May 18, 2012

Cheap Eats York

Find the best Cheap Eats in York. Below are the best restaurants in York that you can eat at for less than a tenner. Get in touch if you know of any other hidden gems in York! We promise we won't tell everyone!

Piccolino

Cuisine: Italian Piccolino’s is one of my absolute favourite places to eat. They offer very traditional Italian food at reasonable prices. Their pastas are all made daily, from scratch, and as customers you can watch them making it – just like you are in a traditional Italian kitchen. Their pastas, calzone, risotto, and insalata are… Read more…

Akbars

Cuisine: Indian Akbars is a lovely, modern, restaurant that offers fantastic value. They offer set dinners from £16.95 if you are looking to go there for a special occasion, but main courses range anywhere from £4.95-£8.50. A favourite of mine is their Rogan Josh, which is very tasty, not too spicy, and great value. They… Read more…

El Piano

Cuisine: Spanish El Piano caters especially towards people with restricted diets or those that want to eat healthily. Although it may sound like a ‘boring’ veggie café, it actually serves some really good tasting foods. They offer a fantastic value menu, too, costing just £3.95 for tapas and £5.95 for main courses. The food is… Read more…

Wetherby Whaler

Cuisine: British This is a brilliant value fish & chips restaurant, serving salads, different types of battered fish, and chicken dishes, plus a lovely children’s menu, desert menu, and quite an extensive sides menu. Considering this is a fish and chip shop, you wouldn’t expect the amount of choice that you get here, all for… Read more…

The Windmill

Cuisine: British If you are looking for really tasty home-made food, this is the place to come. The Windmill is really welcoming of children, families, and large parties, and is happy to cook food to order as it is all handmade on the day of eating. They serve traditional British pub food at very reasonable… Read more…

The Black Swan Inn

Cuisine: British I love coming to this place for the wonderful home-made food, but also for the beautiful building. It is absolutely steeped in history and a really lovely place to eat. On the menu, they offer traditional choices like steak and ale pie, but also some slightly more unusual choices such as rabbit stew… Read more…

Sangthai

Cuisine: Thai If you like spicy food, this is an ideal restaurant for you. Sangthai’s serves traditional Thai food, cooked in traditional ways. They have an Oriental garden with bamboo furniture and tropical plants, and a water feature. It is a very tranquil setting to eat in and the staff are fantastic, very warm and… Read more…

Maxi’s Restaurant

Cuisine: Peking/Cantonese Maxi’s has such a wide range of food, I don’t think you’ll ever run out of new things to try. They offer the usual set menus, but these are quite expensive at around £22.00 a head. However, their main courses are only around £5-6, with rice for only £1.70. I love Chinese food… Read more…

Café Rouge

Cuisine: French Although Café Rouge is a chain, they do some delicious food. One particularly good deal they do is £10.50 for three courses, which are light and perfect. Sometimes after a three course meal you feel weighed down, but here they serve just the right portion sizes. This menu is served from 12-5, and… Read more…

Melton’s Too

Cuisine: British This is good quality local produce at its best. Melton’s serves seasonal food as well as always using local produce where possible. The building was built in the 17th century and is beautiful, all oak beams, exposed brick walls and real wood floors. They have a snug and the overall atmosphere is very… Read more…