-The Hop-
|
|
Look & Feel:
|
|
|
Toilets:
|
|
Review:
The Hop is Ossett Brewery’s foothold in York and is situated on the popular street of Fossgate. Originally back in 1898 the building was a fishmonger’s without a shop front and some of those early features, especially the tilling have been lovingly restored and even emulated throughout. This is not the only renovation that has kept an eye firmly on the past; hints at the time it was the Italian restaurant Felini’s are displayed in a subtle mix of décor and the inclusion of a stone baked pizza oven! The Hop is a very long pub and has been zoned into two distinct spaces; the entrance area is adorned with Ossett Brewery pump clip wallpaper, wood panelling, those beautiful tiles and a huge, huge bar. While towards the rear where the ceiling opens out to a vast churchlike glass roofed atrium and everything gets a lot urban with open brickwork set against stained glass and large paintings of the Dukes of York. There is also a small stage area for their regular free live music and plenty of seating to accommodate. The stone bake pizza oven also resides at the back with a small casual seating area. The huge aforementioned bar obviously plays host to a very large range of real ales most from Ossett Brewery but plenty of guests in there too. They do use autovac though, which is a process of reducing waste by filtering the drip tray back into the line. It doesn’t sound very nice but we can’t say we noticed any difference with the beer, it was all very well kept and at a pretty reasonable price too. The stairs and landing up to the toilets are impressively adorned with Viking and Roman themed graffiti style art, but the toilets themselves seem a bit of an afterthought and are very basic. There is no outside space, but given the location this would be pretty impossible to obtain, the large atrium area will have to suffice to let the sun in. The only thing letting The Hop down is the poor acoustics, which does mean that most live music is barely audible above the background din, it’s also nearly impossible to hear each other for the same reasons. The clientele can be slightly loud and lively especially on the weekend, meaning this really has developed into more of a meeting place bar rather than a true real ale style pub. During the day it changes its atmosphere more considerably, but we feel the change of atmosphere on an evening does mean that it loses out on the very top score. Still a great place, but we’ve not returned as frequently as we first thought we would.
The Hop is Ossett Brewery’s foothold in York and is situated on the popular street of Fossgate. Originally back in 1898 the building was a fishmonger’s without a shop front and some of those early features, especially the tilling have been lovingly restored and even emulated throughout. This is not the only renovation that has kept an eye firmly on the past; hints at the time it was the Italian restaurant Felini’s are displayed in a subtle mix of décor and the inclusion of a stone baked pizza oven! The Hop is a very long pub and has been zoned into two distinct spaces; the entrance area is adorned with Ossett Brewery pump clip wallpaper, wood panelling, those beautiful tiles and a huge, huge bar. While towards the rear where the ceiling opens out to a vast churchlike glass roofed atrium and everything gets a lot urban with open brickwork set against stained glass and large paintings of the Dukes of York. There is also a small stage area for their regular free live music and plenty of seating to accommodate. The stone bake pizza oven also resides at the back with a small casual seating area. The huge aforementioned bar obviously plays host to a very large range of real ales most from Ossett Brewery but plenty of guests in there too. They do use autovac though, which is a process of reducing waste by filtering the drip tray back into the line. It doesn’t sound very nice but we can’t say we noticed any difference with the beer, it was all very well kept and at a pretty reasonable price too. The stairs and landing up to the toilets are impressively adorned with Viking and Roman themed graffiti style art, but the toilets themselves seem a bit of an afterthought and are very basic. There is no outside space, but given the location this would be pretty impossible to obtain, the large atrium area will have to suffice to let the sun in. The only thing letting The Hop down is the poor acoustics, which does mean that most live music is barely audible above the background din, it’s also nearly impossible to hear each other for the same reasons. The clientele can be slightly loud and lively especially on the weekend, meaning this really has developed into more of a meeting place bar rather than a true real ale style pub. During the day it changes its atmosphere more considerably, but we feel the change of atmosphere on an evening does mean that it loses out on the very top score. Still a great place, but we’ve not returned as frequently as we first thought we would.
