March 2024 by Michelle Brindley
Havw stayed at the hotel, wined & dined for dinner at MBBs & had lunch here a couple of times - cannot recommend highly enough. Food is always sublime & cooked to perfection, & Kiera & her team always go above & beyond to make sure that everything is absolutely perfect, & that every visit is a wonderful & memorable experience.
March 2024 by Susan Gutteridge
Really tasty food and fantastic
March 2024 by Candice Eales
Have eaten here several times. Always had a good meal, although started to get quite pricey. We had late lunch recently, brasserie very quiet, and 2 out of the 4 starters were not brilliant. We spoke to the waiter/waitress we had 2 or 3 look after us. Although very pleasant, no one came back to us to acknowledge our issues with the food. No apology. 4 starters, 2 large glasses of wine and 1 small. £90 Very very disappointed. Maybe a long time before we return.
February 2024 by Chris Gibbs
Fabulous meal, lovely ( v large) salmon
February 2024 by Kingson Electrical Ltd
Lovely little restaurant. Great service and the food was excellent. 2nd visit and I am sure there will be a third.
February 2024 by Thomas White
Not a bad steak but not cooked as requested. If you ask for it blue expect it to come rare to medium rare.
February 2024 by Ben Levine
I?d avoid.Steak was ordered medium rare and was well done and not very flavourful.Staff was aloof and inattentive. They didn?t check in to see if we wanted anything (my girlfriend wanted mayonnaise for her chips). And didn?t look when we tried to get their attention.One let a dog jump all over her and grabbed and pet it. Then went to the kitchen, handled food and drink all night and never washed her hands. Disgusting,honestly.The view is a fluorescent mall.There are a wealth of better places nearby that I?d recommend over here.
February 2024 by VA DJ
Came here for lunch. The food I had was good, but it took ages. 30 mins for a burger from a place that markets itself as a bistro/brasserie is not what I expect. All in all I was there for 45 mins and only had time for one course, which was a pity as the desserts looked good. There weren?t enough wait staff, and several tables around me were complaining of waiting too long too, or getting the wrong orders. Most customers were also wearing jackets and hats, as it was chilly inside.I pointed the wait out to the manager when I left, I got a dismissive sorry/not sorry excuse that ?yes 30 mins is long for a burger, but it?s fresh, no pre-prep, and btw we have 10 other servings before you(!)?. He basically said it was my fault for expecting a certain standard, and not appreciating the work that goes into it? clearly, they know how to make customers feel valued! To top it, he said he hoped I?d come back when I had more time! Not likely, there?s plenty of better, nicer and warmer places in Cirencester. A pity, as I like to support local businesses, but this isn?t it.
January 2024 by Peter Anderson
Delicious food.
January 2024 by stephenalto
Of the three courses ordered (from the set lunch menu) every course was very disappointing. First course: white onion soup, severed luke warm and lacking depth of flavour. Second course was meant to be linguini pasta with beef and mushrooms : this appeared as tagliatelle but was told by the waiter it was papardelle. Confused. The beef was inedible, was full of gristle and utterly tough and dry. To be fair, the mushrooms and pasta were delicious and the dish would have been saved had the meat been omitted. Such a pity! My Eton mess was a version with orange, but contained hardly any fruit, except for a few small chopped up bits of orange on top in addition to the ice cream and fragments of meringue: overly sweet, not at all creative, or balanced. My guests ordered poached pears with vanilla ice cream - this was served with a poached plum and one small scoop of ice cream., ie not as advertised on the menu.and not what they wanted. The bill was reduced by a third. The fact there were so many errors is alarming.
December 2023 by Geoff p
Good food, service rather slow ( it wasn't busy) but enjoyable on the whole. Watch the service charge. I think tipping should be down to the customer.
December 2023 by Georgina Rose
The food was great and the staff were lovely.
December 2023 by carmellasoprano
We used to love this place, not any more, Bob where have you gone, you are much missed. We came for lunch and found the whole experience lacking. It no longer has the buzzy brasserie feel. Service was cold and too formal. Food was Ok but a wrong main was delivered and then had to wait for the correct one and when it arrived no cutlery to go with it. I informed them of an allergy at the beginning of the meal and it was missed. Not good enough. Wont be back.
December 2023 by clairemwrites
We recently went to MBB for an early Christmas lunch and we had a great time. The food here is reliably good and my gnocchi was really outstanding, as was my husband's haunch of venison and the fish special that my mother-in-law enjoyed. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere and the team that looked after us - Sophie, Kira and Antonio - were lovely. We will certainly book a table again.
November 2023 by Ali A
The food was amazing. The venue is soooo well presented. We had such high hopes having read good reviews. BUT?..I?m sorry but the service was not up to scratch. A huge disappointment, each time we wanted another drink or had a query we struggled to get anyone?s attention?..we felt neglected!!! Even when my husband went to find someone on the entrance stand and asked for the bill because we hadn?t managed to get the drinks we ordered. They still didn?t act quickly, he told them he was disappointed and still no effort to make things better before we left. We didn?t have desert because no one came to clear our table or ask if we wanted any. We all have our birthdays in one week, this was our night out to celebrate?? a shame we left disappointed.
