WE are truly spoilt for choice when it comes to places to eat in York and TAAS, a new addition to the restaurant scene, seems to want to offer a bit of something for everyone.

Open just two months at the time of writing, the eatery which can be found at the junction of Bootham and Gillygate in what was the former Evie Brown’s café, is the trading name of the Himalayan Group.

It promises patrons a ‘unique multi-cuisine dining experience’. The menu seems to borrow from a broad range of cultures, happy to list Kung Pao chicken next to currywurst and schnitzel alongside roast beef and Yorkshires.

Equally, if you are in the mood for Italian fare, there’s pizzas and pasta to choose from too.

Our visit was on a Friday night after work so we were both ready to relax and have a good feed.

Having spent more time than usual giving the menu a thorough going over - in part because of the vast amount of choice - we noticed the option of having two courses with a bottle of house wine (red/white or rose) for a very reasonable £22.99 each.

We decided to go with a starter and main - in part because when ordering we were told that the one thing on the dessert list that caught our eye, kulfi, an Indian ice-cream made with whole milk, cream, fruit and nuts (£3.99) - wasn’t available.

If we had decided to go for pudding however we could have plumped for chocolate or carrot cake, cheesecake, sticky toffee pudding or panna cotta, all for the same price tag as the kulfi.

The menu was a little challenging, partly because of the aforementioned enormous amount of choice and partly because it did not seem to have a unifying theme.

The sheer variety of options means that there is likely to be something to satisfy all but the fussiest eater, but it does leave you wondering if a jack of many trades can master them all?

We deliberately went for the two starters which sounded the most interesting: sadeko badam and paneer skewers (£4.50 each).

The first were spicy peanuts, which were marinated and served with diced onions, peppers and tomatoes.

They proved to be a bit of a favourite with both of us, slightly softened by the marinate and mildly spiced.

The skewers of cubed Indian cheese interspersed with crunchy vegetables were served with a wonderfully sweet and sticky sauce. It had a good balance of heat and left us plenty of room for our next course.

For mains, I went for the sea bass from the grill (£12.99), served with herbed potatoes, broccoli and salad with a lime and butter sauce.

When it arrived, I had two fillets of melt-in-the-mouth fish smothered in the butter sauce which, though delicious, left me wondering if I could taste the lime.

The potatoes were the star of this dish, though, crispy, herby and plentiful.

The whole thing went well with the Spanish sauvignon blanc (£13.25 for the bottle) which proved refreshing even if it could have done with being in the fridge longer before it reached our table.

There were some very interesting-sounding chef’s specials and my vegetarian dining partner, Jordan, ordered the momo - billed as typical Nepalese steamed dumplings. Disappointingly, they were not available so he scrabbled to find something else meat free from the handful of options and went for the Margarita pizza (which comes in a ten or 12-inch option).

It wasn’t a long walk home so ten inches seemed the most sensible decision. Jordan said his pizza was very good, a lovely crisp base with lots of gooey cheese on top. There is probably better pizza to be had in York, but certainly not at this price (£7).

While we enjoyed the meal, our window seat meant we had a view on to the street which was perfect for indulging in our least expensive hobby of people watching and we were also treated to an array of pretty poor driving at the busy intersection.

If you remember the restaurant when it was Evie Brown’s, the interior will be relatively familiar to you.

The walls are still a stark white, but the flouncy table cloths and basic furnishings have been replaced by dark wood furniture and exotic-looking pot plants.

The place was not full when we visited, but, going on our experience it certainly deserves to be busier.

It has the triple advantages of good food, an excellent location - just a few short steps from the Theatre Royal - and it is tremendous value for money, with our bill coming to just over £40 for food and wine.