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Hours
Sun
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mon
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Thu
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fri
12:00 pm - 12:00 am
Sat
12:00 pm - 12:00 am
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4.5
Travellers' Choice 2024
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CUISINES
Bar, British
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Drinks
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Pick n mix bar, featuring tasty individual small plates, a comprehensive wine list and an extensive choice of creative cocktails with a “twist”
CUISINES
Bar, British
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Drinks
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards
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4.5
377 reviews
Excellent
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Very good
22
Average
16
Poor
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Terrible
21
Tracey D
Stoke-on-Trent67 contributions
Feb 2024 • friends
I went here for food and cocktails with a friend. The food was really nice and at lunchtime a great deal too with 3 small plates for £12. These were served on a bench, which was very quirky. The cocktails list was great, so hard to choose, and again, with offers of 2 for £12 were good value. The staff were very friendly and the place had a really nice vibe.
Written 15 February 2024
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bazzastoney43
Middlewich12 contributions
Nov 2023 • couples
Service was excellent, 4 me to many cakes found sweetcorn a strange choice especially with false teeth 🤔 scone were a letdown shop bought from any supermarket filled with 4 inches of cream. Would have thought you could source homemade scones from somewhere. But that was only my opinion not the others The building decor was excellent
Written 17 November 2023
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Debbie S
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • family
Just had afternoon tea at The Bench for my birthday, it was fantastic, by far the best afternoon tea I've ever had. Great choice of food which was delicious; so much food staff provided us with boxes to take what we couldn't eat home with us.
Staff were excellent very friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend and can't wait to come back again soon.
Written 2 November 2023
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Liz D
Croatia7 contributions
Aug 2024 • friends
Been here a.number of times before and always enjoyed it. This time however was a great disappointment. Waited ages to get served (although we’d booked) then waited a good 20 minutes for 1 cappuccino and a jug of water then 1 hour for food. Nothing complicated was ordered, 2chips 1 scampi, 1 spicy noodles, 1 fish finger and salad sandwich and 1 spicy chilli king prawns.
Chips were very dry, scampi ok, noodles claggy, fish finger sandwich barely any salad but loads of red onion that was overpowering and the prawn dish was utterly underwhelming to say the least. Frozen, poor quality pale pink prawns that were hardly ‘king’ in my opinion and totally tasteless.
In fairness to the waitress, she was lovely but the only member of staff waiting tables - not her fault about the lack of staff but ‘waiting’ was very much an operative word for both customers and staff on this occasion
We are not local to Nantwich but have made the journey especially to visit this place as we’ve enjoyed it in the past but this occasion has left me questioning whether it’s worth the journey in future. It certainly wasn’t this time.
Written 18 August 2024
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kymbob890
Stoke-on-Trent14 contributions
Jul 2023 • friends
Extremely disappointed and will definitely not be returning!
Online it asks how many adults and how many children so I selected 3 adults and one child, it then says to add in the comments for children’s afternoon tea which I didn’t because he wasn’t having one. He’s one, we just wanted a high chair which it asks when booking so I selected yes. No high chair.
When we arrived, she asked if it was still 4, I said no, the child isn’t coming anymore. She said the child’s afternoon tea (the one I didn’t ask for) has been prepped so we will have to keep you deposit. I then later said to another waitress that if I’m paying 50% or the children’s afternoon tea then I might as well pay the balance and take it home with me, I was told no.
The soup was obviously out of a tin, we had no salad, cones and cakes out of a packet from Aldi, biscuits out of a packet, 2 tiny pieces of scampi, an awful tangy trifle, and an awful chocolate ganache. Not a great experience!
Written 8 July 2023
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Julie G
1 contribution
May 2024 • friends
Hen party booking for hot buffet. We were very disappointed with lack of service and the managers attitude. I wish they had said they did not have capacity to cater for our group when we booked months earlier rather than providing inadequate service on the night. The food was tolerable but the bar service and courtesy shown by staff (with the exception of Josh) was not!
Written 27 May 2024
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Beki E
Crewe18 contributions
Dec 2022 • friends
Afternoon tea with friends. One staff member came across slightly sarcastic after we'd waited about 25 minutes for our drinks after our food came out very quickly. We also asked for gravy as the food was a bit dry, again a tiny jug took 20 mins so a bit useless. Whole thing seemed pre dished and kept warm with slow service for the drinks. Tea only as we asked, again a bit slow. Nice concept, good cocktails (when they came!) and a pretty setting but more style over substance in this case.
Written 9 January 2023
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Carla Reese
Nantwich51 contributions
May 2022 • friends
We called with friends, wasn’t particularly busy inside or out. Was advised it was table service but waited over 15 minutes for an order in the garden. Went inside to order, was greeted by a very pleasant team member who took our order and assured our order was taken before going the the bar. Once our order was placed it took over 20 minutes to receive our drinks, only 2 out of 4 drinks were worth the price. I’d recommend the Space Jam and bottled cider however the Popping Candy and Gummy Bear weren’t what we expected
Written 3 June 2022
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Kerry K
Crewe7 contributions
Aug 2024 • couples
We visited the Bench in Nantwich on Saturday. We love the place and the cocktails are amazing. The customer service was very disappointing. There was a wedding party going on outside and children running around in and outside of the bar. My husband purchased a pint & a cocktail and on stepping away from the bar some children ran into him causing the drinks the go everywhere. On approaching the bar staff my husband asked what to do, the manager came out and told him he would have to pay for one of the drinks (the most expensive one). I just thought this was out of order and not very customer friendly,I have no problem with children being there but they should not be running riot. What if it was a hot drink or the glass had injured someone!!!
Written 2 September 2024
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Pat Wilson
5 contributions
Aug 2023 • friends
It was our first time at Bench, sadly will not be returning. I found the food was very disappointing. Garlic mushrooms and garlic bread (if you can call it that) had no garlic, it should be renamed cheese bread. The beef nuggets were just a deep fried rissole. We also had potato's in paprika and leeks and sadly the pots were hard. The service and presentation was excellent and a quirky place, but I feel it is a bar first and food a poor second.
Written 15 August 2023
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Victoria E
Crewe18 contributions
Mar 2024 • couples
We came here for an early dinner, the service was fine but the quality of food was very disappointing to say the least! After reading positive reviews we had rather high expectations but alas. Our skinny fries were undercooked, pale and soggy, prawns were tasteless, cauliflower bites arrived horrendously burnt and had to be returned back to the kitchen., on top of that a hair was found in the rice pot which instantly put me off their food. Undoubtedly I won’t be rushing back for more any time soon.
Written 18 March 2024
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Alison D
Sheffield76 contributions
Aug 2022 • couples
Booked here after seeing great reviews and we were definitely not disappointed.
We had the afternoon tea which differs to the norm with hot options and the usual scones, cake and sweet treats ➕ ➕ ➕
Food was served speedily and was hot, beautifully presented and tasty. Great selection and all demolished as we hadn't eaten all day to be ready for it. I had asked for 1 smoothie to be without banana and this had been sorted for us - I love it when venues really listen and act on what has been requested.
Great, fun, cocktails which were again presented differently and lots of new ones as well as old favourites. Just wish I hadn't had to drive back to our hotel as I would probably have demolished quite a few.
Such a friendly warm welcome which continued throughout our time at the Bistro. We certainly felt like very valued customers and new friends.
The decor inside is like a beautiful garden full of blooms and the courtyard a beautiful teepee style tent to sit under.
Give this place a visit, im sure you will love it.
Written 14 August 2022
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Sarah L
1 contribution
Oct 2021 • couples
Only thing this place is ‘okay’ for is a few instagram pictures. Food was terrible and way overpriced for the portion sizes (yes I know it’s supposed to be little plate, tapas style but cmon £6 for 4 meatballs…) The rest of the food was very bland, dry and cold. Service from the staff could have been so much better, we were never checked up on or asked if we needed anything. After seeing the good reviews and the aesthetic of this place we really thought it would be so much better. We’re very disappointed with Bench and will not be returning.
Written 17 October 2021
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Louise H
Tamworth255 contributions
Feb 2023 • none
We visited as party of six, for a belated Christmas catch-up.
Our afternoon teas, mixture of vegetarian and standard and an order off the main menu, arrived promptly, quickly followed by our teas and coffees.
The afternoon tea tasted as good as it looked, with plenty of food to eat. Luckily we were given boxes to takeaway what we didn't eat.
We all enjoyed it and will hopefully meet up there again in the future.
Written 18 February 2023
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Gemma C
2 contributions
Oct 2022 • friends
3 friends and I visited bench bistro for food and cocktails last night - the food was absolutely delicious. One of our group members has a severe nut allergy and the staff went above and beyond to accommodate and make sure the food was safe. The atmosphere and music was perfect. The staff were polite, friendly and service speed was excellent. We enjoyed it so much that I'll be booking again very soon!
Written 29 October 2022
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