Boston Tea Party — Restaurant in Bristol

My sister came to visit and took me to Boston Tea Party as a birthday treat. The atmosphere was lovely, great open space with large windows and lots of light. The customer service was excellent and the food was fantastic, I had the Sweetcorn Hash with poached eggs, it was delicious. I don’t like sriracha/chilli so asked if it was possible to have it without and they were very understanding and accommodating and gave plain maple syrup instead. I can honestly say it’s one of the best breakfasts/meals I’ve had, all the flavours worked really well together. As a vegetarian, who hates mushrooms and spicy food, I really struggle to find food I love, but the sweetcorn fritters were delicious, and worked so well with the halloumi, avocado, poached eggs and maple syrup. The sweetness of the maple syrup really complemented the saltiness of the halloumi. My sister also thoroughly enjoyed her breakfast. The only thing we didn’t enjoy so much were the smoothies. Usually I absolutely love smoothies but both smoothies we had weren’t very good, which was surprising as they used to do an amazing breakfast smoothie with oats and dates, but I know that was discontinued years ago. They only have a few smoothie options now but both the ones we tried just weren’t very pleasant. Usually I would go for fresh orange juice but I’ve previously had fresh orange juice from here a number of times and it’s been really horrible and bitter everytime. I know it completely depends on the oranges but whenever I get orange juice elsewhere it’s usually sweet and everytime I’ve had it here it’s really bitter, much paler in colour and really unpleasant to drink, so I knew not to risk trying it again and hence went for smoothies which thought would be a safe bet. Either way I would still definitely recommend Boston Tea Party I’ll just probably get water or tea next time, rather than the usual fresh orange juice or smoothie. Dropped a star because of drinks and cakes, which were also nowhere near as good as...

i have been using BTP cafes in bristol, cheltenham and exeter, since you opened your first branch in pari street. and today i just want to say there is a guy works at whiteladies road. i think he is the longest serving worker at BTP. and he is one of the nicest people i have ever met. and certainly one of the nicest members of cafe staff i have ever met. and there is a charming asian woman, who is running hard on his heels, to become the second nicest cafe worker i have ever met. whitladies road cafe is good. always warm in the winter and they still have a few very friendly staff, thought it has never been one of the boston cafes with the warmest of welcomes. all boston tea parties have exceptional food and coffee. i travel around europe a lot these days. and one of the major things i look forward to upon returning to the west country is a nice long relaxing time in The Boston Tea Party [Whitleadies or Park Street, with Gloucester Road a close third. but cheltenham is exceedingly cool and friendly too.] these are the kinds of cafes you can really luxuriate in for hours on end and share with your experience with people reading[from books], writing poems, or composing music et al. And one of the major advantages is they have NO MUSIC. which for someone who likes music too seriously to countenance any old garbage playing way too loud, for the benefit of the staff, whilst i am trying to think, or talk to my friends, is a boon. a couple of the cafes[Glos Road and Cheltenham Road] have begun playing music so loudly in the kitchen that the cafe is now becoming a cafe with...

No seating for disabled customers - in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act / Equality Act, and not acceptable in 2016.

When you go into the cafe, there is seating upstairs and downstairs, with no lift or ramp. The only seating at ground level is breakfast bar style, which is too high for a wheelchair user, and the chairs are too high for a wheelchair user to transfer onto. The outside pavement seating is useless in mid December. By law, businesses must make reasonable adjustments for disabled customers. All they have to do is lower the ground floor tables and chairs to a standard height - entirely reasonable. Instead, Boston Tea Party has clearly decided that it hates the elderly and disabled so much that it doesn't want their custom.

When I spoke to a waiter, he was very apologetic and said it was a known problem. He suggested another cafe down the road, but this had a step to get into it too, and another step to get to tables. As a result, my frail 95 year old grandmother missed out on a planned pre-Christmas lunch out with her family - hugely unfair and...