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Hours
Sun
11:00 - 20:30
Mon
11:00 - 23:00
Tue
11:00 - 23:00
Wed
11:00 - 23:00
Thu
11:00 - 23:00
Fri
11:00 - 23:00
Sat
11:00 - 23:00
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Food and ambience
Local cuisine, Bar, British, Pub, Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options
Special Occasion Dining, View, Groups, Bar Scene
Does this restaurant allow dogs or considered pet friendly?
Details
CUISINES
Bar, British, Pub
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Drinks
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Dog Friendly, Family style
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4.0
477 reviews
Excellent
259
Very good
117
Average
39
Poor
33
Terrible
29
Mangochica
428 contributions
Jan 2020 • couples
Very reasonable, home cooked, piping hot roast. The cauliflower cheese is to die for 👌 we had nut roast and pork belly @ £11.95 each. Great location for a walk along the cycle path after too.
Written 19 January 2020
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Hazel p
Bristol197 contributions
Mar 2020 • none
We enjoyed a delicious roast lamb take away on Mothering Sunday , complete with complimentary Prosecco. It was delicious and although we were sad not to be with family on this special day, it was very good, Thanks to Colin and the team who included my daughter in law who helped prepare it and my son who delivered it. We look forward to returning to the Bird in happier days , especially as we have some vouchers to use!
Written 22 March 2020
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Mange tout
2 contributions
Mar 2020 • none
The Bird in Hand has always produced excellent meals for years. When they had to close because of the coronavirus, they started producing take away meals. We had two takeaways today and it was no surprise that the food was excellent and really made a pleasant change to cooking at home. We thoroughly recommend that you try their takeaways. Excellent!
Written 21 March 2020
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antarcharan
Bristol13 contributions
Aug 2020 • friends
Dinner with friends on a "Eat Out to Help Out" day. So delays, a little mess in service and some mistakes are absolutely acceptable but what is absolutely wrong is blaming customers for mistakes coming from the house.
Two persons in the table, one of them myself, ordered as a side a jacked potato. When served a different side the runner (a young kid that was only trying to do his job) tells us that he was going to check what happened. Came back after two minutes with the ticket from the till, saying that the sides we were served were the right ones according to the ticket. I knew what I ordered and I heard my friend ordering so after that I knew, by fact, that the person that took our orders didn't place correctly the sides and I let the runner know, telling him that I work in hospitality, that I know it wasn't his fault, that he was being professional in the manner he was treating us and that, please, he should tell his FOH or BOH managers they should send us the right sides. Answer two minutes after: "sorry guys but I've been told that if you want the jacked potatoes now you got to pay them in addition". WHAT A DISGRACE
Anyway I was very happy to be there in a Eat out to help out day and paying just 9 pounds for the rib eye with chips (no jacked pot) instead of 18 pounds. Otherwise it would have been the poorest price/quality rate steak that I would have had in life
Written 12 August 2020
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Dan S
Saltford137 contributions
Jan 2021 • family
With lockdown preventing us enjoying our usual visits to "The Bird" for food and drink, we've instead been enjoying their takeaway food at home.
Everything we've ordered has arrived piping hot, generously portioned, and extremely tasty. Definitely the best Sunday roast in the area!
Can't wait to be back for a proper meal with a few beers!!
(Oh and the homemade cakes are excellent too! Well worth popping in for takeaway coffee and cake during your weekend exercise!)
Written 15 February 2021
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Hazel p
Bristol197 contributions
Apr 2021 • none
We were so pleased to return to the Bird after so many months of lockdown. We had an early lunch and were well served on the outside terrace and were offered brand new fleece blankets as it was chilly, despite the sunshine. The Bird is always reliable for good food and service. Special thanks to Colin for fitting us in when they were so busy
Written 16 April 2021
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Scott W
14 contributions
Aug 2021 • friends
The Bird in the hand is a lovely, pub situated just off the River Avon. Great for a coffee and snack after a walk or bike ride. The coffee is always first class and they do a great portion of cheesy chips. The staff are very friendly and helpful, just a shame about the inconsiderate couple, who had to sit right by us upsetting my friends Dogs which meant we had to go. Yeah I know it was our dogs causing the scene, but you had an entire garden to choose where to sit. Never mind we won't let people like this spoil an amazing pub and garden.
Written 12 August 2021
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jon
Bristol3 contributions
Feb 2022 • couples
Went here today after being let down by a differant pub. Food was amazing good choices of drinks made very welcome by the bar staff even held the door open for me to exit the bar with our drinks. Outstanding service will be going back here again very soon
Written 12 February 2022
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Kim110166
London28 contributions
Oct 2020 • none
While staying in the area we went in here for drinks every afternoon as the atmosphere was lovely & staff very friendly. Today we had lunch & the roast beef was very tasty we all finished every bit. Once again we found the service & the locals lovely. If you have a dog it’s very dog friendly too. Highly recommend
Written 25 October 2020
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The Stayer
12 contributions
Aug 2022 • none
We went to Bird in Hand by chance, having failed to get food service at The Jolly Sailor nearby (despite booking a table there at an allotted time). The service here was excellent – very friendly, obliging and quick – while the food and drink were extremely good, with generous portions of fresh ingredients on the Sunday roasts, salads and desserts. The only criticism was with the Cheddar strawberries and cream. The strawberries tasted unwashed and came complete with stalks, rather than being prepared and hulled, and the cream was clotted cream, which was not as good as ordinary double cream, which could be poured over the strawberries before eating. The chocolate brownies and ice cream, however, were superb.
All in all, an excellent, if unplanned Sunday lunch. As the old saying goes, ‘ A bird in the hand…‘!
Written 15 August 2022
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Luton2104 contributions
Jun 2022 • friends
We had a very good meal here in June 2022.
The pub is in the centre of the historic Saltford village, close to the old railway that is now a cycle track. The pub car park gets full up very quickly and there is not many other options in the area for parking. The pub is popular with cyclists who fly up and down the road outside and on and off the incline to the cycle track nearly causing several accidents that we saw in the couple of hours we were there, so please be aware.
On the day of our visit the pub appeared to be a bit short of bar staff so there was a long wait for drinks and food ordering unfortunately but the overall quality of the food was very good. The desserts were especially nice - I had the banana split, the first time I’ve seen this on a menu for many years, which was excellent. The real ale was excellently kept.
Overall this is a nice pub but with a couple of minor negatives which on another day may have not occurred.
Written 2 July 2022
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Tracey W
Bristol23 contributions
Apr 2024 • friends
After a lovely walked we were looking forward to a Sunday lunch but we were disappointed in the quality of the service and the food. They got the order wrong but basically said it was us, so as I didn’t want to make a fuss in front of friends I accepted the beef rather than the pork. The meet was passable but very school dinner type. No offer of condiments. Staff seemed young and inexperienced we wanted non alcoholic beer which they got wrong twice which could have been dangerous as our friend cannot drink alcohol yet served wrong drink initially. Also very little choice in non alcoholic beers. Puddings were good but overall wouldn’t return as bill was £150 for 4 mains, drinks and two puddings, nothing very special. Shame as wanted to try it since under new management and refurbishment but they have lost the essence of what this Pub really is, too clinical we feel it’s lost its atmosphere of local non chain pub.
Written 7 April 2024
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Steve W
Bath37 contributions
Aug 2022 • none
I have to wonder how so many people rate such average food at above average price, so highly. Sweltering conservatory. (open a few more windows) and very noisy. Over long wait for service. Pile of half cooked industrial brick chips, with over cooked hard scampi, awful garlic mushrooms gloopy sauce thing (such an easy basic), veggie option off, wife liked half of her course but salad yekky, more coleslaw than salad, and s p chips overdone to crisp. Desert course lacked finesse, just tonne of faux creme on top of ice cream with fruit in meringue case. Honestly didn't enjoy the meal or paying nearly £50 for some fairly basic pub grub. Probably won't return. I feel that certain pubs dine out on a reputation too long helped by an under critical clientele. Sorry folks.
Written 24 August 2022
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Lisa C
Bristol25 contributions
Apr 2024 • family
This was a bit shame. I had fish and chips with peas but the plate was a small plate more appropriate for a starter and therefore it was hard to eat the chips placed under the fish and peas went all over the table (wtf? ) . Someone else in my party had the salmon this was undercooked and when we showed the 1/2 eaten meal to waitress she just said she would tell the chef but didn’t offer to adjust the bill. This place has had a modern make over but it’s lost it charm regarding the food, which was always reliably good.
Written 2 April 2024
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Ellen B
1 contribution
Oct 2022 • none
We visited for Sunday lunch and between us had beef, lamb and pork. It was served with huge Yorkshire puddings and lots of fresh veg and cauliflower cheese without additional cost. Great value at £13.95!
The service was friendly and efficient. Will definitely return!
Written 1 November 2022
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