The Star Inn The City

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   Dave

   West Sussex3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely restaurant with nice ambience and a warm greeting. Nice and warm inside from a cold night, Deepika looked after us wonderfully, the food was fine dining with a good choice. Service was excellent food was great. Highly recommend this restaurant if you ever come to York.
   

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   Corinda

   London18 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   The food at the restaurant is extraordinary. Everything is utterly delicious. The service is seamless, and the staff are friendly but not over the top. It's not cheap - but you've looked at the menu online and you know it's not cheap. However, I felt it was a reasonable price for the standard of food received. We had a lovely evening and didn't feel rushed or intimidated.
   

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   trevorb

   Yorkshire2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Very nice food for a birthday treat. Waitress service very good. Head waitress barked at one of the make waiting staff in front of guests. A bit expensive!
   

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4. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   London1 review

   3.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   I met with my friend at 12pm at the restaurant. We had both travelled, my friend from Cambridge and myself from Leeds, to see each other after many years. On first impressions, the restaurant was very quiet and it smelt strongly of cleaning solutions. We were taken to our table and given some menus. There seemed to be a lot of work shadowing going on that day so service seemed ok but when I asked about the wine, our server Lumi explained that although I wanted a dry rose wine, to ignore the colour as that isn’t to do with how dry the wine was. She was quite a dominant character and seemed to be training a very nice geordie gentlemen who sadly wasn’t wearing a name badge as he was lovely throughout. Next, our order. I asked that we were looking to see if we could do something a bit different with our order. Lumi (before I even asked) said she couldn’t do any mix and match and so we couldn’t have the risotto off the specials menu unless we were ordering two courses. Ok if that’s your policy I get it but there is maybe a grey area for movement or perhaps a way of delivering a message less strongly. I felt like the calm approach of the other waiters and waitresses would have been good for Lumi to learn, not the other way round. So overall.. the food was ok but we struggle as there isn’t really a “lunch” menu. The fish dishes were £28 and seemed quite heavy for a midday lunch and then if you didn’t have two courses, there was a fish finger butty which I had, but the batter was very greasy, and another option. My friend ended up having cauliflower and chips as a lunch so it is limited. A few salads would be ideal for this time of year and of course, a risotto option even as a starter or main would be lovely.. especially when the table next to us had it. I enjoyed it much more when I was there last year. Perhaps if the tables had been mopped up from the rain, people would have sat outside too but that didn’t look like an option. So a disappointing, 6/10 from us.
   

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   Margo

   Yorkshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   We had a lovely meal for our wedding anniversary; the service was pleasant and attentive.
   

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   Craig

   Orlando1 review

   4.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Definitely one of the better places to eat in Yorkshire, Fresh, clever & quality food. These qualities are difficult to find, when picking somewhere to dine. I have always found something is slightly missing on all of my visits to The Star Inn the City, I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe it’s just me & I am being too picky. Although maybe some of the dishes are slightly over priced, On the other hand maybe you know better than I do on this matter 🤔 Thank you very much, we had a lovely evening & will definitely return.
   

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   Robert

   Yorkshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely location. Elegant interior. Excellent quality food.
   

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8. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Liverpool6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Service was fantastic and the food and drink was excellent
   

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   Jason

   Jersey1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 7, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Been a few years since we had been to the Star in the City and the experience was really good, the service exceptional, food - as good as it gets relatively speaking and would highly recommend. We are vegetarian mostly and there were some tasty choices available, wonderfully cooked and presented. Overall a brilliant experience for my other half surprise birthday treat. Thank you so much guys!
   

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    S

    East Sussex1 review

    3.0

    Dined on March 6, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3

    Food was perfectly acceptable but I had anticipated something more ‘special’ for the money. The pictures on the Guide Michelin look quite different to what we got. The traditional fish and chips with curry sauce lacked flavour and didn’t come with salt and vinegar potato scraps as advertised. The steak was good but we had had better for less than the 37 pounds charged. Service was great but after going to Skosh the night before I was rather underwhelmed and didn’t find it good value.
    

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