Light lunch yesterday. Imaginative menu. We selected two starters and one main as ‘small’ plates to share. Very nice indeed and appropriately priced. Hope to return.
Robin Russell
Really nice place all round. Lovely waiters and Manager. Food a little different to most places and great, but not pretentious.Music wasn't my thing, but I'm sure it changes.
Holly Graham
Came for unexpected meal at 7pm on a Friday, seated quickly by very polite and attentive host, nice atmosphere but not too noisy to have a conversation. Great food, good wine and alcohol free cocktails! Definitely recommend the sweetcorn fritters and the tiramisu ☺️
Lauren Nesbitt
I visited yesterday evening with my Husband and two friends. I’d booked a table for four a few days earlier.Our friends arrived first and were seated upstairs already, having given staff my name on arrival, but when I arrived with my Husband, two staff members were very confused at the door by our arrival, asking for my name multiple times (even though it was booked under my name). I don’t understand how our friends’ arrival managed to cause so much confusion, surely it’s common for diners to arrive at different times under one booking? I even told them multiple times that the booking was for four people, but it still managed to baffle them. It didn’t fill me with much confidence or give a good first impression.We were told at the door that they needed the table back at 8pm (2 hours duration), which was fine, but I was reminded again when seated, my friends were reminded when they were seated, and we were then reminded again by another member of staff, which was excessive and unwelcoming. I already knew that we had the table for 2 hours as it was specified on the booking. It’s fine to remind your customers once when they arrive, but not multiple times like that.The waiters were extremely eager to take our orders, we’d barely had time to look at the menu. We all felt rushed, again.The music was then turned up to a ridiculously loud volume. We asked them to turn it down as we were seated right underneath the speaker. This wasn’t possible we were told, so they moved us to a table in the corner. It was a wobbly table, probably one that nobody else wanted. Not a single member of staff helped us with the transferral of food and drink to the new table which was also disappointing.Once we were moved onto this table, we were forgotten about. Nobody came and asked if we wanted any more drinks, we weren’t given any water. I asked for some chilli oil with my pizza and I had to go and fetch that myself as it was forgotten about. Why the waiter even bothered asking, I don’t know. Nobody asked if the food was ok at any point either.Our plates were finally cleared, yet we had to wait until 8:35 until we were offered the bill. So we were basically sitting there at a table in the corner for over 30 minutes being ignored. Several staff walked past, even the male at the front door who told us we needed to leave by 8pm and multiple waiting staff, yet nobody spoke to us at all.When the waitress eventually came over to offer the bill, we calmly but firmly explained what happened to us. She screwed her face up and offered a forced apology, but only when further challenged. She seemed confused and couldn’t be bothered to understand what had occurred, even though she had been present throughout the later part of our reservation. We basically felt like an inconvenience and it was very uncomfortable.When we paid the bill, she walked off immediately after the transaction had gone through without even saying thank you or making any conversation. Nobody said goodbye downstairs either. Staff just seemed to not care in the slightest.The food was ok, but the service let the whole experience down massively. Staff just quite frankly seemed inexperienced and couldn’t be bothered.I won’t be returning which is a shame, as I visited at the beginning of this year and it was nowhere near as bad. The best part of the evening was catching up with our friends, but what a let down the restaurant was. Thankfully the service charge was removed at our request.
R Frampton
Really liked this place. It ticked every box for me. First, the location was nice, the atmosphere was good, and the whole place is nicely presented. The toilets were particularly clean and neat! Second, the food was decent, with an interesting selection and some nice flavours. And third, the staff were very friendly. We could see the manager there and she was obviously very attentive, making sure everything was running smoothly as well as serving customers herself.
Thom Cornall
Overpriced for what it is.Came for lunch and had pizzas. Location is great and the restaurant itself is very nicely laid out and has a good atmosphere.Food was….fine. The gluten free pizza was doughy and got the impression it had come from a frozen job-lot. Other pizzas had barely any toppings (or even cheese!)Considering they were upwards of £18 each, I would expect better.
higvin
Great place if you can secure one of the upstairs tables looking down on Frome’s main drag. Well-spaced tables and a good place for conversation. Unfortunately they’d run out of kedgeree, which we wanted. We settled for a burger and the cauliflower, which weren’t bad, and the hummus flatbread, which was less popular. With a house leaf salad, lager and an elderflower cordial, the bill came to £92.40 for four (including a 10% service charge).
Pip V
We followed our noses to Eight Stony Street - the wood-fired pizza oven makes itself subtly known as you walk up Stony Street itself. It's a sunny, attractive space that welcomes you. The menu is simple but intriguing, promising local ingredients combined in imaginative ways. We opted for a pizza, an antipasti platter and some homemade taramasalata. The pizza was as good as any Italian offering and the antipasti featured some of the best English-made prosciutto we've ever eaten. The taramasalata was just superb, so good that we asked for some to take home with us, which the very helpful and warm staff - all of them so friendly and confident - made happen. All in all, a really lovely experience. We wish we lived more locally as we want to come back and try more of the menu, because as chefs ourselves we love a kitchen that's excited about local food.
Bouie J
Hidden out the way, good food and good service. Would recommend booking as it was very busy. Would eat here again next time in Frome
angelikaw133
Terrible service although good view of street life whilst waiting and waiting. Scruffy place, poorly lit stairs to loos, ignored requests. Annoyed to pay £9 for a bacon sandwich, slice of bacon in dry roll. Very poor value.
Cold atmosphere. Had to wait 45 minutes for two pizzas on a quiet Wednesday night, our drink was forgotten, and the welcome was non-existent. Felt like we were in the way rather than valued customers. When they finally came the pizzas were pretty good.
William Lock
Amazing food just a pitty the kitchen forgot to make our food. The table next to us were seated after we ordered and they had paid and left before our food was on the table. Nothing done to put right apart from an apology
Paul Golding
We hired eight stoney Street for a party for 100 on a Sunday. The food was really tasty and well presented; the tea and coffee great and the service was really slick. We wanted the large group to mingle in smaller groups and the layout is spot on for this.
awhite106
Even though our table was booked for 1pm, we were given the brunch menu and only realised there was another lunch menu to choose from when ordering desserts. Waiter took our order and read it back to us but the side of chips ordered were forgotten about and after chasing only arrived after we had finished main course. Roasted cauliflower main dish was delicious but served lukewarm and despite us asking about portion sizes when ordering, was only half a cauliflower when we were told it would be a whole cauliflower so no need to order any sides but we were left still feeling hungry.. We had to ask for cutlery for our desserts, then they brought all spoons and no knife for the cheeseboard. Cheeseboard was served without the grapes mentioned on menu and when queried was told they didn't have any so was served without. Would have been nice to have been advised of this at time of ordering! Home-made crackers tasted burnt and cheese looked like someone's leftover crumbs and extremely small slices. Overpriced food for what we received, so poor value. I think I'll give this place a miss next time I am in Frome. Shame, as location and ambience was so nice.
Tom Hockenhull
Update: as below, Kent got in touch and we went back for lunch - apparently previously there were staff issues in the kitchen which had affected last time we went. This time was a world of difference: the waiter was very lovely and diligent, and the (fantastic) food and drinks came out very quickly - this time, we didn't get too hungry to enjoy them! Would thoroughly recommend a lazy summer lunch with a glass of wine to anyone.Previous review: Went in for lunch and it was very, very slow. Took ten minutes before someone asked us for a drink order, at which point we were ready to order food - which then didn't come for 45 minutes, which feels an awfully long time for pizza, esp. without warning or apology. It's a shame as the food is great, the setting is lovely and the staff are all very nice - but, as with last time we went, everything is just too slow!
Light lunch yesterday. Imaginative menu. We selected two starters and one main as ‘small’ plates to share. Very nice indeed and appropriately priced. Hope to return.
Really nice place all round. Lovely waiters and Manager. Food a little different to most places and great, but not pretentious.Music wasn't my thing, but I'm sure it changes.
Came for unexpected meal at 7pm on a Friday, seated quickly by very polite and attentive host, nice atmosphere but not too noisy to have a conversation. Great food, good wine and alcohol free cocktails! Definitely recommend the sweetcorn fritters and the tiramisu ☺️
I visited yesterday evening with my Husband and two friends. I’d booked a table for four a few days earlier.Our friends arrived first and were seated upstairs already, having given staff my name on arrival, but when I arrived with my Husband, two staff members were very confused at the door by our arrival, asking for my name multiple times (even though it was booked under my name). I don’t understand how our friends’ arrival managed to cause so much confusion, surely it’s common for diners to arrive at different times under one booking? I even told them multiple times that the booking was for four people, but it still managed to baffle them. It didn’t fill me with much confidence or give a good first impression.We were told at the door that they needed the table back at 8pm (2 hours duration), which was fine, but I was reminded again when seated, my friends were reminded when they were seated, and we were then reminded again by another member of staff, which was excessive and unwelcoming. I already knew that we had the table for 2 hours as it was specified on the booking. It’s fine to remind your customers once when they arrive, but not multiple times like that.The waiters were extremely eager to take our orders, we’d barely had time to look at the menu. We all felt rushed, again.The music was then turned up to a ridiculously loud volume. We asked them to turn it down as we were seated right underneath the speaker. This wasn’t possible we were told, so they moved us to a table in the corner. It was a wobbly table, probably one that nobody else wanted. Not a single member of staff helped us with the transferral of food and drink to the new table which was also disappointing.Once we were moved onto this table, we were forgotten about. Nobody came and asked if we wanted any more drinks, we weren’t given any water. I asked for some chilli oil with my pizza and I had to go and fetch that myself as it was forgotten about. Why the waiter even bothered asking, I don’t know. Nobody asked if the food was ok at any point either.Our plates were finally cleared, yet we had to wait until 8:35 until we were offered the bill. So we were basically sitting there at a table in the corner for over 30 minutes being ignored. Several staff walked past, even the male at the front door who told us we needed to leave by 8pm and multiple waiting staff, yet nobody spoke to us at all.When the waitress eventually came over to offer the bill, we calmly but firmly explained what happened to us. She screwed her face up and offered a forced apology, but only when further challenged. She seemed confused and couldn’t be bothered to understand what had occurred, even though she had been present throughout the later part of our reservation. We basically felt like an inconvenience and it was very uncomfortable.When we paid the bill, she walked off immediately after the transaction had gone through without even saying thank you or making any conversation. Nobody said goodbye downstairs either. Staff just seemed to not care in the slightest.The food was ok, but the service let the whole experience down massively. Staff just quite frankly seemed inexperienced and couldn’t be bothered.I won’t be returning which is a shame, as I visited at the beginning of this year and it was nowhere near as bad. The best part of the evening was catching up with our friends, but what a let down the restaurant was. Thankfully the service charge was removed at our request.
Really liked this place. It ticked every box for me. First, the location was nice, the atmosphere was good, and the whole place is nicely presented. The toilets were particularly clean and neat! Second, the food was decent, with an interesting selection and some nice flavours. And third, the staff were very friendly. We could see the manager there and she was obviously very attentive, making sure everything was running smoothly as well as serving customers herself.
Overpriced for what it is.Came for lunch and had pizzas. Location is great and the restaurant itself is very nicely laid out and has a good atmosphere.Food was….fine. The gluten free pizza was doughy and got the impression it had come from a frozen job-lot. Other pizzas had barely any toppings (or even cheese!)Considering they were upwards of £18 each, I would expect better.
Great place if you can secure one of the upstairs tables looking down on Frome’s main drag. Well-spaced tables and a good place for conversation. Unfortunately they’d run out of kedgeree, which we wanted. We settled for a burger and the cauliflower, which weren’t bad, and the hummus flatbread, which was less popular. With a house leaf salad, lager and an elderflower cordial, the bill came to £92.40 for four (including a 10% service charge).
We followed our noses to Eight Stony Street - the wood-fired pizza oven makes itself subtly known as you walk up Stony Street itself. It's a sunny, attractive space that welcomes you. The menu is simple but intriguing, promising local ingredients combined in imaginative ways. We opted for a pizza, an antipasti platter and some homemade taramasalata. The pizza was as good as any Italian offering and the antipasti featured some of the best English-made prosciutto we've ever eaten. The taramasalata was just superb, so good that we asked for some to take home with us, which the very helpful and warm staff - all of them so friendly and confident - made happen. All in all, a really lovely experience. We wish we lived more locally as we want to come back and try more of the menu, because as chefs ourselves we love a kitchen that's excited about local food.
Hidden out the way, good food and good service. Would recommend booking as it was very busy. Would eat here again next time in Frome
Terrible service although good view of street life whilst waiting and waiting. Scruffy place, poorly lit stairs to loos, ignored requests. Annoyed to pay £9 for a bacon sandwich, slice of bacon in dry roll. Very poor value.
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Cold atmosphere. Had to wait 45 minutes for two pizzas on a quiet Wednesday night, our drink was forgotten, and the welcome was non-existent. Felt like we were in the way rather than valued customers. When they finally came the pizzas were pretty good.
Amazing food just a pitty the kitchen forgot to make our food. The table next to us were seated after we ordered and they had paid and left before our food was on the table. Nothing done to put right apart from an apology
We hired eight stoney Street for a party for 100 on a Sunday. The food was really tasty and well presented; the tea and coffee great and the service was really slick. We wanted the large group to mingle in smaller groups and the layout is spot on for this.
Even though our table was booked for 1pm, we were given the brunch menu and only realised there was another lunch menu to choose from when ordering desserts. Waiter took our order and read it back to us but the side of chips ordered were forgotten about and after chasing only arrived after we had finished main course. Roasted cauliflower main dish was delicious but served lukewarm and despite us asking about portion sizes when ordering, was only half a cauliflower when we were told it would be a whole cauliflower so no need to order any sides but we were left still feeling hungry.. We had to ask for cutlery for our desserts, then they brought all spoons and no knife for the cheeseboard. Cheeseboard was served without the grapes mentioned on menu and when queried was told they didn't have any so was served without. Would have been nice to have been advised of this at time of ordering! Home-made crackers tasted burnt and cheese looked like someone's leftover crumbs and extremely small slices. Overpriced food for what we received, so poor value. I think I'll give this place a miss next time I am in Frome. Shame, as location and ambience was so nice.
Update: as below, Kent got in touch and we went back for lunch - apparently previously there were staff issues in the kitchen which had affected last time we went. This time was a world of difference: the waiter was very lovely and diligent, and the (fantastic) food and drinks came out very quickly - this time, we didn't get too hungry to enjoy them! Would thoroughly recommend a lazy summer lunch with a glass of wine to anyone.Previous review: Went in for lunch and it was very, very slow. Took ten minutes before someone asked us for a drink order, at which point we were ready to order food - which then didn't come for 45 minutes, which feels an awfully long time for pizza, esp. without warning or apology. It's a shame as the food is great, the setting is lovely and the staff are all very nice - but, as with last time we went, everything is just too slow!