Hart's Bakery
Order Morning sourdough and a custard tart under the arch
Hart's Bakery laminates and bakes everything inside a Victorian railway arch under Bristol Temple Meads, the send-off pastry stop before any train.
40 cheap eats places in Bristol, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Bristol: the places editors actually return to. All Bristol food.
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Small Street Espresso
Drink Espresso on the Clifton Coffee house roast
Small Street Espresso has poured Bristol's benchmark flat whites in a slim Old City room since 2012, rotating guest roasters past its house Clifton beans.
The Apple
Drink A pint of still farmhouse cider on the top deck
The Apple pours dozens of farmhouse ciders from a converted Dutch barge on Welsh Back, the floating heart of Bristol's cider drinking culture.
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Bristol: 5-Gin Tasting at a Local Craft Distillery
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Air Raid Shelter + St. Nicholas Market Walking Tour
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Guided gin tasting at an independent distillery in Bristol
Embark on a journey of independent distilling with an informal, guided gin tasting nestled in the heart of Bristol. The experience begins as soon as you step through t...
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Bristol Sweet Mart
Bristol Sweet Mart has anchored St Marks Road since 1978, a family-run Easton institution stocking over 9,000 products, spices and a curry deli.
Full Court Press
- ★ 4.4
- Coffee roaster
- £
- Old City & St Nicholas Market
Drink Weekly-changing single-origin espresso
Full Court Press rotates a weekly-changing line-up of small-lot coffees through its Broad Street bar, Bristol's most studious cup of filter since 2014.
The Coronation Tap
Drink Exhibition cider, served in halves only
The Coronation Tap is Clifton's centuries-old cider house near the Suspension Bridge, pouring its exclusive Exhibition cider by the half in Bristol.
The Old Duke
Drink A pint of ale with the trad jazz band three feet away
The Old Duke runs free live jazz and blues every night of the week on King Street, a Bristol institution in a cobbled-street pub dating from around 1775.
Matina
Try Chargrilled meat or halloumi in fresh-baked naan
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.
Little Victories
Drink Espresso by day, craft beer and coffee cocktails by evening
Little Victories is the Small Street Espresso team's harbourside bar at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, pouring espresso, cakes and toasties beside Cargo's cranes.
Mark's Bread
Order A South Bristol sourdough loaf, still warm mid-morning
Mark's Bread bakes slow-fermented loaves at the Tobacco Factory on Raleigh Road, the real-bread anchor of Bristol's North Street food strip.
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The Drapers Arms
Drink Gravity-poured cask ale, no lager, no music
The Drapers Arms is Bristol's first micropub, a one-room former draper's shop on Gloucester Road serving cask ale and conversation, nothing else.
The Orchard Inn
Drink One of about 20 boxed farmhouse ciders
The Orchard Inn pours a wall of boxed farmhouse ciders in a Spike Island backstreet local, a few minutes from Bristol's SS Great Britain and its crowds.
Eatchu
Try Handmade gyoza
Eatchu fries and steams handmade gyoza on Exchange Avenue at St Nicholas Market, Bristol's Great Taste-winning dumpling counter since its stall days.
Chilli Daddy
- ★ 4.2
- Sichuan
- £
- Old City & St Nicholas Market
Try Sichuan noodle boxes and dandan noodles
Chilli Daddy numbs Bristol with Sichuan pepper at its Baldwin Street restaurant, noodle boxes and dandan noodles built on family recipes from Sichuan.
Swoon
- ★ 4.2
- Ice cream
- £
- Harbourside & Wapping Wharf
Try Artisan gelato, over 100 Great Taste awards
Swoon churns Italian-schooled gelato at Wapping Wharf in Bristol with over 100 Great Taste awards, including a Supreme Champion nod for its hazelnut.
Sandwich Sandwich
- ★ 4.2
- Sandwich
- £
- Old City & St Nicholas Market
Try Stacked deli sandwich
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.
Eat a Pitta
Order The falafel box with everything on, halloumi added if you are hungry.
Eat a Pitta's Glass Arcade counter at St Nicholas Market is Bristol's falafel institution, piling boxes with salads, hummus and pomegranate seeds.
Joe's Bakery
Order The 50-year-recipe carrot cake, baked on site since the 1980s
Joe's Bakery has baked on Gloucester Road for generations, a Bristol shop tracing its site's history over 150 years from tin loaves to sourdough.
Cafe Kino
- ★ 4.1
- Vegan
- £
- Stokes Croft & Montpelier
Drink 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.
Wogan Coffee
- ★ 4.1
- Coffee roaster
- £
- Stokes Croft & Montpelier
Wogan Coffee has hand-roasted in Bristol since 1970, a third-generation family firm whose Clement Street brew bar fronts the working roastery.
TwoDay Coffee Roasters
- ★ 4.1
- Coffee roaster
- £
- Stokes Croft & Montpelier
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 Volunteer Tavern
Drink A changing microbrewery cask in the walled garden
The Volunteer Tavern hides a 17th-century pub and walled beer garden off Old Market in Bristol, pouring small-brewery casks away from the traffic.
Snuffy Jack's Ale House
Drink A gravity-served stout from the cool room
Snuffy Jack's pours gravity-served casks in a Fishponds micropub named after a snuff-mill ghost, east Bristol's destination for proper quiet ale drinking.
Squeezed
Order The cheeseburger with fries and whichever lemonade is fresh that day.
Squeezed flips national-award-winning burgers and homemade lemonades from two shipping containers at Cargo 1 on Wapping Wharf in central Bristol.
The Bristolian
Drink 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.
The Highbury Vaults
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.
Portuguese Taste
- ★ 4.0
- Portuguese
- £
- Old City & St Nicholas Market
Try Pastel de nata and feijoada
Portuguese Taste ladles feijoada and stacks pastel de nata in the Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market's little corner of Lisbon in central Bristol.
Caribbean Wrap
Try Jerk chicken wrap and curry goat
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.
Low and Slow
- ★ 4.0
- American BBQ
- £
- Old City & St Nicholas Market
Try Pulled pork, brisket and jackfruit boxes
Low and Slow smokes pulled pork and brisket for St Nicholas Market lunchboxes, Bristol barbecue counter cooking with a jackfruit option for herbivores.
Oowee Diner
Order A double cheeseburger with dirty fries; weekend breakfast runs from 09:00.
Oowee Diner's North Street original has stacked Bristol's messiest burgers and loaded fries since 2017, spawning a vegan spin-off across town.
The Canteen
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.
Pizzarova
Order A classic margherita done properly, or the monthly special if chalked up.
Pizzarova stretches Bristol-made sourdough at four sites across the city; the North Street branch keeps Bedminster in quick, blistered pizzas.
The Mothers' Ruin
Drink A gin in the sticker-covered back room
The Mothers' Ruin is Bristol's beloved St Nicholas Street dive, a gin-named grotto of band stickers, late pints and impromptu gigs upstairs.
Seamus O'Donnell's
- ★ 3.9
- Irish
- £
- Old City & St Nicholas Market
Drink A properly settled Guinness during the session
Seamus O'Donnell's keeps trad sessions and slow-poured Guinness alive on St Nicholas Street, the Irish snug of Bristol's Old City bar crawl.
Cafe Atlas
Try Tagine with couscous and mint tea
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.
The Athenian
Try Souvlaki wraps and gyros
The Athenian wraps flame-grilled souvlaki and gyros on Cargo 2's first floor at Wapping Wharf in Bristol, Greek street food grown from a 2014 market stall.
Pieminister
Order The Mothership with the Moo pie, or Sunday Best when it is running.
Pieminister began in Bristol in 2003 and its Broad Quay restaurant plates the Mothership: pie, mash, gravy and minted peas facing the harbour.
Spice Up Your Life
Try Home-style curry with rice and sides
Spice Up Your Life serves home-style curries from St Nicholas Market's Exchange Hall, the long-running budget curry counter of central Bristol.
Taka Taka
Try Gyros and souvlaki into the small hours
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.
Miss Millie's Fried Chicken
Try Fried chicken and spiced fries
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.
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