Polymath Bar

You'll find Polymath tucked away on Grape Lane, one of York's most characterful medieval streets, and it's precisely where you want to be when you're after proper cocktails made by people who actually care. The space has that rare quality of feeling both intimate and confident—dark wood, good lighting, the kind of place where the bartender knows what they're doing without being insufferable about it. It's the sort of bar that locals keep returning to because the drinks are considered, the staff aren't performing, and there's no pretension masking decent hospitality.