The best restaurants serving British food in Bedford East of England

A group of residents of Briar Bank Park today had "their" Christmas Lunch. Despite being rather short of staff, the ladies did an amazing job. Nothing was too much trouble, the tables were all laid out with pretty decorations. The food was amazing, a proper Christmas lunch with all of the trimmings, followed by a delicious desert, then mince pies and tea/coffee. Thankyou on behalf of Briar Bank coffee morning group.

Booked for Sunday lunch, then at short notice added an additional person requiring gluten free. The landlady couldn't have been more helpful and accommodating, phoning back to confirm they could do a gf roast with trimmings. The pub has a good ambiance with friendly staff. There was a choice of gf starters which is unusual and greatly appreciated. The food was good, we plan to return at some point to try the home made pies.

Why change the previous system to one that has you having to walk back and forth to order food and select cakes. Great if everyone wants the same item but when they want to see whats on offer before making a selection. With plenty of staff standing around, table service would have been easy to operate. A real step back.

They still have an elaborate one-way system through the store, with no sign of how to find the coffee shop. They have taken away all of the big sunshades so on a very sunny day you either sit indoors or else in direct sunlight. In fact it was quiet; the staff said that they are busy MTW because of the Government discount, and today Friday was very quiet. Coffee cake £4.75 =:-(. Only one gents in use, the air blast hand dryer wasn't working. In the old days when Mr Dakin was the owner, it wasn't perfect but today was not a good experience.

Possibly the best kebab I’ve ever had. Instead of serving in a standard pita they hand make a naan and cook in front of you which tastes superb, plus the amount of meat and salad added is both sizeable yet appropriate. There’s a few tables for dining in which were clean and the staff were friendly enough. This will be my kebab place of choice from now on.

We were staying just outside the village, and were made extremely welcome from the second we arrived, Thai curry on special, was great servings were right sized, the locals were brilliant and friendly, our little dog was fussed over. Will use again, next time I'm in the area

We had a really delicious Sunday lunch at the pheasant. The roast dinners are very generous portions and really tasty. We also had pudding, I would recommend the Eton mess! Thank you to our server Millie also, great job! Really friendly place, will definitely be back!

Friendly staff. Food took a little while coming - bacon sandwich - was told no white bread?? So had brown. Cooked to my preference. Lovely coffee. Very comfortable surroundings and no staff to hassle you! Reasonable price especally if you have a Debenhams Card.

Really rude girl behind the bar . Thought was just me but was 6 of us and another had the same issue. Our last ever visit. Shame

I met a friend for a drink. The staff did not inform me that there was a time limit in the car park of 1 hour, as a result I received a parking charge. Costa were not bothered and were unhelpful. Will never use this shop again, and will use cafe Nero or similar instead of Costa from now on if that's the value they place on customers

Ordered fish and chips and a chicken shish kebab. Chips were cold, salad did not come as requested and the chicken was dry, did not eat. When I called to discuss with restaurant very rude lady at the end of the phone. Would not ever eat here again, absolutely disgusting service and food.