Three Bishops

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   Simon

   London

   4 reviews

   1.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Christmas lunch at the 3 Bishops was a disaster. Table booked for 2.30. Finally seated at 3.15. Starter was awful, including inedible soup from what tasted like a packet. By 4.30 the main course had still not appeared so we left. They were totally out of their depth having booked - and charged extravagantly - for far too many and employed far too few to serve or cook. Lots of excuses and unfulfilled promises but no real apology. An embarrassment.
   

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   Georgina

   Isle of Wight

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   It was terrible service, very disorganised. Had to wait over 30min before being crammed onto a table next to drunk loud locals at the bar. Then it took an hour to get cold starters with no cutlery. A further hour for cold mains again with no cutlery. We couldn’t eat the mains and left. We spoke to the manager who gave lots of excuses but as far as we could see the whole service was terrible. A table of 6 next to us also left due to the appalling service and terrible food. What a to ruin someone’s Xmas day. We were meant to get a glass of fizz on arrival and this never happened. When we went to settle the bill they were going to take £35 off the £160 cost of the meal, but even that was far too much to pay for the terrible service and equally terrible food. We told the manager the £50 deposit we have already paid more than covers the experience we had. Her reply “ok I don’t argue with you Merry Christmas”. Still no apology or accountability. Having now seen other reviews this isn’t just a one off Xmas thing this is their service regularly. Would not recommend and would never go back. Only gets one star as you can’t give 0!!
   

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   Kathleen

   Isle of Wight

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   We were seated originally at a table in the upper bar area which was very crowded and not much room As we didn’t want to sit and eat our meal amongst the drinkers at the bar we requested to move After moving to the restaurant area we were able to eat our meal in relatively more comfort. Meal was only mediocre and not worth the money we paid for it. Husband had steak which was grizzly and was supposed to be served with a sauce which he never got. Overall experience was that we would rather have cooked our own dinner at home.
   

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   Jacky

   Isle of Wight

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Christmas dinner at £80 a head (2 of us) On arrival there was chaos, we eventually were sent to our table to find a crumpled bit of table cloth, all other tables were laid up with crackers and a table decoration. We were supposed to receive a glass of Prosecco on arrival, it never came so eventually we asked and got it with our dessert. The dinner was ok but as basic as you can get, we had to ask for cranberry sauce! When we politely said we were disappointed the lady was rather offhand and just kept saying Happy Christmas as if we were killjoys and then said we could have a bottle of wine to take home. The staff were not even remotely looking festive and it was difficult to tell who were customers and who were staff. It was all a massive money making event with as little expenditure made in the process. Never again!
   

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   Mitch

   Isle of Wight

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   A busy Christmas eve evening. Pub was buzzing. Happy, fast service and good food. Very enjoyable.
   

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   Laura-louise

   Isle of Wight

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 10, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   I ordered a roast with beef and asked for no butter on any veg, or anything else with dairy and ended up with mash, and a cheese type sauce on my veg so was only able to eat the meet and 1 potato!
   

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   Devon

   Vancouver

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on November 3, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Love the Sunday lunch here. Food is hot with good sized portions. The live music adds a great atmosphere.
   

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   Jane

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on October 12, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Service is always so pleasant and they are eager to please.
   

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   Sue

   Buckinghamshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 11, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Warm cosy pub/restaurant. Order at the bar. Food was really tasty and gluten free available.
   

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    Michael

    Isle of Wight

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 24, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Very friendly and welcoming place, food arrived quickly and was lovely. We would highly recommend this place should you happen to be staying near to it.
    

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