Bench Bistro Bar

"We visited and had afternoon tea & cocktails (& a few other drinks). The service was very good, fast and friendly. The afternoon tea was huge and delicious but not for the faint-hearted as we had a whole weeks cholesterol and sugar in 1 sitting. Cocktails were good too."

"A unique place with a floral aesthetic filled with colourful nooks and instagrammable decor. The bench afternoon teas had a wide selection of savoury and sweet food and the cocktails were delicious, if a little sweet. The staff were attentive and polite. Well be going back!"

"Gorgeous setting and food. We had the pick and mix, 3 dishes each which was plenty for us and all delicious. The afternoon tea looks amazing too. Friendly staff. Lots of photo opportunities in this lovely place too. Will be returning when I'm not driving so can sample some of the many cocktails."

"My friends and i attended this place for a birthday celebration. It was very busy to start with. We had booked a table outside. We got seated, our waitress eventually came and asked if we would like to order drinks. We ordered them and it took nearly 20 mins for the drinks to arrive! At the point of delivering them, she then took our food order. The food came pretty quickly, it was tasty and was well presented. The waitress did not return to check if everything was OK with the food and again we were left sitting with empty glasses. Eventually, we managed to order another round with another long wait. This happen again on the 3rd round of drinks. When we did receive the drinks, they were tasty and well presented. Although on the gummy bear cocktail they had ran out of gummy bear sweets, on the candyfloss cosmopolitan, I didn't get any candyfloss and on a Bench cocktail, they forgot my prosecco shot! Our time at the table was coming to any end, we thought we could get another drink in, we waiting for the waitress to come round...which she didn't! We still had dirty plates where they didn't clear the table completely after our meal. One of us when in to ask if someone was going to come and take an order. Not long after, the waitress turned up and took our order, we expressed to her that we would need to leave in 30 mins and so would need the drinks pretty quickly. We waited and waited...nothing!!! It had been another 20 mins, at this point the bar wasn't even busy as most people had left to go to the festival. So I went to the bar and ask where the drinks are? The woman I spoke to said someone would get to us. She didn't ask where we were sitting or what drinks we had ordered! They eventually turned up and with the bill, as I had requested. But no-one came for us to pay for the bill, so again off to the bar we popped to pay!! Overall, food was great no complaints, it was delicious. But unfortunately they need more waitress and bar staff. The turn over between ordering a drink and getting it is terrible. We could of easily drank a lot more."