Tricolor York

You'll find yourself on Church Street in the city centre, walking past the medieval architecture, and then you're inside somewhere genuinely different. Tricolor does Colombian food properly—not the sanitised version you get in chain restaurants, but the real thing. The kitchen takes what they're doing seriously: expect authentic arepas, properly seasoned rice and beans, and meat cooked with actual technique. It's the kind of place where locals have already worked out it's worth the trip, which explains why the reviews are consistently strong and the place has a proper buzz to it.