Spitfire Barbecue

1. We have walked past this place so many times and the smell coming from it has been delightful. Finding ourselves back in Bristol and a special occasion we decided to book a table.
   Good job we did as it was very busy.. so busy you could hardly hear the music over people talking. It was very noisy.
   The lemon meringue cocktail was amazing and I had noticed there was Sticky Toffee pudding in the dessert menu which I was really looking forward to.
   The garlic type bread arrived, mine with cheese and the other half had it without. It was amazing and we were really looking forward to the rest of our meal. However, this is when things started to go wrong. An hour after ordering the waiter came over very apologetic but the belly pork I had ordered along side my dirty fries was not available. I politely said I will just have the dirty fries then (thinking about the sticky toffee pudding that was still teasing me from the dessert menu) thinking possibly would be a side plate as they came with pulled pork on. Not long after my dirty fries arrived along with my husbands wings and coleslaw … no sign of his fries or sausage he had ordered. By this time we were starving so we started eating … when we had finished the sausage turned up.
   We didn’t end up getting the remainder of our meal or the Sticky Toffee Pudding.
   A big thank you to the gentleman (possibly the manager) who had seen we were upset and just wanted to go, who spoke to the kitchens to see what had gone on and was very apologetic on the restaurants behalf.

   The food we had was very tasty but took so long and most of it never appeared!

   There were a number of larger parties there and no one else seemed to be having the issues we did. So maybe it was just bad luck.

   Thank you again to the gentleman that spoke to us so calmly even though I initially wasn’t the politest person in the world after being so disappointed.

   Maybe at some point I will return for the sticky toffee pudding.

2. We’ve been here once 6 years ago and came back recently and the food is still amazingly good. Food is seasoned very well….i recommend making your own platter with the barbecue and adding different meats to share. LOVED the burnt ends, spitfire sausage and beef brisket. One thing I would not recommend is their Brazilian Lemonade. It tasted nothing like how a Brazilian Lemonade should taste. It was SO bitter like all they did was add lime zest and I could. It taste the condensed milk whatsoever. Other than that, everything was wonderful and I’d come back again…I just wouldn’t get that drink.

3. This was our second visit having come here previously a couple of years ago. We thought that the food was great, it can appear expensive from the menu but the quality justified it and it was good value overall. Authentic BBQ food and friendly service.

4. Disappointing and Overpriced

   I recently visited this smoked meat restaurant and was left underwhelmed. I ordered a variety of items including a burger, corn ribs, and pork rashers, but all were served lukewarm and lacked flavor. The biggest disappointment was the “brisket mac and cheese” at £8.40—no brisket, just a tiny portion of mac and cheese. When I raised this with the manager, I was told the high price was due to importing the brisket from the U.S., yet there was no brisket in sight. While they did offer a discount, it didn’t make up for the poor value. For the price, I expected far better. Sadly, there are much better establishments out there for smoked meat lovers.

5. Food was so tasty, we went for a bit of a mix of dishes from the menu and shared. Melt in the mouth burnt ends and boss ribs were my favourite. Great location on the waterfront. On the downside we had to wait a good 15 minutes for our order to be taken and another 40 minutes for food to arrive, which was a bit too long to give full stars on service. Would definitely go back when in Bristol though.

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