The Connection, Shipley

After deciding to go since the change over, I'm seriously dissapointed, the food was just ok. It not worth the £40 bill, don't even know where to start, but no cutlery on tables had to ask for napkins as they were sticky where the drinks had been out down, no guacamole with the nachos an just a sprinkle of cheese, should have been told if things were not available. Had re ask for cutlery again and more napkins, also heard another table ask for this too, common sense would tell you to set the table, most of the staff were sat down at a table and we had to continuously get up to ask for things, all in all a shocking night, either there is no management there to watch over, or it's run by kids, I won't be going back, which is dissapointing considering how fab it used to be .

The 'New' Connection Diner

As locals of the area we chose this restaurant as we had seen it had been refurbished for the first time in years.

As soon as we walked in no one came to see us at the door or offered us a drink. You can see straight into the kitchen from the bar and one of the first things I noticed was how messy the kitchen was, pots pans and dirty bowls thrown all over. It wasn’t as if it was busy (2 other tables on a Sunday night) so I’m sure they would of had time to clear up.

We got taken to our table, the tables have defiantly not been replaced since the refurbishment. Dirty, scruffy and sticky.

The table didn’t have any cutlery or napkins on. Which we still didn’t receive until we asked for them after the “waitress” had given us our starters and walked away.

We were never offered any more drinks. When our cutlery finally arrived we asked for some wine which the girl replied “what wine do ya want?”. We ordered a bottle of red and a bottle.

The girl walked away and never returned, I saw her walk into the kitchen with a glass of wine and then she was stood chatting.

We had to go to the bar to see where our wine was 9after waiting 10 mins and finishing our starters. We were informed that the white wine we ordered they didn’t have in, or our second choice. Where they not going to come and tell us this?

Our mains came and it was average. We were never offered any sauces or any other drinks again or asked how our meal was.

While we were sat with our dirty empty plates for ages the staff where sat at a table eating what they had ordered for them self’s with a glass of wine in hand. I also saw another member of staff walking around with a glass of wine, still with our empty dirty plates sat on our table.

Our table was finally cleared and we where never offered to see the desert menu or any coffee.

We will never come here again. The service was the worst I have ever experienced. You get better service at a two meals for £10 pub and the food is probably the same quality.

Food was quite good..service was a shambles..7 people trying to work the till....customers left waiting around...no staff by the door to seat you..and so on! Shame really dont believe the hype!

i cant believe all those bad reviews and agree with the other person that it probably is just somebody with a grudge.

i loved the connection, my mum went when she was younger and wanted to show us what it was like. we thought it was great the waiting staff were very polite and friendly and also had a laugh with you, the food came fairly quickly and was delicious and my boyfriend especially liked the chunky chips. it was a really nice and enjoyable meal and would definatley recommend it to friends and would return myself.

i cant believe all those bad reviews and agree with the other person that it probably is just somebody with a grudge.

i loved the connection, my mum went when she was younger and wanted to show us what it was like. we thought it was great the waiting staff were very polite and friendly and also had a laugh with you, the food came fairly quickly and was delicious and my boyfriend especially liked the chunky chips. it was a really nice and enjoyable meal and would definatley recommend it to friends and would return myself.

i cant believe all those bad reviews and agree with the other person that it probably is just somebody with a grudge.

i loved the connection, my mum went when she was younger and wanted to show us what it was like. we thought it was great the waiting staff were very polite and friendly and also had a laugh with you, the food came fairly quickly and was delicious and my boyfriend especially liked the chunky chips. it was a really nice and enjoyable meal and would definatley recommend it to friends and would return myself.

As the other couple said i dont know why so many bad reviews and think it is just someone with a grudge.

me and my family went to the connection as my mum went when she was younger and wanted to show us and we all thought it was great.

the food was delicious and my boyfriend especially liked the chunky chips they were huge. it was a nice peaceful evening with great service and great food i would definatley reccomend going.

Had a fantastic evening there with my girlfriend. The staff were great, the food was good and it had a very happy friendly atmosphere.

We had ordered a bottle of wine and they even turned the music to something a little softer for us... we didnt even ask!

Fantastic place, we really enjoyed the evening and wont hesitate to revisit next time we are in the area.

Note: Its a shame there are so many negative reviews for this place... but I do notice the majority of them are from 'guest' users. Perhaps someone has an axe to grind? Maybe a disgruntled ex-employee or a rival establishment??.

I am so glad we did'nt read this review site before we visited, as we would no doubt have gone elsewhere and missed out on discovering this little gem hidden away in Shipley.

What a shame, this once wonderful eating house has lost all its charm, value for money,and quality of food.

I wont go on, reading what other people have written seems to sum the place up.

The only saving grace is the old owners (phillip or simon) returned BRING BACK THOSE DAYS FROM THE 80s/90s

Connections has been going for over 35 years so they were doing something well consistantly. Not sure if they have changed hands, but we (2 people) spent £40 last night (£39.90) for a couple of cremated starters, a couple of overcooked main courses and a couple of drinks. The drinks took a life time to arrive and when they did they the inexperienced waitress managed to pour most of it over the table....need I go on.

Very sad to see this place destroying its own history - we would not go back if paid.