Pearly Cow

Anniversary spent well at Pearly Cow York. The food was amazing, the ambiance was soothing, and the staff were brilliant. Portions are generous, and prices are very reasonable. A night well spent at Pearly Cow York. We will surely come back for another round. Highly recommended for special life events. They deliver excellent service and never disappoint. 6/5 stars. Well done to the whole team—especially the kitchen staff and the Head Chef for serving outstanding food on every plate. Recommended to get their chips. Chips are on the other level. Not a typical boring chips.

Lovely, old school atmosphere, attentive wait staff and great food! First, I came to have a dinner and asked for bangers and mash which were not on the dinner menu. The chef obliged, for which I’m really grateful! The breakfast at Pearly Cow was perfect too. I can recommend this place for celebrating family events, having a business or romantic dining.

Wow, eventually! We were going up to York on our staycation this year to visit my stepson and his fiance on the occasion of her promotion to md. We wanted to celebrate and Lewis recommended the pearly cow. We booked a table for 4 some weeks before but on the train up Paul got a confirmation for a table for 2!! Oooo. We tried to call the restaurant on the train up but no one answered the phone. We had to wait until we got to the Churchill hotel across the road to physically go and check our booking. Stress that wasn't needed was soon allayed by their confirmation of a booking for 4 and he showed us the table we would be seated at. That was the only negative experience with them. We arrived and were seated at our expected table. The reception was very professional and we were instantly put at our ease. This was not the pearly cow show. This was, as expert restraunteurs, OUR show. Everything sorted and relaxed. The boys knew what red wine to go for, Barolo obviously 🙄. But the girls wanted a dry white wine. The waiter was good in recommending a wine and sought the advice of the bar manager who sent a sample of the pinot grigio which everyone loved. The food is so perfectly presented. For starters we had the scallops, an oyster, tacco and salmon. I wish I could figure out how to put up photos on Google because they were so pretty. All 4 of us chose a different cut of steak, but every one came how we asked it to be cooked. Their butcher must be amazing because the steaks were sublime. The only thing WE did wrong is order 4 chips. There's a great potion and because the steak was the main show we left quite a lot. Apart from me the others had the beef fat chips which they adored but could not finish. Our service was efficient and discrete so we felt focussed on OUR event. The 2 girls had creme brulee for dessert and expresso martinis. Great crunch on the brulee by the way. Paul and I wanted to pay the bill for us all and before the meal there was some , no we'll do and not you won't. I got the manager alone and asked her to bring the bill only to us which she efficiently did so. What a meal. Ambience lovely, service professional, food superb. We even had a box of left over steaks for their 2 boston terriers. Thank you pearly cow chef and staff.

Came here for Sunday lunch. Service and ambience here is great. Food was nice and tasty. All cooked & flavoured good. Gravy is a tad on the watery side for taste but that’s personal preference

Service at first good and starters ok but not the roast dinners ,everything was cold except the carrots and parsnips and cauliflower cheese ! Plastic ( told later it was parchment paper ) In complementary birthday pudding. We were celebrating my daughter’s 21 st so we were massively disappointed with the food and left hungry . I told the staff and was just told sorry and they said there had been nothing wrong with the kitchen all day …….. How can you serve cold meat cold potatoes cold Yorkshire pudding etc ( yorkshire pudding was replaced but came out having been clearly microwaved so didn’t bother saying about the rest of the food ). I paid £120 for all the food and would not have served that up in my own house . I would not go back .