Such a hidden gem, hands down the best place to eat in Reading. Amazing French food! Everything on…read morethe menu was spectacular (yes, I tried the whole menu lol). Cozy little restaurant and great little bar.

Fantastic. Very well priced, and the food delivers. Every taste was a tease of just enough flavor…read moreto make you quickly go for another bite. Every item I tested had that one little exotic flavor to it that made you wish it had more. But if it DID have more, it would be too much, too overpowering. Fantastic for business meals up to 4 people. Intimate, quiet, attentive staff. And for desert, the sticky toffee pudding was overwhelmingly perfect. The exact right combination of crunch and cake, sweet and bitter, cream and cake. Honestly enjoyed it so much I asked my coworker to stop asking me questions until I was finished.

This is a really cool place that I've been to twice now. There is a real mix of people that come…read morehere and that always makes for an interesting night. The music is varied too and the place is very funky! Both times I have been really offered a fun night out so I'd recommend this place for a relaxed, good night out!

Great venue -Real mixture of people of all ages and styles, the venue has different music in each…read moreof the different areas from drum and base in the basement to reggae and ska in the main room upstairs area. This is a pretty deceptive place it looks quite small from the front but is actually quite large once you get inside. Also has a large terrace are at the back which also has a couple of bars. Serves the usual mix of drinks and spirits.

Be at One is a nice cocktail bar on the corner of gun street. They have an impressive selection of…read morecocktails to choose from. Seating is limited so if you want to get a table and seat then you can call them up and make a reservation

Although a little small and can get crowded, this place does excellent cocktails. Well worth a visitread more

Overall, I love Coconut's food - great choice of Asian-style dishes. I love the variety - from…read moreKorean to Thais plus you can sometimes personalise your dish further by asking for a different meat/sauce. During the weekdays, there is special lunch menu with limited number of choices, which is an opportunity to try some of the best Asian dishes at better prices. During the lunch time the place is fairly empty, and the service is flawless. However, in the evenings, especially on Friday/Saturday it's a completely different story. We came there with a big group of people and had a pre-booked table. We had to wait for 20min if not more, as despite the people who were there before us were taking pictures etc, while we had to stand in the bar area, which wasn't comfortable neither for us, nor for people who were sat there, as we were towering onto them.

They have great happy hour cocktails and the cocktails are good though don't expect anything that…read morestrong. They are fairly watered down. The food was good, nothing unexpected, I got the shrimp dumplings and the prawn pad Thai. The service was also very friendly.

I'd give this place 3.5 stars, but since Yelp only likes whole numbers, The Botanist gets 3 stars…read more There was great décor, a hip atmosphere, and great cocktails, but the food and service left a lot to be desired. There were 4 of us there and when we got there we were told we couldn't get a table until 7:45pm (it was about 6:50pm), so we opted to hang out in the bar while waiting for our table. We enjoyed mulled wine and live music (the girl playing the guitar on Dec 7th was amazing) in the bar. At 7:45pm we asked about our table and were told it would just be another 5-10 minutes. Well we didn't actually get seated until 8:30pm. When we finally got seated, our server came over and took our drink orders but then disappeared for 15 minutes. We literally flagged down another server to ask questions about the menu and tried to ask him to take our order because we were starving, but she finally arrived back. We all got the 3-course menu and started off with the curry cauliflower soup and it was great, but it literally took 20 minutes to arrive. It's just soup, so we had no idea why it took so long. For my main I got the baked cod and it was mediocre at best.....dry, no flavor, just not good. For dessert I got the Bakewell tart at the recommendation of our server and it was dry and not great. I'd go back to the bar for a cocktail, but the food and service aren't worth the wait at all.

My 3 friends and I waited over an hour for a table around 7pm on a Tuesday evening. We figured it…read morewould be worth the long wait, after witnessing how business was booming at The Botanist. Unfortunately, after getting seated, it took another 30 minutes for the waitress to take our order, and another 45 minutes for our first course to arrive. Needless to say, we were disappointed by the slow dinner service. Famished, we rapidly inhaled our main course (my salmon kebab was delightful- I'd give the flavor and quantity 4 stars) & eagerly waited for the desserts to arrive. Again, disappointment set in when we took our first bite of stale, dry chocolate cake and an overly sweet tart. It didn't take us the full 3 hours into dinner service to realize that we wouldn't be coming back here again. Step up the service and dessert, and maybe we'll consider The Botanist the next time we're in town!

I can't comment on the Jongleurs part as I've never been, but Risa as a pub/club is great…read more Downstairs has a big bar and a dancefloor for those who want to listen to the resident DJs strut their stuff with the latest tunes. Upstairs eventually opens up once the comedy evening's over and done with and then the cheese beginneth. I much prefer the atmosphere upstairs as it's more casual and not full of quite so many people convinced they're good dancers. There may be an alarming level of what can only be called 'spasming' disguised as dancing upstairs but at least it's honest and unashamed. The club's good fun particularly when busy, so long as you don't spend your entire evening waiting in the queue to get in or to get upstairs. Arrive early to avoid that, but expect the place to be dead until way past 11pm.

Don't expect the music from the eras advertised as they just play music from the latest time. I…read morewill report them to trading standards as it cost me £10 to get in and they played shit modern music

Yep, cheap and grimy would qualify for the night crowd. I popped in for a cold pint while in the…read morearea during the day, but the aura is there. A bit of a queue ("line" in American) at the taps and my John Smith's Extra Smooth had perhaps a little too much foam in it, but it was delicious and it was cold. It absolutely hit the spot. Hope has an extensive menu of pub grub and other food items, ranging from the usual egg & chips to burgers to chicken caesar salads and even a thai chilli noodle bowl that looked appealing. I don't know if I'd be back for the night crowd, but the day crowd seemed harmless enough. Also, they have wi-fi and my iPhone hooked to it easily.

This place is your typical Wetherspoons: large soulless pub with delightfully cheap drinks and the…read moretoken alcoholic tramp who's been sat in the corner for so long you're not quite sure if he's alive until he pisses himself. However, out of all the Wetherspoons in Reading, this one's the nicest. The clientele are slightly less. homeless and aren't as prone to bottling people as they are in, say, The Monk's Retreat. This is a Wetherspoons though, so obviously that does still go on just not as regularly. If you want cheap booze and no trouble, this is probably your best bet in Reading.

If I could give it zero stars I would have. The service was terrible, we were left seated while…read moreothers who came in, were seated and left even though we stood up to call people about our drinks and again to find out what happened to our food. The restaurant was not busy. Not once did anyone apologize for the wait. The food when it came while hot was average. When we asked for the bill they had the audacity to add a service charge on for 3 people. We had to ask for it to be removed which our server did (and I did apologize to her as it wasn't her fault as she had just started her shift) but I refuse to pay a tip for shoddy service. Even when we were leaving they didn't thank us for coming or apologize for their error. I've been to other branches and can honestly say I won't be returning to that one

That was my first time trying Brazilian food, and I just loved it!! I love the selection of unusual…read more(to me) cuisine from Latin America - Brazilian, Argentinian, Venezuelan- just to name a few- don't think I have ever seen those outside of street food festivals. The location is perfect - right on the canal, while the service is friendly but not intrusive.