Best Tasting Menus in York
The tasting menus in our guide are modern British. Roots York in Marygate holds the 2026 Michelin star, using hyper-seasonal ingredients from Tommy Banks' Oldstead farm and kitchen garden. The wine programme has an extensive list and a Star Wine List for 2026.
Bow Room at Grays Court in Chapter House Street cooks from its kitchen garden in York's oldest inhabited house. Melton's, just outside city centre, uses classical technique and local seasonal produce, with an extensive wine list. Arras in Central York is sommelier-led and presents cheese on a handmade oak trolley. Legacy at The Grand, York has an exceptional, sommelier-led programme and wine-paired courses of Yorkshire produce and Japanese technique. Michelin awarded a Plate for 2026 to Bow Room at Grays Court, Melton's, Arras and Legacy at The Grand, York. Roots York, Legacy at The Grand, Melton's and Bow Room hold three AA Rosettes for 2026.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants serving a tasting menu or omakase, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Arras
A Michelin Plate-recognised dining room inside a converted coaching house on Peasholme Green, Arras brings seasonal modern cuisine to one of York's quieter historic corners. The kitchen leans on British produce with inventive combinations, and the cheese course arrives on a handmade oak trolley. At £££, it occupies the serious-but-accessible tier of York's dining scene.
Bow Room at Grays Court
A hush of history and the whisper of the garden converge at Bow Room, the intimate dining sanctum of Grays Court just steps from York Minster. Begin with an aperitif in the storied, wood‑panelled gallery before gliding into the light-bathed restaurant framed by a graceful bow window and views of the private lawns. The menu is a study in restraint and seasonality, where pristine produce—often harvested from the estate’s own beds—is handled with quiet confidence to unlock pure, resonant flavors. Service is warm yet finely attuned, crafting a sense of ease and occasion for experienced guests who prize culinary finesse, genuine charm, and the rare pleasure of dining in a place that feels both timeless and newly discovered.
Legacy at The Grand, York
Deep wine list
Inside a grade-listed 1906 railway headquarters on Station Rise, Legacy holds a Michelin Plate for a style of cooking that draws on Yorkshire produce and Japanese technique in equal measure. Parquet floors and marble-topped tables set a formal tone, while dishes such as shiitake custard signal a kitchen more adventurous than its surroundings suggest. At the ££££ price point, it sits among York's most considered dining options.
Melton's
A Michelin Plate-recognised Modern British restaurant a short walk from York city centre, Melton's has anchored the city's serious dining scene since the early 1990s. The cooking draws on classical technique and high-quality local produce, with a tasting menu and an enterprising wine list offered in a room whose French-style ingredient mural has become something of a neighbourhood landmark.
Roots York
1 Michelin star
Roots sits inside a converted Victorian inn beside York's city walls, running tasting menus built entirely around Tommy Banks' Oldstead farm and kitchen garden. The Michelin-starred restaurant ranks #534 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, with a Core menu at £95 and Signature at £145. A Sunday feast format offers a more accessible entry point into the same seasonal philosophy.
Planning tasting menus in York
- Which restaurant on this list has a Michelin star?
- Roots York in Marygate is the Michelin-starred restaurant on this list. Its latest Michelin award is a star for 2026. The citywide guide counts one Michelin-starred restaurant and one Michelin star in total, and this list includes that restaurant. The menu is a modern British seasonal tasting menu from Tommy Banks' Oldstead farm and kitchen garden.
- Which restaurants on this list are sommelier-led?
- Legacy at The Grand, York and Arras in Central York are the sommelier-led restaurants on this list. Legacy's wine programme is exceptional, with an extensive wine list, and the courses are wine-paired, drawing on Yorkshire produce and Japanese technique, in a grade-listed 1906 railway headquarters. Arras in Central York keeps an extensive wine list and presents the cheese course from a handmade oak trolley.
- Which neighbourhoods are these tasting menus in?
- The neighbourhoods on this list are Marygate, Chapter House Street, just outside city centre and Central York. Roots York is in Marygate, Bow Room at Grays Court is in Chapter House Street, Melton's is just outside city centre, and Arras is in Central York.
More in York