This review only relates to the cafe as we stopped in here for lunch as I heard it was a good place…read moreto go with kids. The cafe is a good size, spacious, good for groups and has a great little play area with toys to keep little ones entertained. The adult menu is pretty simple, breakfasts, sandwiches, burgers, salads and a few other dishes, I had Mac and cheese. The options for kids were great, there is a packed lunch station where for £4.50 you can select 5 items that go in a cardboard box. Or a hot food menu for £5.50 that comes with a drink and yogurt or fruit. My son went for the Mac and cheese too. The food was delicious but both dishes came out lava hot and when you've got a starving child the last thing you want is to have to sit and wait while the food cools down. I also thought the hot kids meals were a little over priced but then it was kind of expected considering this was @bristol. Overall great experience though and I'd recommend this to anyone with kids looking for a good lunch spot in the centre.

This is Bristol's science museum. Kids will enjoy themselves most here, but it is probably one of…read morethose places that wants to be fun for all the family. An engaging day out, and a lot more refreshing than a stuffy art museum. Aiming for that (at least for most teachers) impossible goal of making learning fun, it certainly is a fun day out but I'm not sure if too much is learnt there. The exhibits are all interactive, you can pedal to generate power for a T.V. and lift a four foot diameter globe with a very long lever (this is some sort of reference to the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes, for those that care). This means almost any kid will enjoy themselves here, and you'll see plenty of ten year olds hurtling between each thing, eager to try out everything. The staff are young and keen, and will earnestly explain the science that each exhibit is meant to teach you about. With lots of glass and primary colours it generally feels fresh, something most museums are nothing like. Go there if you've got curious kids to distract, or if you're just a bit of one yourself.

BAWA, is an enormous space filled with pitches out in Filton. They have both football and rugby…read morepitches, which are invariably good quality. Fortunately the ground is situated on high ground so the pitches are normally pretty dry. They cost about three quid a head once you have a whole team there. Other than the sports, BAWA also has a conference centre, which means they do everything that is now associated with conference centres, weddings and events.

A beautiful wedding venue surrounded by stunning views and rolling hills, a great place to get…read morebeautiful wedding photographs

Oh dear it just makes 3 star and only because of the evening meal experiences…read more We arrived for four nights, pre booked and pre paid as two by two, as the way we did it got us two evening meals in four nights. The evening meals were excellent and all the serving staff were very welcoming and couldn't do enough to help. It struck us that if this place is managed (a big if) then it's invisible and ineffective management and that cascades detrimentally everywhere and it shows. So to the evening 4/5 star food. Darn great quality salmon starters and Ras el hanout chicken salad starters. A bottle of wine averaged £25 and pints of beer/cider £5. First evening meal I had the Ras then sirloin steak served with chips, a delightful dressed salad and what else but Colman's the worlds greatest English mustard. My wife opted for the smoked salmon and a half chicken main. Night two - menu didn't change - they had no chicken left and the curry main wasn't available (7pm Saturday night) so it was two excellent salmon starters and two great flavour steaks. Their pepper sauce (£2.5 extra) was very good. The dessert of rhubarb and apple crumble with great ice cream was divine and 5 star - Great British menu stuff. Breakfast was pretty grim 1/2star but at least the sausages and bacon were great quality. We asked on our first morning for scrambled egg to learn there was just one chef who may or may not bother depending on how busy he was. Now that's a first in over 50 years staying in hotels. Sorry mate but customers make paydays. He did make scrambled eggs albeit badly. In fact his scrambled eggs on the plate looked like they'd already been eaten once before and were poor tasting. Staff couldn't cope at breakfast most days and things that should never run out were unavailable including eggs - I mean eggs - we were on a cruise ship for over fortnight and they didn't run out out of anything. They also ran out of pancakes and note they ran out of chicken and curry early Saturday evening. Guests had to wait for cups for the awful coffee. It got so bad that paper cups appeared. The Nescafé machine coffees were zero star rancid. I'd suggest that Nestle should be evicted as the coffees were foul. The hotel has no espresso machine either in 21st century Britain. Seriously? There was no cold meat selection at breakfast and the croissants very poor zero star quality indeed but even they ran out so guests had to be desperate to eat that rubbish. It's all ineffective senior management. The morning grilled tomatoes were never grilled; now they may have been put into a grill that wasn't switched on but that doesn't count. Grilling would have helped the flavour chef I mean nature has provided delicious raw material so it's the least you can do? No? It's why you grill tomatoes. The baked beans had congealed in their water bath and the mushrooms boiled to much but at least the toaster worked very well indeed. I toasted an English muffin but had no egg to put on it nor any hollandaise sauce so I reverted to the cheap marmalade. The worst of it was that in 4 days our room was only made up badly once on day 3 despite our leaving a make up our room note on the door. At one point I went to reception to ask to be told it happened automatically and I do think the receptionist genuinely believed it. The bin wasn't completely emptied. Used glasses remained in the room, the bed was left unmade over our entire stay but the quilt had been given a shake. Y theft knew what left we were glad we didn't have to sleep in the same sheets and I cleaned floor for a 5th night. Those supposedly servicing the room all seemed young, likely poorly paid, certainly untrained and ineptly managed, if managed at all. Despite all this we were happy as the deal was good. We would return but we'd look for similar priced alternatives on the basis they'd hardly be as bad. Only those who own this place can make the genuine changes needed. It may need some more money to help it but the real overarching problem is lousy senior management - it is ever thus.

Our one night at The Clifton Hotel was nice, gentle and we could relax after a long day of…read moretravelling. The rooms are comfortable and cozy, but they don't have outlets next to the beds, our electronics had to fight against a fan and a kettle. We hadn't issues with noise or parties as it was a Wednesday night. The breakfast buffet is overpriced for what its offer but the menu option is good and flavouring. Staff were always super friendly.

I am writing this now because I cannot sleep…read more We stayed at this hotel with my family while visiting a nearby school. Unfortunately I did not know the hotel restaurant becomes a nightclub all night long. We were on the third floor and it was like I was standing in the middle of the club 4 floors below me. The sign in the hallway asking for quiet was the most ironic thing I have ever seen. Even after the music way after I was told it might stopped drunk patrons yelled as they steamed into the streets. I also enjoyed the convient parking 1/2 mile away at the shopping mall in town as the parking at the hotel is only for a select few. Do yourself a favor and find somewhere else to stay.

I had a friends 21st last year that was black tie, and I ended up coming here for my tux…read more.. Now, when your after something like a rented Tux, it's an occasion that doesn't happen very often, so the service and quality really stays with you. I was very impressed with the Tux, was seemingly brand new, I had one fitting and the first tux I tried on fitted like a dream (and most importantly the bow tie had an option of traditional, e.g. you tie yourself, or a clip on option for those like me who havent mastered the art of the bow tie. Got another black tie event in April so will pop in here again for another £50 rented Tux.

I needed a dress for a ball at university and was a bit strapped for cash. I thought that Tux and…read moreTails might be a little bit too expensive for me but I was wrong. The ladies gowns were excellent prices - under £50 for beautiful, formal dresses. Many of the dresses were modern in style and didn't look stuffy at all. As well as used Ladies and Gents Formal attire, Tux and Tails also sell new accessories, such as cuffs for only £5.99. No old-fashioned dresses or tired-looking suits, Tux and Tails is certainly well-worth a visit if you have a formal occasion to go to but don't have the money to splash out on expensive attire.

This is a charming hotel in the middle of Bristol, it s not too far of the station and you can go…read moreto it by buses too. The rooms can be really cool or very bad i saw different rooms during my stay coz some friends were there too. There is 2 pubs in the hotel and a 3rd one if there is a convention or another event. The staff is nice but can be overboked when there is an event!

Got this as a last minute deal, so expected to be put in the shoebox room. But the room was superb,…read morespacious and modern and very much deserving its 4 star rating. It was at the end of the building, so there was some music noise from the streets below, but didn't bother me. Didn't have breakfast or interact with the staff too much so no comment here. Parking is a reasonable £8. Recommend to have a pint at Horts bar, just beside the hotel. Excellent ales.

Thank you so much for entertaining the guests at our wedding (10th July 2010). You did a fantastic…read morejob and everyone was really impressed. Your magic was very novel and unusual which kept everybody intrigued! So many people have commented on how it brought the day together and kept people amused, especially the children, at a point when the day could easily have gone flat. We would definately recommend booking David for any event where you are worried that your guests may get a little bored of sitting around with nothing to do. We had an early wedding (11am) which left 3hours in the afternoon and without booking David our day would of turned out so much different.

One of the best close up magicians I've ever seen, used to go and watch him working his magic at…read moreGala casino in Bristol years ago.