Eat in Stokes Croft & Montpelier, Bristol

Bianchis

• ★ 4.3
• Italian
• ££

Order The five-course set with the house pasta; Sunday lunch is the local ritual.

Bianchis is Montpelier's green-tiled Italian trattoria, the anchor of a small Bristol group that also runs Cotto, with pasta made in-house daily.

Clouds

• ★ 4.3
• Cantonese
• ££

Order A round of dumplings each, then whatever homestyle special is chalked up.

Clouds folds handmade dim sum in a St Werburghs corner room in Bristol, pairing dumplings and homestyle Cantonese plates with a serious wine list.

The Canteen

• ★ 3.9
• Vegetarian
• £

Order The daily changing plate with whatever band is setting up on stage.

The Canteen serves cheap seasonal vegetarian plates under Hamilton House's murals in Stokes Croft, Bristol, with free live music most evenings.

Caribbean Croft

• ★ 4.1
• Caribbean
• ££

Order Curry goat with rice and peas, and a rum punch from the long list.

Caribbean Croft cooks Ms Cat's family recipes on Stokes Croft in Bristol, matching jerk and curry goat with one of the city's longest rum lists.

Koocha Mezze Bar

• ★ 4.1
• Persian
• ££

Order The full mezze spread for the table, with a sharbat or a cocktail.

Koocha Mezze Bar runs a fully plant-based Persian kitchen on Cheltenham Road in Bristol, all pink neon, mezze boards and pomegranate-heavy cocktails.

Thali Montpelier

• ★ 4.1
• Indian
• ££

Order The full thali; buy the £20 steel tiffin and refills become the habit.

Thali Montpelier is the original of Bristol's thali institution, serving award-noted curry plates and reusable steel tiffin takeaways on York Road.

Cafe Kino

• ★ 4.1
• Vegan
• £

Order Oat flat white with a vegan fry-up

Cafe Kino is Stokes Croft's worker-owned vegan co-op, feeding Bristol burgers, fry-ups and coffee in a room that doubles as a community events space.

The Crafty Egg

• ★ 4.0
• Brunch
• ££

Order Flat white with the smoked salmon brunch bowl

The Crafty Egg cooks Stokes Croft's neighbourhood brunch, from pancakes with bacon to salmon bowls, in a walk-in-only room on Bristol's muralled mile.

The Bristolian

• ★ 4.0
• Café
• £

Order House coffee with an all-day breakfast

The Bristolian is Montpelier's corner caff on Picton Street, an all-day Bristol breakfast room that swings from fry-ups to cocktails by late afternoon.

Bakehouse

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• ££

Bakehouse bakes its 48-hour sourdough in an open-plan room inside Cakesmiths' St Philips works, Bristol's bread counter with the mixer in view.

Pinkmans Bakery

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• ££

Pinkmans bakes Bristol's cult sourdough doughnuts and focaccia across five cafes; the Stokes Croft unit keeps the croft in brunch bakes and toasties.

Extract Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.3
• ££

Extract roasts on vintage restored machines at its St Werburghs works, the B Corp certified wholesale engine behind many Bristol cafe grinders.

Wogan Coffee

• ★ 4.1
• £

Wogan Coffee has hand-roasted in Bristol since 1970, a third-generation family firm whose Clement Street brew bar fronts the working roastery.

Triple Co Roast

• ★ 4.0
• ££

Triple Co Roast runs an open-access roastery at Montpelier Central in Bristol, direct-trading with farmers and supplying cafes like East Village.

TwoDay Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.1
• £

TwoDay Coffee sells only beans roasted within the last two days from its St Michael's Hill shop, Bristol's strictest freshness rule in a cup.

The Highbury Vaults

• ★ 4.0
• Pub
• £

Drink A well-kept cask ale in the snug

The Highbury Vaults keeps a Victorian warren of snugs at the top of St Michael's Hill, the Kingsdown local where Bristol academics argue over ale.

Filthy XIII

• ★ 4.2
• Cocktail bar
• ££

Drink A bartender's-choice twist from the award-listed menu

Filthy XIII shakes award-listed cocktails behind a scruffy Cheltenham Road front, the Montpelier bar Bristol's bartenders drink at after shifts.

The Cider Box

• ★ 4.2
• Cider taproom
• ££

Drink A tasting flight of craft and traditional ciders

The Cider Box ferments and pours craft cider under a railway arch on Silverthorne Lane in Bristol, the weekend-only taproom for the orchard-curious.

Moor Beer Company

• ★ 4.2
• ££

Moor Beer pioneered unfined, vegan-friendly live beer and pours it seven days a week at its Days Road brewery tap behind Bristol Temple Meads.

Good Chemistry Brewing

• ★ 4.1
• ££

Good Chemistry brews balanced modern beers on William Street in St Philips, opening its friendly Bristol taproom on Fridays and Saturdays only.

New Bristol Brewery

• ★ 4.0
• ££

New Bristol Brewery pours its playful small-batch beers from a working taproom on Wilson Street in St Pauls, ice cream pale ales and imperial stouts included.

Fierce & Noble

• ★ 4.0
• ££

Fierce & Noble brews and pours on Mina Road in St Werburghs, the neighbourhood taproom a dumpling's throw from Clouds in north-east Bristol.

Better Food

• ★ 4.0
• ££

Better Food's St Werburghs flagship stocks organic, local and ethical produce with its own cafe, the community grocer of Bristol's food movement.

Motion

• ★ 4.5
• ££

Motion turns a riverside skatepark-turned-warehouse complex into Bristol's biggest club, an internationally booked home of techno and drum and bass nights.

Lakota

• ★ 4.2
• ££

Lakota has carried Bristol rave culture since the early 1990s, its Stokes Croft warren of rooms now joined by the Moon Club and the open-air Gardens space.

The Love Inn

• ★ 4.0
• £

The Love Inn keeps Stokes Croft dancing until 04:00 at weekends, Team Love's tin-signed Bristol local with a serious soundsystem and free early entry.