What’s opening in York in 2025?
With the year coming to an end, there are plenty of things to look forward to in 2025 – including lots of exciting new openings in York.
Here’s our guide to ten new attractions, restaurants, hotels and shops opening in York next year.
The Puzzling World of Professor Kettlestring
This brand new attraction on Merchantgate is opening on Friday 10 January 2025 and is set to be an ‘immersive’ world of optical illusions and interactive exhibits.
It promises more than 20 spellbinding illusions – visitors will be able to walk into a sideways living room, disappear into an incognito chamber, and discover a a kitchen parlour where heads appear severed on platters.
The grand opening will feature a special opening offer, with tickets starting at £8.99. To find out more and to book your tickets, visit the The Puzzling World of Professor Kettlestring website.
Topping & Company
Beloved bookshop company Toppings is set to open its fifth location in York next year – and it’ll be the biggest independent bookshop in the UK. Book lovers can look forward to Toppings’ signature handcrafted bookcases, rolling library ladders, and over 75,000 titles.
An extensive year-round book festival programme will also run from the York store, with a variety of author events to be enjoyed.
A specific opening date is yet to be confirmed, but Toppings York will open on Museum Street in autumn 2025. Find out more here.
Pranzo Italian
According to their website, this Italian restaurant will open on Church Street, York, in spring 2025.
It aims to transform the previous YO! Sushi restaurant into an ‘authentic Italian dining space’, and will serve up freshly-made pasta, bread, sauces and desserts.
Pig and Potato
After the popular 1331 on Grape Lane closed earlier this year, the downstairs was transformed into a new location for Fish&Forest restaurant. And the first floor has gone through a transformation of its own, reopening as the Pig & Potato.
Though the bar is already open for visitors to enjoy, dining at the Pig & Potato will start from February 2025 – where visitors can enjoy the ‘happiest spot for sausage and mash in York’.
Let’s be real, you can’t go wrong with a good plate of sausage and mash. Keep up to date at their website here.
Black Wheat Club
Fossgate’s newest spot for brunch, Black Wheat Club, will be opening in February 2025.
Visitors to the new eatery can expect simple comfort food – with delights like freshly baked bread from the in-house micro bakery and speciality coffee, as well as wine and small plates into the evening.
They’re also currently hiring! Head over to their website to find out more.
Dakota Hotel
Dakota Hotel is set to open a 140-room hotel on Rougier Street in 2025. It will also have a bar, dining areas and top floor room terraces.
Andrew Ovenstone from Dakota Hotels said: “We believe Dakota will add another choice of hotel, complementing the excellent hospitality offer in the city centre.”
Supercity Aparthotel
Another new hotel is coming to York next year! The Supercity Aparthotel on Micklegate features 46 ‘beautifully designed apartment suites’, and is set to open in spring 2025.
According to their website, each suite will feature a ‘distinctive art collection and original artefacts uncovered during the building’s development’.
Hickory’s Smokehouse
Opening in early 2025, Hickory’s Smokehouse will be bringing ‘authentic tastes of the deep south’ to Shipton Road, Skelton.
Inspired by the southern states of the US, the menu will feature smokehouse classics like 16hr smoked brisket, Memphis baby-back ribs, hand-pulled pork and smoked chicken wings.
Also on the menu will be burgers, subs, and a ‘smokehouse platter’ for those who can’t quite make up their mind. Take a look at the full menu at their website.
Hotel Chocolat
A new Hotel Chocolat is opening at Vangarde Shopping Park in 2025.
Not much is known about the new opening just yet, but visitors can look forward to browsing the luxury chocolate shop in a new location in York in 2025.
It will be the third Hotel Chocolat shop in York, alongside York Designer Outlet and Stonegate.
Kaltur
A new Spanish wine bar, restaurant and deli is coming to Coppergate! Kaltur restaurants have two locations in Newcastle, and this York opening will be their first UK venture outside Newcastle.
York has some excellent eateries for tapas, and it’s exciting that another one will join the roster in 2025. Find out more here.