Bates Restaurant — Restaurant in Great Britain

Booked for a family lunch, 7 adults and one child. Drinks and food all arrived promptly. 5 starters eaten (1 prawn cocktail, 1 pate, 2 egg mayonnaise, 1 soup) all plates cleared! Between us we probably had the whole menu- steak, salmon, gammon, steak pie and every plate went back empty, save for some veg- because there was so much of it. Again, we sampled most of the dessert menu- profiteroles, banoffee pie sherry trifle, chocolate fudge cake. Sad to say I was defeated and couldn't quite finish mine, though I tried really hard as it was a day off from the diet! The bill was extremely reasonable. We all managed to park within a few yards of the restaurant, which was a godsend as 3 of our party have mobility issues. Would I return? Definitely. Good British fayre, cooked well in spotless and very tastefully decorated surroundings. I was...

We booked our Christmas day dinner here as a group of 4 at £100 per head. We couldn't have asked for anything else! We all had such a happy time over 5 hours and 8 courses. The food was hot, home cooked, absolutely delicious and completely unfaultable. The service from the waiting staff was amazing from the moment we walked in to the moment we walked out. Very attentive and highly professional team running this place. Fantastic Chef. Goody bags full Christmas sweety delights to take home, Christmas crackers and 2 huge party poppers on the table to explode for some end of meal fun and crimbo celebration. If you've not visited here, we highly recommend you do if you like freshly prepared and really tasty home cooked English food. Thanks team...

We have eaten at Bates several times and the food and service has always been superb. Last night, we had a meal delivered to our home for the first time, as it was our Wedding Anniversary. The meal arrived dead on time, was piping hot, and was excellent. (It was braised shoulder of lamb with veggies and gravy (and mint sauce) - just for the record.) My wife couldn't eat all of hers, so she is looking forward very much to eating the rest of it today! I think we may have another meal delivered some time - I would thoroughly...