Indian£Old CityMon-Sat 11:00-16:30
Spice Up Your Life serves home-style curries from St Nicholas Market's Exchange Hall, the long-running budget curry counter of central Bristol.
Try: Curry plate with rice
Tip: The mixed curry plate with a little of everything is the order; portions defeat most first-timers.
Moroccan£Old CityMarket hours, Mon-Sat lunchtime
Cafe Atlas slow-cooks tagines and pours fresh mint tea at St Nicholas Market, bringing Marrakech lunch plates and baklava to Bristol's Glass Arcade.
Try: Tagine with couscous
Tip: The tagine-and-couscous plate with baklava after is one of the market's best-value hot lunches.
Fried chicken£Gloucester RoadSun-Thu 11:00-02:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-03:00
Miss Millie's is Bristol's own fried chicken chain, serving since 1998, and its Gloucester Road shop keeps frying to 03:00 weekends for the night-bus crowd.
Try: Fried chicken meal
Tip: Ask for the signature spice mix on the fries; seven other Bristol branches cover most late routes home.
Sandwich£Old CityWeekday lunchtimes; queues from 12:00
Sandwich Sandwich stacks Bristol's most argued-over lunch on Baldwin Street, a family deli founded in 2012 that won Time Out's national Sammie Slam.
Try: Stacked deli sandwich
Tip: Queue before noon or after 14:00; the Queens Road shop runs the same boards for the university end of town.
Greek£Clifton TriangleMon-Fri 11:00-04:00; Sat 12:00-05:00; Sun 12:00-01:00
Taka Taka grills gyros and souvlaki on the Clifton Triangle until 04:00 or later, the Greek kebab counter that closes out student Bristol's nights.
Try: Gyros wrap
Tip: It is the honourable end to a Park Street night; the halloumi gyros converts even committed doner loyalists.
Fish and chips££Wapping WharfRestaurant Tue-Thu 12:00-20:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-20:30; Sun-Mon 12:00-16:00; takeaway to 21:00
Salt & Malt fries gluten-free fish and chips across five Cargo 2 containers on Bristol's harbourside, part of chef Josh Eggleton's Pony family.
Try: Takeaway fish and chips
Tip: The whole fryer is gluten-free, making this the safe chippy for coeliacs; takeaway runs later than the dining room.