Cittie of Yorke Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "This place is really sending you in the past. The architecture, the smell of wood, the smell of beer 🍺 and the polite service are giving you the feeling of coming back."
• "If it's old world atmosphere that you're after then this establishment has it in abundance."
• "The interior has a lot of character and is surprisingly big, well worth a visit if you’re in the area."
• "A most charming old world feel to this characterful English pub modelled on a much more historic design."
• "An amazing little pub in the backstreets of London."
• "One of the historical Pub in England."
• "Incredible atmosphere, has this medieval kind of feel."

Cons:

• "Very strange bar. Not a winery not a church, very dimly lit and ferociously hot for some reason."
• "The kind of place that would be of interest to the tourists but not so much to a local after the second visit."
• "Bit noisy due to the high vaulted ceiling and sheer numbers of people."
• "The atmosphere is good, but kind of a noisy one. It is not suitable for quite conversations."
• "The room where we ate was very cold with a lack of lighting as the chandelier light was OOS."
• "Dull, lifeless interior. It may be 'historical' but not in a fun way."
• "Although the beer was OK I will not come back. I suggest an empathy lesson for your team."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are lovely, very smiley and helpful."
• "The staff are very helpful and friendly."
• "The staff were friendly. Highly recommended for a visit."
• "Lots of Friendly staff are quick to serve you even during busy periods."
• "The helpful and polite staff, the fast service."
• "Staff were friendly, drinks were great."
• "Staff very friendly and approachable. Recommended."

Cons:

• "Felt very much like we couldn’t get out of the pub quick enough for the staff - exceptionally poor customer service given that there were only three of us left in the pub."
• "The staff looked at us as if to ask why we were there. She looked angry and barely answered our questions, and she kept looking at us coldly."
• "The bar staff did not take it back and repeatedly said that we were not honest."
• "Terrible service!! I ordered onion rings, and when they didn't come I asked the waitress."
• "However the staff need to seriously cheer up, they're all the most miserable people in London! and sometimes just plain rude."
• "One of the barmen was bizarrely angry, rude and aggressive when I made the apparently appalling mistake of attempting to pay by amex contactless."
• "The bar tenders were rude and treated us like we were an inconvenience."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "They have the old brewery bitter on cask that is served from a wooden cask and the other beers are all from the keg."
• "Samuel Smiths beers being sold at - as always - exceptionally reasonable prices for central London."
• "The beer is good and like all Sam Smith pubs, the prices are keen for a Central London establishment."
• "The drinks are good (and so cheap for central London)."
• "The fruit beers have a nice tart, jam like flavour."
• "Delicious food which includes burgers, chicken, fish, Mac and cheese, amongst much more."
• "I had for lunch their fish and chips which was a very generous size and excellently cooked."

Cons:

• "Don't waste your time or money on the food."
• "But the food here is terrible - particularly the fish and chips - more like a couple of previously frozen, flacid cod goujons and a child's portion of chips."
• "The beer selection was minimal and when we asked for pale ale or cask ales they rolled they’re eyes."
• "Food is fair but not stunning."
• "The food portions were unexpectedly small for traditional British fayre."
• "This time the food took ages to arrive (and was pretty cold somehow) so we had to accept this."
• "The vegetables were a little generic."