Winner Winner

When another York restaurant let us down, we had a look online to see what options were nearby, and one that stood out was Winner Winner. A classic American style menu with tongue-in-cheek elements, we thought we'd give it a go, and so went in and sat down. We realised it was 9:00pm, and according to the site, they were open UNTIL 9pm, so I clarified with a waitress, "are you closing now?" and she smiled and said "uh... yeah" with an awkward smile. We were about to get up when she said "don't worry though,it's no problem!".

I'm so glad they were accommodating for a couple of people coming in right at closing, although there was another table still eating too.

The decor has gone for an American dive bar, and it works well. The menu is genuine American style fare, down and dirty, and appealing. They also sold root beer which is a tick for the genuine menu to me!

We decided that although we weren't going to have starters, we both fancied trying the beer battered pickles served with ranch sauce, so we asked them to come with the mains.

Food was all made fresh to order which was nice, and the staff were friendly and pleasant during our wait.

The battered pickles were surprisingly morish! Very tasty! But now it was time for the mains. My partner ordered a "So Last Year" burger, which was a bacon double cheeseburger with onion rings, barbecue and blue cheese sauce. Seriously, how good does that sound? HOWEVER, given the name of the place is Winner Winner, I had to try one of the Chef's Specials... a chicken dinner! I chose to go for Maryland's Own Fried Chicken.

The food was SUPERB. I mean like REALLY DAMN GOOD considering they could've just thrown it together to get us out of the door, but it was really good! The fried chicken was juicy and succulent with perfectly seasoned breading (too many places go nuts with making the breading really peppery!), and crispy tasty fries with great seasoning. The burger was a fantastic dirty stack of saucy juicy meaty goodness, really well made and prepared, and served with sweet potato fries which were absolutely perfect.

The best bit is that it's also not a shockingly expensive place. It's casual and friendly and serves really good food! Of all the places I've visited and eaten in whilst in York, this is most definitely one we will be revisiting when we next return, guaranteed!

Well done, Winner Winner, you live up to your name!

Winner Winner

5 King's Staith

York,

North Yorkshire
YO1 9SN
(01904) 848 989
http://www.winnerwinnerrestaurant.com/