Bar + Block Steakhouse Bath Reviews Summary

Category: Bar & grill Bath

Address: 4 James St W, Bath, BA1 2BX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441225618888

Rating: 4.2
based on 185 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food here is delicious and freshly cooked."
  • "It was mine and my partners first experience at a bar and block restaurant and we really enjoyed the food, especially the beef popcorn offered at the beginning."
  • "All food including two lovely rib eye steaks were spot on."
  • "My mother and I enjoy a blue steak and that was the best blue steak we have ever eaten from an establishment."
  • "Can't believe I was served such a well cooked steak and really tasty sides."
  • "By far the best roast I've had in a restaurant in a very long time! We had the roast beef for two and it was incredible!"
  • "Food was great nice quality sausages scrambled egg was light and fluffy plus massive selection of other items to choose from."
  • "The steak was absolutely amazing - one of the best if ever had."

Cons:

  • "The chicken breast was a tiny square, burned and dry."
  • "Food was from passable to disgusting."
  • "Burgers were charred to a crisp and quite dry. It was very disappointing considering the price."
  • "Dry, chewy, overcooked king scallops. Juiceless 12oz ribeye that tasted only of the grill."
  • "The burger was charcoal at spots and the potatoes were covered in a lot of grease and meaty sauce."
  • "The lamb was chargrilled on the grill not roasted - did not work with the rest of the roast."
  • "Took over an hour for the food to come, and it certainly wasn’t to the quality that the price warrants."
  • "Food was good but did sit on the pass for a little while."

Service Quality

Pros:

  • "The service here is friendly and efficient."
  • "Our server, Alex was polite, prompt and friendly and made the experience even better."
  • "The service was great! Our waitress Sofia was very knowledgeable, prompt and courteous."
  • "Service was very speedy and the food was delicious."
  • "The staff were very pleasant and polite and the chefs done an excellent job making multiple dishes for our table."
  • "OMG, what can I say! Service was amazing, incredibly friendly waitress (Sarah)."
  • "We brought our parents here when they visited us in Bath, firstly the service was great, our waitress made sure we were happy."
  • "5 stars for attention to detail when I had breakfast as a coeliac. Really nice chef/waiting staff who were accommodating and knowledgeable."

Cons:

  • "Service was appalling. Food was from passable to disgusting."
  • "Food was excellent as expected but service was below standard."
  • "Service was a zero from start to finish. Didn't take our order, waited 15 mins to be served."
  • "The service was very slow but there didn't seem to be enough staff."
  • "Waited 15 mins before being Brought to us. White wine warm!! Never mind we asked for a few ice cubes."
  • "Great service & excellent food (for meat lovers), had a great starter of Korean ribs, tacos with the speciality burger & tandori chicken for mains all tasty & well cooked yum yum. It is handy for theatre, casino & cinema."
  • "Service was amazing think the girl was called Rowan but 110% she’s a star! Food was really good my only complaint Steak over cooked for my liking so if you like medium rare ask for rare and you’ll get what you want."
  • "Service was appalling, we sat around for 40 minutes waiting to be asked what we wanted whilst others who came in after got served."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "It was a great visit, amazing atmosphere, quick service and we really enjoyed the food."
  • "Had a fantastic time at my time here considering it was my first time in Bath. The food was delicious service was world class very positive environment in the restaurant."
  • "Atmospheric and a pleasant distraction from your recent break up."
  • "Superb, newly renovated restaurant - not your typical Premier Inn restaurant - it’s so much better and I’ve visited quite a few!"
  • "The atmosphere was lovely, friendly staff and a nice setting."
  • "Only stopped in to meet friends before going to show staff were very friendly."
  • "The restaurant is new and very well kept and was quiet at 11:30 when my girlfriend and I visited. Reservations are recommended for evenings and bank holidays etc."
  • "An 8 minute walk from Bath Spa train station, a lovely little find."

Cons:

  • "The restaurant is nice and quiet but the tables for 2 are very small."
  • "The place was empty!"
  • "Wasn't that busy so the atmosphere could have been a little better. lol"
  • "Nice restaurant, nice staff, but food is pretty average."
  • "The restaurant associated with the Premier Inn in Bath, where we stayed overnight for the weekend."
  • "Reception staff was rude. Me and my boyfriend went last 10/10/2020 at around 19:15 to ask if they had any tables for walk-in, the woman said reservations only."
  • "The surf and turf was pathetic. The lobster tails were more the size of a large crayfish (basically as long and thick as my middle finger), than lobsters'. I've never seen such tiny tails. They were also overcooked and dry."
  • "One of the Chefs was not wearing a mask or protective visor properly. This is unacceptable during these hard covid times."

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