Reviews in Bristol and Somerset

at Central Bar this weekend - rally great atmosphere and the cocktails were first class highly recommend the bar and the great cocktails to boot!

A wonderful meal celebrating a 14th and 40th birthday for 11 age from 6 to 70. A very caring and professional service and great food.

Fantastic restaurant great food great service, we held our wedding reception here a year ago on 01.02.2010 and came back today to celebrate our 1year anniversary and was made to feel very welcome although the restaurant was busy. We will keep coming back and highly recommend it.

Consistently great food, first class service and friendly staff keeps me going back. Highly recommended.

I decided to give bg a go after ready all the reviews on sugarvine. I really was nit picking trying to find something wrong that I can write about ? Guess that wasn't gonna happen ! This restaurant deserves all the praise after all it's only been around ten months since they have opened and already they have won a lot of customers over from the local restaurants ( I'm one of them ) every thing at bg was spot on and we enjoyed every minute of our visit. I've booked in for valentine for me and my lady . Love the menu they got something different from everybody else , I guess after all they are different then all other restaurants I've visited in Bristol. : ) thks

Had to try this restaurant after seeing the review mark Taylor ( top food critic ) gave in evening post. I think he hit the nail on the head simply by say the best Indian restaurant in Bristol . I'm totally 100% sure it is. What a review . Will be back. Thank u

Saw a write up in the Metro ''Best restaurant outside London!'' I don't think so, I don't mind paying good money for good food. But I was so disappointed, the waiter, was reading out the menu before we sat down, thought the wine we chose was not good enough! Two of us sent our main meal back as it was undercooked and cold. Extremely small portions for all of us, and we all left with a sour taste instead of what we thought was going to be an eating experience. We would certainly not recommended this place, just a rip off!!! And not even good food!!!!!!

A gastro-restaurant spent a lot on a modern refurbishment of this village inn but it failed after a sell-off. It has just been taken over by an Indian Restaurant and Take-Away service, free delivery within 5 miles. With high hopes we ordered four take-away dishes that we thought would showcase their skills. They arrived quarter an hour before the agreed time, piping hot, each container labelled and filled to over-brimming with generous good sized portions. Unfortunately from then on it was down hill. The three meat dishes were swimming in the same colour and flavour sauce. The meat itself was differently flavoured and textured, the spices flavourings were indistinct and muddled and the other ingredients over cooked pulp without shape or texture. The lamb in the Bahari Murgh was evenly sliced and cut into strips that suggested it was a pre-cooked joint re-heated for the dish. The Duck Mirchi had a marinated texture but was indistinct. The fish in the Bongo Shagor was on the bone, had a good strong dried fish flavour, but was impossible to take off without taking bone with it. The main flat fish was indeterminate. The Vegetable Dansak was an utter disgrace, just odd chunks of left-over vegetable and oh yes two chunks of pineapple but no discernable lentil dall. Compared to the rank oil gloup that other Indian Restaurants serve up, their sauce had a pleasant flavour. The fore-warnings of an overly large menu trying to include every possible dish known to the English proved correct. Unfortunately despite a very posh setting this is more of the same and fails to deliver distinct dishes, freshly cooked to order and reflecting their particular regional style of cooking. Sad.

Great food, Hard to beat service at a great price for what you receive service wise in return. Great night at BLUE GINGER and recommended. These people treat you great !!!!

food was very modern and had great flavour combinations, such as scallops and black pudding with sweet shallot puree and bacon foam wonderful!! and shin of beef presented with such class its pub food but at rosette level. a must for foodies

Top notch food and service. All my guests were impressed and so was I when I payed for the bill it was almost £60 cheaper then what we normally have in a licence Indian. It's not a wonder they won value for money in the evening post restaurant of year 2011 We will be returning that's for sure , thk you shaz , mushy, sully.

Absolutely fabulous. The 1st place i think to go when i want to go out for a nice meal. The food and service is superb! And the staff are so lovely. I am even on their mailing list so i know when deals are coming up and Chinese occasions. I would recommend Rickshaws to anyone.

Yes that's the first thing I said when I saw all the A star reviews. This place is truly something else. The best Indian food that is available to mankind Is at blue Ginger and it's not just the food ! Everything else is top class aswell. We enjoyed the evening so much. It was my wife's birthday we booked a large table for 25 of us . The guys really decorated our table nicely for us ( no extra charge) plus my wife's dessert was on the house ! Thanks alot guys ! And believe me when I say u made a good customer ( me and my entire family an friends ) if I recommend u to them I promise they all b at your door! See u next week ; )

I went to The Brass Pig with a fellow mum and our two babies last week for a coffee (they do 2-4-1 on Tuesdays) and it was lovely, we had a really nice time and all the staff were really friendly. Clean and tidy baby change ;-D Had a look at their Valentine's day menu too - looks Amazing! I hope baba's daddy reads this and gets the hint ;-) nix.x

Central Bar Bath - great cocktails and a brilliant selection of wines for this city based bar - live DJ on Saturday was fantastic

We recently enjoyed our second dinner and stay here and again the whole experience was flawless. The way the staff make you feel special and the atmosphere of the place is evocative of a house party. Food wise the attention to detail and techniques at play are awesome and the wine list a joy.

My last two visits to this restaurant have been ruined by the service. Grumpy unfriendly waiters and a 10% compulsory service charge which is not clearly indicated. My last visit was at lunch me and my friends were not offered or told about the lunchtime menu so were forced to order off the main menu, costing us a lot more than the equivalent on the lunch menu, our waiter was very rude and abrupt with us ruining our experience. As a result we didn't want to leave the full 10% as our service was so bad, we were not allowed to leave the restaurant until the full 10% was paid to the waiter that blocked our exit. Utterly terrible behavior, and as a result will never eat here again. Which is a shame as my first visit was totally the opposite

What a fantastic restaurant. Elegant surroundings, excellent food, friendly service and a good wine list make for a special night out. Dress up or go casual, it all fits here. Highly recommended but make sure you book.