Anne and Ian would like to welcome you to Bootham Gardens Guesthouse - a purpose built hotel-type guesthouse, which is the realisation of our dream; it allows us to combine our passions for meeting people, cooking the finest foods and gardening - all in the city we love. We are a 5-minute walk from York’s city centre attractions. We are proud to offer a warm welcome and friendly service in a relaxing atmosphere. We recently received ‘The Delicious Yorkshire Breakfast' award in recognition of our high quality Yorkshire breakfast. Start the day with a full English or a specialty breakfast from Gary Rhodes, Rick Stein, Andy Worrall-Thompson or Jamie Oliver, all accompanied with bread we hand bake and Ian’s home made preserves. Leave your car in our own private car park, stroll into the city & return to laze in one of our private gardens, sipping a wine you supplied & we chilled or drinking more free tea/ coffee in the lounge. Being purpose-built enables us to offer you features that most guesthouses do not have including private off road parking for all guests, soundproofing, broadband in all rooms, quiet garden areas, spacious bedrooms, proper en suite bathrooms. There is also a large resident’s lounge where you can relax or work all day.

If you are seeking ‘chintz’, floral wallpaper, scatter cushions, multicoloured bedspreads, pot pouris, air fresheners, stuffed dolls, ornaments, personal pictures, or anything else that gathers dust then we are not for you. We believe in ‘function over form’ and ‘less is more’. However, we have not cut costs. For instance your oak bedroom door cost £500, the oak lounge floor £57 per sq. m. the beds are hand made in York, etc.

Nobody has ever smoked in this building and that is the way we would like to keep it. You may smoke in the garden but not indoors. Please note that to ensure our guest’s comfort we regret we cannot accommodate Stag/ Hen parties.