Ye Olde Starre Inn, York - pub details
Address: 40 Stonegate, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 8AS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 8661) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
York (0.5 miles), Poppleton (3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Fruit machines
- Food served, Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 48 users)
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user reviews of Ye Olde Starre Inn, York
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| This is a Grade II listed building and is a contender for the title of York's oldest pub with its entrance down a small snicket. which opens into a patio area. On my visit, there were a dozen young “chaps”, presumably on a stag evening. They were more likely to be students, as notwithstanding the fact that they were wearing tweed jackets, not one of them was sporting neckwear, and every single one was wearing Pantalons de Nimes! The inn, itself is a lively multi-roomed affair and there is another patio area to the rear. The bar area is not particularly large so it can get somewhat crowded. Yet another pub in York which is reputed to be haunted. Ale on offer this particular evening were Ossett “Lion Brew”, Theakston “Old Peculier”, Sharp’s “Doombar” ( which seems to be coming even more widespread than Wells-Young’s “Bombardier”! ), Little Valley “Cragg Bitter” running in at £3.06, Harviestoun “Bitter and Twisted” and St Austell “Trelawny”. A little disappointing which is reflected as 6/10. 5thearlofwimbourne - 22 Oct 2011 14:25 |
| Visited last weekend. York was very busy as would be expected this close to Xmas. But it very difficult to find any town centre pubs with any free space. However we managed to squeeze into one of the small rooms. Interesting building with a fair selection of beers. But I agree that it is very expensive. Even the lower strength ales are priced at over three quid. I understand that this is right in the touristy section, but I think this is ripping off the public. That said the beer was nice and the food looked O.K. and reasonably priced. Would have marked at 9 if the ale wasn't so dear. But will only get a 7 now. captaineric - 14 Dec 2010 10:51 |
| I like this olde worlde pub tucked along the alley but it is right in the middle of tourist mecca and hence suffers from being very busy and a little more expensive. Having said that we stopped for a light monday lunch which was very good value and there is also a fair selection of ever changing ales although I did have to wait a while at the bar before somebody decided they better serve some customers. CambridgeBlue - 20 Oct 2010 10:11 |
| This wasn't on my list of pubs to visit when I visited last Saturday, but the sign saying "Yorks oldest pub" had me intrigued. A narrow entry leads to a small yard with tables and benches and then into the pub which is quite small. It wasn't too busy for a Saturday afternoon. I wasn't impressed woth the choice of ales on offer but went for a pint of Hobgoblin. I had to give the barman a double-take when he said "that'll be £3.01". It was a good pint in a friendly atmosphere and the barman was helpful and pointed me in the direction of the Last Drop Inn. £3.00 and a penny though! mattbeer - 18 Oct 2010 16:19 |
| I used to work in this pub 30 or so years ago, but moved away from York, and now call in occasionally. I was very surprised to see, during Race week, how empty the pub was in the middle of the evening (9-9.30). It may be a sign of the changing times, but we used to have to have bouncers at the end of the alley to control numbers - now it looks as if you need someone at the end of the alley to persuade people to come in? Apart from its age, and it having outside seating - what else would make this a pub of choice? Beer was OK, but the Olde Starre looks tired inside - fabric on some of the chairs looked like it hadn't been changed since I worked there! Andylk - 23 Aug 2010 08:52 |
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