The Golden Fleece, York - pub details
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Address: 16, Pavement, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 9UP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 18977) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
York (0.6 miles), Poppleton (3.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Outside seating
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 38 users)
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user reviews of the Golden Fleece, York
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| Definitely a pub for tourists who believe in the hauntings. We found it okay as a drinking pub but the food was awful and the barmaid became rather surly when we dared to point this out. For a pub that boasts 4 chefs including one specialising in vegetarian food, it's truly disappointing. elllie - 28 Apr 2012 14:29 |
| We visited Sunday evening after completing the York Terror Trail which starts and finishes at this pub. Enjoyed a good pint of Caledonian "Flying Scotsman", noticed Theakston's Old Peculier was also available. We would have liked to spend more time in what seemed a nice, cosy, quirky place but we had a dinner booking to honour elsewhere. paul_d102 - 23 Apr 2012 20:30 |
| Fortunately, unlike His Lordship below, in our semi-befuddled state, we ignored all the claptrap about hauntings and sallied forth with gusto into the dark and teak-panelled interior of the Golden Fleece. And by and large we ewren't disappointed by the time we left it. We were met by a very chatty and congenial bar fellow who after considerable discussion with us confirmed, as anyone with half an ounce of common sense and a healthy hatred for Derek Acorah, that the claim to be the most haunted pub in the city is a load of tosh, based on no real evidence whatsoever. It is important that potential visitors to this hostelry realise this because many will otherwise easily dismiss it as being a tawdry tourist trap and assume it holds no substantive merits - worse still one might assume it is 'themed'! Happily it isn't and plays all that nonsense down once inside and enjoying their beer. The beer range was more slender than many York ale houses, but the Black Bull was supped keenly as it was found to be in decent form (though as a caveat to this I should say that following a day of beer consumption, and having just enjoyed a garlic-fuelled Italian 2-course meal with 2 bottles of fine wine, just how fussy our palates were remains to be seen). The pub was quite quiet on our visit and I suspect it's better for that; a large crowd would soon fill up the limited space and surely mean a less personalised welcome from the bar staff. Not a bad boozer really - focus on the exterior charms of its architecture and forget the cod ghost stories and you will see its worth. TWG - 16 Mar 2012 12:15 |
| This pub announces itself thus:- “The Golden Fleece is York's Most Haunted pub, thus one of the England's most haunted sites. Visit the Oldest Inn in York and you can be sure of a friendly atmosphere, quiet surroundings and traditional services.” Is it because the ghosts that haunt this establishment are violent that the services of a “bouncer” are required on the door? I declined to enter and to my utter delight, discovered The Blue Bell just around the corner. No visit, no score. 5thearlofwimbourne - 22 Oct 2011 13:51 |
| Son of TheBeerMonster was getting married the following day in North Yorkshire. So I stayed in York. The "must visit" pub was the Golden Fleece. As featured in "Most Haunted". The bar is delightfully dark and atmospheric. The sloping floor is slightly disorientating, but added to the air of mystery and uncertainty. We were lucky to bag a window seat to enjoy a great pint of "Old Peculier" - a beer I'd enjoyed many years ago in "Nellies" in Beverley. Then, we imagined Yvette Fielding and her team hunting down ghosts in the gloomy bar. A grand pub, not pandering too much to the tourists in terms of slickness, that provides good beer, great atmosphere, but unfortunately no ghosts that I could find. Well worth a visit. Monster TheBeerMonster - 25 Jul 2011 23:37 |
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