Sonny Stores is an italian restaurant in Southville, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Acqua pazza, Fresh pasta
Must order: The day's pasta, then poached cod acqua pazza if it is on.
Tip: Jay Rayner's Observer review filled the books for months; the weekday set lunch is the easiest table to land.
Address: 47 Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol BS3 1QS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Signature: Tortilla, Patatas bravas
Order: Tortilla, boquerones and the croquette of the day, with a glass of fino.
Tip: Window seats and the bar are held for walk-ins, so turn up early rather than despairing at the online book.
