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Travellers' Choice2023
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PRICE RANGE
US$13 - US$76
CUISINES
Pub, Gastropub, Steakhouse, Bar, British
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
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All reviews skewers steak salad chicken bottomless brunch overlooking the river hen do beer garden lovely lunch table service food was amazing robyn pornstar
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Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

Four of us all went for the Two course Sunday Lunch . We had 3 different starters and 3 different main courses . All were lovely without exception and the winter vegetables and Cauliflower cheese were delicious and plentiful. The 2 servers Gracie & Stephen...were two of the best Cheerful , helpful , polite and engaging young staff we’ve seen in a while a credit to Tomahawk . We finished the afternoon downstairs in the boat house , the 2 bartenders were also very nice but where I’ve took a star off from 5 to 4 was it was freezing downstairs , minus 3 outside warmed us up.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed 3 days ago

We went for sunday lunch and had 2 course. Lovely food and excellent service. Especially lovely service from Gracie!

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed 3 days ago

amazing food, best steak we have ever had! Big shout out to Becca who was serving us, she was lovely so attentive and stopped to chat with us, overall a great place to go with great atmosphere!

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed 1 week ago

Lovely lunch at a very reasonable price, served by Becca who was very attentive. A great place for lunch and a couple of drinks.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 5 days ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a great review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent lunchtime visit with us and you found us to be very reasonably priced. We are also very pleased to...More

Reviewed 1 week ago

Gracie and Becca were great. My friend rated this place at the dog's bollocks and I have to agree. Decent food, good wine and great serviceMore

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 5 days ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such great feedback. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent visit with us and that you found the food and drink to be decent and the service from our team...More

Reviewed 1 week ago

Gracie was brilliant, excellent waitress, full of local advice, very helpful with all our queries, give her more cashMore

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 5 days ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a great review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent meals with us and that you found your waitress Gracie to be brilliant and she took good care of...More

Reviewed 1 week ago

Bottomless brunch was amazing. Our waitress Gracie was amazing. Food was beautiful and drinks were lovely.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 5 days ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such great feedback. We are very pleased to hear that you enjoyed your recent bottomless brunch with us and that you found the food to be beautiful and that also you found Gracie your...More

Reviewed 1 week ago

Our bottomless brunch experience was amazing! Harry was very tentative and consistently brought us drinks/offered amazing service. I would recommend the boat club bottomless brunch to anybody considering booking it!More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 5 days ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such great feedback. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your recent bottomless brunch with us and had an amazing experience ! We are also very pleased to hear that you found Harry...More

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Harry was lush very attentive & helpful really good service and good vibes 😌 really quick and friendly loved our bottomless brunch Harry made it so laid back!!More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 5 days ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a great review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent bottomless brunch with us and that you found Harry your waiter to be very attentive and gave you really...More

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

a great place for a steak. my manager took me out for a meal. Shannon and Becca were also great and very attentive.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such great feedback. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent dining experience with us and that you found your steaks to be great and also that Shannon and Becca your...More

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Come in with the dog. Dog was friendly on the lead and did no cause any issues. Member of public even vouched for us yet due to the member of staff the dog was out of controlMore

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to hear that you think we are not dog friendly. We welcome all dogs that are under control, your dog on that particular visit was jumping up at the...More

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Harry!!! Wow!! What a server he was truely amazing. Watching for when our drinks were empty on bottomless brunch and refilling immediately. Made my experience of bottomless brunch next level!!More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a great review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent bottomless brunch with us and that you found Harry your server to be truly amazing, always ensuring that your...More

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Me and my friend came for bottomless brunch. Harry was amazing and definitely helped us get our monies worth!More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a great review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent bottomless brunch with us and that Harry your server was amazing, always ensuring you were well looked after. We...More

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

we had a voucher gifted to us as an engagement present and used it tonight when the opportunity allowed. Easy online booking and easy to access menus online to look at prior to the meal. On arrival, guided to our table. Restaurant had a nice...ambiance, appeared clean and offered drinks / water for the table in a timely manner. We ordered food in a timely manner, asked how we like our steak cooked with no issues. The food came out in a respectable time. We got the sharing board and asked for all the steak medium apart from the fillet to be medium rare. With it being a steakhouse I had high expectations and I feel as though it fell way below standards. Considering the steak is meant to be star of the show this was the most disappointing part. The sirloin was extremely over-cooked and resembled something from a BBQ in the garden. The fillet and flat iron were tasty and cooked well but again the ribeye was burnt to the point we actually complained in the restaurant. The waitress apologised and this was re-cooked. When the ribeye came out for the second time it was extremely tasty, juicy and cooked to our liking. The sides - onion rings, chips, mushrooms and brisket hash browns were outstanding. When they came for payment, we handed over the voucher and I said that I did not want to pay the optional service charge after our visit / issues and the waitress said she had already removed this after the complaint we had. Once I got home, I checked the bill and in actual fact the optional service charge was still on the bill. Overall, I was hugely disappointed in the food and if it weren’t the voucher taking almost 50% of the bill I would begrudge paying the bill. Apart from re-cooking the ribeye steak there was nothing complementary offered as way to rectify and acknowledge the issues raised.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to hear that you were disappointed by certain aspects of your recent visit with us and that your steaks were not up to our usually very high standards, we...More

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Can’t fault the food or service, had a great time being served by Phil. Will definitely be returning.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Sarah Grassi Duarte, Owner at The Boat Club & Tomahawk, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Good Afternoon, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a great review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent bottomless brunch with us and that you could not fault the food or the service that you received from...More

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Archtastic
12 January 2023|
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Response from 485richm | Property representative |
Yes we do a Sunday lunch menu 12-4pm - please see Menus on our website.
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Booking is advised, especially on weekends. For all bookings visit our website
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Sarah L
6 March 2020|
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Sunday roast is £18.95 or our Sunday sharing board with all 3 meats is £22.95pp
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The Boat Club & Tomahawk is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4