The Bridge Ashbourne

Had a walk through Ashbourne and came across The Bridge which is part of the Marstons company. We had dinner here and the service was very good. The tables were all clean and as it was a Monday it wasn't very busy. We had two mains of the burger with cheese and bacon, this came quickly and was very tasty and was a job to finish it all. Home made coleslaw, onion rings and chips. Everything about it was great and would definitely recommend it if you're feeling hungry. We also had the mince and onion pie again this was of the same size portion. The pie was served on a big bed of mashed potato and a generous portion of green peas. Also had a large gravy boat if you wanted to add this. The pastry was very tasty and buttery and not dry like some other places. Again a good size portion. We wanted dessert but after these we had to admit defeat and go without. Maybe next time we'll have room.

Booked with our 2 greyhounds for a meal and were told no problems as we are a dog friendly pub and were offered various places within the pub to dine so that our dogs felt comfortable. Food was plentiful and served on a hot plate, which I consider a must. Had Lasagne and the ham with chips and was very tasty. Was a couple of locals (young people) who's language could have been challenged by the staff, but I suppose you should expect it nowadays but not if you were a young family sitting having a meal. Overall a great location and good food.

Great beer garden for lunch - really nice fish and chips!

I Went to the Bridge for a what I thought would be an amazing dinning experience as I'd been told how good this place was for food and entertainment. I loved the layout and the set up of the bar/restaurant and the live entertainment was on point. The service was pretty decent, friendly staff and quick drink service, so far so good. We then made a food order, my partner had the mushroom risotto which looked and tasted phenomenal. My daughter had the BBQ chicken wings for starter and the chicken loaded fries as a main, the wings looked delicious and my daughter absolutely annihilated them! The dirty fries looked and smelt so good! I tried this and was blown away with how good the dirty chicken fries were!! This I would definitely recommend 😋 So so far so good right! This is were the evening turned a little sour in my opinion, I ordered myself the chicken and chorizo risotto, I've never tried a risotto before so I was really looking forward to diving into my meal! The first half of this risotto went down like a treat! I couldn't get enough, however I then took a mouthful in and had to spit it back out as something wasn't right... I looked into what I had just tried to eat and found an approximate 1cm in length piece of plastic in my food. As I'm sure you can imagine I wasn't exactly into eating plastic as it's not really part off your 5 a day so I spoke with a waitress who kindly bought the chef out who apologised for the mistake and offered to make me another one from scratch. I was happy with this as it tasted beautiful! About 5 or so minutes later a fresh chicken and chorizo risotto was bought out to me with the chef apologising again for the mistake on the previous one. So I sat back and looked at it and it seemed fine to me... that is until I took my first bite of the risotto making sure I had some chicken, chorizo and rice on the fork I took in a mouthful of this tasty looking risotto! I again unfortunately ended up finding yet ANOTHER piece of plastic in my food and this time it was approximately 3cm in length!! One time mistake is acceptable but twice, come on now. So I again raised it with the bar staff who got the chef out, she looked at it and straight away you could sense she was not happy with this and took it away again apologising for the mistake, however this is where i believe the restaurant failed as that was it, no one else came to speak to me about it, another one being cooked wasn't offered out to me and when i went to get another round of drinks the bar staff asked how the meal was, i explained that i had found plastic in it and she said she was aware but how was the second one, to which I explained that that one also had been ruined with a piece of plastic. She mentioned that she would speak with management about it, no one came to speak to me and I was in there for a further 40mins to which I stated I wasn't paying for the main. We then paid the rest of the bill and left. So I never got to eat my main. I did enjoy the time spent in The Bridge that evening its was just ruined by mistakes made by the chef. I would recommend this place as it is friendly and busy and had good vibes. I'd just check your risotto before plowing it down your throat in future.

The home made curry was tasty and tangy. Attentive service by Molly and Carmella.We had a family dinner here at 7pm on a Tuesday, great value for money too😀