The Star Inn The City, York

Bar restaurant in a lovely riverside location with the outdoor terrace particularly popular on a hot summers day. Table service and 1 real ale.

As you enter, the bar is on the left, keg only, unfortunately. There is another room to the rear down a couple of steps.

As OB says, this is predominantly a restaurant and that's why we came. I did though have a very decent pint of Bad Seed Session IPA before dinner and was also offered Black Sheep so they do at least have two cask options. As an aside, the food, the service and the location were tremendous and I'd happily return for those but there are many, many better alternatives for a pint in York.

Down the steps from Lendal bridge and turn left, its there somewhere. Largely a restaurant but you can just drink in the bar area; the riverside terrace and upper floor seems to be diners only. There's a coffee bit and a beer, wine & spirits bit with two pulls including Bad Seed Accazza, plus lots of interesting keggy stuff with two large tanks of Pilsner Urquell and Bad Seed Session IPA, which means this is a place that makes some very careful choices about what beer it sells - go there - I'm quite impressed and I don't say that very often. Huge dining room to one side and they find it necessary to name the toilets Olafs & Helgas.