Blue Mango, Taunton

Had a meal here with the family and had a very enjoyable time. Me and my partner shared the Kata Chicken Masala and Devils Chicken Tamarind both for £8-90 and both quite delicious. Service was friendly and 'unhurried', the waiter offered all seven of us a drink on the house which I thought was a nice small touch to finish a very pleasant evening. (could have done without the dance music in the background earlier on though, not what you'd expect in a quite classy Indian restaurant)

Downtown American Diner, Nieuwmarkt 26, Amsterdam,

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

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Had to get some food on board before 'attacking' the bars in The Dam, so we all thought "burgers? yeah!"

I opted for the simple "Classic Downtown Burger" which came with Cheddar cheese, tomato and onion for 7 Euro's and a obligatory beer. Service it must be said wasn't quick, took a while just for the beer, the Burger followed thankfully soon after and it was worth the wait, great quality patty, a real delicious and tasty snack for a just over a fiver in Sterling.

My friends were similarly impressed with their orders  (Black Angus Burger and Philadelphia Steak Burger)

Food 4.5/5
Value 4/5
Service 2.5/5
Overall 4/5

H and H Burgers, Strode Road, Clevedon (opposite Asda)

Had a Burger here a few years ago when it was located on Teignmouth Road, the Burger Bar has moved to Asda car park and is now conveniently located opposite the store and is a joint that always seems to attract a lot of trade, easy to see why...

Lovely friendly staff and owner, I had a Bacon sarnie, tasty thick Bacon and nice fresh quality bread, with a piping hot cup of tea for around three quid.

Proper fodder for the those on the road.

Food 5/5
Value 4/5
Service 5/5
Overall 4.5/5

Star Fish Bar, 10 Old Street, Clevedon

The Star Fish Bar opened it's doors something like around 18 months ago, initial early reviews back then were good so I gave it a go, I've been a regular ever since!

Great portions, consistently good food, we went for our usual Saturday night meal, portion of Chips (the portions are huge and one is enough for two), Cod, two Battered Sausages and Curry Sauce. As usual the Cod is excellent, fluffy quality meat, good batter, Chip portion huge, very rarely has the place disappointed me, and tonight was no exception, easily the best Chippy in the 'Don!

Food 5/5

Value 5/5

Service 4/5

Overall 5/5

KFC, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol

Friday night so what better than a visit to the faithful Colonel. A small queue of 2-3 people and just the one serving isn't a good start, nothing like a 10 minute wait to build up your appetite.

Went for my 'usual', 2 piece meal with Coke and gravy, chicken pieces weren't the biggest pieces but tasty as usual, hot portion of fries, gravy tasty as usual all washed down with a coke, a fiver well spent.

Food 4/5
Service 2/5
Value 4/5
Overall 4/5

McDonalds, Bath Road, Hardwick, Glos.

It's break time at work, couldn't be bothered to do a packed lunch....it's come to this....McDonalds. I'm going for the 'Big And Tasty' with Bacon special which I have to admit is a guilty pleasure, I take my place in the queue, only a couple of people in front, it's about 7:30pm, quite quiet....shouldn't take to long...........seriously, this place has to be the worst for service I can remember in some time, one person serving, I think, spotty despondent oik, wandering around aimlessly, I think I was finally served after a good 10 minutes!!

Thankfully the 'B and T' was indeed (slightly) Big but very tasty, so after filling my belly with grease and calories all was forgiven!!

Food 4/5
Service 0/5
Value 4/5
Overall 3/5

Opulentia, Queens Rd, Clevedon

Previously the rather disappointing Seven Burger Bar, I didn't realise it had been taken over and become a Pizza Parlour complete with authentic clay oven in the kitchen. Some friends had given it the thumbs up, so one Saturday evening we popped in for a takeaway pizza.

We went for the 12" Crispy Duck with Hosin sauce, cucumber, spring onion, Mozzarella for £9-49. Staff aren't the most cheerful, must have taken lessons from Seven, and our Pizza was in front of our noses in under 10 minutes. Took it home to eat, and just driving back it did smell nice, and thankfully it tasted just as good. Good sprinkling of tasty duck, nice pizza base, the large strips of cucumber I thought was a bit odd, took those off and just ate them as a side!

A very nice effort then, not cheap though, I still feel that nearly a tenner for an average sized pizza to takeaway is a bit steep, but the food was faultless.

(N.B Rather disappointing to see they only achieved a 2 star hygiene rating recently though)

Food 4/5
Value 3/5
Service 2/5
Overall 3.5/5