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Bill's Restaurant Bar Sevenoaks

Bill's Restaurant Bar Sevenoaks

42 44, Lady Boswell House London RoadSevenoaks Bligh's Meadow Shopping Centre, TN13 1AS, United Kingdom

Cafés • Cheese • Seafood • Fast Food


"Goto Branded or The Giggling Squid instead Avoid Bills at all costs. We went for a meal having booked a table last Monday as we had family over from Australia. We were greeted and taken to our table where our waitress told me there were some menu items that were unavailable due to delivery issues, I was told that to save her having to tell the group she would tell me and I could tell everyone. The first red flag. We were given menus containing starters, mains and desserts, having seen desserts we wanted, we decided to have main courses and desserts rather than starters and mains. We ordered drinks next, some of the party had asked for large bottles of peroni, we were told that again due to a delivery issue they only had one, so the other guests would be given two small bottles for the same cost. We ate our main courses and were then presented with dessert menus and asked if we would like more drinks. Firstly the dessert menus were completely different to the ones we had seen initially and no longer offered our preferred options, we were told that the menus had changed (something we should have been told when we arrived) and that the desserts we had seen on the original menu were no longer available. Again, delivery issues were blamed for the new main menus not having arrived, despite having new dessert only menus? Secondly, we were told that on the second round of drinks that we would be charged for 8 small bottles rather than 4 large bottles. We asked for the manager to come and speak to us about these issues, he arrived at the table, his shirt half untucked and sar astically announced How can I help . He then argued with us regarding the menus, stating that the menu had changed and there was nothing that could be done, when asked if he thinks we should 've been told when we arrived he said yes, but the new menus havent arrived, hardly the point. He also told us that the second round of drinks had to be paid for and that he had authorised the reduction on the first round, this was a lie. The waitress told us at the table when we first ordered them, she did not leave to speak to him, so she couldnt possibly of asked his permission. The manager is arrogant, very unsympathetic and seems to have a God complex because he 's in charge . Simple steps could 've been taken to ensure that we returned again but the unwillingness to help, the lack of empathy and arrogance shown by the manager mean that I will not only never return, but also encourage others not to waste their time or money."

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."