After losing my pet lizard last year I have been going through restaurants and bars searching for a good pizza. My search led me to a quaint place in the pleasant (but slightly racist) town called Bawtry. An old friend rang me while I was here and we go way back. We spoke of many things, his weird hair, the fact his house cannot receive any running water and also his love for 1980's pornography magazines but we also spoke about pizza. He assured me I would not taste a better pizza unless I went to the home pizza Reading than in Ben's. We walked in to a 21st birthday and the welcome was more or less hostile. However once we got to the bar and were greeted by Eva and Kayleighfdsgsktktu who were actually the friendliest people (cannot assume their genders) and greeted us in many different languages. Luckily my lifelong partner Philip was fluent in Swahili. I digress apologies...we asked about the pizza and was shown a menu of flavours and toppings I would never have thought would work on dough, stuff like nduja sausage paste, cheese from a goat and real mozzarella. When it arrived it was piping hot! We had our own pizza cutters and I felt like a real super Mario brother cutting it. Now let me just talk about the taste, you see adverts that show these amazing pieces of art in food form from the likes of M&S and Matalan but this place has everything you could ever ask and more! Every bite was like slapping my cousin Giuseppe in the face and saying "you don't know man, you weren't there!" This place will go down in history as one of the best things that have touched my lips since Phillips you know what. (Sorry babe). Good times, great staff, even better pizza, a baby Guinness or 2 and clean toilets I would happily come back but it's too far for us because of Phillip's gangrenous testical. Would highly recommend (Ben's not...
Read moreAwful staff. Good potential. Staff losing the business owner money. Ordered champagne then told to leave because we questioned the beer levels. Typical staff that have to have some control. Turned away a bottle of champagne because they didn’t like the customer feedback on their alcohol levels and some genuine business advice . As a business owner, I would be embarrassed and ashamed, and also down on profits, because I’m employing someone that judges on their own emotions, not business mindset. We’re in the local area for our Amazon LBA contracts, we will not be recommending this place to Amazon managers, or anyone else. Loads of places in Bawtry make us feel like home. This place will loose £1000s from potential local business men / women because it aims its business model on local skint...
Read moreI hired the downstairs cellar at Bens Bar for my 30th birthday party, and the whole experience was a dream. Ben and his team are all lovely and very professional; planning the party was a breeze and we were able to pull together the perfect package. The actual night went perfectly, all the staff knew exactly what they were doing, the pizzas were delicious, cocktails were flowing and the DJs were great fun. It was the best birthday I could have hoped for- thank you...
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