THE door to the Deanery Restaurant is shared with the Galtres Lodge Hotel. Indeed, once inside, the hotel reception desk appears to double as the bar for both hotel and restaurant.

Quickly seated we were warned it would be ten minutes before our order was taken. This proved to be untrue. Service was so swift, I hadn't time to memorise the menu before it was taken away.

Besides, sandwiches, toasties, jacket potatoes and light bites, hot dishes were available but were mainly outside our budget as was the roast of the day (£6.95). The special of two meals for £9.95 could be selected from sausages, haddock, chicken kiev or gammon.

I ordered a hot bacon roll, which came with two lean rashers and was very acceptable.

Ann ordered hot chocolate (£1.35) which came in a pot big enough to give her two steaming cups. Great value! A coronation chicken sandwich in granary bread followed. Not only did she find it wholesome it was possibly the richest filling encountered in the city. I could not resist the apple pie with ice-cream (£2.35). This had thin, short pastry nicely dusted with icing sugar and was delicious.

Restaurant:The Deanery

Address:Petergate,York

Telephone:01904 622478

Reviewed:07/11/98