Escape the ordinary
Escape the ordinary

Proud to be One of the Best Restaurants in York City Centre

An independent, adults-only steak & beef restaurant and cocktail bar in a Grade II listed building — moments from York Minster, in the heart of York city centre.

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Food & Drink

Main Menu (Evening)

Unpretentious food, unapologetic decor, and unrivalled service.

Nibbles

  • Salt beef nuggets, chimichurri mayo DF £7
  • Crispy fried cornichons with piccalilli VDF £5
  • Mixed breads with compound butter £7
  • Nocellara olives VGGFDF £5
  • Blistered padron peppers with confit garlic VDFGF £6
  • Smoked haddock croquettes with dill pickle mayo £7

Starters

  • Maple & five spice glazed pork belly DF £13
    Pickled slaw – toasted sesame seeds
  • Dry aged beef fillet tartare DF £18
    Hashbrown – truffle emulsion – cornichon
  • Argentinian red prawns in shell DFGFA small £15 · large £28
    Chilli – garlic – crusty focaccia
  • Seared scallops GF £19
    Jerusalem artichoke - brown butter hazelnuts - pickled apple
  • Wensleydale souffle VN £14
    Pickled walnut – walnut & watercress gremolata
  • Bourbon glazed squash VGGFDFN £10
    Sherry pickled raisin – hazelnut – watercress
  • Beetroot 'tartare' VGDF £10
    Sourdough – horseradish – sorrel

Cleanse Your Palate

  • Sicilian lemon sorbet with mint VGDFGF £2.5
  • Whippet gin & tonic sorbet VGDFGF £2.5

Mains

  • Baked hake GFA £26
    Asparagus - wild garlic velouté – crispy gnocchi – confit tomato
  • Argentinian red prawns GF £30
    Fries, nduja butter, seasonal salad
  • Port braised beef cheek GFA £27
    Black truffle pommes anna – glazed carrot – leeks
  • Pan roast duck breast GFDF £31
    Ximenez sauce – pickled raisins – kale
  • Rose harissa chicken breast GFN £27
    Grilled hispi cabbage - hazelnut dukkah - yoghurt
  • Wild garlic pesto gnocchi VGGFA £17
    Confit tomatoes – spinach – pickled wild garlic
  • Spinach & wild mushroom pithivier V £20
    Black truffle pommes Anna – glazed carrot – leeks

From the Grill

All served with seasonal salad & beef dripping chips

  • 300g Chargrilled Ex Dairy Ribeye DF £39
  • 200g Ex Dairy Fillet £36
    Pan roasted with herbs & butter
  • 200g Rare breed pork collar DF £29
  • Surf 'n' turf £45
    200g pan roast beef fillet, with garlic roasted red prawns in shell
  • SPECIALS BOARD STEAK!! Chateaubriand of Ex dairy 600g £90 · 800g £114
    600g or 800g with triple cooked chips, onion rings, warm pea salad, garlic field mushrooms, & your choice of 2 sauces or butters
  • SPECIALS BOARD STEAK! Prime Rib of Ex dairy, On The Bone £85
    750g with skinny fries, garlic field mushrooms, onion rings, charred tenderstem broccoli, & your choice of 2 sauces or butters

Sauces & Butters

  • Sauces: Peppercorn (gf); Red wine jus (gf,df); Yorkshire blue cheese; Chimichurri (gf,df) £5
  • Butters: Whippet house butter (gf); Smoked garlic butter (gf); Bone marrow butter (gf) £4

Sides

  • Skinny fries £5
  • Beef dripping chips £6
  • 15-hour potato £7.5
    Confit garlic & thyme infused
  • Seasonal greens GFDF £6
    Miso dressing - sesame furikake
  • Seasonal salad GFDF £5
    Pickles – house dressing
  • Broccoli N £7
    Blue cheese – toasted walnut
  • Oven roasted mushrooms GF £6
    Garlic herb butter
  • Grilled hispi cabbage GF £7
    Hazelnut dukkah – yoghurt
  • Grilled root veg GFDF £6

Puddings

  • Classic sticky toffee pudding VVGGF £9
    Molasses toffee sauce, vanilla ice cream… also available vegan & gluten free
  • Apple, cinnamon bread & butter pudding V £9
    Amaretto custard
  • Dark chocolate delice V £11
    Morello cherries - cherry sorbet
  • Affogato VGF £5
    Single espresso with Vanilla ice cream
  • Selection of ice cream & sorbet £5
    Ask your server for available flavours
  • 3 Cheeseboard VN £16
    Crackers, smoked almonds, chutney, celery, apple
  • Lemon Drizzle Martini £9.8
    Limoncello, Licor 43, lemon gin liqueur, cream and raspberry dust
  • Espresso Martini £9.8
    Coffee liqueur, Masons Coffee Vodka, espresso

Where applicable, all prices are inclusive of VAT at the current rate. A discretionary service charge of 12.5% is automatically added to all bills. Please ask your server if you would prefer this to be removed, which will be no problem at all.

Adults-only restaurant, guests aged 14+. Groups larger than 10 please call +44 (0) 1904 500 660. If you suffer from any allergies, please make us aware when ordering.

Dietary key
  • DF Dairy Free
  • V Vegetarian
  • VG Vegan
  • GF Gluten Friendly
  • GFA Gluten Free Available
  • N Contains Nuts
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Our signature

What's Your Beef

Ever-changing cuts and breeds, dry-aged on the bone and cooked over fire. Fat is flavour — and, we reckon, the best steak in York.

Eat less meat. Eat better beef. Eat better beef

Eat less meat. Eat better beef.

We age our beef on the bone, source from trusted Yorkshire farms and cook over fire. From Porterhouse to Chateaubriand, we treat every cut with the respect it deserves.

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Wine & Cocktails

A sommelier-selected wine list, cocktails worth the trip and local ales — the perfect match for your table.

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Shaken with care

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Celebrate with us

Private Dining in York

An adults-only setting for the moments that matter — private hire, celebrations and group bookings in a characterful Grade II listed venue in the heart of York.

“My god, I've not eaten a steak like that ever in my life. It was so juicy, flavoursome and just down right sexy, I could have almost left my partner for the steak!”
Sarah Rothwell, Visitor, Brighton
“We meet for a girlie lunch where we all travelled from around the UK via York station... the cocktails, English bubbles and the mains and puddings were all just divine.”
Tanya Johnson, Visitor, York
“Now I love steak, but I love fish even more... Thank goodness for our server who navigated me through the menu and our wine selection so I didn't have an ounce of food envy. Total winner.”
Jo Pratt, Visitor, London
“We booked the private dining space for my mother in-law's 70th Birthday. Nothing was too much trouble and the food, wine and service were exceptional... scored me some massive son-in-law points!”
Jon Davis, Visitor, Gloucester
Find us

Find Us in York City Centre

Find Us

The Whippet Inn 15 North Street York, YO1 6JD +44 (0)1904 500660
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Opening Hours

Monday 5pm–11pm
Tuesday 5pm–11pm
Wednesday noon–3pm5pm–11pm
Thursday noon–3pm5pm–11pm
Friday noon–midnight
Saturday noon–midnight
Sunday noon–10pm

Getting Here

By Train

York station, 10-minute walk.

By Bus

Micklegate or Rougier Street stops; lines 3 (park & ride), 4, 13, 11, 16, 10.

Parking
  • River parking, Skeldergate free after 18:00 2 min walk
  • NCP Tanner Row paid 3 min walk
  • Castle Car Park, Tower Street paid 8 min walk
Accessibility

Grade II listed Victorian building; main entrance has three shallow steps; step-free-ish access possible via the garden door with notice (two small steps down); restaurant, bar and facilities all on one level. Call ahead.

The Whippet Inn — a whippet in a flat cap and red scarf

The Whippet Inn

Escape the ordinary

Specialist steak & beef, proper cocktails and an adults-only welcome — right inside the walls of York.

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