Crumbed Halloumi Sticks
Bill's Restaurant Bar Durham

Bill's Restaurant Bar Durham

39 Saddler Street, Durham, United Kingdom, DH1 3NU

Tea • Cafés • Coffee • Breakfast


"Disappointing visit. Went for breakfast on a rare girls day with my daughter. There was no one in the top area so we walked downstairs to the bar area as that 's where my daughter wished to sit. We were told we couldn 't sit there and to go back upstairs where someone would seat us. I advised there was no one upstairs and got short thrift about someone being on their way. Back upstairs and we were told we couldn 't sit in a booth as it was reserved but had no reserved sign on and none one used the booth for the 40 minutes I was there. We were also refused to sit at a table of 4 'just in case some more people came in ' and had no choice but to sit where we didn 't want to, under the air con and getting the draft from the main door which was open. The service was poor to start with but thawed after I ordered. I got the feeling they thought I was there for the kids eat free thing and decided to be nicer when I ordered two items of the usual menu. I used to love Bill 's in Reading and had been looking forward to going again so this experience was a big disappointment. This one definitely doesn 't have the same vibe as the Reading one. On the plus side, once thawed the staff seemed quite nice and attempted to be chatty but it was just a little too late by then sadly On a plus side, the food was very good. Pancakes looked great and my halloumi and poached eggs was super. I wouldn 't recommend this Bill 's though and wish we had gone somewhere else."

Bill's Restaurant Bar Guildford

Bill's Restaurant Bar Guildford

1 Angel Gate, GU1 4AE, Guildford, United Kingdom

Cafés • Burgers • European • Breakfast


"If your idea of perfect pancakes is dense, chewy, and dry, Bill 's is the perfect place for you! These are the kind of pancakes you need to cut with a knife, and once you successfully hack off a piece, after a few seconds in your mouth all your saliva will have been absorbed as you chew (and chew, and chew). Other descriptors for these pancakes ? Grainy, burnt, and crunchy. As if semolina flour was used by mistake. Light and fluffy these are not. It 's as if someone who had heard of pancakes and seen them in a photo, but never actually eaten them, was tasked with designing this recipe. The more surprising thing is that no one who actually works at Bill 's seems to have ever tried the result themselves before giving the green light to serve this to actual customers. Because surely if they had, someone would have realized the responsibility to put a stop to the effort before it got this far. The maple syrup is piled on generously, doing its very best to cover up the flavor and texture of the chewy cakes beneath, and the bacon is reasonably good. To be honest Bill 's could just remove the chew bombs beneath and serve a dish of syrup covered bacon and it 'd be a much better offering. You 'd think they would have noticed by now the massive number of pancake plates going back to the kitchen half eaten and use that as a reason to investigate a potential upgrade to the recipe like, for example, using any sort of liquid in the batter. In any case, all the staff we interacted with were extremely friendly and helpful, so we can 't fault them for that."