The Mad Bishop Bear

Had lunch here today whilst waiting for our train. Amazing- great service! Club sandwich was outstanding and the triple cooked fries were to die for. Highly recommend

I visited with a friend after a considerably delayed train service meant we had no time to go into London itself. The food was nice and my steak was cooked well. The cocktails are quite overpriced. They came really quickly so I'm pretty sure they're just made from pre-mixed cartons rather than completely from scratch. We had 2 x pornstar martinis and 2 x daiquiris, no garnish or decoration whatsoever, and both served in gin glasses with a LOT of ice the second time round (neither of these cocktails are usually served with ice? . At £9.50 a pop I expect at least a little bit of effort to be put in to the presentation. If you're pushed for time then it's a good place to eat, but perhaps consider your drinks choices!

Staying in are so popped in for a bit to eat, busy pub with a good range of both cask and keg beers. Food was good and a big portion size. Not rushed during a busy servive

I popped in here one late morning for lunch. It’s in a great location on the first floor of Paddington station. The menu is good but not a massive variation like in many pubs but nevertheless the options were good. I chose the burger and fries and a pint of beer. I waited for someone to come and take my order, after being sat there for 15 mins and no one had appeared I realised there was no one taking orders. This is problematic since I had loads of luggage that I could not leave unattended, so going inside to the bar was not an option. Therefore I needed to order on the app, this took another 15 mins since I needed to connect to wifi (could not connect to pub menu on my overseas phone) then find the pub menu online and make the order. This whole process could have been easily solved by having servers walking around or a bell on the table to call for help. A pity since it is in a lovely location and food was nice.

Had a great meal. Great atmosphere and service. Friendly waitress. Had a tasty steak and ale pie and my dad had a burger. Delicious! Would go again. had a little trouble figuring out how to get up to the restaurant. Had to ask for direction.