Valhalla York

An absolutely essential destination pub/restaurant for anyone visiting York. Great atmosphere with great music (metal but played at perfect volume so you can still be social), great, friendly service with helpful recommendations on ales and delicious locally sourced food. Me and my partner shared the Ragnarok platter which I highly recommend. Definitely felt like a vital part of our visit to York when trying to avoid the various branded restaurants.

We were really pleased with our visit to this restaurant, the staff were incredibly informational with lots of advice on what drinks and food we might like and were just very kind and helpful. Overall, the bar and restaurant was extremely clean and well looked after with very detailed Viking themed decorations. Our seating was very simple but had a huge, huge impact on the whole experience of eating here, it’s just another very different and special place to visit when in York. Following the general theme of witch, wizardry and magic, it integrates with the history of York as it was once a Viking town And takes you back to those years while also putting a modern enjoyable spin on things. The drinks were great, I found out that I don’t really like mead, but my partner who does said they have a fantastic range. The food was delicious, we ordered one of the main boards and ate it together but couldn’t actually finish it because it was so large. Full of flavour, beautifully presented and very hot. Extremely happy with the service, food, and price that we got with this experience and visit!

Absolutely amazing place, especially if you like Viking themed places. The staff is very friendly, the food and music are really good. I had The Ragnarok platter for £35 pounds and it was enough for two. The beer is decently priced. If you go there be aware that they have a lot of seating spaces upstairs, especially the All Father Hall is really cool to see.

Lovely friendly lady behind the bar, plenty of good beer on cask and keg. I enjoyed the Colab Stout with Brew York. The Viking platters were spot on for lunch with excellent ingredients: local Shambles pork pie and York artisan cheeses. A great experience

Stumbled across Valhalla whilst searching for independent places to eat and drink. Fantastic atmosphere and good selection of beers etc. Staff were friendly as well. If you love food, you have to try the Ragnarok. We had one each and for the amount of food, the price was pretty reasonable! Food was great and super tasty. Also a fantastic soundtrack!