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.

I spent a great deal of my youth at the Connection and the wine bar which used to be attached to it but apart from attending a reunion a few months ago I havnt been for years. I was therefore both sad and disappointed when I arranged a meal on Friday with a couple of old friends. I should have been wary when at 8pm on a Friday evening there was only 1 other family in the whole place and they left soon after we sat down leaving us as the only customers! The service was fast (but they didnt have anything else to do really) but the food was truly awful. Obviously there was no atmosphere and although we had planned to stay for a drink after eating we felt we had to leave at 9.15 as it looked like they were closing up for the night. I cant see it staying open for business much longer which is a huge shame as it has been a popular and lively place for many years.

we have been goin to the connection for many years and have recently stoped going as much. since it has got new mannagment we have noticed a decline in service and food. waitresses seem lazy, distant and rude. we have been left waiting at the bar on entre and not recived service for about 10 mins. staff do not seem as friendly as previous staff did.since the connection has changed hands prices have increased and food portion have got smaller. the quality of food has decreased and the recepies keep changing. i recently ordered a pepperoni pizza which cost nearly £8 and was charged an extra £2 just to have some jalpeno peppers on half of the pizza. when the pizza arrived 45mins later it was possible one of the smallest pizzas i have had. after my past few experinces i have not been happy and wilol no longer be returning!

We've been going to The Connection on Christmas eve for over twenty years and it's become something of a tradition. We won't be going again though - this year it was AWFUL! We should have known the writing was on the wall when booking was difficult and calls not returned. In the end ten family members arrived to start Christmas as we have always done and what a disappointment! Grandma's lime and soda arrived with something suspicious looking in the bottom and had to be returned (no apology). It was cold with plug in heaters all over and clearly dangerous. The service was so slow and when the food finally did arrive the order was wrong. Staff were conspicuous by their absence and disinterested. Eventually we instructed someone to come and take a drinks order and clear the table, and helped ourselves to the relish tray when clearly no-one else was going to bring it. So its the end of an era and we won't be going again. The staff were more interested in eating at a table at the back of the restaurant themselves, and took no interest in customers who seem to be regarded as a nuisance. Save your money and don't go. It really is awful and such a shame