Friars Rest Guest House

Great spot, excellent location, very friendly host!

We Stay here every year and we love it. Would highly recommend to people . It is a 10 mins walk to the city centre we will return again next year. Always clean and tidy and I like we can check in early at 12 noon. Car park around the back is very handy too

Our stay at Friars rest guest house was great value for money with great facilities in a great location, it’s only a short walk to the centre and on the way is a weatherspoons for breakfast. The room was lovely and clean with tea and coffee available as well as shower gel and hand soap, each day the room is freshened up for you. And the owners were also really lovely and friendly. We will most definitely be returning for another lovely weekend 😊

Lovely warm welcome from Steve Nicely decorated room new carpets and enough hangers and drawers for a few days Steep climb up so don’t book No6 if you have trouble with stairs Despite being at the front and on a main road our room was quiet due to triple glazing Early check in at 12 was a welcome bonus and great off road private parking (6 spaces) Book direct and parking free Tea and coffee supplied with good sized mugs Easy 10min walk into city with lots to see and do-Betty’s Shambles Christmas market for us Minster closed due to graduation ceremony’s A few negatives Bed too small and mattress too soft for us so we didn’t sleep well Bedding somewhat tired and towels too small Hot water took a while to get up to shower which was very small and had some black mould Toilet door doesn’t shut Overall though we’d stay again - in a different bed! Steve is a lovely friendly personable host and you can’t beat for location

We arrived at Friar's Rest after a 4 hour journey to be greeted by Steve. He was very friendly and welcoming and immediately directed us to our free parking for the night . . Perfect, safe, off road parking. We then booked in and paid before being shown to our room for 2 nights. It was on the ground floor and was very roomy with a king size bed, dressing table, table and 2 chairs, tea and coffee making facilities, an ensuite shower room. . .everything we needed. Steve gave us directions onto the City centre and it took us 10/15 minutes to walk there along the river. We had a fabulous couple of days exploring York including The Shambles, the Minster, The Railway Museum and Clifford's Tower and would highly recommend staying at Friar's Rest due to it's quality and where it is situated.