The Bull - Piatti

Hall Street, CO10 9JG, Babergh, United Kingdom

🛍 Cafés, Steak, Mexican, Seafood

3.8 💬 4828 Recensioni
The Bull

Telefono: +441787378494

Indirizzo: Hall Street, CO10 9JG, Babergh, United Kingdom

Città: Babergh

Menu Piatti: 11

Recensioni: 4828

Sito Web: https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/suffolk/bull-hotel?utm_source=tripadvisor&utm_medium=locations&utm_campaign=Hotel_pubpage

"I booked online for a family lunch, for eight of us, and made a special request (in one of their 'message us ' sections of the booking form, for the room where we could sit in private. Several of our party are hard of hearing which I explained. I heard nothing other than a confirmation of the booking. A week or so later, again on the booking form, using the "Manage my booking ' section, I emailed to confirm that we had a private room, but again heard nothing. Eventually we called in to make sure we had been given the room, only to be told that they had taken other bookings for the private room, but we were offered, and shown , a quiet corner of one of the dining rooms, on a round table which helps as we can lip read if we are facing each other. Turning up on the day we were casually directed to the bar where we ended up sitting on a long table, with other people around us and a fair amount of noise. Our quiet corner table was empty, but the room was cold and not prepared for us to use it. We wouldn 't have minded so much if I hadn 't sent two emails and actually gone in person to confirm a private area. The food was excellent as usual and we all enjoyed our meal, but communicating with each other was a big problem. The service was rather slow, but the food was definitely worth waiting for. Staff were apologetic, but unable to change the situation. This is the second time our booking has been mishandled, during December we also booked a table for a lunch for ten of us, only to be told on arrival that they were expecting us that evening, NOT at lunchtime. They did rise to the occasion though and supplied our lunches eventually. We did have to wait a while, but the food was very good when it came."

Menu completo - 11 opzioni

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Dessert

Indiano

Portate Principali

Riso

Piatti Di Pesce

Cibo Messicano-Americano

Al Forno*

Antipasti

Cibo Americano

Panini

Paula Paula

The staff and place has not change it’s amazing charm however the new serve yourself and menu are not enhancing they are of poorer standards of what we have come to love about this place sadly

Indirizzo

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Recensioni

Sherpa58308050922
Sherpa58308050922

This pub is a perfect example of faded splendour. Magnificent building. Food absolutely ghastly, reheated Brake Bros or equivalent. The 'kitchen ' must consist solely of fridge freezers and microwaves. Place was full, so others must like it.


Barry
Barry

Stayed at bull Hotel again wonderful great staff from bar, reception, to housekeeping out standing, we have stayed about 4 times now, always been friendly no us when we call in just for a meal or after a day out that way out standing Barry and mandy room 10


Debs
Debs

Superb Sunday Roast Lunch today at The Bull Hotel. Very friendly staff, excellent service, spacious dining room, fabulous food! The 4 of us each had different starters and then 2 had the roast pork whilst 2 had the roast turkey. Plenty of food, all beautifully cooked and well presented without being pretentious. So looking forward to going back again soon. Thank you to everyone at The Bull. Visualizza piatti


keithips
keithips

Overall a disappointing lunch. We were not allowed in the restaurant with our dog, despite the website saying they are dog friendly. The lunch had all the hallmarks of being reheated, at least in part. The roast beef was supposed to be pink, according to the menu, but it was too thin to tell and there was too much gristly edging to it. We had looked forward to eating here, but we won’t be coming back.


stevenfE7462UV
stevenfE7462UV

Excellent hotel room was fantastic could not fault the Bar staff Breakfast waitress All staff were very friendly and helpful My wife is gluten free and breakfast the waitress looked after her excellently Plus got her a sandwich to take out for her lunch The bar staff were also excellent and the meals were brilliant always hot and tasty. The bed was very comfortable and we both had a good night's sleep Would highly recommend Will definitely return Thank you all for a lovely weekend.


Paul
Paul

My wife and I made an on the spur of the moment decision to pop out for a drive and a glass or 2. Our meanderings took us to The Bull. It was late Sunday lunchtime and did not look too busy. After finding a table in the main bar area we decided to eat as well as enjoy a drink. Our burgers were perfectly cooked, juicy full of flavour, served with excellent fries. We were then tempted to order deserts. Both were very tasty and we left the pub happy to have revisited the Bull to eat after a 2 year break. Service was also very good from both bar staff and those who served our meals. We will not leave it so long before our next visit. Visualizza piatti


philsS2333KV
philsS2333KV

We often call into the Bull for a couple of drinks on our way home . Over time the place seems to have become more and more tired looking , smelling of an old people's home as you enter the place which is quite off putting. Our most recent and possibly final visit was as previous but this time the men's toilet floor was covered in water leaking from the pipework from the urinals , disgusting to say the least !!! I mentioned it to the guy behind reception and he said he knew about it and a plumber was coming out on Monday!!! This was Saturday teatime ... God only knows what state it will be like come Monday!! Come on Greene King start investing in your somewhat run down establishments..


trevor
trevor

Awful lunch on a beautiful lovely hot day so six of us got together for a family lunch , the room was stuffy and chairs hard and uncomfortable , the Bull used to be a prestige hotel but now just another pub and the first surprise was you had to go to the bar to order your food and pay for it in advance and having seen the food I can see why they want payment up front . Me and the wife went for the sharing platter as a starter but were told sorry but unavailable , another in our group went for the salad but also unavailable , tried the garlic mushroom starter but they were overcooked and full of oil . My wife had lasagne and you can see the burnt offering served up in the photo , it was awful...


Maggie
Maggie

I booked online for a family lunch, for eight of us, and made a special request (in one of their 'message us ' sections of the booking form, for the room where we could sit in private. Several of our party are hard of hearing which I explained. I heard nothing other than a confirmation of the booking. A week or so later, again on the booking form, using the "Manage my booking ' section, I emailed to confirm that we had a private room, but again heard nothing. Eventually we called in to make sure we had been given the room, only to be told that they had taken other bookings for the private room, but we were offered, and shown , a quiet corner of one of the dining rooms, on a round table which... Visualizza piatti

Categorie

  • Cafés Affascinanti caffetterie che offrono una varietà di caffè e tè appena preparati, insieme a spuntini leggeri, prodotti da forno e dessert. Perfette per un risveglio mattutino o una pausa pomeridiana in un'atmosfera accogliente.
  • Steak Assapora tagli pregiati di succulente e tenere bistecche, grigliate alla perfezione. Ogni morso offre un'esplosione di sapore, servita con contorni classici e salse deliziose per migliorare la tua esperienza culinaria. Visualizza piatti
  • Mexican Autentici sapori messicani ti aspettano con fajitas sfrigolanti, tacos saporiti, enchiladas piccanti e guacamole fresco, tutti realizzati con ricche spezie tradizionali e serviti con contorni vivaci. Goditi una fiesta nel tuo piatto!
  • Seafood Immergiti nelle catture più fresche del mare con la nostra selezione di frutti di mare, che offre piatti squisiti preparati con pesce e crostacei di alta qualità. Assapora i sapori dell'oceano in ogni boccone!

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