Japanese£Old CityMon-Fri 11:00-15:00; Sat 11:30-16:00
Eatchu fries and steams handmade gyoza on Exchange Avenue at St Nicholas Market, Bristol's Great Taste-winning dumpling counter since its stall days.
Try: Gyoza box
Tip: The chicken and nori butter gyoza is the signature; the Clifton Triangle shop seats you down if the market is heaving.
Middle Eastern£Old CityMarket hours, Mon-Sat lunchtime
Matina bakes naan to order and stuffs it with chargrilled lamb, chicken or halloumi, the queue that defines lunch at Bristol's St Nicholas Market.
Try: Chargrilled naan wrap
Tip: Watch for the naan coming off the dome oven; the mixed grill wrap is the order the queue is for.
Caribbean£Old CityMarket hours, Mon-Sat lunchtime
Caribbean Wrap rolls jerk chicken and curry goat into lunch at St Nicholas Market, Bristol's quick daytime fix of the city's Caribbean kitchens.
Try: Jerk chicken wrap
Tip: Ask for extra scotch bonnet sauce only if you mean it; curried goat with rice beats the wrap on cold days.
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.