Blubeckers

I guess was predictable given the location, and unfortunately this place delivered on everything you expect from a tourist spot restaurant: bad service, bad food, icky atmosphere. And totally overpriced for the processed food we were served.

After a cold day traipsing around the Hampton Court Palace and its grounds, my friend and I were ready for a cup of warm tea. We went into Bluebeckers and found just what we needed-​two pots of tea and two scones. The tea was fine but the scones weren’t that great. They were on the crumbly and stale side and did nothing to curb my constant craving of good, hearty English scones. Although I didn’t order an actual entrée, the food coming out looked pretty generic but people seemed to be enjoying it. I was sitting next to some noisy kids so the atmosphere was not that great for me. I don’t understand why people just don’t parent their children in restaurants, but that is a whole other rant! All in all Bluebeckers is fine, but nothing special and I have certainly experienced better.

Good food with a great environment. Ribs are great and so are the sunday dinners. All this for a reasonable price.

Do many people still go to Blubeckers? I’m kind of surprised that this establishment is still doing business. I’m also a bit disappointed that this is one of the restaurants that tourists visiting Hampton Court Palace virtually walk into when they have done a day at the Palace — it is directly opposite.
I suppose if you have spent a cold day traipsing around a Palace, or gone for a walk along the towpath which runs along the Thames, you might be in the mood for some carby, starchy food, and this is where Blubeckers excels; the menu is full of the good old safe standbys of dishes like potato skins, garlic mushrooms, spare ribs, burgers, pies and pasta.
Personally this kind of food doesn’t do it for me, but obviously it does do it for other people. Take a tip from me — if you want authentic food done properly, carry on walking over the Bridge into Bridge Road, and stop off at one of the restaurants there. Much better food.

My children’s fave local restaurant! Legendary ribs! As a parent I like the fact that the children’s menu does not just consist of nuggets and chips. It has more ‘grown up’ choices and several of the choices come in a larger portion for older children which is necessary for a 10 year old with hollow legs. Ribs are definitely the favourite in our family but they do good homemade burgers as well as pasta, pizza and some good veggie choices.

This Blubeckers is conveniently located across the road from Hampton Court. The Blubeckers menu is actually really good and even though I knew I was going for their Ribs I was already thinking that another visit (or two) would be required to try some of the other tempting delicious — good stodgy stuff. However after tasting the Ribs I doubt I could really go past them! The Ribs were as good as Sandra made them out to be — tender (so tender you could literally push it off the bone — we could have eaten with spoons!), juicy, and dripping in a very tasty BBQ sauce. So well done to Sandra! The ribs weren’t the only great thing — the calamari starter was perfectly cooked and served with the most amazing aioli and the dessert — I don’t know how we fit in those gigantic servings but oh boy it was good and sooo rich. The only slight negative, and I’m not sure this is something that happens often, was that the food was quite slow to come out. On the plus side the extra time probably allowed our food to settle so we could fit more in. Ha ha.
Its just a shame that there is no Blubeckers in London. Or maybe it’s a good thing otherwise I think I would start to grow a little curly tail

Good value restaurant for all the family, which means it can be noisy early evening.
Set over 2 floors, it’s an interesting menu, The Ribs are a favourite, order the large ones, eat what you can and take the rest home they’re delicious cold.
Parking can be an issue during the day, they may offer a voucher for the station car park.
Good place for a party/​group meal.