The Fat Badger

Stayed here at the Fat Badger for three nights. We stayed in room 9. There was a lot of stairs to climb but it was absolutely worth it for the beautiful room we had.,The bed was comfortable, the room was immaculate with everything you could possibly need available. The staff are really friendly, helpful and professional. The breakfast was outstanding, fresh and cooked perfectly. We come to York a couple of times a year and have stayed in numerous hotels, this has been our favourite by far. There is a bar in the hotel which had really good music and the staff, again, were excellent, so friendly. We will definitely stay at this hotel again and would recommend it to everyone.

The food quality was ok. The value for money compared to the portion size isn’t great. |A small fish with fries is £24.99 which we think is a bit of a stretch and slither of brownie with ice cream was £9.50. The fish was very nice, but as it was a small fish there wasn’t a lot of flesh and the chips were very average. The brownie was also nice, but for the price I was expecting a full slice of brownie. ||We think the focus of the restaurant was more on how the restaurant looked rather than the quality of the food. This is just our personal opinion.

Visited on New Year’s Day. Had venison sausage and mash; the sausage was really nice. The mash could have been creamier (but that’s maybe personal choice). I would have ordered some side veg next time as it was just sausage and mash in the dish (see pic). |My partner had fish and chips. The fish was extremely over cooked that the fish was nonexistent inside. We complained and a new fish was done straight away; no issues, the staff offered us free drinks to which we only had a pot of tea (as that’s all we wanted). The replacement fish was excellent. I feel that due to how busy this place is it offers good food. I believe that the first fish was accidentally left in longer than it should. But they fixed the problem and were very apologetic. They offered us dessert too but we were too full. Would we return; yes we would. So because they fixed the problem to very high standard I have awarded full positive marks. Thank you to the staff at The Fat Badger.

Spotted the Fat Badger on a lovely walk around the city walls and decided to make a stop. It was very busy (owing to its excellence) but the manager was very welcoming and attentive and she sat us quickly in a cosy room downstairs. I had fish and chips with delicious crispy batter and tartar sauce. Fantastic service, food and atmosphere. Credit to the managers and staff. I’ll be back in the summer to enjoy a drink in their fantastic beer garden.

Stayed for one night as was away for work. Checked in smoothly. Is around a 10 min walk from the car park which cost £22.50 a night so maybe don’t park in the one they suggest on the website! Room really nice, a little on the dark side as all the bulbs are dim. Don’t expect a lie in as there’s lots of noise in the morning and being an old building is creaky. I ordered room service which was super easy with a QR code and very prompt! Breakfast was10/10, black pudding absolutely delicious! Would return

As we had an excellent dining experience at the Fat Badger in Whitby in the summer we thought we would try the restaurant in York this week. ||The two establishments couldn’t be more different in quality, service and ambience if you tried! ||Before I elaborate further it has to be said that we would not return to the York Fat Badger.||The dining room was tiny, 6 tables crammed into the small room with the entrance door propped open and endless stream of bar revellers using the external access door adjacent became a distraction throughout our dining experience. Not only this, opening the external door every few moments brought an icy cold stream of air directly into the room which was uncomfortable.||There is no relaxing ambience - you don’t feel you are able to relax because you are literally badgered by the staff constantly as though they want to rush you through - eat up, get out! Yet they’re not waiting for a table for other diners as the table next to us set up for 4 persons and they cleared this for a sole diner who walked in off the street. ||Ordered water and no glasses were brought. Ordered our mains and there was no finesse on the plate and it was all mediocre. Minute the mains were eaten the badgering began - “ did we want anything else” every couple of minutes despite stating we needed a little while for our mains to settle. We ordered a brownie to share, then asked again did we want dessert - hey there’s only 6 tables how do you not know what’s going on! |told the brownie would arrive warm and it didn’t. Ordered another glass of wine then literally minutes apart asked if we wanted anything else at least 3 more times! Hadn’t finished our drinks.||Wouldn’t come back or recommend - not that clean either. Ladies toilets were not up to scratch.

Spent the weekend visiting the York Xmas Market and booked the Fat Badger for one of our meals. We were not disappointed. It is a small but quaint pub in the corner of one of the streets of York, but still easily found. We treated ourselves to a steak and a fish. The order was fast and efficient and came with real chips which is very rare these days. We also treated ourselves to a tasty sweet. Prices were competitively priced to the area. You must book though as York is a busy city and favourite public houses get booked up very quickly

Visited for lunch. Lovely atmosphere, great staff, and food was full of flavour but I have to take a star off as the pies were tepid at best. Big oversight from the kitchen. Had already waited quite a while and we were feeling rushed so didn't really have time to send them back. Still enjoyed them, just expected better quality control.