Garfunkels Restaurants

Should have read bad reviews ahead of time! Quite possibly the worst restaurant in all of Bath. We were drawn in by the location with a great view of Pulteney Bridge, but with the short amount of time we were in Bath, eating here was our one regret! They had free wifi once you order, so unfortunately that’s when we read all the reviews!
The food was mediocre, the service was pretty close to terrible, and the ambiance was blah! We bought a special multi-​course menu they were offering, which wasn’t a bad deal for the price but was for the quality. Our starter was the bruschetta, and it definitely needed some vinegar/​flavor besides ordinary red and green onions. For our entrée, the vegetable and blue cheese pasta had enough chicken (that we paid extra for) added and was decent but not that impressive. Dessert: the crème brûlée tasted good but was cold even on the top, so it must have been pre made and torched then chilled for a while.
The service was decent (as toward the end it got better) but definitely not the friendliest as we’ve had everywhere else in the UK. Our waitress was having a huge discussion with another table while we made every effort to get her attention for the check, but no dice for what felt like an eternity. The location and restaurant itself was beautiful, but I was surprised to hear younger genre/​modern music in a very elegant setting. They did decorate well for the Christmas holidays, but my review will be like so many others and say, «SKIP IT!!!»

We ate here for lunch as part of our Bath & Stonehenge
tour. The service was SLOW, as in GLACIAL. It looked like there was one server for the entire lunch room. We were done with our fish & chips for at about 10 minutes before we were served our 2^nd course. We began to be concerned that we would be late for our tour departure. I don’t think the staff said more than two words to us beyond the initial eyebrow raise in greeting and informing us that the ice cream was the only pudding included in the 2-​course meal.
The only choices we were given for our £8 2-​course meal was the fish & chips or chicken & chips. The 2^nd «course» was really just one scoop of vanilla ice cream. there was no choice regarding flavor. The fish was just okay. The chips were American french fries, and they weren’t that good.
Aside from the glacial slowness of the service, this meal was entirely forgettable. We’ll never eat here again.

The food is was nothing to write home about. Ordered fish and chips and received a healthy serving amount. The fish was rather oily. I’d suggest finding somewhere else to try.

Not the foodie paradise but this is a solid restaurant that will provide a good meal at a reasonable price with a great atmosphere.
The staff was responsive and polite. The kitchen was fast and turned out solid food. This is in a prime location just between the downtown and gardens. It is close to everything and there is a large dining room so they will most surely have space for a last minute meal
They have a large menu so there is bound to be something for everyone. I had the veggie burger. It was a decent veggie burger, but in my opinion a lot of the flavor was masked by a smothering of mayonnaise. The accompanying fries looked and tasted more like something frozen or from McDonalds rather than a home made French fry.

Garfunkels is a chain that I associate with the tourist areas of London but it also has a location in Bath. The Bath incarnation is in a prime location looking over the River Avon and a stones throw from the Abbey.
I would say that it is a safe choice for lunch or dinner as there are good meal deals on offer, but the food on the whole is nothing special.

Considering that it has a prime location and should snare in all the tourist traffic, since it’s right next to the River Avon and the terminus for the City Sightseeing tour, I kind of expected better. I did manage to select a table in the «conservatory» — a «Florida room» glassed enclosure that faced the river.
The menu is what I should call «Classic British» with pastas and burgers, plus a few of the usuals. Somehow, the Cottage Pie called me and I ordered that, with a single trip to the salad bar. I should have skipped both. The salad bar was a poor collection of 12 trays with mixed lettuce, tomatoes, corn kernels, beets, cucumbers, hard boiled eggs and (like a fish out of water) pieces of smoked fish. The cottage pie was a reasonable portion and you can rest well knowing that the mashed potatoes were at least not from a packet. The beef underneath was more mushrooms and brown gravy than minced («ground» in American) beef. While the flavor was there, I was disappointed with the chjoice.
Four or five different beers offered on tap, plus a full bar, I enjoyed a large (I wasn’t offered a small) Staropramen, a Czech lager. That, at least was good.
Would I return? No, there are so many other places in Bath that look good. Not sure if it matters, but Garfunkel’s has several locations which perhaps qualifies it as a chain.

Really not impressed with the breakfasts here. Items were forgotten, portions were about half of the local café and twice the price, service was shoddy. Avoid