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Bridport in general

Description: With 7,500 inhabitants this is a small, friendly market town. It stands where the river Brit and Asker meet in Dorset. ... more

Bridport in general ... Music and the arts are prominent in the town's social life.

Newest Review: ... bells began to ring. Every table was piled high with the remains of the previous occupants meals and drinks which we cleared ourselves onto adjacent tables. The occupied tables had families looking slightly disgruntled, as if they were waiting for something. We were soon to discover what they were waiting for! Son-in-Law, returning with our drinks, explaining that there is a forty-five ... more

... minute wait for food, even sandwiches, as there is one person manning the two bars, one more in the kitchen and one serving the food. This is the middle of August in a busy tourist area in West Dorset. Oldest grandson Michael then spots the dead wasp ...more

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Bridport in general: Any 'Portz' in a Storm (2071 words)
by - written on 10/09/01 (Very useful, 107 readings)
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The table for nine, six adults and two children, in the George Hotel, South Street in Bridport, had been booked several days ahead. On the afternoon of our arranged meal, a phone call from one of the staff informed me that the cook had got a fishbone in her fingernail and was in Accident and Emergency with an infected hand. Our anticipated evening meal was cancelled. This was all the more disappointing as five of us, including the two children, had just had a disastrous lunchtime eating out experience in Bridport, and we were relying on the good food and atmosphere of our evening dinner date to compensate for an almost mind boggling lunch. You couldn’t make it up! ... Read the complete review