The food here is top notch. Everything we had was executed to perfection. Squash wellington was inspired. Tartare amazing. BEST CHIPS I HAVE EVER HAD.
Linda Winfield
Excellent ambience, food and service ! One of the finest in York.... we'll be back !!
Kam 99
Fantastic restaurant and the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion. Thank you so much to the team at The Pearly Cow for looking after us so well and for going the extra mile to make our evening as great as it was! The food was delicious and the duck was particularly good! The interior is beautiful and the service was exceptional. I would highly recommend coming here!
Dan Kentley
Great food, lovely place, fab staff. Will definitely be going back!
Elisa Winstanley
A wonderful evening catching up with friends over dinner, and having beautiful jazz music in the background!! The food was delicious and the staff were friendly and attentive! We asked the waitress the reason why they gave the restaurant its name and loved the idea of seafood (pearl) and meat (cow)!!
Claire Brooks
Excellent quality food, great service, lovely surroundings and have booked our return visit. Does not disappoint!
Jack Bartram
Absolutely fantastic find! We love visiting York and The Pearly Cow is on our foodie list now. What a hidden gem we couldn’t recommend highly enough. Very attentive staff and the food was truly outstanding. Thank you for such a lovely evening for our anniversary. 10/10
Dan Hutchinson
Interesting experience. The food itself was 10/10 and really, that's what you're there for. However we had a couple of minor niggles. No stock of the one apple cider they sell. Our table was wobbly (tried to fix, couldn't, eventually moved us). One of the dishes wasn't exactly as outlined on the menu (in fact made without two of the listed ingredients) but then they took that off the bill without us asking.Overall a good time, felt value for money despite a high price, and the food was magnificent. Wouldn't rush back though.
Isabelle Moir
On arrival, we were greeted nicely and shown to our table by the front of house, but not offered to take our jackets (which all other consequent guests seem to have offered to them).It took around 15 minutes to have our food and drink orders taken and around 20 minutes later we were served our starters, but still no sign of the two diet cokes we ordered. Our drinks arrived half way through the starting course with a healthy level of melted ice filling up the bottom of the glasses.The soup of the day starter was lovely, but the ham hock terrine was slightly bland.There was another lengthy wait between courses, allowing plenty of time for the roast beef Sunday lunch we ordered to get cold. The mushroom and pumpkin Wellington as well as the roast veg were tasty and the right temperature however. Once finished, we had our plates sat in front of us for an extended period before being removed.The main issue we encountered was a lack of attentiveness by the staff who were well mannered and polite when they finally got around to seeing you, but with the restaurant not entirely full and not being very big in the first place I would suggest it is probably not worth the 12.5% automatically added “discretionary” service charge.
Sara Thompson
Do not go here, party of 6 went here 5 people ate oysters and all 5 were ill for days. The restaurant will not accept any liability or even give a refund for the £1100 bill they could not give a damn. Absolutely appalling.
My housemates couldn’t get enoughReally delicious and the staff are top of the top. The food in rare in York. Great
Julie B
We visited for our family Christmas Eve meal. The food was really good. Great atmosphere with carol singers etc. I would definitely return ….. for those delicious chunky chips!
JoelNCarr
The Pearly Cow was recommended to us and it did not disappoint. Better than expected. Try all 3 tacos! And the oysters. The duck and steak were delicious. The service was fantastic. Thank you to Alice for waiting our table. My 1 gripe is that the tables are too close together. Other than that it was tip top
Simon Webster
Our party of seven went on Friday evening and had a very nice meal, drinks and excellent service from the restaurant. Unfortunately 6 of the seven came down with fevers, diarrhoea and vomiting leading to us all having to take Monday off work - some unpaid. We raised this with management and they are responding to this news in a proactive manner. They’ve said no-one else has come back to them with these symptoms. The only member not to have the symptoms was someone who didn’t have oysters. It was brilliant aside from the obvious.
Josh Patrick
We were so excited to visit Pearly Cow after reading some reviews and seeing the menu online and we were not disappointed at all! The restaurant is beautifully designed and laid out. The entire place has a very refined yet friendly vibe and the staff reflect this perfectly too. The staff were very friendly and attentive and the food was uncomplicated and fantastic with amazing seasonal flavours. It's a great thing to see a chef letting high quality produce speak for it's self. Everything we had to eat was beautifully flavoured and seasoned and paired with extremely complimentary flavours.
The food here is top notch. Everything we had was executed to perfection. Squash wellington was inspired. Tartare amazing. BEST CHIPS I HAVE EVER HAD.
Excellent ambience, food and service ! One of the finest in York.... we'll be back !!
Fantastic restaurant and the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion. Thank you so much to the team at The Pearly Cow for looking after us so well and for going the extra mile to make our evening as great as it was! The food was delicious and the duck was particularly good! The interior is beautiful and the service was exceptional. I would highly recommend coming here!
Great food, lovely place, fab staff. Will definitely be going back!
A wonderful evening catching up with friends over dinner, and having beautiful jazz music in the background!! The food was delicious and the staff were friendly and attentive! We asked the waitress the reason why they gave the restaurant its name and loved the idea of seafood (pearl) and meat (cow)!!
Excellent quality food, great service, lovely surroundings and have booked our return visit. Does not disappoint!
Absolutely fantastic find! We love visiting York and The Pearly Cow is on our foodie list now. What a hidden gem we couldn’t recommend highly enough. Very attentive staff and the food was truly outstanding. Thank you for such a lovely evening for our anniversary. 10/10
Interesting experience. The food itself was 10/10 and really, that's what you're there for. However we had a couple of minor niggles. No stock of the one apple cider they sell. Our table was wobbly (tried to fix, couldn't, eventually moved us). One of the dishes wasn't exactly as outlined on the menu (in fact made without two of the listed ingredients) but then they took that off the bill without us asking.Overall a good time, felt value for money despite a high price, and the food was magnificent. Wouldn't rush back though.
On arrival, we were greeted nicely and shown to our table by the front of house, but not offered to take our jackets (which all other consequent guests seem to have offered to them).It took around 15 minutes to have our food and drink orders taken and around 20 minutes later we were served our starters, but still no sign of the two diet cokes we ordered. Our drinks arrived half way through the starting course with a healthy level of melted ice filling up the bottom of the glasses.The soup of the day starter was lovely, but the ham hock terrine was slightly bland.There was another lengthy wait between courses, allowing plenty of time for the roast beef Sunday lunch we ordered to get cold. The mushroom and pumpkin Wellington as well as the roast veg were tasty and the right temperature however. Once finished, we had our plates sat in front of us for an extended period before being removed.The main issue we encountered was a lack of attentiveness by the staff who were well mannered and polite when they finally got around to seeing you, but with the restaurant not entirely full and not being very big in the first place I would suggest it is probably not worth the 12.5% automatically added “discretionary” service charge.
Do not go here, party of 6 went here 5 people ate oysters and all 5 were ill for days. The restaurant will not accept any liability or even give a refund for the £1100 bill they could not give a damn. Absolutely appalling.
Restaurantji Recommends
My housemates couldn’t get enoughReally delicious and the staff are top of the top. The food in rare in York. Great
We visited for our family Christmas Eve meal. The food was really good. Great atmosphere with carol singers etc. I would definitely return ….. for those delicious chunky chips!
The Pearly Cow was recommended to us and it did not disappoint. Better than expected. Try all 3 tacos! And the oysters. The duck and steak were delicious. The service was fantastic. Thank you to Alice for waiting our table. My 1 gripe is that the tables are too close together. Other than that it was tip top
Our party of seven went on Friday evening and had a very nice meal, drinks and excellent service from the restaurant. Unfortunately 6 of the seven came down with fevers, diarrhoea and vomiting leading to us all having to take Monday off work - some unpaid. We raised this with management and they are responding to this news in a proactive manner. They’ve said no-one else has come back to them with these symptoms. The only member not to have the symptoms was someone who didn’t have oysters. It was brilliant aside from the obvious.
We were so excited to visit Pearly Cow after reading some reviews and seeing the menu online and we were not disappointed at all! The restaurant is beautifully designed and laid out. The entire place has a very refined yet friendly vibe and the staff reflect this perfectly too. The staff were very friendly and attentive and the food was uncomplicated and fantastic with amazing seasonal flavours. It's a great thing to see a chef letting high quality produce speak for it's self. Everything we had to eat was beautifully flavoured and seasoned and paired with extremely complimentary flavours.