The Shakespeare — Restaurant in Bristol

A shambles with poor attitude.

Checked in for our reservation and the table was just pointed at rather than escorted there. Another server then came over to check who we were.

Drinks and food order taken - drinks didn’t arrive so I ordered at the bar. 45 minutes later and no sign of any food and not even checked on by anybody. Finally we flagged a manager down who explained there’s a wait on the food and isn’t sure how long it will be. She offered me a drink which I ordered.

This drink never arrived so again I went to the bar.

Two tables of four who were seated after us then got their meals. I believe our order wasn’t even put through or was forgotten and we were just lied to.

About an hour and 15 minutes after our order was ‘taken’ we finally got two roast dinners.

No apology for the wait.

Didn’t bother with deserts. Asked for the bill. That came quickly enough with a service charge added to the bill. No drinks taken of the bill which was offered. I do hope the service charge we paid goes to the bar man who was the only saving grace to the team.

Food was good but really seriously let down by the service. Mistakes happen in the industry but avoiding them with your guests is...

Was recommended to come here and was highly disappointed with the majority of us having a frosty service from the three bar women.

When we first arrived, my friend asked if they did espresso martini and the older blonde woman replied with "This is a pub, love". I mean... even if you didn't do cocktails, why the snappy comeback? Plus some pubs do espresso martinis.

My prosecco glass I realised after I sat down had pink lipstick on it. I brought it back to the bar to let them know and all 3 women just looked at me in disgust?? I pointed at it and with no words, the woman just took it off me and poured it into a new glass which is quite gross when you think about it - she probably poured it on the side with the lipstick cause she really couldn't give a f.

I ordered another prosecco later at the bar... and received a warm glass with.. of course, the same glass with lipstick on. I then mentioned it straight away and ONCE AGAIN, she just poured the prosecco into another glass. A nice warm freshly washed lipstick filled glass of prosecco. Then mentioned "Think we should throw this glass away".

Definitely never coming back here and highly do not recommend unless you love the...

First visit here on Sunday, was booked in for Sunday lunch but ended up arriving an hour early. The staff were really accommodating and didn’t make us feel like we were an inconvenience for turning up so early.

We sat at the bar and had some drinks and tried to do the crossword that they had copies of. Terrible at crosswords, but really liked they’d thought of putting something like that out.

Anyway fast forward to the roast dinner, I had pork and my partner had lamb. The meat was so tasty and so well cooked. A really decent amount of gravy which is something I always need with a roast. The roast potatoes were some of the better I have had with a pub roast. Overall the food was a solid 7.5/10

The staff were all really lovely and gave us recommendations when it came to the food which I always appreciate.

The pub itself is just the right size with the right amount of atmosphere and goings on so will definitely be returning - especially for ribs &...