The Whippet Inn occupies a Grade II listed building on North Street in York, with a laid back dining room whose dark, characterful décor feels deliberately removed from the ordinary. The restaurant is adults only, welcoming diners aged fourteen and above, and places confident service alongside a strong focus on produce. It works for lunch, dinner and a leisurely Sunday meal.
Beef is a speciality, with an in house dry ageing cabinet used to develop flavour and tenderness in changing cuts and breeds. Ribeye, fillet, prime rib and sharing steaks may be accompanied by beef dripping chips, mushrooms, greens and sauces such as peppercorn, red wine jus or Yorkshire blue cheese. The precise cabinet selection changes, giving regular diners something new to consider.
The wider menu is more varied than a steakhouse label suggests. Fish, lamb, pork and chicken sit alongside starters built around vegetables, cheese and seafood, with seasonal ingredients shaping their accompaniments. Vegetarian, vegan, dairy free and gluten friendly markers help diners identify suitable dishes, while Sunday roasts provide a distinct weekly tradition.
Desserts range from sticky toffee pudding and chocolate tart to sorbet, affogato and a British cheeseboard. Sommeliers select the wine list, bartenders create the cocktails, and local breweries and distilleries appear among the other drinks. The Whippet Inn combines its serious interest in beef with enough imagination and variety for a complete modern British dining experience.
Address: 15 North Street, York YO1 6JD, United Kingdom
The Whippet Inn City Centre Menu
Nibbles
Salt beef nuggets, chimichurri mayo
Deep fried cornichons – piccalilli
Mixed breads with compound butter
Olives (gf/df)
Blistered padron peppers with confit garlic (v/df/gf)
Smoked haddock croquettes with dill pickle mayo
Starters
Maple & five spice glazed pork belly (df)
Pickled slaw – toasted sesame seeds
Yorkshire ham hock & pistachio terrine (n)
Peas- broad beans – crispy pigs ears – parsley emulsion
Fresh burrata (gf/n)
Pickled beetroot – truffle honey roast fig – walnuts – white balsamic
Argentinian red prawns in shell (df) (GFA)
Chilli – garlic – crusty focaccia
Citrus & ginger curd chalk stream trout
Pickled fennel- wasabi creme fraiche – squid ink tuille
Cleanse Your Palate
Sicilian lemon sorbet with mint (vg/df/gf)
Whippet gin & tonic sorbet (vg/df/gf)
Mains
Baked salmon fillet (GFA)
Asparagus – rocket velouté – crispy gnocchi – confit tomato
Argentinian red prawns (gf)
Fries- nduja butter m- seasonal salad
Lamb rump crusted in pistachio & mint (gf,n)
Braised lamb belly, fondant potato, pea puree, aspargus, pancetta jus
Iberico pork pluma (GFA)
Crispy potato terrine – sherry compressed rhubarb – chard – rhubarb jus
Rose harissa chicken breast (gf) (n)
Grilled hispi cabbage- hazelnut dukkah – yoghurt – falafel
From the Grill
300g Chargrilled Ex Dairy Ribeye (df)
200g Ex Dairy Fillet Pan roasted with herbs & butter
SPECIALS BOARD STEAK!! Chateaubriand of Ex dairy – 600g or 800g
with triple cooked chips, onion rings, warm pea salad, garlic field mushrooms, & your choice of 2 sauces or butters
SPECIALS BOARD STEAK! Prime Rib of Ex dairy, On The Bone, 750g
with skinny fries, garlic field mushrooms, onion rings, charred tenderstem broccoli, & your choice of 2 sauces or butters
Sides
Skinny fries
Beef dripping chips
15-hour potato
Confit garlic & thyme infused
Seasonal greens
lemon & fennel butter (gf)
Seasonal salad
Pickles – house dressing (gf,df)
Broccoli
Blue cheese – toasted walnut (n)
Oven roasted mushrooms
Garlic herb butter (gf)
Grilled hispi cabbage
Hazelnut dukkah – yoghurt (gf)
Puddings
Classic sticky toffee pudding (v/vg/gf)
Sticky toffee sauce, vanilla ice cream, ginger crumb …also available vegan & gluten free
Coconut & lime parfait
Lime pate de fruit – rum glazed pineapple
Chocolate & caramel tart
Salted pretzel – creme fraiche
Affogato (v/gf)
Single espresso with Vanilla ice cream
Selection of ice cream & sorbet
Ask your server for available flavours
Cheeseboard
Baron Bigod, Yorkshire Blue, Fountains Gold Cheddar- Crackers- chutney- pickle (v)(n)
Sunday Roast Starters
Sunday roast menu runs from 12 noon to 7.00 pm. 2 courses 32.95, 3 courses 6.95
Butternut Squash Veloute, Jamaican Ginger Cake Croutons, Onion Oil (V)
Smoked Mackerel Rillette, Celeriac Slaw, Sweet Pickled Cucumber, Ciabatta Crisp
Chicken, Black Pudding & Apricot Terrine, pickled Walnut Ketchup, Fennel & Apple Salad (N)
Sunday Roast Mains
16 Hr Slow Cooked, Roasted Peppered Rump of Aged Beef, served with Yorkshire Pudding & Yorkshire Ale Gravy (Served Pink)
Chicken Breast Poached with Brandy, Butter & Thyme, Pannéd Chicken & Garlic Bon Bon, Chicken Skin Crunch, & Crispy Chicken Wing, served with Yorkshire Pudding & Wholegrain Mustard Gravy
Puff Pastry Wellington of Mushroom & Puy Lentils, Watercress & Spinach Pesto
(Available Vegan or Vegetarian) (V, VG)
Roast Potatoes with Garlic and Thyme (VG,GF,DF)
Roast Carrots with Honey & Fennel Seeds (V,GF)
Spiced Red Braised Cabbage (V,GF)
Roasted Red Onions in Aged Balsamic Vinegar (V,GF,DF)
KFC Spiced 3 Cheese Cauliflower Cheese with Herb Breadcrumbs
Sunday Roast Desserts
Signature Sticky Toffee Date Pudding, Molasses Toffee Sauce, & Vanilla Ice Cream (V, GF & VG option available)
Warm Dark Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Sauce, Espresso Ice Cream (V)
Mulled Berry Eton Mess, Vanilla Ice Cream, Raspberry Dust (V,GF)
Lunch Nibbles
Lunch Menu available Wednesday – Saturday
Salt beef nuggets with chimichurri mayo (df)
Deep Fried cornichons with piccalilli (V/GF)
Mixed breads with compound butter
Nocellara olives (v)
Blistered Padron Peppers with confit garlic
Set Lunch Menu
1 course £15.95, 2 course £20.95, 3 course £24.95
Butternut squash velouté, brown butter gnocchi, crispy sage (v)
Homemade Scotch egg with piccalilli (df)
Smoked haddock croquettes with a dill mayo and lemon salad
Cumberland sausage, mustard mash, onion gravy & seasonal greens
Fish & Chips with tartare sauce & garden peas (df)
Wild garlic & pesto gnocchi, confit tomato, spinach with pickled wild garlic buds
Classic sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce & vanilla ice-cream (v & available vg/df/gf)
Affogato, espresso coffee with vanilla ice cream
Selection of ice cream & homemade sorbet
Lunch From The Grill
300g Chargrilled Ribeye, served with seasonal salad & beef dripping chips
200g Fillet Pan-roasted with herbs & butter, served with seasonal salad & beef dripping chips
200g Rare breed pork collar, served with seasonal salad & beef dripping chips
THE MEAL DEAL – 4 course for two to share – £100
4 course for two to share – £100
Deep fried cornichons with piccalilli
Seared scallops, Jerusalem artichoke, hazelnuts & pickled apple
400g Chateau, garlic mushrooms, onion rings, seasonal greens, chips, peppercorn sauce & watercress
Sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce & vanilla ice-cream
Beef
Sustainably sourced Yorkshire beef. Adults-only restaurant, guests aged 14 years and above.
300g Ex Dairy Ribeye
This cut is unbeaten when it comes to beefy flavours & wonderful marbling. These steaks are selected for their high fat content because fat = flavour! Best served medium upward
200g Ex Dairy Fillet
Pan roasted with herbs and butter. The most tender cut, has a beautiful soft texture balanced by a more delicate, subtle beef taste & suits quick cooking of Medium Rare & below
Surf ‘n’ turf
200g pan roast beef fillet, served with garlic butter shell on roast red prawns (GF)
Chateaubriand of Ex dairy, 600g
Pan roasted with Garlic & Thyme, triple cooked chips, onion rings, warm pea salad, garlic mushrooms, watercress & your choice of 2 sauces or butters (N)
Prime Rib of Ex dairy, on the bone, 750g
Skinny fries, garlic mushrooms, onion rings, charred tenderstem broccoli with miso dressing, & your choice of 2 sauces or butters.
Cocktails
Lemon Drizzle Martini
Limoncello, Licor 43, lemon gin liqueur, cream and raspberry dust
Espresso Martini
Coffee liqueur, Masons Coffee Vodka, espresso
Hey Jo!
Tarquinius Strawberry & Lime Gin, Campari & Sugar water
Amaretto Sour
Disaronno Amaretto, Evan Williams Bourbon, Brown Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice.
Knickerbocker
Havana 3 Year Rum, Orange Curaçao, Lime Juice Raspberry Syrup.
Lemon Martini
Lemon Vodka, Licor 43, Limoncello, Cream, Lemon Juice.
Expresso Martini
Mason Espresso Vodka, Coffee Liqueur, Espresso Coffee.
Breakfast Martini
Rare Bird Gin, Triple Sec, Orange Marmalade, Lemon juice, Toast.
Blackberry Martini
Rare Bird Gin, Blackberry Liqueur, Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice.
Cosmopolitan
Citrus Vodka, Cointreau, Cranberry Juice, Lime Juice.
Passion Fruit Margarita
Passoa, Reposado tequila, Triple Sec, Lime Juice, Agave syrup.
Harvey Wallbanger
Vodka, Galliano L ’Autentico, Orange Juice, Orange Bitters, Sugar Syrup.
Dark N Stormy
Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, Lime Juice, Dark Sugar Syrup, Angostura Bitters, Abbots Bitters, Ginger Beer.
Hair of the dog
Bacon & Chilli Vodka, Dry Sherry, Henderson’s Relish, Spiced Tomato Juice.
White Russian
Mason Espresso Vodka, Galliano Espresso, Single Cream.
Pina Colada
Coconut Rum, Pineapple Liqueur, Pineapple Juice, Coconut Sorbet.
Limoncello Spritz
Russo Limoncello, Prosecco, Soda.
Hugo Spritz
St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, Prosecco, Soda, Mint.
Sherry Old Fashioned
Pedro Ximénex Sherry, Evan Williams Bourbon, Chocolate Bitters, Smoked Bourbon Syrup.
Rum Old Fashioned
Ron Zacapa 23 Rum, Banane du Brésil, Chocolate Bitters
Tequila Old Fashioned
Tequila Reposado, Mezcal, Agave Nectar, Abbots Bitters, Orange & Mandarin Bitters
Rhubarb & Ginger Negroni
Rhubarb & Ginger Gin, Martini Rosso, Carpano Botanical & Plum Bitters
Ginger Old Fashioned
Bourbon Whisky, Ginger Liquor, Benedictine, Port, Peychauds Bitters
Rare Bird Negroni
Gin, Contratto Bitters, Antica Formula Vermouth
Old Fashioned
Four Roses Bourbon, Wild Turkey Rye Whiskey, Bob’s Bitters, & Muscovado Sugar