Pizzarova is a pizzeria budget eat in Bedminster, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Park Street, Gloucester Road and Whiteladies Road branches run the same dough if North Street has a queue.
Address: 237 North Street, Bristol BS3 1JJ
Parsons is Bristol's own everyday bakery chain, hand-baking rolls, pasties and iced buns; the Gloucester Road shop feeds the indie mile cheaply.
Try: Pasty and an iced bun
Tip: This is the budget counter, not the sourdough one; a lunch here costs less than a flat white elsewhere on the road.
Eat a Pitta's Glass Arcade counter at St Nicholas Market is Bristol's falafel institution, piling boxes with salads, hummus and pomegranate seeds.
Try: Falafel box with unlimited salads
Tip: The market queue moves fast but peaks 12:30 to 13:30; four other branches cover Clifton, Broadmead, Queens Road and Gloucester Road.
Pieminister began in Bristol in 2003 and its Broad Quay restaurant plates the Mothership: pie, mash, gravy and minted peas facing the harbour.
Try: Pie, mash and gravy
Tip: Serious vegan and gluten-free pie options make this the group-friendly cheap dinner in the centre.
Oowee Diner's North Street original has stacked Bristol's messiest burgers and loaded fries since 2017, spawning a vegan spin-off across town.
Try: Double cheeseburger and fries
Tip: The vegan arm, Oowee Vegan, runs separate sites; this North Street diner is the 60-seat original with table service.
The Canteen serves cheap seasonal vegetarian plates under Hamilton House's murals in Stokes Croft, Bristol, with free live music most evenings.
Try: Daily changing vegetarian plate
Tip: It closed in 2024 and reopened in autumn 2025; Friday and Saturday carry a £6 door charge after 21:30 for the music.
Thali Montpelier is the original of Bristol's thali institution, serving award-noted curry plates and reusable steel tiffin takeaways on York Road.
Try: Full thali
Tip: A past Observer Food Monthly cheap-eats award winner; vegan and gluten-free versions come as standard.
