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Eating out in Bristol

Bristol takes its food seriously and you'll be spoilt for choice when it comes to eating out. So many diverse cuisine's and countries are represented amongst the bars, restaurants, pubs and cafes that abound in Bristol. From award winning bars and cafes and gastro pubs to good food guide recommended restaurants, Bristol has a taste for great food.



Being keen foodies ourselves, we would like to share with you some of our favourite eateries and places to buy food, because as well as eating we also love to cook and entertain!



We also thought you might like to share some of the more interesting recipes we come across so we're developing a Share our Feast section on the site.



From Italian to fusion, trendy to traditional, award winning bars and cafes to gastro pubs in the country share our taste and penchant for food! here are a few of our “Home from Homes”

Tobacco Factory

Raleigh Road, Southville, BS3 1TF

Telephone: 902 0060
Email address: cafebar@tobaccofactory.com
Web address: www.thetobaccofactory.com
Based on popular North Street in Southville this really is a venue with a difference. The Tobacco Factory is an artspace, a Sunday market, a theatre, dance space and has rooms to hire to boot. It also has a very a relaxed and chilled out atmosphere and offers good value for money food and drinks.
 
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San Carlo

44 Corn Street, BS1 1HQ

Telephone: 922 6586
Email address: bristol@sancarlo.co.uk
Web address: www.sancarlo.co.uk
Near the famous nails in Corn Street, San Carlo's offers a buzzy atmosphere and great Italian food, extensive wine list and good service to boot. Ideal place to go with family and friends.

Staff are always happy to advise if you have trouble choosing what you want to eat or drink - believe us, there are a lot of yummy treats!
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Primrose Café

Clifton Arcade, 1-2 Boyces Avenue, Clifton, BS8 4AA

Telephone: 0117 9466577
Email address: primrosecafe@talk21.com
Web address: www.primrosecafe.co.uk
Tucked away on Boyces Ave, Clifton Village. This longstanding cafe provides Sunny alfresco dining serving soups & salads, bagels & baguettes with organic ice-cream made on the premises – Evening service specialising in fantastic fish dishes and other choices beautifully presented. Friendly and attentive staff. One of Caroline's recommended eateries!
Closed on Mondays
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Bell’s Diner

1-3 York Road, Montpelier, BS6 5QB

Telephone: 924 0357
Email address: info@bellsdiner.com
Web address: www.bellsdiner.com
On Picton Street, Montpelier. If we tell you that we know people who have been eating at Bells for 20 years, you know how well established this location must be. Bell's is a special occcasion place and not somewhere to go if you're looking to come out feeling full. Fine dining with a good wine list. Very attentive staff who really know their stuff Great night out but check you've got your cards with you as you do pay for quality!
 
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Hotel du Vin

The Sugar House, Narrow Lewins Mead, BS1 2NU

Telephone: 925 55 77
Web address: www.hotelduvin.com
Lovely hotel with a seperate and very pleasant bistro style restaurant! Nice atmosphere with knowledgable staff and a great cheese board. Boasts a very extensive wine list and does a great champagne cocktail - hmm bit of a theme here.
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Rocotillo’s

1 Queens Row, BS8 1EZ

Telephone: 929 7207
By the traffic lights on the Triangle , this popular place won the “Observer Food Monthly Awards” Famous for its milkshakes but also offering great breakfasts and lunches, an American Style Diner that is popular with students and professionals alike
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Bear and Swan

Chew Magna, BS30 8SL

Telephone: 01275 331 100
Email address: enquiries@bearandswan.co.uk
Web address: www.bearandswan.co.uk
In the village of Chew Magna, a real pub with a great pub atmosphere, good dining and reasonable and tasty wine list. Also offering accommodation. Popular with the locals of Chew Valley and beyond.

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Pony and Trap

Knowle Hill, Newton, Chew Magna, BS40 8TQ

Telephone: 01275 332 627
Email address: josh@theponyandtrap.co.uk
Web address: www.theponyandtrap.com
Offering lovely dining in the middle of the country with fantastic views over the Somerset hills. Eggs are sourced from the chickens at the bottom of the field!
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Café Maitreya

89 St Marks Road, Easton, BS5 6HT

Telephone: 951 0200
Email address: thesnug@cafemaitreya.co.uk
Web address: www.cafemaitreya.co.uk
Voted the UK’s Top Vegetarian Restaurant by Observer Food Magazine Award 2007 and Vegetarian Society. Lovely atmosphere, friendly and unpretentious. Great location on St Marks Road, Easton which resembles Notting Hill. The café offers a regularly changing menu which aims to source local organic food. Check for opening times as it can vary. Now open at lunch time.(See Bristol Sweet Mart below)
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Apsley Road Cafe

59 Apsley Road, Clifton, BS8 2SW

Telephone: 973 4892
Email address: eatdrinkrelax@yahoo.co.uk
Web address: www.eatdrinkrelax.co.uk
Its not called the Apsley Road Cafe, but the name has changed several times so that's what we know it as - & there isn't another cafe in Apsley Road. Despite name changes, it continues to be a good all-day venue with changing menu - good location on the corner of Whiteladies Rd and Apsley Road - right by the farmers market - excellent weekend breakfast.
 
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Papadeli's

84 Alma Road, Clifton BS8 2DJ

Telephone: 973 6569
Email address: info@papadeli.co.uk
Web address: www.news.papadeli.co.uk
Just off Whiteladies Road, opposite the entrance to Sainsbury's car park, this superb deli is also a cafe and a cookery school, each is well worth a visit in its own right. Wonderful take away menu and excellent cheese counter. Very knowledgable and friendly staff - a must for foodies. Great present ideas too for the foodies in your life! Follow them on twitter and find out about their great cookery courses.
 
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Le Muset by Ronnie

12-16 Clifton Road
Clifton BS8 1AF

Telephone: 0117 973 7248
Email address: muset@ronnies-restaurant.co.uk
Web address: www.Ronnie's-restaurant.co.uk
Ronnie is one of Bristol's best kept secrets. He already has an award winning restaurant in Thornbury and recently took on Le Muset in Clifton as his latest venture. Great location in Clifton, delightful décor and very knowledgeable and attentive staff. Trevor thinks they cook the best pork he's ever eaten

For a special occasion book their Taster Table. It seats 8, you'll get several courses - all delicious and you can watch your food being prepared on small TV screens located above the table, which is more fun than it sounds. Best of all you get to take your own wine - a tribute to the old Le Muset BYO. If you can, get a menu in advance, pop over to Corks of Cotham and asked them to help you choose the best wines to compliment the food - that's how we found the Albarino and a Shiraz/Reisling.

They also do a great value weekday lunch and evening menu.  
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Bristol Sweet Mart

80 St Marks Road, Easton, BS5 6JH

Telephone: 951 0690
Email address: sales@sweetmart.co.uk
Web address: www.sweetmart.co.uk
Not a cafe or a restaurant but if you're a foodie and enjoy cooking you'll love this shop.We just rave about this place and usually visit at least once a week, it is without doubt one of the best places in Bristol for finding ingredients from far flung countries authentic Indian, Thai ...etc. We could go on and on but just visit and you'll see what we mean. Sweet Mart also has widest range of fresh herbs produce at very reasonable prices (massive bunches of coriander for under £1) it's the ideal one stop shop when making a home made curry. Also offers online shopping and recipes at the website:

*After shopping at the Sweet Mart you can pop down the road to the new Thali resaurant or across the road to Cafe Maitreya.

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Corks of Cotham

54 Cotham Hill,
Cotham,
Bristol BS6 6JX

Telephone: 0117 973 1620
Web address: www.corksof.com
A visit to Corks is a real treat. These guys really know their wine stuff and we've discovered some real classics through them - a white Alberino is a real find. Its very easy to get carried away in Corls, particularly as they also have an unsurpassed range of Armagnacs and flavoured Vodkas. They also have an excellent range of minatures, which as cooks we find really helpful.  
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Clifton Wine Cellars

22 The Mall, Clifton, BS8 4DS

Telephone: 973 0287
Email address: sales@cliftoncellars.co.uk
Web address: www.cliftoncellars.co.uk/
We love Alan at Clifton Wine Cellars. He offers an evening with a difference, wine tastings with groups of friends. Just don't mention new world wine.........

One of Caroline's favourites......
 
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Rubicon

Crossing the threshold at Rubicon is a regular and delicious experience for the MOTM team. Just around the corner from our offices on Chandos Road, Umut and his lovely team provide a warm welcome and very reasonably priced food, breakfast is always exceptional, lunch offers daily soups and specials as well as everyday favourites. Cakes are too good for our own good and we won't even mention the handmade chocolates...honest, even the salted caramels, or the champagne truffles.....
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Feast Diary

Cooking and eating lovely food is part of our lives! Barely a day goes by without Jenny asking us to taste a new ice cream, sample a brownie or taste the soda bread she made after her PapaDeli bread course. 

We thought you might like to start sharing some of the yummy treats we get to taste, Jenny also agreed to share the recipes too!!

Feast diary
Last weekend - dinner on Sat night - lovely friends and a taster menu cooked by the gorgeous Damen and his trusty ginger sous chef Jenny:

 - Broad Bean Hummus with cheddar dipping biscuits
 - Pea and bacon veloute
 - Fresh fig, parma ham and mozzerella salad
 - Osso Bucco
 - Sea Salt ice cream with hot chocolate sauce
 - Roast peach and frangipan tarlets with roast peach sorbet

Far too much wine!!!
 
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