One of my favorite restaurants in York! I found out about Forest from a YouTuber and glad I finally got to try it out.
The ambience is perfect with their cozy outdoor and indoor seating. The staff here are also super friendly.
As for the beer - try the local brews! Their selection is impressive. Also their apple crumb custard is AMAZING.
Also if you're here for breakfast then I recommend the Yorkshire breakfast. It's just the right amount of food.
Can't wait to visit again soon.
A great Sunday spent here for part of my wife’s birthday celebrations. We had the feast and it didn’t disappoint. How they can give so much quality food for the price charged is amazing.
Both my wife and I were left very happy and full with good quality ingredients in copious amounts.
The bread and soup were excellent as were the meat and cheese sharer. As for the roast beef and trimmings, well I would happily travel to york just for this.
Service extremely friendly and relaxed. A perfect Sunday all round.
We were lucky enough to sample the Forest Afternoon Tea after many hours of researching the delights York had to offer. Being my partner's birthday, I wanted to organise something a little bit different. Hands down - this was the best afternoon tea we'd ever experienced.
From the moment we arrived, we knew it was going to be special. The table was laid out beautifully for us. The menu was ready on the table, so we knew what delights we had in store. The tea bags were ready on a board. Let the feasting commence!
A different tea accompaniment for each of the 5 incredible courses. Most of the teas are from a local tea shop just around the corner (which we very much utilised afterwards).
The food was superb. All carefully handmade and delicious. We certainly left feeling full.
The best bit was the value - for everything we ate and drank, we were stunned and delighted by the final bill.
We are telling everyone we know about this - it was a brilliant experience and made our trip wonderful.
Quality food and friendly staff sum this restaurant up nicely. The outdoor seating area is well heated and ideal for a pre-dinner aperitif. Menu choices are a bit limited, but the quality of what is there more than makes up for it. Really good location in Central York, close to the minster.
Update: August 2023 - Second visit to this lovely restaurant, but this time with our little dog 🐕. Superb experience 👌
We had a really lovely birthday dinner this evening. The staff were so friendly, the atmosphere was chilled and we never felt rushed. The food was so tasty and looked beautiful. I had the prawn cocktail and the chicken supreme and my husband had the hog starter and the halloumi salad.
The staff made us a Happy Birthday dessert to go with our coffee's which was so kind.
At the end the bill handling was so efficient that we didn't have an option to leave a tip and we don't carry cash. We felt really bad but wanted to make sure we left them a review to say thank you at least! You guys should add a tip option! You deserve it.
My wife and I had tried to have breakfast here a few times during our stay but always jam packed! Finally on Friday we got a table! The pancakes were an usual style and blooming lovely! They were filling and tasted great! 100% recommended….. worth booking though as very popular at any time of day or evening!
Wonderful experience at Forest. The cod and mussel chowder was delicious and sonnets could be written about the sticky toffee pudding! Just sublime.
I have utterly fallen in love with this place and it's the only place we went to several times over our weekend in York. Cute decorations, atmospheric setting and lovely sections so the chatter never gets too loud despite it being busy. Also, the honey cocktail is 10/10.
The food was great but the online menu was out of date; we wouldn't have booked to eat in the restaurant if we'd known. One of the group has difficulty in finding something she likes; the dish she'd have chosen, whilst on the online menu, had been taken off the 'real' menu several weeks earlier.
EDIT: it's always lovely when the venue comes back promptly and sorts things out. It shows good customer care to accept and respond to an issue. For clarity, the kitchen was able to adapt another dish which my daughter enjoyed.
Stopped in here for drinks and sat outside under heaters. Fantastic vibes and great service. Plenty of greenery so feels nice and natural inside and out. Would certainly recommend
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