Best restaurant in Wootton Bassett! Great food, with daily specials. You can eat in the restaurant,…read moreor multiple tables scattered around the pub. Especially nice near the log fire in winter. Go for the steak, they measure by the oz so you can order the size you are hungry for!

This pub/restaurant has been totally refurbished within the past couple of years and it looks…read moregreat. Really warm and welcoming. The menu has been updated and the meals look very appetising, however I have eaten in the restaurant a few times and I feel the quality of the cooking isn't up to the price tag attached to the meal. Although there are lunchtime offers etc. the evening a la carte menu is pricey and the wine is very expensive. I had a very average meal with my partner, 3 courses and one bottle of wine, and it cost me £85. I don't mind paying that price for very good food, but I was left underwhelmed. As a drinking pub and pub lunch pub, I like it a lot. But I would rather go a little further afield to the 3 Crown in Brinkworth where you really do get what you pay for. Great ideas in the kitchen, just need a chef who can produce the goods!

Thornbury Castle has potential, but doesn't live up to expectations. Inconsistency is a recurrent…read moretheme. We stayed there four nights and these were my observations. The "kitchen" seems to rule the roost here as almost every question is met with "let me check with "the kitchen." "The kitchen" must be an omnipotent presence because the staff usually has a bit of trepidation when going to ask "the kitchen" questions. They have a small selection of items on the dining room menu and the food is not excellent and any deviation from items on the menu are strictly frowned upon. The menu does not change from day to day. Luckily, you may order from the bar menu in the library. This menu does not change either, but it does break up the monotony. We tended to enjoy this food more, but service was slow and inconsistent . Breakfast is the better option when dining in the dining room. The staff for the most part seems to operate with little or no training. They NEVER filled the water glasses. That's your job. They NEVER poured the wine, again, that's your job. This hotel seems to lack strong leadership. We had two rooms. The Queen Elizabeth room has extremely low beams. If one is over 5'3", one WILL hit their heads. We had to go to the front desk for ice to put on head bumps more than once. The third floor is for the most fit as there is no lift. Yes, I know we were staying in a castle and it was not going to be perfect, but for the price one is paying here, you expect first class service. Having said all of that, the gardens in the back are lovely, the visage from the front lawn is beautiful and the staff, though poorly, trained are friendly. Liam in the library area was very friendly and helpful. They need to have a rotating menu. The options in the nearby town are few to dine. It is possible to have a rotating menu, we also stayed at other manor houses which had wonderful menus and well-trained staff this trip.

A trip to the UK didn't seem complete without finding a castle to visit. Much to my surprise, in my…read moresearch I was able to find a castle you could also stay at that was rated incredibly well, had dining packages, and historic ties. The rates per night were a bit steep, but I justified it because "how often do ya do something like this?" So we did a night with dinner and breakfast included. Getting to the castle wasn't too bad we rented a car and made the journey into town. Parking is available and I believe they also have a charging area for EV. We checked in and were taken to our room, Queen Margaret's room. The employee was kind and explained some of the amenities like the complimentary gin and the common areas of the castle. We changed and went to explore, there was a wedding the night we were there so I feel like our exploration was cut a bit short since areas were reserved for them. We noticed there was a scale available in the room, but it needed a new battery so we asked at the desk for a replacement and was informed it would be done at turndown service. After walking the gardens, we went for drinks and played some of the games available in the sitting room/lounge. It was a bit unclear as to how to get bar service or the other amenities advertised. Having done research before it felt like there were things to do but upon arrival it was hard to figure out what we were able to do. Dinner was excellent; while sitting in the lounge you're served some almonds/olives and canapés where you place your order and then you're brought back into the main dining room. There is plenty of food even without the formal 6 course meal but it really is a fancy experience and the food is true art. We made an assumption that turndown service would happen at dinner but upon returning to our room- 2 to 3 hours later, everything looked the same. The shower was incredible and the bed was nice. You're provided with a fan which was helpful. Breakfast was a bit disappointing after the dinner we had the previous night- not sure I would need that component again. At check out I was given the invoice for one of the wedding guests, we had to refund that amount and charge the costs for our room. Looking at my statement the charges aren't equal so that's mildly concerning as well. Overall, Thornbury was still a cool experience for the bragging rights of staying in Henry VIII's castle, but I don't think I need to do it again. I'd come for the dinner but maybe skip the overnight stay.

Food, service and atmosphere was great. Staff were so friendly and smiley it was really good.read more

Racks is a high end wine bar, on St Pauls road, between the heart of Clifton Village and the bottom…read moreof Whiteladies Road. It's quite a posh place - expect the real, clichéd Bristol Uni and general Cliftonite crowd in here. I'm probably a fan though - the outside seating area is a really nice place to have a drink, even in the evening as it's serviced by a good amount of patio heaters. You've got to come prepared for Clifton prices though, as a drink is going to be quite far the wrong side of £3. They do a good range of shooters - last time I was here I tried the more lethal concoction of Jagermeister, Goldschlagger and Midori, which went down surprisingly well, and at £3.50 was an adequate, but not cheap, price for a shooter like that. They do have a table service, even if you're just drinking, which is quite helpful and surprising, you really don't expect that in Bristol. Also the staff here seem to be unfailingly attractive - I'm sure the management must have some sort of ploy going on, but I'm sure there's not too many complaints. As well as a main menu of good pub type food, they do a range of set menus, including buffets, BBQs and a more gormet set menu. The food is an excellent quality, and I actually think fairly priced for the standard. The only drawback the menus other than the main are only available to large groups, but the main one is pretty wide ranging. Maybe a bit boring, but I advise the burger, a beer, a bit of sunshine and have a chill in the patio area - it'll do your soul good.

This pub is always a bit hit and miss. Ive only ever eaten roast dinners here. They used to be…read morebetter before it was closed down and re opened as the badminton carvery. Recently having a roast here and it wasn't nothing to shout about, bulk made food. Soggy vegetables but lots of meat. I tend to go here more for just drinks in the bar, the bar has a nice country atmosphere and its a nice place to meet up with friends for a glass of wine. Although there is also the tv screen which does play sports too along with dart board and standard fruit machines. Its never mega busy in there but has a full bar and average prices - hence the average rating.

This has recently been refurbished and is lovely in there now. Lady that served us was really…read morefriendly and happy. And I have to say one of my favourite carverys around now. Went on a Monday night so price was £6.95 and on Sundays and bank holidays it's £8.95. You get two meats of your choice, a sausage, stuffing and a Yorkshire pudding plus all the traditional vegetables such as potatoes, cabbage, parsnips, Califlour cheese, carrots etc.... Really tasty carvery! On a winters evening it had such a warming feel to it, we felt really welcomed and cosy sat in one of the booths. They do offer other pub classics in here but their speciality is the carvery as it is now called The Badminton Carvery. Worth a trip for sure! The food is amazing and so is the atmosphere!

Nice old pub at the top of the town. Has a good range of real ales and a variety of rooms with…read moredifferent atmosphere. Beware, however, the prices for real ale are top dollar.

What are an amazing place it was like waking up from anesthesia compared to sleeping in a Hilton or…read moreMarriott or any of the places that I normally stay a place like this is very real and the people are very real and it's like an entire other world. Some of the other reviews talked about noise at night but let's face it You're over a pub but the rooms are really nice they're very clean they're super comfortable there's a fireplace in the rooms in the atmosphere is very familial and everybody here seems to have a good attitude and is having a good time. The food is great The price of the room and everything was super reasonable. We spent some time talking with some of the folks here Mark behind the bar served this breakfast and Sally came down and chatted with us for a while and it was just not the type of experience that you'd find at a chain hotel it was very real very comfortable and one that we'd certainly want to return to.

I was working round the corner from this place for a while so it sort of became my local for a few…read moremonths. Being a Bath Ales managed pub, it sort of reflects the qualities of similar Bath Ale run pubs, insofar as it has good character and is in a good location. Unlike some of the others (in Bristol anyway) it's actually quite large and being quite close to the Memorial Ground it attracts a large group of lager swilling Gas Heads on a Saturday afternoon. The food they serve is of the brasserie or ponced up British variety, but is fairly inexpensive for what you get (which is good). The other thing of note is the large garden which plays host to an annual music festival there and live music on Sunday evenings. With not a juke box, fruit machine or pool table in sight, it's an odd mix at times but a pretty decent boozer in my book.

Quite a nice room, nothing ground breaking but a nice decor and all the usual things you would…read moreexpect from a decent hotel. (TV, shower, double bed etc). The main restaurant was fantastic. A real cut above most food I am used to. When I went it was £25 for a three course dinner, but included an extra pre-starter 'compliments of the chef'. Some really different stuff on the menu, including 'basil ice-cream' which was far nicer than it sounded! Breakfast was also fantastic with a really large selection on the buffet, including things you wouldn't expect such as jam doughnuts. When I went it was a special offer, so it didn't work out too expensive. I could imagine that if it was full price it wouldn't have been quite as good of a stay, but there does seem to be regular special offers. The location is a bit out of the way, close to neither the bay or the city centre by public transport, but would not be that far by car.

We stayed at the Home Farm Bed and Breakfast across the street and stopped in the night we got in a…read morefor a beer. Everyone was so welcoming. There was a sweet black lab sleeping in the pub area who greeted us as we wandered it for a couple of drinks and we ended up petting Shadow and tossing a ball for him the rest of the night. There were a couple of locals in drinking when we came in and we ended up closing the place. The owner/bartender explained the intricacies of Cricket to us and gave us a recipe for Pimm's. The best meal I have ever had in the UK. On Sundays they have a Carvery which gets you two meats of four available (ham, roast beef, roast pork or turkey. There are a ton of sides that include yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, cauliflower with cheese, parsnips, mashed sweet potatoes and more. A truly delicious meal.

We were told about this place whilst living in Chippenham for a couple of years…read more All the food is home cooked, the quality is not only fantastic but consistent. The steak and ale pie was my favourite but I was slowly working my way through the menu ;-). An excellent family atmosphere with kids more than welcome, If your in Wiltshire you have to visit this place.