eat the bird Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were really friendly and on the ball, went out of their way to make sure my daughter (picky 8 yr old) had exactly what she wanted without any fuss."
• "Service and friendliness felt personal and not a conveyor approach."
• "Good food and fantastic service."
• "Friendly and efficient service."
• "Really efficient service."
• "The staff couldn’t have been nicer. So friendly and welcoming, thanks!"
• "Staff were very friendly!"

Cons:

• "Worst place I have ever been, booked an inside table and we where put outside."
• "Waited for around 20 minutes for another waiter to take our order and around 40 minutes for the food."
• "Booked as a table of 12 well in advance, I have emailed but no one bothered to reply."
• "Waited over an hour for undercooked food."
• "We booked a table a month in advance for a family celebration. We waited 45 minutes just to be given 3 drinks."
• "Food is good service is shockingly rude."
• "Felt like the staff maybe tried to rush us a bit and weren't that interested in chatting to us."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious and filling."
• "The chicken is divine😋 we had chicken burgers and beefburgers in our party, which were all fabulous."
• "Lovely meal (as always) with the great team at Taunton."
• "Really tasty food when it arrived."
• "One of the best places we have been in Taunton. Really good food topped with a fantastic service."
• "Food is always amazing and never feel let down, also very affordable for what you get."
• "The food itself was amazing. Great choice/ variations. But it tasted amazing and was freshly cooked."

Cons:

• "So disappointed with my order. One part of my order was a PB Filth, talk about re constituted chicken."
• "Had the gravy burger which was just pure salt."
• "Salty. Very very salty. Tasty overall but overpriced in some respects for what it is."
• "The cheese sauce isn't as cheesy as it used to be."
• "The Chicken Kiev fries however were unreal. Wouldn't bother going again tbh."
• "The burgers were burnt on the outside and almost bloody on the inside."
• "The bread coating on the seitan vegan burgers were soft, and tasted uncooked."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lighting is perfect; warm without being too bright."
• "Lovely spot by the canal to relax with friends."
• "A nice place to eat alongside the river and close to the town centre, sit inside or outside."
• "Lovely relaxed atmosphere, will definitely come again!"
• "The atmosphere is great, its sort of quiet with a 'rustic and renewed' vibe and the assortment of music being 80s hip hop really made the whole place feel really chilled out."
• "Out of the way, so not somewhere you'd find unless you know about it (and that's kinda cool!)"
• "Nice riverside location just a short walk from town."

Cons:

• "It did lack a bit of atmosphere, possibly because it was very quiet."
• "Sadly we were pretty much the only people in there, not that I would want it packed and noisy but it created a lack of atmosphere."
• "Saturday night and no atmosphere by 10pm bar stopped serving drinks so no further drinks with our meal not even a soft drink."
• "However the seating is not very comfortable as the seats are mostly wooden benches with no back's recommended for the under 40s."
• "Music was a tiny bit loud considering there weren't enough people talking to me the extra volume."
• "Suffers from being big, with lots of solid surfaces, so echoes and makes it difficult to hear conversation when it's busy."
• "Cleaning commenced before 10pm which was not pleasant."

Value

Pros:

• "Good value, will be returning."
• "Everything on the menu is reasonably priced."
• "The food was plentiful, tasty and fairly priced."
• "Excellent value for money."
• "Superb food, knowledgeable and well trained staff. Definitely have the home made lemonade and the poutine."
• "Burgers were really good! Definitely recommend the dirty Ronald for a classic double cheeseburger."
• "One of my favourite places to go for food. The food is always amazing and I’ve never been let down before."

Cons:

• "Seriously disappointed that I wasted £50 here."
• "Will not be ordering ever again a waste of £45."
• "I feel £36 for 2 chicken burger 2 fries and 2 soft drinks a little bit excessive."
• "£70 for 3 of us and left thinking I should've went to KFC."
• "The food was nice but a bit expensive £10 for a chicken burger and up to £6.95 for fries."
• "This is a premium priced product at a premium price."
• "Not worth spending 15£ for a one burger without chips."