Little French is a french bistro fine-dining restaurant in Westbury Park, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Produce-led French bistro plates
Must order: Whatever the blackboard says came off the Cornish day boats.
Tip: Sunday service runs 12:00 to 16:00 only and goes fast; the bar seats take walk-ins when the room is full.
Address: 2B North View, Westbury Park, Bristol BS6 7QB
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.
Signature: Handmade pasta
Order: The five-course set with the house pasta; Sunday lunch is the local ritual.
Tip: Last tables are seated two hours before closing, so treat 21:00 as the real cut-off for a full dinner.
Wilsons on Chandos Road holds Bristol's newest Michelin star plus a green star, feeding its dining room from the restaurant's own market garden.
Signature: Dry-aged trout with pickled mushrooms
Order: The set lunch, £35 on Wednesday to Friday, off the smallholding's morning pick.
Tip: Time Out named it Bristol's best restaurant in 2025; the tiny room books out weeks ahead, so reserve early for Saturday.
Bulrush in Cotham has held Bristol's longest-running Michelin star since 2019, with George Livesey's foraged tasting menus in a snug converted shop.
Signature: Foraged tasting menu
Order: The full tasting menu; the early-evening menu is the wallet-friendly route.
Tip: The early evening menu runs Tuesday to Thursday at 18:00 and is the cheapest way into starred cooking in Bristol.
Adelina Yard puts Jamie Randall and Olivia Barry's tasting menus on Welsh Back by Bristol Bridge, a Michelin Selected room since the 2026 guide.
Signature: Seasonal tasting menu
Order: The full tasting menu; pescatarian and vegetarian versions are catered for.
Tip: The kitchen cannot cater gluten-free or vegan diets, so check the menu notes before booking for a mixed group.
Root cooks vegetable-first small plates from a shipping container at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand in the 2026 guide.
Signature: Vegetable-led small plates
Order: Whatever the kitchen does with hispi cabbage that week, plus one fish plate.
Tip: Part of Josh Eggleton's Pony family of restaurants; Sunday lunch runs to 15:30 and the terrace fills first in summer.
Box-E squeezes a Bib Gourmand kitchen into one shipping container on Bristol's Wapping Wharf, with Tess and Elliott Lidstone cooking for a handful of tables.
Signature: Seasonal Modern British menu
Order: The kitchen table if you can get it: two seats facing the stove.
Tip: Sittings are fixed at 17:30 and 20:00; the tiny room means booking ahead matters more here than anywhere else on the wharf.
