Bill's Rushden Lakes — Restaurant in England

The most bland, undesirable, tasteless food ever. Its fair to say, Bills has definitely hit rock bottom. My wife and I have eaten in Bills many times in the last 10 years, mostly in London and Oxford, and a couple of times in Rushden Lakes, but never for breakfast, but after today, we'll never be visiting again, the breakfast was simply awful.

I ordered a green smoothie which had the flavour of grass - great if you want to drink grass, but not when you hope to taste the apple and mango and ginger - seriously, I've had more fire in an ice bucket.

The halloumi & poached eggs on toast was so flavourless that I couldn't do anything with the flavour by adding salt and pepper: the eggs tasted of water - I've never tasted eggs like that, the 'sourdough' toast was soggy (from the poached eggs) and flavourless, and the tomatoes over acidic. I ordered a side of black pudding and smashed avocado. The black pudding was eye-wateringly salty, yet the avocado had clearly been thawed and drenched in lime juice, so any hint of avocado that might've made it through defrosting was obliterated.

My wife ordered eggs benedict: the hollandaise sauce was flat and flavourless, like emulsified water, the eggs were also flavourless, and, her eggs were lukewarm at best. The muffin had not been toasted, and she struggled to even find the ham.

Total price was a little over £44, and they even tried to sneak a 12.5% service charge on there too.

Finally, the wifi was incredibly slow, and with a poor mobile signal, it was impossible to pay using their qr code thing; fine, we'll pay using the normal means, but this means that the QR plate is then ill-placed, fixed to the table but around 3mm thick its enough to keep knocking your arms on.

Finally, it was a relatively calm Friday morning, yet the music was really loud, so everyone was speaking loud to overcome the music making for a tortuous breakfast akin to the 4th...

Bill’s at Rushden Lakes: Where Great Food Meets the Risk of Overordering

Bill’s at Rushden Lakes isn’t just a restaurant—it’s a temptation trap where your simple plan for “a quick bite” turns into a three-course feast you didn’t know you needed. The menu is packed with so many delicious options that making a decision feels like an extreme sport, and before you know it, you’re ordering “just a few extras” and wondering how you got here.

First, the vibe—it’s stylish yet cosy, the kind of place that makes you feel just fancy enough without having to pretend you know anything about wine pairings. Whether you’re popping in for breakfast, brunch, dinner, or just an excuse to eat something covered in cheese, Bill’s delivers.

Now, the food. Everything comes out looking Instagram-ready, but more importantly, it tastes incredible. The burgers? Next-level juicy. The steaks? Perfectly cooked. The mac & cheese? So dangerously good you’ll consider writing it into your will. And let’s talk about the halloumi fries—crispy, golden, and basically a legal addiction at this point.

And then there’s the dessert menu, which exists solely to ruin your willpower. You’ll tell yourself you’re too full, but let’s be honest—you’re ordering the sticky toffee pudding anyway. And when it arrives, warm and drowning in toffee sauce, you’ll know you made the correct life choice.

The staff are fantastic—friendly, helpful, and miraculously patient when you take way too long to decide on your main course. Even when the place is packed (which it often is, because it’s that good), they keep things running smoothly with the kind of service that makes you feel genuinely looked after.

Bill’s at Rushden Lakes is the place to go when you want food that’s consistently excellent, in a setting that’s stylish but still comfy enough to unbutton your jeans after dessert. Five stars—just don’t ask me...

I used to love Bills but this place has totally put me off ever going to this chain again! Made a large table booking here so they knew to expect us, but the service was SHOCKING. We waited 15 mins before we were offered any drinks, then the rest of the party arrived and they then waited for someone to come over. It was then another 20 mins before someone came to take our order. Then the 50 minute wait began. No one kept us in the loop, no drinks were offered, the staff just really didn’t seem to care to be quite frank. When our food arrived, things were missing, things were wrong, we had to correct things and some of it was stone cold, other stuff clearly sat on the pass judging by my disgusting Bill’s brunch. The eggs alone put me off! No check back was done, only asked if we wanted more drinks and granted, we should have spoken up but I didn’t want to risk another 50 minute wait with hungry children! We couldn’t use the app because your WiFi is totally inadequate, you don’t get signal in Rushden anyway, we couldn’t use our blue light discount for the same reason, the woman we dealt with was insistent we needed a code, watched us all struggle to get said code and didn’t even offer a discretionary discount which I know for a fact this company can do, tried to pay cash and was told no, and then to top it off, the woman taking our money decided to argue back when one of my party raised the issues. Totally shocking interaction, appalling way to speak to customers and I’d not have her work for me with her terrible attitude. 10/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND! Absolutely do not understand why people queue for that hell hole. Go to Wagamama, foods better...