Landlord Shaun Collinge has run the York pub for 31 years and says the rules are harder to enforce post-pandemic
It is relaxed and convivial and doesn’t feel like the UK’s strictest pub.
But the Maltings pub in York must be up there, given its rules include: no swearing, no singing, no television, no music, no stag parties, no hen dos and, for the avoidance of any doubt about the ambience it wants, no fancy dress.