Bill’s

Pancakes were very very good, coffee also excellent.
Would visit again menu looks good

Like the place and atmosphere, was impressed with the allergy menu they can refer to for ingredients. Helpful staff and the food was great. Advise booking in advance.

This branch of bills is heading in the wrong direction for me. A queue to get seated despite the empty tables… a 10 minute wait before anyone noticed us… A 20 minute wait for fish finger sandwiches that were … Meh. Soggy bread underneath, crispy on top. Slimy rocket with tartare. Ketchup already smeared on the bread. Chips cold and over crunchy.
Bills offers so much but delivers a disappointing experience. I think I can find better.

Haven’t been to this chain before although they are all over London. Got the kale salad which was way too much kale, not cut up well, so just a balanced salad. The service was decent though they were unable to get the order right for the table next to us who then left without eating their meal which is not the best accent to your meal.

Inexpensive, predictable-​in-​a-​good-​way, wifi, comfy sofas, newspapers, excellent porridge, accomodating staff. Gets busy if you’re in a group and you want lunch on a Saturday.

After a ‘slightly’ heavy night before a big shopping trip with my mum, I was in desperate need for food by the time lunch rolled around. After hitting a few of the sales and getting those much needed last minute presents, we headed into Bill’s, safe in the knowledge they could provide something a bit hearty but not overwhelming.
We were greeted after a few minutes and told a table would be ready, it just needed a wipe down, then taken to the back of the restaurant to sit. Décor hasn’t changed dramatically since my visit a few years ago, though it still stands out against its Manchester relative due to the shop being available.
Our order for drinks was taken fairly quickly, but that’s when time started to stand still — our diet cokes took what felt like a long time to arrive, at which point I was ready to drink anything that was put in front of me, but then we had to wait for our food order. Now, that was a long wait. Especially as we had to watch the tables arriving around us and receiving their food at a much quicker pace.
Eventually we asked and the waitress assured us it would only be a few moments, but it did feel more like we had been forgotten than there had been any kind of kitchen mistake.
My halloumi and hummus was good, and the right balance between stodge and health that I was looking for, though the couple of pieces of halloumi left me feeling a bit slighted. Where’s my cheese?
It remains A-​OK as the food is consistent, but the service was poor in my opinion.

We had good food here. Open face burgers with tzatziki and salad. The kids love the mac and cheese. My mom loves the fried calamari. The Q may look long but if you’re willing to sit at a family table, it moves quickly.

Wow! Amazing! I had lunch and breakfast there. I had the pancakes and i asked for mascarpone with it. It complimentd the maple syrup very well. I live in Canada and i can say that it was ok it´s not what you get here but it was good.
Lunch was also good. I’m glad they have sone smaller plates. I had the bread and houmous. The houmous was a bit bitter but the bread was warm, flavourfull and truly amazing!
The staff is nice. I would recommend making a reservation for breakfast and busy days unless you want to wait about 10 – 15 minutes, which isn’t that bad. Presentation is perfect. It’s a quirky little restaurant and their toffee cookies are very good (get them at their shop, just check the things you want on the bag provided on your table). Service is slow, though that is VERY common in Cambridge. You won’t make a mistake going there.
Happy eating !!

What a find! A fabulous little café and gourmet food store. Found it by accident and stopped for breakfast. Food is amazing. Unique assortment of jams, marmalades, chutneys and sweets line the walls. The place is colorful, friendly and inviting! A place for foodies. I highly recommend!

I love a Bill’s, the ones in London are quite nice, for a civil brunch. After a slightly aggressive expansion, one sees them in any area close to any neighbouring café that also serves flat whites, so in light of this I think they’ve become a bit meh, keepy uppy and lost the the love of service for what brought them to popularity.
They’re a vibrant bright chain, you can buy their cute and fun produce to take home and it feels like a place I know I’m going to have a good time.
Service here was neglectful at the least. It WAS NOT BUSY! Food arrived in batches, my brunch dates first, mine ten minutes later, his serving of side about 10 minutes after that and they got teas and coffees wrong. We repeatedly asked for water and then were given, probably someone else’s glasses of water from a table nearby. Lipstick on the glasses! Gross. Cutlery was also caked in food remains. To top it off and at this point when I came to touch my poached egg with the blunt side of my knife, I was alarmed I could tell by its opacity and the way that it sat there standing firmly to attention that it was, gulp, going. To. Be. Welling up now. Hard.
It was. And cold. I could have burst into flames. The waiter was thrice apologetic and terribly embarrassed each time he had to be brought to our attention for me to quite rightly complain. In my mind I kicked the table over threw the salt server through the hatch into the nearby kitchen, ripped the brightly coloured packets of penne off the walls and sprinkled them madly over the floor and squirted mustard in my eyes in an epic tantrum. But in reality I smiled sweetly thanked the waiter for trying and said oh don’t worry about it, left him a reasonable tip and kicked some dust in the street outside.

For an entire month before exams, I came in to Bills almost every day right at opening (8am on weekdays, 9 am on weekends), ordered their cappuccino and a fresh just-​out-​of-​the oven croissant, featuring some icing sugar on top. I sat their for 4 hours, and right before noon, when the breakfast ends, I would order their eggs benedict, and then would stay till 1pm. or so On some occasions, I would come in at around 2:00 pm and stay till 7, with the fish finger sandwich being my go-​to order. I found a great groove there, and there was never any pressure on me to leave, even when long lines would start to form around noon. Their wireless is good enough to check email and do basic surfing, but not good enough to stream video (ie youtube), forming a natural filter for studying distractions. I can safely say t

Bill’s is one of the best chain restaurants I have found in the UK after two very long years of living here and struggling over and over to find quality food at decent prices.
My friends and I popped into Bills for a late lunch. It’s a great looking restaurant. It also seemed to be staffed appropriately instead of the typical restaurant in England where one server is overloaded with 10 tables. My friends and I ordered burgers. They were cooked perfectly and very juicy. The fries were delectable — some of the best I have had in England. We then finished our meal with a slice of pecan pie. Pecan pie is impossible to find in England and Bill’s recipe was a success!
Kudos to Bill’s for finally giving me a «go to» restaurant.