Portuguese Taste is a street-food stop in Old City, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Take the custard tarts to the harbour wall; the pork and bean stew sells out before the office crowd clears.
Address: Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, Bristol BS1 1LA
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.
Try: Tagine with couscous and mint tea
Tip: The tagine-and-couscous plate with baklava after is one of the market's best-value hot lunches.
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.
Try: Jerk chicken wrap and curry goat
Tip: Ask for extra scotch bonnet sauce only if you mean it; curried goat with rice beats the wrap on cold days.
Low and Slow smokes pulled pork and brisket for St Nicholas Market lunchboxes, Bristol barbecue counter cooking with a jackfruit option for herbivores.
Try: Pulled pork, brisket and jackfruit boxes
Tip: Brisket runs out first; the half-and-half box with both meats is the move before 13:00.
Spice Up Your Life serves home-style curries from St Nicholas Market's Exchange Hall, the long-running budget curry counter of central Bristol.
Try: Home-style curry with rice and sides
Tip: The mixed curry plate with a little of everything is the order; portions defeat most first-timers.
Chilli Daddy numbs Bristol with Sichuan pepper at its Baldwin Street restaurant, noodle boxes and dandan noodles built on family recipes from Sichuan.
Try: Sichuan noodle boxes and dandan noodles
Tip: Order the dandan noodles at the heat level below your pride; Uber Eats delivery covers the nights you cannot face the walk.
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.
Try: Tagine with couscous and mint tea
Tip: The tagine-and-couscous plate with baklava after is one of the market's best-value hot lunches.
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.
Try: Jerk chicken wrap and curry goat
Tip: Ask for extra scotch bonnet sauce only if you mean it; curried goat with rice beats the wrap on cold days.
Low and Slow smokes pulled pork and brisket for St Nicholas Market lunchboxes, Bristol barbecue counter cooking with a jackfruit option for herbivores.
Try: Pulled pork, brisket and jackfruit boxes
Tip: Brisket runs out first; the half-and-half box with both meats is the move before 13:00.
Spice Up Your Life serves home-style curries from St Nicholas Market's Exchange Hall, the long-running budget curry counter of central Bristol.
Try: Home-style curry with rice and sides
Tip: The mixed curry plate with a little of everything is the order; portions defeat most first-timers.
Chilli Daddy numbs Bristol with Sichuan pepper at its Baldwin Street restaurant, noodle boxes and dandan noodles built on family recipes from Sichuan.
Try: Sichuan noodle boxes and dandan noodles
Tip: Order the dandan noodles at the heat level below your pride; Uber Eats delivery covers the nights you cannot face the walk.
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.
Try: Gyros and souvlaki into the small hours
Tip: It is the honourable end to a Park Street night; the halloumi gyros converts even committed doner loyalists.
