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survey result

Summary

£57
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

An “excellent” Polish restaurant (also drawing on wider European influences) that is “doing well in its enlarged setting” in Fossgate – having swapped its former Walmgate home for the old premises of the Blue Bicycle in 2020 (and having added blue to its name in tribute). Top Tip – “go hungry as the portions (of pierogi, stews, etc.) are huge, hearty and tasty”, and you may then be “too full to try the excellent-looking selection of cakes”.

Summary

£53
   ££
3
Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “cosy, traditionally decorated Polish restaurant in Fossgate” with “very friendly and helpful staff” serves “excellent, heart-warming Polish food” – pierogi dumplings, bigos stew and more – alongside a few excursions into east and western Europe and a classic range of proper breakfast dishes.

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34 Fossgate, York, YO1 9TA

Restaurant details

Highchair,Menu
100

Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£9.30 £18.90 £6.00 £6.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £24.00
Filter Coffee £3.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
34 Fossgate, York, YO1 9TA
Opening hours
Monday9 am‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
TuesdayCLOSED
Wednesday9 am‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm
Thursday9 am‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm
Friday9 am‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm
Saturday9 am‑4 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm
Sunday10 am‑4 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm

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