TGI Fridays - Reading Caversham Road
TGI Fridays - Reading Caversham Road things to do, attractions, restaurants, events info and trip planning
Plan your stay
Posts
Have started returning to TGI Friday and boy I have not been disappointed. Always sit in the bar area now. And you get so well looked after by Cocktail Kathy and Ruby Red Hair. They can’t do enough for you. The drinks they make are delicious and their service is great too. They always look smart in their uniforms in fact I think they should both by promoted or given a bonus. They work so hard behind the bar and are always on the move. They always smile and they make me smile too :) I think they are a true asset to TGI who are very lucky to have them. TGI rocks :) P.s. what happened to the guitar? This TGI Fridays is great :) haven’t been for a while but well worth a visit if you’re around vastern court. Unfortunately I can only have non alcoholic cocktails but they are very nice. The sober loader is particularly recommended. Very good water. Supplied lots of ice which was great. Love the guitar at the bar reminds me of Eric Clapton. Interesting balloon display probably for birthdays which you can celebrate here in style. Really good music. Lots of reading families and friends enjoying their food. I can’t eat food here because of the syns but what I particularly recommend from memory are mozzarella dippers, nachos, loaded potato skins, any of the steaks, chicken pasta, glazed burger and the quesadillas were delicious but are unfortunately no longer on the menu. All the food tastes good though if you can eat it. Very warm welcome on arrival and all staff very nice and helpful and working hard. Interesting decor. Really good ambience with Reading people. I think they do balloons for children as I recall. I think children can have a really good time here and adults too. Staff in interesting uniforms with lots of badges for good work and serving in different TGIs. Which is good they recognise their talented staff. I met Vishal and Mansi and Mansi’s mum here and we had a good time. I have a lot of good memories here. The staff were and are always so helpful and nice and smiley. Thank you TGI Friday really recommend. I seem to have lost my review while taking a photo so I will try and remember. The drinks menu is very extensive and includes milkshakes. There is an interesting photo on the front as you can see from the picture. The coffee is delicious. There is an interesting fruit in the non alcoholic cocktail. It is very interesting indeed although I don’t know what it is. I have added some photos so you can see the guitar and balloons etc. p.s visited again today and this is still a great place. Lots of lovely reading people having fun. Diabetic loader tastes very nice but the green thing seems to be missing not sure where? MIA :) staff very nice and helpful :)
Crissy DCrissy D
00
Completely disappointed. Went here with my wife and 2 kids last Friday as a treat as they finished school for Christmas. Booked up online a week beforehand. We were all really looking forward to it. We were greeted by a friendly gentlemen who sat us quickly and said “someone will be over to take your order soon - any problems, let me know”. After sat at the table for about 10 mins, I could feel a cold draft on my back and neck which was really uncomfortable. I looked for the gent who sat us but couldn’t find him. A waitress came over to take our order - I asked if we could sit somewhere else as I was cold from the front door. She said she would ask and left - never to be seen again! Another waitress came over to take our order - I explained that we’ve been sat here for now 25 mins and I was very cold by the door. She went away and came back after a few minutes and said that there were no more tables. I pointed out 4 x tables all cleaned and ready to go, “can’t we have one of those tables” I asked. The reply was “no, they’re reserved for other people but we will keep the door closed for you”. I politely complained further but they said there was nothing they could do. The door was closed for about 30 seconds and then was open again for the remainder of my meal. I ended up eating my meal, shivering with my coat on whilst staring at an empty table away from the door. Starter was okay, main meal is too expensive for what it is. I was too cold to have a dessert. My Son’s plate was dumped on the table without warning that the plate was very hot - so he burnt his fingers. The table wobbled at every move we made. It was too dark to clearly see anything - only the booths had lights above them. Spent £105 and we all left miserable wishing we had of gone elsewhere. I work in retail customer service myself and if I can make a customer happy by just doing something simple for them (like moving them), I’d do it in an instant, with an apology and probably give them something as a goodwill gesture (so they feel valued) I couldn’t believe what poor service we received. Is it too much to ask to be comfortable in a restaurant? I just wanted to move to an empty table 10 feet away. On reflection, even if the table wasn’t an issue, the rest of the whole experience (food, value, friendliness etc) were all below expectations.
M WM W
00
What a shame. It's been a while since I visited this place and now I remember why. The decor theme is getting a bit tired now. Sports, music, movies it's all be done to death and not updated in forever. Table was fine and our server was very polite and smiled the whole time through. She did seem busy but the reason why escapes me as there looked to be plenty of staff but also lots more empty tables. The menu was disappointing. Very limited. I remember it having lots more choice. I was then stuck for choice as I didn't really fancy what was in offer. Anyway, my daughter and I both went for the chicken strips in sesame seeds (we opted to leave out the chilli flakes..sensitive tummy's) it came with slaw and fries. I was quite impressed with the amount on the plate tbh and it was pretty tasty, especially the sauce. Drinks were refillable but didn't quite seem to taste like the real thing!! Anyway, I kicked the rear out of it and made sure I had my fill of refills. We saved money on pudding due to new users of the app and got them free with full meal. I had the brownie....very tasty and my daughter had the sundae with mallow. She found it too much (and that's saying something) and didn't enjoy it. It was soon time to leave so when I eventually flagged down our seems to be busy waitress I nearly had a heart attack at the bill. Since when was TGI sooooo expensive. I had to check and recheck as I thought there was a mistake. I've had much better for much less elsewhere. Needless to say I don't think I'll be back in a hurry *(To any TGIs) shame really as I used to enjoy going there. Some people may love TGI and I appreciate that, but it's not for me anymore.
craig littlejohncraig littlejohn
00
I booked a table for 4 to celebrate our daughter’s 12th birthday, when booking the website asked if we were celebrating anything - yes I stated, the birthday. Great I thought, maybe they will do something for her. We arrived at 6.45 and were asked if we were celebrating anything. Yes we said, it’s our daughter’s 12th birthday. Great I thought, surely they will do something to make this memorable. For the first hour everything was OK, quick service for drinks, our starters and main arrived and the food was fine. At 8pm we have finished the meal and from then it was a very poor experience. We couldn’t catch the attention of a waitress, most of them were apologising to other tables about delays. Eventually we managed to order a final round of drinks which arrived at 9pm - our plates were never all cleared away and there was no celebration or mention of her birthday. By the time we left the kids were tired and bored - the restuarant was a total mess as they were clearly short staffed - we’d been there for 2 hours 20 mins - having wasted an hour at least. Overall - I would not recommend TGI Fridays - it’s expensive and it took far too long.
Darran TaylorDarran Taylor
00
This place is going DOWNHILL!!! We visited this on Friday night and we had our 10 week old baby with us in his pram…sleeping. We asked for a quiet table and they sat us in the middle of the restaurant. They didn’t tell us that they had other customers with birthdays and without a warning the staff started shouting on the top of their lungs - I understand this is a TGI Fridays thing but you need to be considerate of everyone and especially infants!! My partner ordered a steak cooked medium. It arrived Rare and we had to send it back. Her steak arrived 20 minutes later and after everyone else finished their dinner - that’s fine. The waiter said they would remove it from the bill - fair. But when the bill was presented to us…. Instead of removing it - we got charged twice!!! That made me so upset as I noticed it just before I paid with my card. I had to call the waitress (she was nowhere to be found since she took our order) and she rectified it without an apology!!! I was so upset that these staff members bring this place down - I am never setting a foot in this place ever again!!! Someone should have a serious one to one with the manager…!!!
Adam MarshallAdam Marshall
00
I have been eating here for years now but this time… OMG - this was the worse service I’ve ever had for as long as I remember. The waitress was rude and sarcastic and treated my family like we were third class customers!!! At some point I wanted to get up and leave but that would ruin my family’s dinner. A table of 7 of us and we ordered quite a lot to share and then mains. We got served and then our so called “I’m your waitress and I’ll be serving you tonight” vanished! We wanted more drinks so we went to the bar since nobody would attend to and “how’s your food? Would you like more drinks”. So I approached the bar to order more drinks and the barmaid said: “you’ll need to order to your waitress - I can’t serve you here”. So I went around the restaurant to find my attentive waitress to order more drinks! Nobody bothered to clear our table or clear the empty plates - we had to stack them at the end of the table hoping we would get someone’s attention… no luck with that either!!! NO Manager in the restaurant to touch base and check whether their paying customers are being served properly. No management at all!!!!
G BG B
00
Nearby Attractions Of TGI Fridays - Reading Caversham Road
The Oracle
Broad Street Mall
The Range
Reading Winter Wonderland
Reading Abbey Ruins
Christchurch Meadows
Reading Museum
Reading
King's Meadow
Caversham Court

The Oracle
4.3
(6.5K)
Click for details

Broad Street Mall
3.9
(3K)
Click for details

The Range
4.1
(1.3K)
Click for details

Reading Winter Wonderland
4.2
(780)
Click for details
Nearby Restaurants Of TGI Fridays - Reading Caversham Road
COSMO All You Can Eat World Buffet Restaurant | Reading
Slug & Lettuce - Riverside Reading
House of Flavours
Slug & Lettuce - Friar Street Reading
The Hope Tap - JD Wetherspoon
Treatz Desserts Reading
Miller & Carter Oracle
The Purple Turtle
Toby Carvery Caversham Bridge
Bill's Reading Restaurant

COSMO All You Can Eat World Buffet Restaurant | Reading
4.3
(2.4K)
Click for details

Slug & Lettuce - Riverside Reading
4.5
(1.7K)
Click for details

House of Flavours
4.4
(1.9K)
$$
Click for details

Slug & Lettuce - Friar Street Reading
4.8
(1.4K)
Click for details
Basic Info
Address
Caversham Rd, Reading RG1 8AJ, United Kingdom
Map
Phone
+44 330 175 9268
Call
Website
tgifridays.co.uk
Visit
Reviews
Overview
3.7
(894 reviews)$$
Ratings & Description
Description
Casual chain restaurant with a festive vibe serving beer, cocktails & a wide menu of American fare.
attractions: The Oracle, Broad Street Mall, The Range, Reading Winter Wonderland, Reading Abbey Ruins, Christchurch Meadows, Reading Museum, Reading, King's Meadow, Caversham Court, restaurants: COSMO All You Can Eat World Buffet Restaurant | Reading, Slug & Lettuce - Riverside Reading, House of Flavours, Slug & Lettuce - Friar Street Reading, The Hope Tap - JD Wetherspoon, Treatz Desserts Reading, Miller & Carter Oracle, The Purple Turtle, Toby Carvery Caversham Bridge, Bill's Reading Restaurant

- Please manually select your location for better experience