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The Fairfax Arms

4.0 star property
York guesthouse with restaurant and bar/lounge

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Experience the Fairfax Arms' warm hospitality with its cozy bar and delightful restaurant. Connect to WiFi in public areas, park with ease thanks to free self parking, and enjoy extended parking. Helpful multilingual staff have won over previous guests.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • Non-smoking

Main amenities (2)

  • Restaurant and bar/lounge
  • Multilingual staff
The current price is CNY913
CNY1,096 total
includes taxes & fees
May 28 - May 29

Room options

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Classic Double Room, Ensuite

Classic Double Room, Ensuite

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Superior Twin Room, Ensuite

Superior Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Deluxe Double Room, Ensuite

Deluxe Double Room, Ensuite

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Superior Double Room, Ensuite

Superior Double Room, Ensuite

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Suite, Ensuite

Suite, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 4
  • Free WiFi

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Superior Suite, Hot Tub

Superior Suite, Hot Tub

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • Free WiFi

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About the neighborhood

Map
Main Street, Gilling East, York, England, YO62 4JH

What's nearby

  • Howardian Hills - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Ampleforth College Golf Club - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo - 33 min drive - 34.1 km
  • York Minster - 43 min drive - 39.9 km
  • Shambles - 43 min drive - 40.2 km

Getting around

  • Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.) - 69 min drive
  • Thirsk Station - 23 min drive
  • Malton Station - 25 min drive
  • Poppleton Station - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Feathers Hotel - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Byland Abbey Inn - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪The Fairfax Arms - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Feathers Beer Garden - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Barkers Cafe Bar - ‬8 min drive

About this property

The Fairfax Arms

  • When you stay at The Fairfax Arms, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of North York Moors National Park. You can relax with a drink at the bar/lounge, and the restaurant is the perfect spot to grab a bite to eat.

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 11 rooms
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Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
    • Early check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10:30 AM
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Special check-in instructions

    • The host will greet guests on arrival
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Pets

    • Service animals welcome
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
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Parking

    • Free onsite self parking
    • Free onsite extended parking
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Other information

    • Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast
  • Restaurant
  • Bar/lounge

Traveling with children

  • Children's menu

What to do

  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Horse riding nearby
  • Fishing nearby

Services

  • Multilingual staff

Fees & policies

Policies

This property does not have elevators.
This property accepts credit cards.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, American Express

Also known as

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Frequently asked questions

Is parking offered on site at The Fairfax Arms?

Yes, there's free self and extended parking.

What are the check-in and check-out times at The Fairfax Arms?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM. Check-out time is 10:30 AM.

What is there to do at The Fairfax Arms and nearby?

Have fun with nearby activities like cycling, fishing, and horseback riding. Additional recreation nearby includes birdwatching.

Are there restaurants at or near The Fairfax Arms?

Yes, there's an onsite restaurant.

What's the area around The Fairfax Arms like?

The Fairfax Arms is located a short 4-minute walk from Ampleforth College Golf Club.

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Reviews

The Fairfax Arms Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

9.6

Cleanliness

9.4

Location

9.4

Staff & service

9.2

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • Breakfast was consistently described as excellent, tasty, and to die for. (8 reviews)
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Reviews

Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Stay there every time we are in the area, welcome stay. Love the place, good food.
Paul, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

I travel for work and I'll definitely book for here again. Staff friendly, great atmosphere, clean room, bed was too soft for me but I slept well, overall a great wee place
Blair, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Good value for money, friendly, welcoming. Highly recommended
Chris, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Super comfy inn- highly recommend.

Welcoming, super comfy room, fantastic food. Great family room. Would definitely recommend staying at the Fairfax inn.
1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

1 night break

Very nice place to stay. Food excellent and all staff very helpful
Elaine, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Situated in a picture postcard location the Inn provides comfortable rooms and very good food. All staff were very helpful and pleasant.
Sara, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Comfortable bed Good choice of breakfast Tasty breakfast Enjoyed the chocolates
AE, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Lovely pub, room and food

Gorgeous little pub in the heart of North Yorkshire. Lovely room, great dinner and perfect breakfast. Would highly recommend
James, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

One night break with dog

Very nice room with jacuzzi bath, room allowed dogs and easy external access. Food was excellent- both dinner and breakfast. Good atmosphere in the bar
Matt, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Annual Church trip

Staff as always brilliant, so attentive! Returant, bar and room clean and comfortable. We absolutely love a trip here! Highly recommend. Food fantastic too!
Amy, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

This hotel was perfect for our trip to Ampleforth. The room was perfect and the staff were amazing. We had a wonderful evening meal in the restaurant and the bar area is very pleasant with many friendly locals. The breakfast was to dye for. Thank you so much for a wonderful stay
Lisa, 2-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Delicious food. Beautiful orangery. Great outdoor seating area. Friendly, helpful stiff. Big bed, clean room.
CATHERINE, 3-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Comfortable bed Good breakfast Disappointed that they didn’t do dinner on a Sunday evening
Phil, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Fabulous Stay

Staff very friendly and accommodating. Lovely room and comfortable sleep. Nice little touches like the welcome chocolates. Love the decor throughout. Evening meal and breakfast were both fabulous. Service was excellent.
Andrew, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Absolutely excellent

Second time we've stayed and can't wait to go back. The food here is delicious. I cannot recommend it enough. We stayed in the superior suite again and it was delightful. Such a comfy bed to.sleep onand just a lovely stay in general. Staff were excellent and extremely friendly. Location is lovely and very quiet, but worth the journey. You need to stay here and eat here
Paul, 1-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Somewhere I keep going back to

Been here 3/4 times, and looking forward to next stay. Food is really good. Service is excellent. Only issue this time was someone clearly had too much to drink in the village and people were shouting in the early hours of the morning. This woke me and i struggled to get back to sleep, but nothing to do with the inn.
Paul, 2-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

From first sight of this very pretty hotel with its beautiful hanging baskets and very attractive outside terrace to the very warm welcome and check in I knew we’d made a good choice. Such a peaceful location, very nicely appointed bedrooms, great menu choice in the evening and at breakfast - all was very very good. Of course a hotel cannot be successful simply by nature of its nicely appointed public areas - it needs great staff - and everyone we met during our two night stay was without exception a credit to the business. We hope to return soon.
Joyce, 2-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Very nice srat

Room was really good and comfortable. Overlooked car park. Excellent bath/shower room. Didnt have evening meal as hotel had hen or stag party booked in. Also as I have limited appetite choice was restricted. Overall would certainly recommend staying here also dog friendly so daughters family could bring their dog and all atebrsakfast together
Eugene, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Stopped for an overnight whilst visiting Castle Howard and York. Would stay again but not in the room we had (#12) as the access isn’t the best - I’m 6’ 3” and the entrance door is only about 5’ 2”. In fairness there’s no way of making it taller without extensive rework of the roof and there isn’t a headroom concern once inside the room that was lovely. The food, both in the evening and at breakfast, was excellent. Very nice complimentary chocolates in the room too.
Ronald, 1-night trip
Verified

6/10 Good

Staff very good dilapidated state of the en-suite Toilet not cleaned out after outgoing occupant Beds not made up everyday and no clean glasses left out Certainly not recommended
Wayne, 4-night trip
Verified

6/10 Good

Shame about the heating.

This was a second visit to this hotel for us. As we were meeting friends to celebrate early Christmas at Castle Howard. The hotel is well located, with an excellent chef and food menu. The staff are all helpful and friendly. The rooms are a reasonable size, with good ensuite facilities, and comfortable bed. However both our rooms suffered with heating problems, one with a cold radiator and the other with a leaky and cold radiator and we were advised to use the plug in radiators provided but not till after we had queried the situation. Our friends had to ask to move rooms due to the leak. This was all done easily but it was a disappointment to us that it appeared to be a known problem and we'd still been given these rooms. Such a shame when it is a lovely old inn in a beautiful village setting.
Yvonne, 1-night trip
Verified

6/10 Good

It’s nice

Very friendly staff, and set in a beautiful location. Perhaps we had high expectations, but for the price we were a little disappointed. Room 11 (a suite with a whirlpool bath) wasn’t immaculate, and it came with a few niggles. It was difficult to lock the door and there was no Sky TV as advertised - although there was no Sky remote, perhaps that was the reason. We had to ask for ironing facilities (and the plug to the iron was literally falling apart). And the shower didn’t work. To be fair, we didn’t mention the shower until we checked out the following morning due to timings. It felt like the pump had failed - I’m sure they could have fixed it had we noticed before we started getting ready to go out for the evening. It was our choice not to report it when we were getting ready because, well, we were getting ready :-) Breakfast was OK, but again not quite what we had hoped for. The saving grace, as others have mentioned, is that the bed was very comfortable and that the staff are lovely.
Justin, 1-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Room was clean and nice bed. Pressure on the shower was good an food nice
lee, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Excellent property near Helmsley
Martin, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Great stay in a super place.

A first rate experience. Great attention to detail, quality food and service. Very relaxing place to stay in lovely countryside.
Christopher, 1-night trip