The Café at The Citadel

The Citadel's renovated café is a ground-floor room on Gillygate used for group meetings and small presentations, with pavement-level entry and wheelchair access. The venue's commercial-grade kitchen and Yahala Mataam, its own refugee-led caterer, supply coffee, lunches and menus. An informal, sociable space ten minutes' walk from York station, it works well for breakout sessions alongside Booth Hall.

The Citadel is a recently renovated Grade II-listed event and community venue on Gillygate in central York. The former Salvation Army building pairs heritage architecture with flexible spaces, a dedicated hospitality team, high-spec technology and a commercial-grade kitchen. It suits conferences, concerts, feasts, fundraisers, exhibitions and community gatherings, with capacity up to 500 across Booth Hall and an upstairs gallery. Step-free access, hearing loop, accessible toilets.