Vision’s guide to fine dining

Yummy Chicken

Location: Situated close to Duchess and Fibbers, making it the obvious choice for all the indie kids and cool cats of York.

We recommend: Chicken, chicken, chicken! The Ronseal of eateries, it very much does what it says on the tin – provide chicken, which can only be described as yummy. Whoever came up with the idea of paprika on chips is also a genius.

What to avoid: We genuinely don’t know. Such is the pressure to sample their poultry based delights, we have never erred to the more exotic sections of the menu, but surely everything else is second best.

Value: We’ve never felt ripped off after a trip to Yummy, but that may have more to do with the alcohol inevitably already in the system. Prices are not out of sync with the rest of York.

Overall Rating: 4/5 – Fans of chicken will never feel let down. Undoubtedly a strong performer across the board, but perhaps lacking the X-factor provided by Mr. Oki.

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Efe’s Pizza

Location: Heslington Road – inbetween town and campus, near a large amount of student housing. Perfectly placed for the halfway home pick me up.

We recommend: Hot Shot Pizza – the Efes equivalent to a Domino’s favourite, the Hot’n’Spicy, just as tasty with the perfect level of grease, but at half the price.

What to avoid: No real culinary disasters await you, but there are way better places to go if you’re a fried chicken fanatic.

Value: Very good value, particularly pizza-wise where it outperforms even the most established of its
competitors.

Overall Rating: 4/5 – Solid, no frills, won’t let you down, not to mention it’s a classic York institution.
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Oki’s

Location: Perfectly placed halfway between Gallery and Willow, as well as being en route to Ziggys. Only appears as darkness falls.

We recommend: Cheeseburger – At just £2.50, scores well for alcohol absorbtion, as well invoking that familiar post-Willow sense of despair and self-reflection.

What to avoid: Garlic sauce – Despite the temptation to baste any meal in it, it is essentially PVA glue with green bits in.

Value: Not bad given its excellent location, Oki’s provides immediate relief in the form of comforting and not overly greasy food.

Overall Rating: 4.5/5 – Good food, good location and an extra half a point for having the hostess with the mostess.

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Viking Pizza

What to avoid: We strongly do not recommend the garlic mushrooms, because whatever you expect from your mushrooms, this will not live up to those expectations.. The mushrooms looked uncooked, and floated, whole, in a tray of what can only be described as water with a threatening green tinge.

Value: Those who value quantity will never feel hard done by.

Overall Rating: 3/5 – it can be a rather hit-and-miss service, but when they get it right, it is up there with the best.