We had some visitors to entertain on a Sunday in April, earlier this year, so taking them out for lunch seemed like a good option.
We decided to come here as another review site (gasp, yes, I looked at another one!) had recommended it.
Booked in several days in advance, thinking it was likely to be busy, which when we got there, it was.
I can't remember quite why or what happened, but when we initially went to the bar I got the impression they weren't that interested in serving us. I think it might have been because we'd been given a table inside, but as it was unseasonably warm and sunny we'd asked to sit outsidebut who knows.
However, that soon dissipated when we got our table, and sat down and relaxed, taking in the scenery and watching a territorial swan attack canoeists. Simple pleasures ;) As I've said, it was a lovely day, and consequently it was very, very busy with most of the outside tables being takenso I'd anticipated maybe being 'forgotten about' after that initial frostiness. Butour order was taken promptly and efficiently, and when the food came, it was plentiful, well cooked and very tasty.
After dinner we went for a stroll along the riverbank, and despite it being virtually underneath one of the busiest bridges in Bristol (the dual-carriageway ringroad goes over it), that's so far overhead that you really wouldn't know it. It's a really pleasant little spot down there.
There's a bit of a hair-raising aspect to getting there, as it's down a fairly precipitous single track road and people seem to have a habit of hurtling along it, not anticipating what might be coming the other way, but I guess that just adds to the fun :)
Just one more minor thing rankled a bit. I've no objection to people bringing their dogs along and sitting outside with them as it's the ideal place to sit, chat and break a journey, but people eat at those tables, so I was annoyed at the woman who allowed her small dog to walk all over the table next to us. read more