines which is hopefully just teething troubles. The pump handles and the glassware are branded with the bar's logo and the staff all wear polo shirts with York Tap on the breast and Thornbridge on the arm.

The room is an Edwardian edifice with art nouveau stained glass, high ceilings and a mosaic floor, there is a magnificent fireplace and each room has a glass domed ceiling. Both rooms have round wooden tables with matching chairs in a traditional style and the six bay windows have fitted banquette seating, the room on the road side has a little alcove with a drinking shelf and stools as well, more stools are provided at the counter. Décor comprises a few railway related pictures including one of the building in its heyday but to be fair there is precious little wall space as the walls are mostly window. Unlike Euston everything is on one floor level with toilets to one side, the gents does have a rather messy design flaw in the form of a narrow step. You can enter the bar either by a side door from the taxi road outside or like me from the platform and miss the other delights of York. If I had to sum the York Tap up in a few words I guess they would be “A star is born”.

On 18th November 2011 - no rating submitted
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