Bristol, City of
The Cambridge Arms

The Cambridge Arms

Coldharbour Road, BS6 7JS, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom

Fish • Cheese • Seafood • Chicken


"Quite possibly the worst pub meal I have ever experienced. Six of us arrived at 1 pm to an almost empty pub and ordered lunch. It took over three quarters of an hour to arrive despite very few other dinners. What did arrive was an abomination! Two of our group had fish and chips, the consensual opinion was that it had been cooked yesterday and then reheated. Dry and tasteless. The burgers were so over cooked it took a pint of beer to wash them down. The garnish in one burger included a thick slice of onion with its root still firmly in place. If a chef can 't even be bothered to slice his vegetables I would suggest he should stay at home. The staff were completely disinterested in being at work and even less interested in their customers. They gave no explanation of why the food took so long to arrive and didn 't, at any point, ask us how the food was. Had we not waited so long, and therefore been extremely hungry, we would have sent the whole lot back. I now regret not having done so. On asking for the bill there was, the now familiar, lack of interest in our thoughts about what we had just been served. I questioned the person accepting my money as to whether he was going to bother to ask. He responded, blankly, asking how was it ? I described how awful the whole experience had been. Another blank look. No apology, no explanation, no offer of a discount, no nothing. If you are considering going to this pub to eat, don 't. The Shakespear or the Port of Call are close by and consistently do much better food. I will not be returning despite this being my local . Sad, it used to be a very good pub."

Brunel Raj

Brunel Raj

7 Waterloo Street, Bristol, City Of, United Kingdom, BS8 4BT, Bristol, City of

Asian • Balti • Curry • Indian


"We are not usually the negative review writing type, but having visited the Brunel Raj tonight, I felt strongly that this was one time that I would. Myself, my partner and a couple of our friends, visited this restaurant at 6.30pm tonight. My partner is visually impaired and as such, has an impeccably behaved, assistance guide dog. As we came through the door, one of the staff asked that the dog be kept outside? Even though the dog was wearing the high visibility guide dog harness, I politely informed the staff member that it was an assistance dog, and that it should therefore be accepted onto the premises. The staff member, who claimed to be the manager, then said that he knew guide dogs were permitted into restaurants but as his restaurant was small and busy, he would be refusing us entry, even though we had booked. As we have experienced this situation on a number of occasions previously, we are quite used to restaurant owners being unsure of the Equality Act in the UK. But this situation was different. We have not previously been met with such a lack of common decency, rudeness, or any compassion for the feelings of the person using the assistance dog. The complete absence of any respect or understanding from all of the 4 staff present and during this situation, has now led me to write this review and to follow this up further via other channels, in order to prevent others from experiencing this again in the future. Oh.. And by the way, the restaurant was virtually empty."

The Hatchet Inn

The Hatchet Inn

27 Frogmore St, BS1 5NA, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom

Steak • Drinks • Burgers • Chicken


"Yesterday 11th June 2023 myself, daughter, son in law and two grandchildren travelled to Bristol from Bridgwater to see The Lion King at the Bristol Hippodrome. We decided to arrive early so that we could all have lunch before going to see the show. We googled places to eat close to the theatre and The Hatchet came up as the oldest in Bristol and did food. Couldn't be happier with the choice. Not only was it a quirky looking pub from the outside, inside was well designed and comfortable. The staff were very friendly and helpful and the food was delicious. My youngest grandson (10 years old) loves beef so he had the roast beef carvery. He's pretty fussy and very vocal if he thinks the meat is tough or tasteless but he was very pleased with his dinner. He said it was the best place he'd had beef and that it was delicious. I can agree as I had the carvery with roast lamb and a small piece of beef and can honestly say it was one of the best carvery's I have had in a while. My daughter and son in law agreed. Plates were piled high and we were thoroughly full. All plates cleared. The chef was very accommodating and plated up exactly what you asked for. The gravy was soooo good. My other grandson (12 years old) ordered the cheese burger. This looked amazing and was huge. The chips were double cooked and lovely. Nice side salad and loads of cheese (proper cheese). All in all we will return for food here. Pleasant surroundings, good food, great selection of drinks and very friendly staff. Just a note............... The pub is over 18's only most of the week, but on Sundays they have families in. This basically means there is no childrens menu and so meals are all the same size and same price. Good value for money though for a city. £11.99 for carvery and the cheeseburger was £10.99."

Cafe Grounded Brislington

Cafe Grounded Brislington

United Kingdom, BS4 3PH, Bristol, City of

Cafe • Pizza • Steak • Coffee


"Very interesting to read the last review as felt like our experience too. This is copied from my review in google: First off I will say that the food was excellent . It 's a bit confusing wether your are supposed to sit yourself or wait at the door etc, get your own menus or order at the bar? There 's a sign on the door saying #takeaway.... so we did thst but no one brought us a menu. After a while I noticed there were a few by the bar so my friend grabbed them and then at the bottom of the menu it does say order at the bar . We ordered the bigger of the two main breakfasts as it comes with black pudding. When the food came there was no vlack pudding and also tomatoes were missing. I politely asked the waitress if we could get some of each and she then informed us they had no black pudding so we asked for extra sausage I stead which she said we wouldn 't be able to do as Sausage is worth more than black pudding. (For the record, on the menu extra black pudding is £2 which is the same as Sausage). I pushed a little and said we had only ordered the bigger breakfast for the black pudding, we may as well not have paid the difference so she said she 'd ask. She did eventually bring us Sausage and tomatoes but didn 't say anything about it. Pretty bad they didn 't tell us when we ordered. No sign of sauce anywhere, we weren 't offered any amd no one asked us if our food was okay. We saw another table have to complain twice as well. It 's a shame as whoever is cooking is doing a really good job but the whole front of house system need to be re thought"