The Fat Badger, YorkvsMercure York Fairfield Manor Hotel
Both hotels are highly recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Lamb & Lion Inn ranks slightly better than Mercure York Fairfield Manor Hotel. Lamb & Lion Inn comes in at #13 in York with endorsements from 2 sources such as The Telegraph, Lonely Planet.
The Fat Badger, York
 The Telegraph
 Lonely Planet
 The Guardian
 The Telegraph
2 - 4 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH
From $78/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Free Breakfast
 - Restaurant
 - Meeting Rooms
 - Breakfast included
 
8.0
 "This Georgian pub with rooms has a period feel, simple rooms and choice of good pub food or smarter modern British." Full review
 "Occupying a perfect spot in the shadow of Bootham Bar, the Lamb & Lion is a crooked 1756 Georgian pub with 12 simple period rooms." Full review
 "A short drive from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, the Fat Badger is a luxurious, industrial-chic house with wood burner and a large patio for star-gazing." 
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November 13, 2022
8.0
 "This Georgian pub with rooms has a period feel, simple rooms and choice of good pub food or smarter modern British" Full review
Mercure York Fairfield Manor Hotel
 Oyster
Shipton Road, Skelton, York YO30 1XW
From $78/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Room Service
 - Laundry Service
 - Laundy Room
 - Restaurant
 
Mid-Range
 "The Mercure York Fairfield Manor Hotel is a mid-range, 89-room chain hotel in an 18th-century manor house off a busy road just outside York." Full review