diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
index 74a27624db..b251a440d1 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class RestExport extends PathPluginBase implements ResponseDisplayPluginInterfac
    *
    * @var string
    */
-  protected $mimeType;
+  protected $mimeType = 'application/json';
 
   /**
    * The renderer.
@@ -140,20 +140,11 @@ public function initDisplay(ViewExecutable $view, array &$display, array &$optio
     parent::initDisplay($view, $display, $options);
 
     $request_content_type = $this->view->getRequest()->getRequestFormat();
-    // Only use the requested content type if it's not 'html'. If it is then
-    // default to 'json' to aid debugging.
-    // @todo Remove the need for this when we have better content negotiation.
-    if ($request_content_type != 'html') {
+
+    if ($request_content_type !== 'html') {
       $this->setContentType($request_content_type);
+      $this->setMimeType($this->view->getRequest()->getMimeType($request_content_type));
     }
-    // If the requested content type is 'html' and the default 'json' is not
-    // selected as a format option in the view display, fallback to the first
-    // format in the array.
-    elseif (!empty($options['style']['options']['formats']) && !isset($options['style']['options']['formats'][$this->getContentType()])) {
-      $this->setContentType(reset($options['style']['options']['formats']));
-    }
-
-    $this->setMimeType($this->view->getRequest()->getMimeType($this->contentType));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -327,16 +318,12 @@ public function collectRoutes(RouteCollection $collection) {
 
     if ($route = $collection->get("view.$view_id.$display_id")) {
       $style_plugin = $this->getPlugin('style');
-      // REST exports should only respond to get methods.
+      // REST exports should only respond to GET methods.
       $route->setMethods(['GET']);
 
       // Format as a string using pipes as a delimiter.
       if ($formats = $style_plugin->getFormats()) {
-        // Allow a REST Export View to be returned with an HTML-only accept
-        // format. That allows browsers or other non-compliant systems to access
-        // the view, as it is unlikely to have a conflicting HTML representation
-        // anyway.
-        $route->setRequirement('_format', implode('|', $formats + ['html']));
+        $route->setRequirement('_format', implode('|', $formats));
       }
       // Add authentication to the route if it was set. If no authentication was
       // set, the default authentication will be used, which is cookie based by
@@ -421,15 +408,15 @@ public function render() {
       $build['#suffix'] = '</pre>';
       unset($build['#markup']);
     }
-    elseif ($this->view->getRequest()->getFormat($this->view->element['#content_type']) !== 'html') {
-      // This display plugin is primarily for returning non-HTML formats.
-      // However, we still invoke the renderer to collect cacheability metadata.
-      // Because the renderer is designed for HTML rendering, it filters
-      // #markup for XSS unless it is already known to be safe, but that filter
-      // only works for HTML. Therefore, we mark the contents as safe to bypass
-      // the filter. So long as we are returning this in a non-HTML response
-      // (checked above), this is safe, because an XSS attack only works when
-      // executed by an HTML agent.
+    else {
+      // This display plugin is for returning non-HTML formats. However, we
+      // still invoke the renderer to collect cacheability metadata. Because the
+      // renderer is designed for HTML rendering, it filters #markup for XSS
+      // unless it is already known to be safe, but that filter only works for
+      // HTML. Therefore, we mark the contents as safe to bypass the filter. So
+      // long as we are returning this in a non-HTML response,
+      // this is safe, because an XSS attack only works when executed by an HTML
+      // agent.
       // @todo Decide how to support non-HTML in the render API in
       //   https://www.drupal.org/node/2501313.
       $build['#markup'] = ViewsRenderPipelineMarkup::create($build['#markup']);
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php
index 4c004fcafc..cc21f2d370 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ public function testRestViewsAuthentication() {
     $url = $this->buildUrl('test/serialize/auth_with_perm');
     $response = \Drupal::httpClient()->get($url, [
       'auth' => [$this->adminUser->getUsername(), $this->adminUser->pass_raw],
+      'query' => [
+        '_format' => 'json',
+      ],
     ]);
 
     // Ensure that any changes to variables in the other thread are picked up.
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ public function testSerializerResponses() {
     $this->assertIdentical($actual_json, $expected, 'The expected HAL output was found.');
     $this->assertCacheTags($expected_cache_tags);
 
-    // Change the default format to xml.
+    // Change the format to xml.
     $view->setDisplay('rest_export_1');
     $view->getDisplay()->setOption('style', array(
       'type' => 'serializer',
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ public function testSerializerResponses() {
     ));
     $view->save();
     $expected = $serializer->serialize($entities, 'xml');
-    $actual_xml = $this->drupalGet('test/serialize/entity');
+    $actual_xml = $this->drupalGetWithFormat('test/serialize/entity', 'xml');
     $this->assertIdentical($actual_xml, $expected, 'The expected XML output was found.');
     $this->assertCacheContexts(['languages:language_interface', 'theme', 'entity_test_view_grants', 'request_format']);
 
@@ -364,14 +367,19 @@ public function testResponseFormatConfiguration() {
 
     // Should return a 200.
     // @todo This should be fixed when we have better content negotiation.
-    $this->drupalGet('test/serialize/field');
+    $this->drupalGetWithFormat('test/serialize/field', 'json');
     $this->assertHeader('content-type', 'application/json');
     $this->assertResponse(200, 'A 200 response was returned when any format was requested.');
 
-    // Should return a 200. Emulates a sample Firefox header.
+    // Should return a 406. Emulates a sample Firefox header.
     $this->drupalGet('test/serialize/field', array(), array('Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8'));
-    $this->assertHeader('content-type', 'application/json');
-    $this->assertResponse(200, 'A 200 response was returned when a browser accept header was requested.');
+    $this->assertHeader('content-type', 'text/html; charset=UTF-8');
+    $this->assertResponse(406, 'A 406 response was returned when a browser accept header was requested.');
+
+    // Should return a 406.
+    $this->drupalGetWithFormat('test/serialize/field', 'html');
+    $this->assertHeader('content-type', 'text/html; charset=UTF-8');
+    $this->assertResponse(406, 'A 406 response was returned when HTML was requested.');
 
     // Should return a 200.
     $this->drupalGetWithFormat('test/serialize/field', 'json');
@@ -385,14 +393,8 @@ public function testResponseFormatConfiguration() {
     $this->assertResponse(200, 'A 200 response was returned when XML was requested');
     $headers = $this->drupalGetHeaders();
     $this->assertTrue(strpos($headers['content-type'], 'text/xml') !== FALSE, 'The header Content-type is correct.');
-    // Should return a 406.
-    $this->drupalGetWithFormat('test/serialize/field', 'html');
-    // We want to show the first format by default, see
-    // \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\style\Serializer::render.
-    $this->assertHeader('content-type', 'application/json');
-    $this->assertResponse(200, 'A 200 response was returned when HTML was requested.');
 
-    // Now configure now format, so all of them should be allowed.
+    // Now configure no format, so all of them should be allowed.
     $this->drupalPostForm($style_options, array('style_options[formats][json]' => '0', 'style_options[formats][xml]' => '0'), t('Apply'));
 
     // Should return a 200.
@@ -405,8 +407,8 @@ public function testResponseFormatConfiguration() {
     $this->assertResponse(200, 'A 200 response was returned when XML was requested');
     // Should return a 200.
     $this->drupalGetWithFormat('test/serialize/field', 'html');
-    // We want to show the first format by default, see
-    // \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\style\Serializer::render.
+    // We default to JSON if no format or HTML is provided, see
+    // \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\display/RESTExport.
     $this->assertHeader('content-type', 'application/json');
     $this->assertResponse(200, 'A 200 response was returned when HTML was requested.');
   }
@@ -606,7 +608,7 @@ public function testSerializerViewsUI() {
     $this->assertResponse(200);
     // Check if we receive the expected result.
     $result = $this->xpath('//div[@id="views-live-preview"]/pre');
-    $this->assertIdentical($this->drupalGet('test/serialize/field'), (string) $result[0], 'The expected JSON preview output was found.');
+    $this->assertIdentical($this->$this->drupalGetWithFormat('test/serialize/field', 'json'), (string) $result[0], 'The expected JSON preview output was found.');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Page.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Page.php
index d79b75b833..6d1f460a66 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Page.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/Page.php
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuratio
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function getRoute($view_id, $display_id) {
+    $route = parent::getRoute($view_id, $display_id);
+
+    // Explicitly set HTML as the format for Page displays.
+    $route->setRequirement('_format', 'html');
+
+    return $route;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sets the current page views render array.
    *
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php
index 6e81939591..ca8bd430ba 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewEditForm.php
@@ -413,7 +413,18 @@ public function getDisplayDetails($view, $display) {
         // Add a link to view the page unless the view is disabled or has no
         // path.
         elseif ($view->status() && $view->getExecutable()->displayHandlers->get($display['id'])->hasPath()) {
-          $path = $view->getExecutable()->displayHandlers->get($display['id'])->getPath();
+          // Wrap this in a try/catch as tryng to generate links to some
+          // routes may throw a NotAcceptableHttpException if they do not
+          // respond to HTML, such as RESTExports.
+          try {
+            // @todo Views should expect and store a leading /. See:
+            //   https://www.drupal.org/node/2423913
+            $path = \Drupal::l('/' . $path, Url::fromUserInput('/' . $path));
+          }
+          catch (NotAcceptableHttpException $e) {
+            $path = '/' . $path;
+          }
+
           if ($path && (strpos($path, '%') === FALSE)) {
             if (!parse_url($path, PHP_URL_SCHEME)) {
               // @todo Views should expect and store a leading /. See:
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewListBuilder.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewListBuilder.php
index b38a15f75b..cc0bb53264 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewListBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewListBuilder.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotAcceptableHttpException;
 
 /**
  * Defines a class to build a listing of view entities.
@@ -255,9 +256,17 @@ protected function getDisplaysList(EntityInterface $view) {
         if ($display->hasPath()) {
           $path = $display->getPath();
           if ($view->status() && strpos($path, '%') === FALSE) {
-            // @todo Views should expect and store a leading /. See:
-            //   https://www.drupal.org/node/2423913
-            $rendered_path = \Drupal::l('/' . $path, Url::fromUserInput('/' . $path));
+            // Wrap this in a try/catch as tryng to generate links to some
+            // routes may throw a NotAcceptableHttpException if they do not
+            // respond to HTML, such as RESTExports.
+            try {
+              // @todo Views should expect and store a leading /. See:
+              //   https://www.drupal.org/node/2423913
+              $rendered_path = \Drupal::l('/' . $path, Url::fromUserInput('/' . $path));
+            }
+            catch (NotAcceptableHttpException $e) {
+              $rendered_path = '/' . $path;
+            }
           }
           else {
             $rendered_path = '/' . $path;