Bristol Oaks Golf Club & Banquet Center

If you like playing on a parking lot lined with some trees and a few traps, then this is the course for you

This is a review for the banquet center as I was a guest recently at a wedding held at Bristol Oaks Banquet Center.
The building itself is pretty standard for a golf club, however a little small. There is ample parking and we had no problems finding a place to park near the door (which was a good thing because it was about to downpour).
The upstairs area where the wedding and reception was being held was smaller but perfect size for the wedding. The wedding ceremony went off without a hitch (except for the storm and tornado warnings). We then went into the other room with the bar for open bar/​reception. The room the reception was held was really nice, it pretty much had floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the golf course. We decided to get in line for a drink and that’s when things started to go downhill.
My wife and I were about third in line to get drinks at the bar. We had decided that we wanted to each get an old fashioned. The older couple in front of us had also ordered them. When we ordered, the bartender seemed really unhappy that we were ordering them. I give them props for muddling them the way they are supposed to be made, and they were actually really good, but we were left feeling guilty that we were ordering them.
After the initial rush went through the bar, it was time for a re-​fill. Undeterred by the bartender’s attitude towards making an old fashioned, I ordered two more. While watching the bartender make them, I witnessed this: as she was pouring the sugar packets in the glass, she dropped a packet in the glass. She then proceeded to BURY her hand in my glass to retrieve the packet out. During that process, she managed to touch every surface of the inside of my drink glass with her fingers. Gross.
On to dinner. The dinner started off with warm rolls and then a salad. The house salad was very good and was served with a vinaigrette and a ranch dressing. I chose the ranch dressing and was very happy with my salad. We were then served our dinner. Both my wife and I chose the beef option. It was two slices of some type of sirloin roast, green beans and mashed potatoes. The meat was well done and a little bit dry as it wasn’t served with any type of sauce. The beans were OK, but lacked any type of seasoning. My wife actually got almost a double portion of beans on her plate. She had more beans on her plate than meat and potatoes combined! The mashed potatoes were the best thing on the plate. They were very good. In terms of service, I noticed that one of the crabby bartenders was serving dinner. She was wearing white gloves while serving dinner, however, she had her black hair scrunchy wrapped around her right wrist while she was serving plates. Not cool.
All in all, I think that if they stepped up their food and had some training or hired some new people this would be a good place to have a wedding or event, but until then I would pick somewhere else.

Golf at Bristol Oaks is fine. Lots of stagnant water in ponds that I guess they are working on but its been more than two years. All of the help has changed in the last few years. Lots of very young people. They need to be on the same page. Seems disorganized. Food has gone way down hill. Went to a nine and dine on Fri., which we used to like. It was awful (except for the chowder). It was like fish sticks. Probably won’t do that again. Three strikes, your out. Our golf league used to eat there every week after golf, now almost nobody does and the bar area used to be full, not anymore. Question is why can’t they see that and fix it. We don’t get it. Our league is on the verge of leaving next year. Too bad! Who is actually running Bristol Oaks.

This is a review for Bristol Oaks as an event venue. My October 2014 wedding was at Bristol Oaks. We had the ceremony outside, the reception inside, the the rehearsal dinner inside the night before. The venue is gorgeous, the reception hall is mostly floor to ceiling windows that look onto the golf course. We were able to have the ceremony on the lawn with trees in the background. There are great spots for wedding pictures on the course as well. The food Joe made for both the rehearsal and wedding were delicious. And it is more cost effective than most venues in the area.

Don’t even bother. I called ahead and was told to come right in. I did within 10 minutes. The place was almost empty but the young man who approached me said it would be at least 30 minutes before I would be seated. The majority of the tables were empty and there is no waiting area. It was very strange. Used to be such a great place.

A real disappointment tonight… Had high hopes for a fish fry… after waiting over an hour we finally left the building. The waitress never came back to check on us or report a delay in food. The place was not packed. not sure what was going on in the kitchen. The soup and salad bar selection was sparse. While waiting for food observed stained carpet, broken chair leg, dust under the table, and waiters contaminating water pitcher by touching patrons used drinking glasses during refill.

We went for the first time for Fish. Though the potato pancakes were excellent, the broiled cod was so dry it was borderline edible. The beer battered was better, but I would not go back for Fish. My husband had a grilled chicken breast and that was also overcooked and dry. Service was slow but they were fairly crowded, all the staff was very friendly. I’ll try it on a non-​fish evening and see how it is.

Played on a Friday morning for $ 30 w cart. Nice course with a decent mix of holes. Not a hard golf course, good for the average golfer.
Was a little annoyed the beverage cart didn’t start until 1 pm on a Friday (didn’t see it until our 14^th hole), but that’s managements call and they probably know their clients better than I do.

I went golfing with 2 friends of mine just this last Sunday. One of them convinced us other two to come here, to Bristol Oaks, because it was his birthday (who can say «no» to someone’s birthday wish?). He had a voucher for a free round of golf. Upon check in, he received an embarrassing surprise — the voucher had to be printed out. No matter if his ID showed it was his actual birthday. And no matter that he voluntarily signed up to receive newsletters, they would not accept being shown the voucher via cell phone. To top it off, they refused to let him use their facility to print the voucher or to forward the e-​mail so they could print it.
Way to go Bristol Oaks; piss off those who receive and keep up with your newsletters. I can see now why the place was empty.
Other than that though, the place was well kept and patrolled.

We’ve been back several times for the fish fry and always had an excellent experience – until a few months ago. Our waitress seemed harried and was not friendly. When we asked for a few more potatoes (part of their «all-​you-​can-​eat» deal), she snapped at us. I’m not sure what her issue was, but it made our experience unpleasant.
Still, they have the best fish fry around, so we will try it again. We hope we never have that waitress again (or at least not when she’s in a bad mood)!

WORSE SERVICE EVER!!! (I think that is what you call it… we actually were never served) Ok. We were just looking for a good place to have fish. We picked Bristol Oaks because we had seen it on Hwy 50 and read the review on how «awesome» the fish was. Well… we should have been taken the first warning that there was only ONE review and it was from 2010!
Our evening started with us standing in front of the hostess stand that read «please wait to be seated» (the «please» on the sign was the only polite thing that evening) for 5 minutes… with no hostess in site. Two other people were sitting on a mile long bench as we walked past to the dining area to try and find someone. The people said they had been waiting 10 minutes and said that they had not even given their names yet. I walked into the out dated looking dining area (which I must add is in desperate need of a make over) to find a «hostess» or someone looking like they even cared that they had awaiting guests in the lobby. I stood there for about 5 minutes… looked around, the servers, the bartenders all ignored me as if I was not there. I found someone (not that she looked like she cared) & she came with me to the lobby all rushed & bothered… really??? I told her that the other people were before us. As she was taking our names… it seemed as the flood gates had opened and in came a slew of people… she was NOT happy and was rude rude RUDE!!! She kept saying «you are all going have to wait… we are very busy tonight»…really??? In this economy isn’t that a GOOD thing?
One of the guests must have been a country club member or a regular as they appeared to have reservations and knew the owner. The «hostess» even gave him attitude and advised him that his table was given away. His wife seemed to come unglued!!! Don’t blame her a bit!
Ok…I could go on and on… but why? In short (or long. lol) is that after waiting 45 minutes we were NEVER sat and the last straw was a large table (about 8 people) exiting that had waited at their table for an hour and NEVER were served! The woman said that the «reserved» guests were being served first… even though they had been sitting at their table waiting already! We… along with everyone else in the lobby (about 30 people at this time) abruptly left. I seen 2 other reviews and it appears it was probably other guests from that same night. WARNING: Stay clear of this place. If you decide to go… I would highly suggest having back up dinner plans. We will NEVER go back!!! Again… WORSE SERVICE EVER!!! (I think that is what you call it… we actually were never served).
**** A REMINDER TO THE MANAGEMENT: I do not care how «good» your food is… if your service is bad… it does not matter. The front of your house is the most important and sets the mood for the evening. Also, if your reservation guests supersede your non-​reservation guests… even AFTER they are sat at their table, don’t offer to the open public.

A 1 only because it can not be lower!!! Extremely rude. Unorganized Never had a chance to eat because not only was the hostess rude but she kept saying 10 minutes and who knows what the wait would be. People walked out. Waited an hour and never got the fish fry. Wait staff told them they had to serve the reservations first. Don’t care how «good» the food may be rated the service was a zero, the attitude was a zero and the experience wa a minus 10. Avoid this place unless you like to be ignored!!!

The fish fry here on Friday night is just amazing! I just wanted to update my review… All You Can Eat is no longer an option… they must have been losing money! They now have choices of 3, 5 and 7 pieces of fish. Again you can still get them beer battered, fried and/​or baked. The beer battered here is really good. The desert bar is gone… good-​bye desert bar you will be missed but the all you can eat salad and soup bar still remains. The restaurant was packed on a recent Friday night and everyone was in a happy mood.