Food and Drink
Three Brothers Burgers join the growing list of plant-based menus in Bristol. Three Brothers Burgers, one of Bristol’ elite burger restaurants on Welsh Back – famed for its towering, meaty burgers, are the latest burger place to join the plant-based movement, having launched a new vegan menu. Anyone familiar with Three Brothers, will likely know […]
Accio all the brunch please We love a good Bristol bottomless brunch at Best of Bristol, and when it’s combined with unlimited Booze and has a Harry Potter theme, well that just makes it extra special. Hosted at Prince Street Social, a Bottomless Brunch with unlimited Prosecco, Amstell or Thatchers is taking place on the […]
The Bank Tavern smashes it again One of Bristol’s best boozers, The Bank Tavern has won the best roast in the UK at the annual Observer food awards. Hosted by Jay Rayner and Nigella Lawson, The Bank came out top in a tough category and we couldn’t agree more! Those lucky enough to have tried […]
Black Rock Whisky Bar set to open in Bristol on Monday 21st October The Shoreditch based whisky bar, Black Rock, which has won the UK’s Best Specialist Bar for the last 3 years, is opening in Bristol’s city on Marsh Street next week on Monday 21st of October. Thomas Aske and Tristan Stephenson, the founders […]
Bag of Nails is one our favourite pubs in Bristol Affordable ales, cats, board games, a fantastic atmosphere and did we say cats? You more than likely knew about Bristol’s cat cafe, but did you know Bristol has its very own cat pub? Located on 141, St Georges Road in Hotwells. You may end up missing Bag of […]
I’m put in many a tricky situation exploring the very ‘Best of Bristol’. Usually up high, scaling buildings and cranes (#antimitchclimbs), but I didn’t think it would result in being locked in a prison cell with a psycho killer called Pig Face (pictured above). Welcome to Hell in a Cell, ay? Now for some of […]
Despite the recent rain, bbq season is upon us, and no camping trip or garden gathering is complete without a few ciders to sweeten the deal. With honey notes and a golden colour, the medium-dry Thatchers Gold is the flagship cider from one of Somerset’s oldest cider makers – and it’s a great go-to cider […]
A year has passed since Bristol’s finest cocktail bar last refreshed its menu, and it’s all change again at the secretive and stylish Hyde & Co. 2017’s The Last Carnival introduced us to a glamorous world of burlesque, cabaret and circus, showcasing a mastery of cocktail creativity. Midnight in Paris picks up the tale… The […]
Left Handed Giant reaches closing stages of £1 million crowd funding campaign Bristol-based Left Handed Giant, one of the UK’s most highly rated breweries and the team behind Small Bar, are crowd funding in order to open the first brewery in central Bristol for decades. This is great news for Bristol. Really, great news. They’re […]
Happy Bird Arrives In Bristol Taking flight this coming Friday (26th Jan), Happy Bird is the latest opening on Bristol’s Whiteladies Road. Dedicated to quality, this brand new restaurant and take-away serves up fresh fried and grilled chicken reared the way it should be. Nesting in the Yorkshire Wolds Happy Bird’s dedicated bosses scoured the […]
Dal Festival coming to Bristol next year The curtain is closing on an amazing year for Bristol’s culinary scene, with successful café and restaurant launches, exciting food festivals, bustling markets and more. Looking ahead to 2018 there’s already plenty to shout about, and the British Dal Festival will be landing in Bristol this March. The […]
Foozie Announces Christmas Gin Cruise with Elephant Gin and the first ever Baileys Boat Cruise After a successful summer hosting a series of gin buses and gin boats, Bristol’s leading food and drinks events agency – Foozie, is back with the first ever Bailey’s Boat Cruise and a Christmas Gin Cruise. Guests will sip on […]
It’s the website Bristol didn’t know it needed A small group has started a Bristol website called ‘Review My Loo’ with the idea that the group go around and review Bristol bars and restaurant toilets hoping to improve the Bristol toilet experience. Rated out of cleanliness, size, comfort and decoration with a blurb at the […]
Prince of Wales One of Gloucester Road‘s favourite pubs, the Prince of Wales is at risk of shutting down. Anna, the landlord of Prince of Wales has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help save the Prince of Wales as ‘Enterprise Inns threaten to take the keys from me and turn our pub into a generic chain’. […]
Bristol’s first porridge bar opens The Bristol Porridge Project has opened its doors this week offering Bristolians a range of awesome porridge served with sensational coffee. You’ll find this small and cute place situated just behind Colston Hall on Lodge street. Inside you’ll find the cheerful owner Adam who has set this place up very […]
BOX-E Review So it was Mrs C’s birthday recently, and I found myself tasked with the job of choosing and booking a suitably stylish restaurant in which to celebrate. Following a frenzied bout of research (and the nod from a few pals in the know) I settled on BOX-E — Tessa and Elliot Lidstone’s small […]
Replay opens in Bristol Gloucester Road has it fair share of awesome bars but a new place has opened that’s completely different to anything in the area. Replay can be found just by the arches on Cheltenham Road and it’s being pitched as ‘your gaming destination’. Opened by the extremely friendly friends Máté and Melinda, the […]
The bottomless ones: Brace and Browns The original bottomless brunch, and you still have to book at least a month in advance, but it’s definitely worth the admin for how much you get (plus you can sit out on their terrace on sunnier days – lush!) The deal: 2hr sittings from 10am on Sat & […]
Asado arrives in Bristol Unless you’re one of those vegans or vegetarians I keep hearing about, you’ve surely noticed the proliferation of burger joints here in Bristol. From stylish Stokes Croft to the chic enclave of Clifton and beyond, if you throw a stone in this city it’s likely to hit a burger bar. But […]
Carol’s Crab Kitchen has arrived in Bristol Carol of Carol’s Crab Kitchen loves crab. No, I mean she really loves crab. A childhood spent cleaning, cooking and enjoying crab with her family in coastal Northumberland set the scene for a life-long love affair with this tasty crustacean, and the results today are a delight. In […]
Foozie’s bus series has expanded After selling out in just 24 hours, the Foozie bus series is returning with new partnerships and dates. The streets of Bristol will be taken over by Foozie’s open-top bus to finish off the summer season in style. Further dates have been added to the gin and prosecco series, with […]
Bristol’s first pudding club is launching Charlie realised Bristol is lacking in two things, fried chicken and a pudding club. Since deep fat fryers scare her, pudding club seemed the most natural option for her to tackle. Bristol pudding club will take place in Bristol Spirit and feature a whopping 5 courses of traditional desserts […]
All the best places to eat and drink in Bristol’s sun traps We all know that Bristol is the best place to be once the sun gets its hat on, but do you know the best joints in town to soak up some rays whilst you have a good munch and sup a cold beverage? […]
After a cool refurb and fresh menu redesign, Browns Bristol has really pulled its socks up. Browns had always been a reliable eatery. Now however, with its chic art deco-meets-modern interior design and elevated cuisine, it’s a real culinary destination rather than a one-course pit stop. Old black and white photos of the city adorn […]
Cat cafe almost open After an incredibly long journey, Bristol’s first cat cafe is finally opening this weekend. There will space for 9 cats but only 7 at the start so the cats have the space to get used to each other. At all times there will also be 2 cats available for adoption as well. The […]
Strawberry Thief Bristol review With a diverse medley of quirky, classic, long-established and newly opened restaurants, bars, pubs, pop-ups and food markets on offer in Bristol, it’s important that your joint stands out from the crowd. If you haven’t yet checked out The Strawberry Thief on Broad Street, I highly encourage you to do so. […]
Wapping Wharf If you’re one of the lucky commuters who gets to walk from south of the Avon into town and back each day, chances are you already know about Cargo — the development of cafes and restaurants that landed on the harbourside in summer. For the uninitiated, what we’re talking about here is a […]
A month-long celebration of quirky cocktail events at some of Bristol’s best bars. There’s no denying that Bristol is one of the best cities in the UK for awesome bars and great cocktails. Hot off the back of this, Bristol’s leading food and drinks events company, Foozie, is hosting the city’s first ever Bristol on […]
Get the booze soaked out of you on the way home It’s all about a drunk Bristol takeaway. 1. Jason Donervan Probably the most famous of all kebab vans in the south west. If you haven’t taken a visit at least once then you clearly haven’t stumbled around on the triangle after a night out. Address: […]
The UK’s first L’Osteria opens in Bristol We can’t get enough of Italian food in this country, and for good reason. As Joey Tribbiani would say: “Meat – good, cheese – good, pizza – good, pasta – good, tiramisu – good.” I mean, is there anything not to like when it comes to Italian cooking? The […]