Vegan
International
Mediterranean
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Catering
Spanish
Gluten-free
Breakfast

Founded in 1997, El Piano specializes in vegan and gluten-free meals and tapas. The daily offering of savories and sweets vary and incorporates influences from world regions. Location is in the city centre, and upstairs from the restaurant is a bed & breakfast. Last day of business Aug 30, 2018.


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89 Reviews

First Review by smartheidi

Louxsie

Points +45

Vegan
02 Mar 2018

Superb for vegan

A friend and I stopped in here for lunch and what a brilliant find it was. Delicious veg and pea soup, nice and spicy and just the thing for a cold winter day sightseeing. Delicious warm bread with it and peppermint tea that was so fiercely minty it made our eyes water! Clearly a popular place as it was packed within 15 minutes of the doors opening at 12. Great staff, lovely atmosphere, and they even sell specialist flours, grains, coffee etc, and even their own bilingual cookbook (English and Spanish). I'll definitely be back next time I'm in the beautiful city of York.

Pros: Wonderful food, Friendly staff, Reasonable prices

Cons: Fills up quickly , Outside toilets not great on a freezing day!

kkylaye

Points +936

Vegan
08 Feb 2018

Amazing Food in York

Arguably the best vegan food i had in York.
It had a warm cozy vibe and the menu has a range and mix of indian, mediterranean and mexican food.

it has a small section that is dedicated to selling vegan/gluten-free products too!

lepkirk

Points +100

Vegan
30 Jan 2018

wonderful food

Food was amazing! Plenty of choice. Would definitely visit again when in York next time. Fresh and well-balanced flavours.

thomquinoa

Points +202

Vegan
17 Jan 2018

Amazing 100% vegan restaurant near York Cathedral

I was delighted to find this place in York and even more delighted by the food. What a treat! Can't wait to visit again.

sfio

Points +2886

Vegan
17 Dec 2017

Relaxed venue, plenty vegan & gluten free food

We've visited El Piano over Easter, at first I thought it might be closed but no. While we had planned to do some shopping after a leisurely lunch here, we relaxed in one of the upstairs room and spend over two hours here for mains followed by coffee and cake. We chose a couple of the mains (South American and (Maroccan) and a small burger. The green salsa on the Mexican base dish was amazing and we liked both the carrot and spinach fritters also. I didn't try the burger but was told it was a little on the dry side.
There's a drink and cake deal where you get both under £7 (just cake was around £5.50). We ordered carrot, chocolate mousse and sticky toffee pudding. The sticky toffee pudding was the clear favourite. You can even get the recipe from the sample recipe book on the table!
I'm sure we'll come here again when we are in the area again some time.

Updated from previous review on 2015-04-06

Pros: Whole, unprocessed foods, Relaxed atmosphere, good location, Friendly staff

Cons: Service was a bit slow at times

Thezuzanna

Points +18

Vegan
08 Nov 2017

YES!

YES YES YES! More places like El Piano. My boyfriend booked a table to celebrate my birthday. We had the most beautiful romantic table with window view. Our waitress explained rather confusing and large menu. She was very sweet. Now to the food. We tried their tapas served everything. One thing which I didn't like was the rainbow salad - a bit plain and just nothing special but the rest? OMG! We keep dreaming about dinner that day it was that good. 1OOO% recommend!

Pros: delicious, friendly, healthy

Cons: long menu, confusing menu, rainbow salad

Purposely_Vegan

Points +1254

Vegan
27 Oct 2017

amazing

Homemade food, a changing menu and great drinks! This place was incredible! The staff were all really friendly and the food was amazing! Freshly made soup and bread! Would go back here time after time!

MeganSmith

Points +479

Vegan
07 Oct 2017

Amazing!

If you're in York, you HAVE to try here! Amazing choice, attentive staff and unreal flavours! We sat outside in the courtyard and felt so relaxed and content with the whole experience. Would recommend 💚

JohnCreen

Points +22

Vegan
02 Oct 2017

Amazing Vegan Food In York.

What an amazing find.Stumbled across the restaurant while looking for somewhere to eat.Before coming to York (for a few days break) we had looked on line for vegan options in York and El Piano was mentioned but we thought no more of it,thinking to ourselves we would find something (vegan) to eat somewhere. Well it was our good luck to come across El Piano. We ordered the Taster Tray: a taste of everything on the menu.Amazing food and lots of it.Have never tasted any food as good as this.5 star quality.Great service.lovely friendly staff, beautiful ambience.Oh, and the tastiest ice cream I have ever tasted💕

Pros: The staff and the amazing food.

Cons: None.

EmilyJayneEarp

Points +82

Vegan
22 Sep 2017

Fantastic, a must

I love this place. The food is amazing. Everything is vegan so I had the whole menu to choose from. I had the Thai curry, so yummy! The atmosphere and staff were lovely.

ChrisRoughley

Points +18

Mostly Veg
29 Aug 2017

Taste Sensation

Everyone in or visiting York should try this Restaurant.
Amazing food, really recommend the Thai Duo, Mathematical Chips (ha punny), and the carrot fritters. The coffee is also exception, had mine strong and dark!

Pros: Well spiced food, Interesting menu, Quirky

Cons: Not enough choice on the menu (multiple visits), Short cold drinks menu, Restaurant size

SaanaTuomela

Points +18

Vegan
16 Aug 2017

Lovely vegan restaurant

I'm a coeliac vegan, so this was the first time for me when I could choose anything from the menu. We took a tasting tray to share: everything was good, potato "omelette" and pakoras were absolutely delicious. I wanted to taste a dessert but I was too stuffed after this great meal. A must-visit for a vegan.

Pros: everything vegan, severe allergies well taken notice of

Cons: not the cheapest place

HappyPigJo

Points +189

Vegan
22 Jul 2017

Fantastic taste and generous portions

York residents should feel fortunate to have El Piano in their midst. If you are visiting, I would highly recommend it. It might even be a good excuse to stop off at York for lunch here, if you are travelling North or South.

Pros: Health conscious menu, Also entirely gluten free if you need

Cons: Children menu could be wider

artasparagus

Points +24

Vegan
12 Jun 2017

Humble and delightful

What an excellent experience! I'd been in the UK 3 weeks and this is the best vegan meal we had. Wholesome, delicious, reasonable prices, excellent service and above all it was unique!
I didn't think I could love York any more than I did. Also the wait staff are very cute! Highly recommend.

Pros: price , service , taste

Cons: small location

fr4ncaw

Points +117

Vegan
12 Jun 2017

Delicious!

Really good food, the best chocolate mousse i've ever had.

Pros: Friendly Staff, Delicious Food

maggieannej

Points +11

Mostly Veg
18 May 2017

Whow!

First time there yesterday evening: what a welcome, and what service: excellent! The food was amazing and I will certainly go again. I went with my vegan daughter and with food like that I will certainly consider seriously following her example. What a find!

Pros: Excellent food and amazing variety, Friendly staff, Good value

rowansilverbreeze

Points +132

Vegan
26 Mar 2017

disappointing

I was really looking forward to a meal here as lots of people had said how good it was. I thought that having the name El Piano that it would have been spanish food. Unfortunately not. Not much choice on the menu. Everything mostly too spicy for me. I ordered victoris sponge for dessert but that was made using gluten free flour. It was very heavy and the icing was over sweet. Not planning on going back. On the positive side, my dining companions all liked there meal, so maybe it was just not to my taste

Pros: friendly staff, has an oudoor area at the back, sells lots of unusual spanish items to b

Cons: not enough variety of food, should have more spanish dishes, the chai tea was ridiculously sweet

FurryFury

Points +280

Vegan
24 Feb 2017

What a find!

Well we'd actually done some research but still, when it actually turns out to be as good as you'd hoped then I think it can be a find.

The whole menu looks delicious and we couldn't decide so went for the taster plate with a bit of everything and very glad we did as it was a beautifully mixed meal with plenty of flavours, fantastically cooked and absolutely delicious. Plenty of food too and we sent the plates back as clean as possible. Great staff, perfect visit.

Pros: It's all vegan and in our experience, all perf

Cons: Not the cheapest but you get what you pay for and




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