Korean£££RedlandTue-Sat 12:00-15:00, 17:00-23:00
Dongnae serves Korean cooking on Chandos Road in Redland, Bristol, a Michelin Guide listing whose great-value set lunch runs at about £24 a head.
Signature: Korean fried wings
Order: The set lunch, around £24, one of the sharpest deals in the Michelin Guide.
Tip: Sister restaurant to Bokman; while Bokman rebuilds after its kitchen fire, this is where that team's cooking lives.
Steakhouse£££RedcliffeMon-Thu 12:00-15:00, 17:00-21:30; Fri-Sat 12:00-21:30; Sun 12:00-20:00
Pasture grills 35-day dry-aged West Country beef over live fire opposite St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol, the flagship of a growing steak group.
Signature: Dry-aged steak cooked over fire
Order: A sharing cut cooked over the coals, with bone marrow mash on the side.
Tip: Weekend evenings book out; a counter seat at lunch gets the same beef with a shorter wait and a quieter room.
Steakhouse£££Old CityMon-Thu 17:00-21:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-22:00; Sun 12:00-21:00
The Ox has grilled charcoal-cooked beef in a wood-panelled bank vault under Corn Street in Bristol's Old City since 2013, with roasts on Sundays.
Signature: Charcoal-grilled beef, Sunday roast
Order: Steak from Buxton Butchers beef, or the Sunday roast served until 17:00.
Tip: Monday is bring-your-own-wine night with corkage from £10, which turns a steak dinner into genuine value.
French bistroChef Freddy Bird££Westbury ParkMon-Sat 12:00-14:45, 17:00-21:00; Sun 12:00-16:00
Little French is Freddy Bird's all-day neighbourhood bistro in Westbury Park, Bristol, cooking unpretentious French food and listed in the Michelin Guide.
Signature: Produce-led French bistro plates
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.
Italian££MontpelierTue-Thu 17:30-23:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-16:00, 17:30-23:00; Sun 12:30-17:30
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.
Modern British£££RedlandTue 19:00-20:30; Wed-Sat 12:00-14:30, 18:00-21:30
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.