Bean On The Green

What a charming place to catch up with friends. The staff member serving was so sweet and you could see she had real camaraderie with the regulars. Which frankly you don't get with big chains or in the city centre cafes. Lovely decor and super clean. The cake ... The cake was divine. A proper gem. Thank you

Disappointing. We found the cafe to be very cold inside, which isn't good on a miserable cold winter's day. The pot of tea for two arrived in a glass jug half filled with hot (but not boiling) water. The two not very strong tea bags were suspended inside a filter more designed for ground coffee or tea leaves and because there wasn't enough water in the pot they were struggling to dispense their flavour (if they actually had any). We did ask for more water and got this, but it's a pity the pot arrived half full in the first place. The filling in my partners panini was scarce, a quarter of it contained no filling at all. Cutlery did not arrive with the meal and we had to ask for this. We also had to ask for salt and pepper and had to get this ourselves from the bottom end of the cafe. It appears the cafe only has one salt and pepper set to share round! The seating arrangements are strange, the benches are too high for the tables making this an uncomfortable position in which to eat. The cafe could benefit from putting a menu on each table rather than people having to stand and stare at a board high up at the side of the counter and home made soup would be a good addition to the menu too. Its unclear whether this is a sandwich shop or a cafe to be honest. On a positive note, the premises appeared to be very clean and it's dog friendly too. All in all disappointing though so we probably won't be going back.

Friendly folk making tasty coffee in a good location, just a little outside of York. Sitting outside is nice and a good people watching spot if you can ignore some of the louder vehicles on the road. Great to have options for milk alternatives, such as oat or coconut. On our last visit, we took the suggestion of the owner to try coconut milk in our drinks and it was an excellent recommendation. Though we’d usually have oat they’d just run out and we were happy to have the alternative.