House Of Trembling Madness // Lendal (No table bookings) Reviews Summary

Beer Selection

Pros:

• "Great selection of craft beers and really good food."
• "Amazing selection of drinks and food! Easy to lose a few hours here."
• "One of the best craft beer bars shops in York, amazing craft beers, 2 floors of seating, fantastic food."
• "Great spot for a range of cask and craft ales."
• "A great selection of draught beers to choose from."
• "Wonderful bar with a large selection of Keg, Cask, Canned and bottled beers."
• "Brilliant choice of beers, the burgers are very impressive."
• "Brilliant bar this, great selection of cask and keg on offer."

Cons:

• "The beer selection I also thought couple have been a bit better as they only had 2 stouts/porters."
• "Great selection of beers and spirits. Some delicious food as well."
• "The choice of ales etc is very good."
• "This is my fave place to socialise in York, the selection of food is well on point and there is more than an extensive drinks menu."
• "The selection of beers here is so impressive with bars on the ground and upper floors."
• "Although this location doesn't look the best from the street, it has just as much charm as the original location on Stonegate."
• "This HoTM is much bigger than the sister (original) bar on Stonegate. Plenty of room here. Different levels and spaces with different ambiences, and an incredible beer selection."
• "Excellent selection on the bar top (cask and keg) and and an even more champion selection in the cellar shop!!!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The butter chicken tapas served with 2 chunks of nice bread. The chicken was perfect, tender and complex in flavour."
• "The buffet was way above average, really good falafel."
• "Really amazing food. I'm vegetarian, and particularly partial to pickled and hot food, so their countryside platter was spot on for me."
• "Several things in one here. Good food and beer served at both bars."
• "The beer & cheese soup is a firm favourite of mine, and served with a generous portion of delicious artisan bread."
• "Delightfully fun and eclectic building with some richly decorated rooms. The food is typical pub style and quite reasonable."
• "Fantastic and interesting boozer....Great staff, tasty beers on tap and a curious (in a good way) building."
• "Best steak pie I've ever had!"

Cons:

• "One was the food selection which is good, but unfortunately they had sold out of the top 2 food items I wanted to order."
• "We had a 45 minute wait on food so ordered a pork pie whilst we wait - that arrived after the food."
• "We had intended to have lunch here and bought drinks, sat down to look at the menu. When we had decided on our choices, my husband went to the bar to order. Neither my first, second or third choice was available."
• "We went here for the evening reception of a friends wedding. I can’t speak highly enough of the service we got. The manager (I think) Harrison, and his team went way above & beyond."
• "The steak pie and pea tapas is a steal at £6. So sorry to leave this place but had to visit their other establishment in York."
• "Plenty of choice regarding drinks. Though we waited a while for our food it wasn't that great."
• "As a visitor to York, I was delighted to discover this bar. It had a great range of draft and craft beers, plus an excellent menu to choose from."
• "Great food/beer (taste,quantity and value). Restaurant was questionable on cleanliness."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "York has amazing architecture and this building comes up trumps."
• "Really interesting place. I would love to know more about its history. It's set over a few floors and has various rooms."
• "Delightfully fun and eclectic building with some richly decorated rooms."
• "Amazing as always! So busy obviously with the ice trail but really worth the wait."
• "Beautiful inside. High ceilings and renaissance artwork which go surprisingly well with a good pint in a stemmed glass."
• "Ok, so we were in York and needed to rest our weary legs for a bit. I was aware of the original place which is much smaller, but coming in here and exploring I was blown away by the amazing building and curious décor."
• "This place is fabulous. The interior is breathtaking and beer selection is second to non."
• "What a wonderfully unique cafe. Huge window at front gives a light airy feel to the ground floor."

Cons:

• "One issue there's two different house of trembling madness and this one wasn't the one I wanted to go to."
• "It is based over a number of floors, and I think would struggle to provide accessibility, as would many places in the older streets of York."
• "As a bar it is very much style over substance."
• "The wooden benches could be a bit more comfy but I had enough Prosecco not to worry too much about that."
• "Didn’t like the copper topped tables as you can smell the copper, but that’s probably a personal preference thing!"
• "Although this location doesn't look the best from the street, it has just as much charm as the original location on Stonegate."
• "This place is set out over 4 floors and really does embody York."
• "It's my go to place whenever I want a pint. Their range of beers is amazing, which changes frequently."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "Quite quiet after the lunch rush and very friendly helpful staff. Thank you."
• "I've been here numerous times. It has always been pleasant, but I will say that on this particular occasion, the service from the staff was especially attentive."
• "We went here for the evening reception of a friends wedding. I can’t speak highly enough of the service we got."
• "Always had a lovely experience here every time we've been."
• "We visited twice on Saturday, once in the morning and once in the evening and both times were busy but we managed to get a seat."
• "Great spot for a range of cask and craft ales. I do enjoy the atmosphere and bar but unfortunately it is always difficult to get a table and seat."
• "Lovely room, great service and delicious food."
• "Really amazing food. I'm vegetarian, and particularly partial to pickled and hot food, so their countryside platter was spot on for me."

Cons:

• "The reason for my low marks was the very slow service. It took about half an hour for our coffees and about 45 minutes for our breakfast buns."
• "A kitchen mistake was blamed (they were busy) but no apology. A shame as it was otherwise great!"
• "When we asked for a refund there was no apology, they said oh yes no problem, didn't ask why! Would never come back here again and would not recommend anyone to come here."
• "It was fine, only had the one drink in here as I was in a rush. Why was I in a rush, well it took the member of bar staff about 15 minutes to serve the 2 people in front of me."
• "We were regulars at this bar but I am afraid no more. This the 2nd time in 3 weeks we have be treated and spoken to in a poor manner by a female member of staff."
• "My husband asked for 2 pale ales, the drinks were pulled and what looked like pineapple juice was served to us. Definitely not a PALE ale."
• "There are a lot of coffee shops and restaurants in York centre so you need to stand out to compete. On the plus side this is a spacious place in traditional decor but it sadly lacked service."
• "Recently moved location but feels like a few teething problems are playing out. Menu items not avaliable, difficult to get a seat and food took a while."