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The Fairfax Arms

4.0 star property
Guesthouse in York with free breakfast and a restaurant

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The Fairfax Arms welcomes guests with genuine hospitality in its cozy bar and quality restaurant. WiFi works well in all public areas, and free self-parking with extended options is available. Visitors consistently praise the helpful multilingual staff.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
The current price is P7,779
P9,334 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 18 - Nov 19

Room options

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Classic Double Room, Ensuite

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Exceptional
(3 reviews)

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Premium bedding
Shower/tub combination
Hair dryer
Free bottled water
Coffee/tea maker
Digital channels
Iron/ironing board
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom

Superior Twin Room, Ensuite

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Shower/tub combination
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Digital channels
Iron/ironing board
Desk
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom

Deluxe Double Room, Ensuite

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)

Highlights

Fan
Separate bedroom
Heating
Premium bedding
Hair dryer
Bathrobes
Coffee/tea maker
Digital channels
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bedroom

Superior Double Room, Ensuite

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)

Highlights

Fan
Separate bedroom
Premium bedding
Shower/tub combination
Hair dryer
Coffee/tea maker
Digital channels
Iron/ironing board
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom

Suite, Ensuite

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Shower/tub combination
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Coffee/tea maker
Iron/ironing board
Pet friendly
Desk
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4

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1 bedroom

Superior Suite, Hot Tub

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Shower/tub combination
Jetted bathtub
Hair dryer
Coffee/tea maker
Digital channels
Iron/ironing board
Pet friendly
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
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About the neighborhood

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

What's nearby

  • Ampleforth College Golf Club - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • York Minster - 32 min drive - 36.7 km
  • Shambles - 33 min drive - 36.7 km
  • York Christmas Market - 34 min drive - 37.4 km
  • Scarborough Open Air Theatre - 58 min drive - 64.9 km

Getting around

  • Malton Station - 23 min drive
  • Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.) - 76 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Grapes - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪The Fairfax Arms - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪The Feathers Hotel - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Kirks Coffee Shop - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Durham Ox - ‬12 min drive

About this property

The Fairfax Arms

Upscale guesthouse
Free breakfast, a bar, and a restaurant are just a few of the amenities provided at The Fairfax Arms. Stay connected with free WiFi in public areas.
Additional perks include:
  • Free self parking and extended parking
  • Smoke-free premises and multilingual staff

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  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
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8.8 out of 10, Excellent, 391 reviews
The price is P5,769
P6,923 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 17 - Nov 18
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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free extended parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Hot tub

Guest services

  • Multilingual staff
  • No housekeeping service

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Policies

Check-in

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

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

The host will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

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Frequently asked questions

How much is parking?

Self parking and extended parking are free at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at The Fairfax Arms?

As of Nov 16, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Fairfax Arms on Nov 18, 2025 start from P 7,778.58, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

What time is check-in at The Fairfax Arms?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM.

What time is check-out at The Fairfax Arms?

Check-out is at 10:30 AM.

Where is The Fairfax Arms located?

Situated in York, this guesthouse is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Ampleforth College Golf Club and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Ampleforth Abbey. Howardian Hills and Duncombe Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).

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The Fairfax Arms Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 113 out of 164 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 37 out of 164 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 164 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 164 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 164 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Super comfy inn- highly recommend.

Welcoming, super comfy room, fantastic food. Great family room. Would definitely recommend staying at the Fairfax inn.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely pub, room and food

Gorgeous little pub in the heart of North Yorkshire. Lovely room, great dinner and perfect breakfast. Would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

First review I've ever given!

Loved this place: I never give reviews but wanted to after the excellent service, comfortable bed, fantastic food. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

jonathan jay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A lovely old rural pub & guesthouse with friendly staff & comfortable rooms & good amenities with a tasty little box of welcoming chocolates. The pub offered a lovely menu of home cooked food (recommend the pie) & served a nice breakfast as well. An enjoyable stay all round.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

CATHERINE

Liked: Amenities
Delicious food. Beautiful orangery. Great outdoor seating area. Friendly, helpful stiff. Big bed, clean room.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

EVELYN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very clean, comfortable. Great Food. Friendly staff. All you could hope for in a weekend break.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quite location, very helpful staff, clean and newly refurbished rooms. Just a little noise from room upstairs.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

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.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely break away

Cashed in some one key points for night away . Took the scenic route from Gateshead and visited Richmond , Aysgarth Falls , Grassington and Thirsk on the way . Had a couple of beers in the beer garden , freshened up then a gorgeous meal in the orangery. So glad we had booked as they were turning people away ! The staff were excellent- friendly , courteous and attentive. Lovely relaxing night away , helped by the English heatwave .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

1 night break

Very nice place to stay. Food excellent and all staff very helpful
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Yvonne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

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.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Phil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable bed Good breakfast Disappointed that they didn’t do dinner on a Sunday evening
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Wayne

Liked: Amenities
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
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joyce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Eugene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent property near Helmsley
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

AE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable bed Good choice of breakfast Tasty breakfast Enjoyed the chocolates
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very good.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Situated in a picture postcard location the Inn provides comfortable rooms and very good food. All staff were very helpful and pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024