Eat a Pitta
Try Falafel
Eat a Pitta's Glass Arcade counter at St Nicholas Market is Bristol's falafel institution, piling boxes with salads, hummus and pomegranate seeds.
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Squeezed
Try Burgers
Squeezed flips national-award-winning burgers and homemade lemonades from two shipping containers at Cargo 1 on Wapping Wharf in central Bristol.
Gurt Wings
Try Award-winning fried wings and cheese stix
Gurt Wings fries its multi-award-winning wings and cheese stix from a Cargo 2 container at Wapping Wharf, the food-truck success story of Bristol chicken.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Where to stay in Bristol
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YHA Bristol - Hostel
A stay at YHA Bristol - Hostel places you in the heart of Bristol, steps from Arnolfini Gallery and Queen S...
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ibis Bristol Temple Meads Quay
A stay at ibis Bristol Temple Meads Quay places you in the heart of Bristol, within a 15-minute walk of Old...
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ibis Bristol Centre
A stay at ibis Bristol Centre places you in the heart of Bristol, steps from We The Curious and Millennium ...
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Lodge at Bristol
With a stay at Lodge at Bristol in Bristol (Bradley Stoke), you'll be a 1-minute drive from Aztec West Busi...
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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.
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.
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.
Loki Poke
- ★ 3.8
- Poke
- ££
- Harbourside & Wapping Wharf
Try Poke bowls on sushi rice
Loki Poke builds award-noted poke bowls in a Wapping Wharf container, Bristol's harbourside counter for sushi rice, pickles, poke and house-made sauces.
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.
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