B & D Taxis

I am not a big fan of this taxi firm, and having used them several times and being repeatedly disappointed I switched to another one and have never used them since. In my experience they are over priced and most other firms in Bristol you will probably find are cheaper — it’s always worth ringing around a few especially if you’re going on a long journey.
One thing they would tend to do that irritated me was they would turn up too early and get annoyed if you weren’t ready — once I booked a taxi for 8 o’clock and they arrived at ten to and started beeping their horn and constantly ringing my mobile, when I said we weren’t quite ready and needed that ten minutes they threatened to start charging from that time anyway (even though in the end they didn’t do this).
Their office is based up in Fishponds, and I guess the fact that they are early could be seen as a positive rather than being late, but they just have too much attitude in my opinion — and I won’t be using them again.

Bristol is full of quick and speedy, polite taxi services.
Alas this one does not follow the trend. The website they have plastered across their shop front doesn’t work, not by the look of things shows any sign of every working. Then there’s the advert for ‘genuine 24 hour service’. Would ’24 hour service’ not cut it? Do we have to be assured that it is genuine? The only reason I question is because the service for me hasn’t always been great. I’ve often ended up waiting over the agreed time, and once it never showed up. They can provide bigger cars for more people which, I’ll admit, is a saving grace.

My local taxi firm which have a large group of cars and run 24 hours so you can always get a cab if you book — but you may have to wait a while to get one to your door. Also I have booked cabs to get me to trains early in the morning and they have been either late because they are rubbish (and I get the standard «it’s on its way» from the controller when I call to chase) or — and this is laughable — because they have gone to the Avenue not Road. Even when I have stated clearly that I live on the Road not Avenue and they are local! They should know the difference of their own nearby streets! Grrrrrrrr. Price-​wise they are average. Anyway, I call someone else now unless desperate…