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Review of Feast On 2024
Lots of vendors had sold out of food or packed up by 6, and there wasn't anyone on the stage the whole time we were there. I don't think Feast On should have sold tickets for the 5pm or 7pm slots and they needed to give a better indication of the numbers they were expecting to the vendors. Also Bristol has the best selection of breweries and there wasn't any local beer which seemed a bit silly.
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Review of Feast On 2024
This was quite badly managed, with those who were getting timed entry deciding not to leave and staying all day - so very crowded. This is disappointing if you splashed out on a weekend ticket and you could have saved a little by just refusing to leave. All plates from all stands are expensive - £9 - £12 per (small) portion, and food ran out very quickly with some places shutting at 3pm. Has potential to be a great event but needs some changes for next time.
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Review of Feast On 2024
Small venue with inadequate shade and music blasting across each other so you couldn't really hear the stage music. As a dog lover I also think dogs should either not be allowed in such hot conditions or more shade/dog watering holes, etc need to be provided!
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Review of Feast On 2024
We arrived at 5:30pm on Saturday. Most of the food are already sold out which we were so disappointed. We came to a food feast festival but the food is sold out. Otherwise, we queued for 30mins to wait a simple hotdog. We planned to come here to enjoy a nice evening and everything's is shut and we see no point why we paid that much entrance fee but nothing is in there. Very disappointed and I will never joined any event by this host organisation.
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Review of Feast On 2024
According to social media it was great. But the number of people complaining whilst walking around was pretty big. For each queue we stood in, literally everyone was complaining about the wait. We're talking 45-60 minutes time here not 10-15 minutes. Queues were massive for the food vendors and they couldn't cope with the demand. Saturday evening either lots of vendors had closed or there were 'sold out' signs on so many things. The Bank Tavern were closed for ages whilst they 'restocked'. I didn't see them reopen, we gave up. I think either there weren't enough vendors to cater for the numbers of tickets sold or they were all under prepared.
Unfortunately the food we had (from 2 different places) was pretty poor for the price. The Granary was literally just some chicken and salad for £11 and it was small. The jerk chicken (by the axe throwing) was tiny and we queued for nearly an hour for that.
The food market was closed by the time we went in at about 7.30. That was a shame!
Pub in the Park has nailed an event like this. Restaurant quality food, little samples for £6 for every plate in there with fast moving queues.
I'm sorry to report negative feedback but worth mentioning.
The positives were the music, undercover shaded areas, and happy vibe.
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Review of Feast On 2024
Not enough food stalls and queues took forever. This is meant to be a food festival where you can try lots of food and have a good time however waiting hours for one stall for food is just ridiculous when you can drive down to the place and get served less than 5 mins. Not worth the ticket price and just had an awful experience. The venue set up is a nice idea but there's not enough food or toilets. There should be running water taps to wash hands and have tissue refilled often.
Food wise not good quality and options and stall were not very well laid out for queues and most places were out of stock. Left the place hangry and upset.
This was a Saturday experience so the other days may have gone better.
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Review of Feast On 2024
Queue on the Downs. Way too busy to be enjoyable, all you could do was queue! Lot's of people is usually a great vibe, but not enough seating, bins, or space for anyone to sit and relax, meaning you couldn't enjoy half of the food vendors because there was a constant 30 minute queue for any of them. Need to have the entry or people numbers monitored. Needs some work. Could be great.
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Review of Feast On 2024
We had tickets for 7pm on Saturday evening. When we arrived many of the food stalls had sold out and shut. We had limited choice. As this was a paid for ticketed event we would have thought demand could have been managed. Also the stalls were closed or closing as we went in. If you are going to sell an evening ticket make sure you give people the experience they pay for. I'm left asking what did we pay for?
I'd go back but in the day rather than the evening session.
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Review of Feast On 2024
Great atmosphere and music. Food prices were absolutely extortionate. £12 for a small bowl with some vegetables and a ball of mozzarella?!
Also, the venue really needs to speak to food vendors about supplies. We had ticket entries from 5-7pm and when we arrived just after 6pm on the Saturday, a fair amount of the stalls had already closed as they were sold out. You pay a hefty price for entry and you get half the choice of vendors provided who were all seeming to compete to charge the most for as little as possible. Can't say I'd go again.
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