Any cafe/pub food recommendations in or around Lincoln please

MrsMC and I are having a couple of nights away over there next week to explore the city and the Wolds – any suggestions for casual dining would be appreciated.

Not food related, but for maximum impact, if you arrive at the docks level then walk up steep hill to the Cathedral, it’s really incredible how steep it actually is.  And there is an amazing shop halfway up which sells bits, gauges, dials etc from stripped out aircraft.

I really like the vibe in Lincoln and we are having another night there in December, some watching this for restaurant recommendations!  It seems they are either at the bottom end or the top end. In between is just too steep.

Steep Hill isn’t the most original name, but it’s descriptive.

Many years since I was last there but I have it in my head that there’s a plaque on a building up there commemorating King John’s persecution of the Jews, which has always stuck with me.

lincoln dweller here.  whereabouts are you staying?  and yes, the cathedral/castle area is the nicest area to visit really (bailgate).

and are you biking or walking in the wolds, or just driving through for the scenery?

The Brayford area’s also nice, fair few restaurants and bars, a cinema, a ‘spoons if you’re that way inclined ? nice to sit outside and watch the boats (and people of course)

The cornhill area has also been done up now, a few restaurants again, another cinema etc….

It’s not a bad town centre really.

We’ve got a cheap deal at the city centre Travelodge just for somewhere to sleep, and will be doing some lazy car touring and a bit of walking, depending on the weather

any particular preference for restaurants?  indian?  chinese?  pizza?  theres a new ‘streetfood’ indian opened in town (mowgli), very nice inside, rope swings, twinkly fairy lights all over the place etc.   very tasty food, pricey tho.  we went last night, £70 for a sharing meal and a drink each which to me is the antithesis of what street foods supposed to be 😀

also another good indian at the bottom of steep hill.

We’ll eat anything but £70 for street food is over the top unless the streets are paved with gold

We went in the Victoria for a pint, not realising it was a steampunk hangout. What a hoot and a really nice vibe! The beer wasn’t bad either, dunno about food. We’ve a Mowgli near here, pretty good but overpriced for what it is. The stonework on the cathedral is transfixing.

Mowgli is a bit more than street food – we’ve been to the one in Liverpool and it was great…

Lincoln

Can recommend the Cheese Society, if you like cheese, its a bit red trouser, but some great food….

We’ve got a cheap deal at the city centre Travelodge

just round the corner from you on the precinct youve got the Treaty of Commerce.  its a small independent pub thats as close to a local as youd get in a town centre with regular clientele.  most of the decent old pubs have been swallowed up over the years and turned into something different, but thats been the same for as long as ive known.  thats where id be heading if i wanted a beer close by.

Pyewipe Inn – nice ish walk along the canal from the city centre. Does good food and very nice beer.

https://pyewipe.co.uk/

Stokes cafe – city centre. Good coffee, really good food.

https://stokescoffee.com/pages/cafe-lincoln-high-bridge

Whatever you do, do not, repeat, do not, go to Jenny’s cafe…2 sausage sarnies consisting of what I can only describe as:

Sausage shaped bird poo – deep fried, served in fried bread buns…(vomit emoji).

will be doing some lazy car touring and a bit of walking, depending on the weather.

Wolds has some hidden gems. Check out some Viking Way walking routes. Drop in to Louth for a pint at the Wheatsheaf next to the tallest parish church in England.

Pretty useful for cycling cafes in the UK, including Lincoln 🙂 .. ..

https://cafes.cyclingmaps.net/

Fwiw,  had a perfectly pleasant not quite chain pub meal at the Royal William IV. Would do again.

Really nice vibe around the city, spent the evening hunting the inflatable monsters. Can see why it attracts students.

I think I had lunch and leaving pints for a colleague at that pub many years ago when I worked down the canal.

A place that used to be really nice was the Wig and Mitre up near the cathedral, a bit more “gastropubby”