The Bridge in Stratford-on-Avon

Lovely atmosphere for couples or small groups. Good basic menu plus interesting specials. Excellent service and presentation

I went to The Bridge tonight for my Birthday meal. It was a great experience, with fantastic food and service. I would highly recommend The Bridge for a lovely dining experience!

Enjoyed a delicious lunch here today. The fixed price menu is great value for money. Food and service were excellent and the riverside location is lovely. Although this is an hour from home it was well worth the journey and we will definitely visit again.

Patrick and Team, you worked so hard to make it a fantastic evening for our annual celebration of good friends and neighbours. Food and wine was exemplary and service to match for 37 of us. Would highly recommend The Bridge for a special event/celebratory meal venue as well as for small groups or couples. Thank you so much! We’ll be back 😊

Food was a true gastronomic delight, and the service couldn't have been better. The atmosphere was good too

Beautifully decorated restaurant with friendly, welcoming staff who are very attentive. The food is excellent quality and reasonably priced. Highly recommended.

Great mid week dinner with Book Group for Christmas. Lovely meal, excellent staff. Well done. Can't fault it. Didn't think twice when we asked for a starter as a main - brilliant.

Outstanding food and service - yet again. The quality of the food, the way it is cooked and served is always extremely high quality. The staff have the right balance of professionalism, efficiency and friendliness without being over familiar.

Expensive and limited menu. Food good

We had a lovely lunch, good choices on the menu. Great to see so much fish and seafood. Tasty food. Nice to have bread on the table too which is rare these days. Only minor criticisms are the lack of draught beer and chardonnay wine, and it was difficult to get the staff’s attention at times, tho they were nice and professional. We will definitely return and would recommend.

Fantastic food and great service Well worth visiting

What a beautiful location right on the canal. We were on a narrow boat and were able to tie up close by for lunch. Huge location, inside and out and even outside with a tent over it to protect from the weather. The menu is extensive and lots of on tap beer and cider.

The food and service was excellent. The Bridge will put this area on my list for a return visit, just so I can eat their food again

Nice tasty food and good service, also a beautiful setting looking over the river to the old bridge.

Excellent place for top quality food a d service with very professional staff. Shame whole evening spoilt by a very obnoxious and abusive customer in a wheelchair shouting abuse at a young waiter who very professionally said nothing but ma agement should have been there to ban him from ever coming again. im sure establishments get the odd complaining moany customer but this was next level stuff and i would protect a d support my staff from accepting this level of abuse from anyone paying customer or not.

What a lovely meal. Scallops followed by aubergine curry for me and fish pie for him. We eat out a lot and enjoy fine dining. The food here was up among some of the nicest we have had in a long time. Shame its 200 miles from home otherwise we would be there a lot! Thank you to all the staff and compliments to the chef.

Nice park. There is a play area for children and you can barbecue there.

Lovely food, great staff, with a view on to the river.

Lunch at our favourite restaurant. Excellent as usual. Service with a smile , good food and menu reasonably priced. Thank you

We had a great lunch here and enjoyed the outside tables with a beautiful river view. I had the plant based chicken burger, which was surprisingly nice and filling. The service was exceptional.

Food great but room too claustrophobic and noisy. View of river from balcony is superb. Beer was fine.

Superb lunch yesterday. Quality of food, wine and service was exemplary as always - The Bridge was the perfect choice in every way for our celebration; dining here feels special - more so than eating in a pub however, it’s FANTASTIC value with an interesting and varied menu to suit all tastes and budgets. My visitors were most impressed. Well done Patrick and team. So proud to have such a gem of a restaurant in our lovely village.

We arrived in a narrowboat, looking forward to booking for a special meal. Walking round to the garden we were rudely apprehended by an older waitress who asked if she could help in a less than welcoming manner. It felt more like an interrogation than a welcome. We were then curtly reminded that any idea of eating with them would need to be booked and she departed. So did we.

Beautiful stop off (narrow boat mourning right outside )for a very tasty Sunday lunch

Super location. Food was 5* The steak was superb as were ALL the accompaniments. Lots of pepper sauce not the usual 'titchy' amount. My wife's salmon was also lovely..but served with olives with stones in?

On a rare date night, daughter dropped at grandparents, we picked a local eatery and really pleased with that choice. We had a delightful table by the window looking out over the river. We chose some small plates, a couple of starters and dessert. The...

Certainly one of the best restaurants in the region. The food is properly cooked on site, care taken on presentation, attentive polite friendly staff, great atmosphere, what more could you wish for.

Absolutely fab. Great location and a clean, tidy welcoming interior. Food was simply fabulous. Had the Sunday lunch of roast beef… wow. Great staff too! Thank you all

Highly recommend this place. The food is simply amazing, cooked to perfection. The staff are delightful and attentive. We will definitely return when back in the area. The riverside location adds to the atmosphere, with a gorgeous decked area on the first floor overlooking the river.

Went on the French fortnight and dined off the prix fix menu and was not disappointed

The staff were excellent and attentive. The food was very good. The restaurant has a nice ambience. The wine list was a little pricey. Will certainly go back. Thanks

Excellent food, well presented. We chose a festive menu, however, the atmosphere was lacking any festive feeling even though all the diners were having a good time and looked as though they were celebrating Christmas. Very attentive and understanding service. Will definitely return in the new year, hopefully with a warmer welcome. So far...best food in Bidford on Avon. Would like to see more Vegan options, that would enable me to bring the whole family at least 4 times a year !!

Always fabulous and today was no exception.

Lunch was fabulous, service excellent, setting lovely.portions perfect size.

A very nice place for lunch. The tapas menu was lovely.

Great food. Really nice setting. My wife and I had salmon moose. White bait. The lamb and Cod. Very nice.

Had a lovely evening here with friends and the supper was good.

Lovely setting overlooking the River. We had the monkfish fritters for starters, really tasty. My husband had the seabass as a main course, generous portion, everything was beautifully cooked, downside was the amount of bones. I had the Angus burger with bacon, gruyere.....Best burger I've...

Splendid restaurant on the River Avon, with the feel of a French bistro. Food and service top notch. Highly recommended.

Great food. Service a little disorganised but that kind of added to the charm. Overall a great meal.

Lovely food clean we sat out on the veranda overlooking the river. Friendly efficient staff. Toilets nice and clean

This food was really exquisite, and the view of the old stone bridge and river from the windows or patio, is so relaxing. We all had a beautiful meal and the food and service were very high quality.

Excellent meal in a charming riverside location with great personal service. From the outside this looks like a general pub but is in fact a top class restaurant. It is not particularly big inside but the tables are decently spaced to give an element of privacy. The menu reflects the bespoke high quality of the food and includes some delicious fish options. On the day we went there was also a, 'specials' menu, again with some good fish options. The service throughout was first class. Highly recommended.

This place has free boat moorings if you eat there and as it was late and we were funding out if light, we went for it. We weren't disappointed, the food and staff were great. I had the Shetland sole with clams and tender stem...

Lovely experience professional service

Taking Bidford to the next level of gastronomy. Great steak, great view from the outside terrace

Returned for the first time since the pandemic . Lovely day so sat in the sun deck overlooking the River Avon. Very busy ( always a good sign ) , great menu, my wife had the liver and I had the chicken, couldn’t fault either...

My family and I went to The Bridge for a nice lunch to celebrate my birthday. I had read good reviews and was looking forward to it. Unfortunately, I experienced disappointment at various aspects of our visit. Several significant dishes were not available as “the...

Restricted menu options where they'd sold out, slow service on things like water refills and the bill, and unhelpful when we asked if we could also have coffee and sit outside to drink it. Food was ok but nothing special.

Lovely garden terrace with views of the river. However, staff unfriendly and food poor considering price. Kitchen in view which is good except you can see and hear the microwave ovens pinging away! I expect this was why the chicken was unevenly heated and tough as old boots! Such a shame…

We had a lovely meal and the menu was good value. A couple of suggestions: 1. Don’t serve gravy in a handle-less jug. They might be trendy but how are you supposed to pick them up without scalding your hands? 2. The waiting staff were...

Had a surprise birthday dinner for my partner here. All the staff were fantastic, keeping a cake and flowers delivered by others for presentation after the meal. What a fantastic meal too. My greatest appreciation for all the effort everyone put in to make our night a huge success.

4 of us had dinner, non of us enjoyed it. The sea bass was particularly horrible. At a time when going out is a luxury, spending over £150 on a night out for awful food is really upsetting. Avoid The Bridge.

Brilliant spot for lunch on a sunny day

Service is good but the food was way overpriced for what it was. We had smalls and some daily special starters. I was surprised that the wild mushrooms were served on shop sliced bread not even a properly backer one. The meatballs were cold and dry. Tempura prawns were nice, but scallops were undercooked. Scallops should either be raw for sushi or cooked to perfection or they taste fishy. The garnish with them was rubbish. Few leaves of iceberg lettuce (unforgiving) and some orange. No proper saws or relish. I can't state for main courses as we didn't go for it. The bill did not reflect the quality of food. I'm disappointed to say the least, especially that it was my son's birthday and i took him out for a meal. I think we both would have enjoyed Fish and Chips more. Maybe the menu would have worked with an individual who doesn't know good food, but I do.

Service is good but the food was way overpriced for what it was. We had smalls and some daily special starters. I was surprised that the wild mushrooms were served on shop sliced bread not even a properly backer one. The meatballs were cold and...

V Good food and service with a fantastic setting by the river

Great location-friendly staff but very disappointed with food. Ordered char grilled flat iron steak. Steak was cold when it arrived. Very tough and to me quite tasteless. I was only asked if all was Ok when my half full plate was collected.

My partner treated me to a lovely meal at The Bridge for my birthday. We had a table on the outside terrace right on the river front. Varied choice on the menu including small plates. Food was great. Friendly service. Well impressed!

We love to sit outside and eat at the Bridge, such a great and relaxing location by the river. The service is efficient and friendly and the food is always very tasty. Would recommend to anyone.

Nice location & setting, terrific looking menu. Let down by a lack of service attention. Disappointed, will try elsewhere

Fabulous meal. Will definitely visit if we are in the area again

Wonderful restaurant right on the bank of the Avon river. Small and cosy with super reliable food time and time again. Great for Sunday lunch, a mix of traditional and other modern dishes for startes and mains. Some great wines as well. Wonderful roast duck typically on the Sunday menu, and whilst a little pricey as a supplement, it is to die for. Great selection of specials make this great value restaurant ever interesting!

My son sent me some money to go out for lunch on Father's Day. New to the area we thought we would try the Bridge restaurant in Bidford. Great atmosphere, friendly and attentive staff and great food. You couldn't ask for more. We will become...

Great food, great atmosphere, great service too.

Nice restaurant on the river bank . Seating in or outside. Staff very attentive and helpful . Nice place for a special meal or evening eg birthday anniversary etc. Food was delicious and very well presented . Good choice of wines etc .

Nice spot to eat on terrace...no drought beer..why not... ?menu expensive for what it offers..different supplements applicable to most dishes...what is the point of that..? Decided not to stop as planned to eat..disappointing

We had a glorious family birthday lunch on Sunday. The food was delicious and the service very efficient yet unobtrusive and friendly. Perfect.

Four of us had Saturday lunch which was excellent , with very helpful and cheerful service. We were given a table inside with a great view of the river . It was too cold and damp to eat outside on the terrace.

Dropped in by chance en route. Enjoyed a lovely lunch, really nice staff. Would make this a destination venue in future.

Wonderful lunch, great service and delicious food.

Lunch here was excellent. Great food, great service , we couldn’t fault anything. We were a family group of 6 and will definitely return.

Great park,lovely place for a picnic or BBQ

This was our second visit to the Bridge and on both occasions we have enjoyed a lovely lunch with good service. Although it was a bit windy we sat on the terrace overlooking the river Avon. The fish had beautiful crisp batter and great chunky...

Lovely food in a lovely setting

We have been to the bridge a few times, admittedly not for a while but we have always been happy with the food and service. This evening both were poor. My Poussin was slightly underdone so the waiter offered to reheat it through which I...

We visited the Bridge as it was recommended to us and we were very impressed. The menu was limited but obviously all freshly cooked. Service was very good and prices were very reasonable. The views of the river were a further bonus.

the whole lemon sole was pretty good. needs more seasoning but overall good. the views really add to it.

Owner a bit grissly, food pretty good. A bit cramped inside as well. Too many covers. I was sitting back to back with a lady who was talking loud and i couldnt hear the people on my own table. Nice younger staff who couldnt do enough for us all.

Superb food, superb service, a restaurant I and my wife would have no hesitation in recommending. I was a chef in Switzerland and West Germany in the 1960s and am delighted to find this gem almost on my doorstep.

We had a great meal tonight to celebrate my parents wedding anniversary. The menu was varied with plenty to choose from, both on the price fixe and main menu. The food was delicious, beautifully presented, piping hot and the service was excellent. We felt well...

My wife and I took my mother for birthday lunch. The food and service were great. The restaurant is superbly situated, overlooking the River Avon and Bidford old bridge. The atmosphere is relaxed. The specials and regular menus offer lots of choice. The prices are...

Parking is a bit challenging and not a lot of space to dine on the waterfront, but nice overall. There's a big playground just on the other side of the river too.

Fantastic lunch. Twice baked cheese soufflé and kidneys to start followed by calves liver for myself and smoked haddock for my partner followed by the best crème brûlée in the world and Nutella cheese cake. All perfect. Service Superb as always. Thank you Patrick and...

Had a very good lunch from from the pris fixe menu. Very tasty sardine starter and a well cooked piece of hake in a bean stew. Enjoyable and good value with good service.

Great food, wine and riverside setting. Efficient service and good value.👍

We visited for the second time since moving to Bidford for my boyfriend’s 30th. Staff (as before) were lovely and welcoming. Food was prompt and absolutely delicious. Really appreciated the waiter who helped make it special by proving the chefs the sparklers I had to...

Lovely place, staff great, food good Lovely round table that seats 8 so you can all chat

A very nice Prix fixe menu. Staff friendly and professional.

Fantastic experience. Staff very competent and the food was great.

Super food and lovely staff, will be back soon!

Having seen the write-ups on Tripadvisor we booked a table and arrived for dinner. The hospitality was warm and welcoming, and we made our choices from the menu - both choosing the same, in fact. The food was beautifully presented and tasted fabulous! It was...

Love this restaurant. We are luck because it's local for us. Always fresh and inventive. Staff efficient

Great food with wonderful service. From start to finish the meal was great, very warm welcome when we arrived and was served straight away and ordered very fast overall.

I have visited The Bridge many times and consider it one of the best in Warwickshire. Excellent position, lovely atmosphere but above all excellent food, served by pleasant attentive staff.

Visited for supper for first time since lockdown. Tables well spaced. Good as ever. Excellent service. Love the new teal colour on walls.

Amazing food ,.top service, great setting 👍

Great food, friendly staff, except for the guy who owns it he's a bit of a miserable git barely spoke to us and practically slammed the wine down, I hope for the locals this was a one off/ bad day , but I suspect its not.

Excellent stay and fabulous dining

Our first night away we thankfully booked this wonderful restaurant, we arrived at 7.30 and asked if we wanted to sit indoors or outside, as it was such a nice evening we chose to sit outside looking over the Avon and swans gliding by. We...