So after eating at the Glass maker in Nailsea town well over 10 times I think I have a fair experience of the establishment to write a review on it. Overall good experiences here, food comes out very fast even in busy periods which is impressive as they usually only have about 5 staff on duty in a medium to large restaurant/Bar. The setting is good with windows all around the restaurant viewing Nailsea centre, the open fire in the centre of the dining room is a nice feature which they usually have burning throughout winter which gives the place a really cosy, warming feel although can be a tad hot when sat on a table right next to it, I am a sucker for open fires and wood based features so this is something I love about here. I can never complain about the food quality and portion sizes for the cost here, value which is hard to match these days. I often come here on a Saturday to have a cooked breakfast or lunch. The large Breakfast is very good value and good quality with free coffee refills for a tenner or maybe less... When most places charge almost four pounds per coffee and then twelve for the food that can be far worse quality that this it is hard to go wrong here. The pizzas are really good, try them you will be pleasantly supprised as for the curries and the new ramen chicken noodle bowl is incredible for around £7 it is huge and very authentic and is my new fave option on the glass maker menu. The one dig I will have (as I am a natural critic and have to find something) Is that the staff could be friendlier, most the time they are but I have had instances where a few of them can be grumpy but I can understand to a degree as weatherspoons massively under staff them here and they are always very busy. One other issue is that there should be downstairs toilet. The toilet is situated above two steep staircases and after a large meal it can be daunting and I have often seen the elderly struggling up the stairs which are thin and single file resulting in walking half way up, someone coming down so then having to walk half way back down which can be potentially dangerous also as the door at the bottom also has staff whizzing through with plates ect and have almost had near collisions with them. This is quite an issue although apart from this, food quality, service time and value for money are all 5 star and I will continue to eat here and would...
Read moreWe popped in to go for a lunchtime anniversary meal. We saw that husbands beer on offer he bought IPA 99p .Good 46 yrs present ! We went 1 3 .30 ish to avoid lunch- time rush .(we popped in for bottomless hot chocs earlier in morning ; lovely waitress told us best time for our celebration ,bit quieter.) Had excellent service chose a steak with sauce meal and a large mixed grill. I chose an apple and raspberry J20 and a lemonade for the 2 free soft drinkd. so I could mix it as I wanted. We divided up the meats equally ,shared my extra onion rings,half the fried egg and started our special meal ,which arrived in barely 10 minutes with a lovely friendly lady waitress, There was still a good atmosphere and we loved all the meal .The larged steak with jack daniels sauce was perfect medium rare .Too full to eat another morsel ,we took home the 2 sausages ! We waddled to the car replete. I have a mobility issue couldnt climb all those stairs; but was able to use the downstairs disabled toilet which made life much more easy for us .On the whole we find the Glassmakera really great local food and drink venue and would recommend...
Read moreTo many screaming out of control kids too long to wait for service Went in yesterday Sunday morning for a pint and a quiet read of my newspaper. No gas so no draft beers or cider. Got a pint of box cider and settled down to read. Two children m/f then started chasing each other shouting at the tops of their voices round and round the bar area, dodging waiters with hot food and customers carrying mugs of scalding coffees back to their seats. This went on continuously for the time it took me to drink my pint, I normally have four, so l walked out. The question l would ask of the pub manager does she not have a duty of care for her staff and customers? Does the company have a H/S rep on the premises or a member of staff carrying out that duty? They failed yesterday, I have gave them two chances, failed...
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