Tourists who go to York Lightly, that is, with semi-empty pockets, and the top 10 budget restaurants and cafes of the city of York.
Henshelwoods. (10 newgate)
You can find in this nice restaurant all, ranging from fresh milk cottage cheese from the nearest farm to chili peppers grown on local beds. Well, in general, this is an excellent place where you can intercept the sandwich (from £ 2.35) or order a piece of homemade cake with custard. Salads can also be ordered to take place in boxes. Do not forget to book a fresh salad with pork pie.
Melton's Too. (25 Walmgate)
Cafe with informal decor and interesting seasonal dishes. On the first floor-cafe-bar, on a second-bistro, where there are sometimes entertainment events. This is a great cafe, where you should surely run on the last breakfast (until 12:30). Try easy, creamy omelet with smoked salmon. For dinner, order Tapas in this restaurant, a Peruvian dish of hutus or ravioli beef with fried pumpkin pieces and zucchini and pesto sauce. Express lunch from one meal costs £ 6.90 and is available up to 5 pm. The second breakfast and sharp snacks stand from £ 3; Main dishes in the evening - from £ 10.80.
J Baker's Bistro Moderne (7 FOSSGATE)
Without a doubt, the chef of this small restaurant is very serious about food. Cafe is fun, and the prices in it are democratic. For lunch, fans of sharp sensations for starters can choose a plate with large or small sharp snacks in the menu. For 6.95 £, you can order a delicious crab salad with a zest, sour cream and avocado, as well as Indian spices - where else will you try? Baked young potatoes are served here with anchovies and black olives and butter - very tasty! Maintenance is beautiful! Dishes on lunch stand from £ 3.75.
The Hairy Fig. (39 FOSSGATE)
The owners of the restaurant claim that there are preparing the best pies with pork in all York. Moreover, they cost £ 1.30. Well, everyone else agrees and still praise local confectionery. Try here the same Cider AMPLEFORTH (1 liter for 5.95 £), but in general, it can be ordered to take it out, if a picnic is planned.
IL PARADISO DEL CIBO (40 Walmgate)
The restaurant is looking for pretty shallow furniture, walls, old paintings. That is why he becomes more nice! This tiny Italian family restaurant is quite reminders the usual cafe somewhere in Turin and Rome. If the interior is not so good, then the food here is unattached, but very satisfying and at excellent prices. The restaurant is popular not only among students, but also tourists, and locals who come here to taste a delicious pizza for £ 6.25 or pasta, as well as other delicious Italian dishes for only £ 4 or in the area of Togo. Look at the menu board next to the restaurant special dishes of the day, for example, it can be perfectly cooked fatty sardines with fresh salad and red pesto sauce (for £ 4.50), as well as baked marine bream with mussels and royal shrimps with greens, wine sauce, garlic and lemon sauce (for £ 11.50). Plus pleases service and friendly cozy atmosphere.
The Bar Convent Cafe (17 Blossom Street)
The oldest Catholic monastery in the UK, which "welcomes visitors of all denominations" also contains a small cafe. The decor of the cafe, of course, the smallness of the gray and simple, but the garden in which the monastery is located and the luxurious porch in the Victorian style raise the mood. Book in this cafe delicious cakes, as well as beautifully decorated sandwiches (parses with sweet red pepper taperenada, for example) or old good croutons with cheese and caramelized onions. There is in this cafe and daily special offers, such as beef in Burgundy, for example. Light dinners are here from £ 4.25, dishes of a day - from £ 8.75.
THE PIG & PASTRY (35 BishopThorpe Road)
Breakfast beloved by local residents, late breakfasts and dinners are also becoming increasingly popular among tourists. The restaurant is large enough, with native massive tables, lush cakes on the shop windows and huge ligaments of dried peppers on the windows. Be sure to try the pork stew or smoked fish with black bread. Everything is very tasty, although quite simple. Sandwiches are worth it from £ 3, the main dishes are £ 5-8.
CAFE No.8 Bistro. (8 GillyGate)
This noisy diner in the style of the 1930s is very popular. Oh yeah, food here, of course, the 21st century. The focus is on the Yorkshire Ingredients. Try local soup - with fiery indian spices, tomatoes and ginger, as well as a steak with roasted potatoes and yorkshire blue sauce. Pay attention to the action on beer (you can find £ 3.60, and even cheaper). In the afternoon, the main hearted dishes are from £ 5.
Goji. (36 GoodRamgate)
For many years, this cafe rules the ball among local vegetarians. And not only vegetarians! In this cafe is the most popular order - soups, lush pies with custard, homemade cakes and pastries (including very decent chosented hot chocolate sauce and ice cream). Coffee trees here, however, not too commendable, but those who do not particularly understand the varieties and aromas of coffee, everything in this restaurant will like it. Light snacks stand in this bar from £ 1.50, the main dishes are from £ 7.25.
Le Langhe (The Old Coach House, Peasholme Green)
Located on one of the important historical streets of York, not far from Allied Carpets, this cafe is very popular. For local gourmets, this gastronomic cafe-shop is at all one of the most exciting sights of the city. It is the treasury of Italian cuisine and Italian traditional products - sausages, imported cheeses, fragrant olives, wine and olive oil - this is what you can and try, and order here. Some products are quite expensive, especially from Thursday to Saturday evening when the cafe turns into a restaurant. But these days you can try inexpensive and fantastic to taste Sandivichi with a soft chapatta (for £ 2.95), or order some inexpensive meals (hot dishes, salads, meat and cheese dishes) and dine in an elegant dining room. Snacks here stand from £ 3.95, paste - £ 9.