Parish, Yorkback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Next pub / bar on our visit of York but this place is really not my thing.
No ale on tap, I wasn’t surprised for I opted for a bottle of European lager.
Stayed for 30 minutes while everyone else in my group finished their beers before crossing the river for “more delights”.
As mentioned above this type of place is not for me, however the building is lovely, even has an old tomb on one side of the building.
Worth a visit just to look at the interior.
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Had this place actually still been a church, there might have been some people in there.
Sure it's different over the weekend, but it doesnt change the fact that it sucked.
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Visited this pub out of curiosity more than anything. If you walked or drove past you wouldn't really look twice as it still looks like a church. Inside it has been converted, & despite some of the negative views of other contributors, I think it works really well. Open planned with hidden lighting. Very quiet when we visited but I imagine it can get very busy. Definitely aimed at the younger drinkers with the usual choice of alcopops & Eurofizz, however I had a well kept pint of John Smith's Cask. Staff were friendly. Worth a visit if its quiet.
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visited the parish on 06/08/08..was curious as my surname is parish and it was next door to our hotel..can only say its a beautiful conversion,bar staff were friendly would definately visit again..nice SPIRITual atmosphere.
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Well, I can't say much about this pub except they wouldn't let us in. 10.40pm on a Sunday night, well dressed in shirt and trousers (no trainers) and in a group of 4 (two males and two females). The doorstaff said they didn't allow admission to "large groups". Ridiculous.
In this day and age, the bars need punters more than punters need bars. If establishments like this don't want my hard earned money then they won't have a second chance to get it. I will avoid this place in the future, and would advise readers of this review to do likewise. I wonder if the owners of this bar know what kind of over zealous and moronic doorstaff they employ ?
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Lovely building, interesting conversion.Our lunchtime visit was spoiled by very slow service, although it wasn't very busy, and, much worse, very abrupt and unhelpful (to say the least!) service by the manager. She seemed unfamiliar with the menu and accused us of ordering wrongly. A smile and an apology surely wouldn't have been so difficult! The food was fine for the price, but came lukewarm. Very disappointing.
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nice enough,
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Great. Works really well and is packed on a weekend.
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Interesting place as stated below. The building itself, both inside and out is beautiful, and that means that the place warrents a visit just on that score. A really gorgeous church conversion. Where it is let down is a few of the details, such as rather naff coloured lighting decorating the walls, and making the place seem cheap, and as stated below, "whetherspoon-like". A nowmal range of drinks, for a bar type environment, and they serve food during the day, which looks pleasant. On the evening there are usually bouncers on the door, and it tends to attract the alcopop, ladish crowd. On that score it deffinately lets itself down. But nice for a day time visit.
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a ppor attempt at converting a church into a pub. On both visits I have found little atmosphere.
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A totally bizarre pub, this is an old church, very much still like a church as well. Even to the extent that the bar staff could ring the proper bells behind the bar! Worth a visit for the novelty value alone.
The actual pub does have a bit of a Wetherspoons feel to it, and they have bouncers which are unnecessary and a bit ego-inflated.
But worth a visit for the decor!
TheGP - 20 Dec 2005 18:30 |
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