Yorkshire Puddings in York: Where to Eat a Proper One
Where to eat Yorkshire puddings in York, from the YorkyPud Wrap and giant pud at York Roast Co to Sunday lunch in Leeds, with what each is good for.
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For a Yorkshire pudding in York, head to the York Roast Co on Low Petergate or Stonegate, where the YorkyPud Wrap turns a full roast into something you can eat walking back to your hotel. The same shops also serve a giant pudding used as a plate for an entire roast dinner, so you pick between handheld and sit-down. This guide covers those formats, the fillings and sauces to choose, and the Leeds alternatives if you want a plated Sunday lunch instead.
Three ways York serves a Yorkshire pudding
The pudding itself is a batter of eggs, flour and milk baked in hot fat until it puffs and crisps, and it belongs on the plate with roast beef and gravy. In York it turns up in three formats worth knowing apart. The first is a conventional Sunday-lunch pud under a roast; the second is a giant one that acts as the plate, holding meat, vegetables and gravy; the third is the YorkyPud Wrap, a large pudding folded around roast meat, roasted veg and gravy like a burrito.
Knowing which one you want decides where you go. The wrap suits a quick lunch between other stops, the giant pud suits a sit-down meal where you want the novelty as much as the food, and a plated Sunday lunch suits a slower day with a pint. If you are still working out what else to eat while you are in the city, our guide to what to eat in York covers the rest of the local plate.
York Roast Co: the YorkyPud Wrap and the giant pud
York Roast Co has two York shops, at 78 Low Petergate, YO1 7HZ and 4 Stonegate, YO1 8AS, plus one in Chester, which matters if your trip drifts west. Both York sites work the same way: you order at the counter, choose a filling and a sauce, and then either take it away or carry it upstairs. A large board outside lists the sandwiches, the YorkyPud Wrap and the giant Yorkshire pudding filled with a roast dinner.
The wrap takes pork, beef, turkey, ham or a vegetarian filling, with roasted veg and gravy rolled in as standard. You then pick one sauce from apple, horseradish, cranberry, English mustard or mint, so match it to the meat: horseradish with beef, apple with pork, cranberry with turkey. If you would rather skip the veg, they will swap in roast potatoes, which is the better call if you want the plate to feel like a roast dinner rather than a salad.
What the wrap costs and whether it is worth it
Each wrap is a substantial, filling portion, and a reviewer for Best Things To Do In York priced them at £8.50 to £9.00, with double meat for an extra £2.50 and sides such as roast potatoes available on top. That puts it in the same bracket as a fast-food meal but with proper roast meat inside, which is the honest way to judge it: filling fast food, not a restaurant dinner. Budget roughly a tenner if you add meat and a side, and check the current menu at the till before you order.
The queue outside is the main trade-off, and it is the reason the wrap is built to travel: wrapped like a burrito, it is easy to eat on the walk back or in a car park. The quieter option is to carry your tray upstairs, where the same reviewer found a window table and a relaxed room rather than the crush they expected. If you are weighing up cheap places to eat across the city, our cheap restaurants York guide puts the wrap in context with other budget lunches.
The 'Naked' roast and the veggie option
The menu also offers a 'Naked' roast, which is the roast dinner served without the Yorkshire pudding. That sounds like missing the point, and for most people it is, but it suits anyone who finds a giant pud too heavy or who wants the meat, veg and gravy without the batter. Vegetarians are covered by a veggie filling in the wrap and in the giant pud, so nobody in the group is left with chips.
What you trade away with the 'Naked' version is the reason you came: the crisp edge and the spongy middle that soak up the gravy. Order it only if you genuinely prefer a lighter plate, and otherwise take the giant pud and accept that you will not finish it. If you want a table, a proper main and a drink rather than counter service, the best restaurants in York guide covers the sit-down side of the city.
The Brunswick, Leeds: a proper Sunday lunch pud
The Brunswick at 82 North Street, Leeds, LS2 7PN sits firmly in Leeds rather than York, a short train ride from York, and it is a Sunday-lunch destination rather than a quick stop. Its roasts come topped with huge Yorkshire puddings that are crisp on the outside and soft underneath, and each dinner arrives with a mini Bloody Mary alongside it. Book ahead if you want Sunday lunch, as roast service is the busiest sitting of the week.
The gap is the vegan plate: the Brunswick has not mastered a vegan Yorkshire pudding, so a plant-based diner gets the trimmings without the pud that makes the meal. That is worth knowing before you book for a mixed group, and it is the one place where the Leeds option falls behind cooking your own at home. For a more polished sit-down meal in York instead, the Michelin star restaurants York guide is the place to start.
The Yorkshire Wrap Company at Kirkgate Market, Leeds
The Yorkshire Wrap Company runs a permanent stall at Café B in the Kirkgate Market Food Hall, 34 George Street, Leeds, LS2 7HY, and takes its wraps around the country to events. The fillings lean on overnight-roasted pork and locally sourced beef, curled up in a fluffy pudding and finished with gravy. It also does a breakfast version, which is the one to order if you are in Leeds early and want something sturdier than a pastry.
Treat it as a Leeds day-out stop rather than a York one: it is a market food-hall stall with counter service, so you eat quickly and move on, and the setting is functional rather than special. That makes it the cheaper, faster counterpart to the Brunswick if you are in Leeds for the day and want the wrap without the restaurant sit-down. Prices are not published in the sources here, so check the stall board when you arrive.
Mabel's Vegan Yorkshire Puddings: the home option
Mabel's Vegan Yorkshire Puddings sells plant-based puddings through an online shop and at stockists, including Incredible Nutshell at 31 Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, S8 0RL, with delivery by post. That is not a York venue and not a meal out, but it is the answer for a vegan household that wants the pudding to work at home. Order ahead if you are cooking a Sunday roast and want them in the freezer before the weekend.
The trade-off is obvious: you do the cooking, and you need a hot oven and hot fat to get the rise. For anyone staying in self-catering accommodation around York, that is a reasonable way to have a Sunday lunch without hunting for a vegan pud on a menu. Check the stockist list before you travel, as availability shifts.
How to choose: wrap, giant pud or Sunday lunch
Pick the YorkyPud Wrap if you are short of time, eating on the move or feeding a family cheaply, and accept the queue as part of it. Pick the giant pud at the same shops if you want to sit down with a full roast but keep the novelty. Pick the Brunswick or a similar Sunday-lunch pub if the pudding is one part of a slower meal with a drink and a table you have booked.
For the named pubs and food stops with a guide of their own, see York pubs and food landmarks. Keep the pudding stop close to where you already are: Low Petergate and Stonegate are central, while Leeds needs a train and a plan. Two reminders cover the rest: confirm the current menu and price at the counter, and book Sunday lunch tables in advance.
Wrap, giant pud or booked Sunday lunch?
For most visitors, the YorkyPud Wrap on Low Petergate or Stonegate is the efficient choice: a filling roast in batter for under a tenner, eaten upstairs if you want quiet or on the walk if you do not. Choose the giant pud only if you plan to sit down and make it the meal, and choose Leeds only if a booked Sunday lunch with a proper pud, Bloody Mary and table service is what you actually want.
Vegans should look at Mabel's for cooking at home rather than expect a plant-based Yorkshire at the Brunswick, and anyone travelling with a mixed group should agree on the format before setting out. Check the menu at the till and book Sunday tables ahead, then build the rest of the day around it.
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