Wilsons
Order The set lunch, £35 on Wednesday to Friday, off the smallholding's morning pick.
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.
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Our picks in Bristol
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Bulrush
- ★ 4.7
- Modern British
- ££££
- Redland & Chandos Road
Order The full tasting menu; the early-evening menu is the wallet-friendly route.
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.
Root
Order Whatever the kitchen does with hispi cabbage that week, plus one fish plate.
Root cooks vegetable-first small plates from a shipping container at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand in the 2026 guide.
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Marmo
Order The day's fresh pasta with a low-intervention European wine from the list.
Marmo runs an owner-led Italian kitchen and wine bar in Bristol's old Guardian Assurance building on Baldwin Street, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Little Hollows Pasta
Order The day's stuffed pasta; the menu swerves the standard penne pomodoro.
Little Hollows rolls its pasta by hand on Chandos Road in Redland, Bristol, and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand alongside starred neighbour Wilsons.
Other
Order The snacks section first; the short menu changes with the week's deliveries.
Other brings ex-Casamia cooking to a tiny room on Cannon Street in Bedminster, Bristol, and it won a Michelin Bib Gourmand in the 2026 guide.
COR
Order The signature cannellini bean plate, a fixture since opening in 2022.
COR on North Street is Bedminster's Bib Gourmand small-plates room, pairing Mediterranean cooking with one of Bristol's best-value wine lists.
Sonny Stores
Order The day's pasta, then poached cod acqua pazza if it is on.
Sonny Stores fills a former Southville corner shop in Bristol with River Cafe-trained Italian cooking from Pegs Quinn and Mary Glynn, named for their son.
Little French
Order Whatever the blackboard says came off the Cornish day boats.
Little French is Freddy Bird's all-day neighbourhood bistro in Westbury Park, Bristol, cooking unpretentious French food and listed in the Michelin Guide.
Bianchis
Order The five-course set with the house pasta; Sunday lunch is the local ritual.
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.
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Pasture
Order A sharing cut cooked over the coals, with bone marrow mash on the side.
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.
The Ox
Order Steak from Buxton Butchers beef, or the Sunday roast served until 17:00.
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.
Dongnae
- ★ 4.4
- Korean
- £££
- Redland & Chandos Road
Order The set lunch, around £24, one of the sharpest deals in the Michelin Guide.
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.
Bravas
Order Tortilla, boquerones and the croquette of the day, with a glass of fino.
Bravas has run its candlelit Cotham Hill tapas bar since before Bristol's small-plates boom, sending staff on yearly trips to Spain to research suppliers.
Souk Kitchen
Order A spread of mezze and the daily flatbread, with pomegranate over everything.
Souk Kitchen cooks Middle Eastern and North African plates on North Street in Southville, Bristol, a Time Out pick for excellent-value small plates.
The Saigon Kitchen
Order Hanoi-style beef pho, then bun bo nam bo if you are two.
The Saigon Kitchen brings chef-owner Trung's home-style Vietnamese cooking to Zetland Road in Bristol, from Hanoi beef pho to steamed Devon mussels.
Cotto
Order Pasta at the counter with whatever the staff are pouring that week.
Cotto is the Bianchis team's Old City wine bar and kitchen on St Stephen's Street in Bristol, pairing fresh pasta with an all-Italian wine list.
Clouds
Order A round of dumplings each, then whatever homestyle special is chalked up.
Clouds folds handmade dim sum in a St Werburghs corner room in Bristol, pairing dumplings and homestyle Cantonese plates with a serious wine list.
The Blaise Inn
Order The set lunch, then a walk through the Blaise Castle parkland next door.
The Blaise Inn is a Bib Gourmand village pub by Blaise Castle estate in Henbury, north Bristol, worth the bus ride for its two-course lunch deal.
Adelina Yard
Order The full tasting menu; pescatarian and vegetarian versions are catered for.
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.
Box-E
Order The kitchen table if you can get it: two seats facing the stove.
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.
RAGU
Order Two pastas between two, plus whichever fried snack opens the menu.
RAGU packs an Italian sharing-plates kitchen into a Cargo 2 container at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, and won a Michelin Bib Gourmand within a year.
One Fish Street
- ★ 4.3
- Seafood
- £££
- Redland & Chandos Road
Order The day-boat catch chalked up that evening; the menu moves with the tide.
One Fish Street moved its stripped-back seafood counter from St Ives to Chandos Road in Bristol and entered the Michelin Guide's 2026 selection.
Lido Restaurant
Order Wood-roast scallops, then a sourdough flatbread while watching the swimmers.
Lido Restaurant overlooks a restored 1849 open-air pool in Clifton, Bristol, serving wood-fired Mediterranean cooking to swimmers and diners alike.
Gambas
Order The signature monkfish and sobrasada Valencian rice, with gambas pil pil to start.
Gambas cooks seafood-first Spanish tapas above the harbour at Wapping Wharf in Bristol, a Valencia-inspired sister venue to Cotham Hill's Bravas.
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