[Closed] That Bristol - eating and drinking.

Drinking close to where you will be: http://www.theoldduke.co.uk/

Quite like Zero Degrees up the hill by the BRI and the Beer Factory in Hotwells always seems popular when i've driven past.

Restaurant I can't help with down there as I eat out of the city normally but I do like the Cow Shed up on Whiteladies Road just past the BBC.

Mud Dock might be okay, not been there for year. Actually there are a few places on Welshback and that area that used to be good - Glass Boat etc.

If you are there on Saturday there is a bike jumble at Mud Dock at noon 😉

edit: Used to like the Hope and Anchor on Jacobs Wells Road just up from the SS GB. Bit out of touch with places in the City these days though.

King St is a good call .The old duke is ok. I prefer the llandoger opposite or the navy volunteer just up the road. That apple, a boat moored up serving cider, is worth a visit. The curry house is OK as are the pizzas in Renata's. Better than the Towny stuff round the harbourside

If the weather's nice, stop at The Apple for a cider. Take it easy though. 🙂

No.1 Harbouriside is worth a visit, as is The Watershed. No1H has some of the best beer in town and does good food. There's also a new Cider & Pizza place open just down from Watershed, but not sure what it's like. Avoid most other waterfront establishments, but Bordeaux Quay is nice for brunch (though a bit pricey).

[url= http://www.rollforthesoul.org/ ]Roll for the Soul[/url] - Bristol's community bike cafe
[url= http://www.mud-dock.co.uk/cafe/index.html ]Mud Dock[/url] - Beer on the terrace if the sun's out

Go to The Ox for amazing steak.

Go between 5-7pm for cheap amazing steak (booking necessary!)

Frankly OP, you're spoiled for choice.

It would be easier to list places not to go to. 🙂

For lunchtime food, walk around St Nick's market, just over Bristol Bridge from Victoria St. Nom nom nom.

If you're staying on Victoria Street you could just pop round the corner to the Cornubia http://thecornubia.co.uk and the Bridge Inn http://whatpub.com/pubs/AVN/71/bridge-inn-bristol

King Street has a number of good pubs - Llandoger Trow, The Old Duke, and The Beer Emporium are all good. There's also a new bar called the Small Bar which I've not tried.

You could also do a little pub crawl round Clifton Village which also has plenty of cafes and restaurants.

For lunchtime food head for St Nicholas Market (open Saturday), just over the bridge from the top of Victoria Street, which has a great choice from Pieminister Pies to jerk chicken and a very good pitta stall.

For posh evening food you could try Bordeaux Quay, Mud Dock, Aqua in town or Flinty Red, Bravas (tapas), Cowshed, The Townhouse, Aqua (another one) or River Cottage restaurant - all on or just off Whiteladies Road, or Goldbrick House on Park Street. Booking advisable in all the above. There's also the usual chains such as Jamies, Gourmet Burger Company, Cafe Rouge, and several Thai, Italian and Indians in town.

HTH.

Worth doing the walk all around the Floating Harbour out to the gates along one side, starting at the Millenium Square, and back along the other past SS Great Britain, M Shed and along towards The Thekla. A number of pubs you could stop at, eat at the M Shed, or the Arnolfini...
Really, you are very much spoilt for choice.

Lunchtime, there is a place in the St Nicks market that does ruddy amazing falafel, otherwise goat curry or a pieminster pie.

Grillstock (meat...)
Flinty Red
(The new) Bells Diner
Souk kitchen
The ox £££

King St good for drinking. Also Stoke's Croft has food food/drink and you can also marvel at graffiti and smack heads 🙂

Daytime post ride destinations...
The Nova Scotia
Full Court Press posh coffee
Brunel buttery
Arnolfini
And not forgetting [url= http://www.hartsbakery.co.uk ]Hart's Bakery[/url] for bread cake coffee lunch

Hmmmnnn. Some choices to be made. Only there for a couple of days.

Thanks everyone!

Also Stoke's Croft has food food/drink and you can also marvel at graffiti and smack heads

And aggressive beggars, vomiting drunkards, lots of traffic and 2 bike shops. 😛

if you are riding through Aston court and Leigh Woods, the [url= http://www.cottage.butcombe.com/ ]Cottage Inn[/url] on the water front is an excellent place for a post ride beer or two, especially if the sun is out!!

Small Bar is nice with a phenomenal selection of interesting beers... phenomenal prices too though.

Yup - the Cottage is great for a post ride beer, as is Channings in Clifton for posh uni girls to look at.

For good posh food, Goldbrick House on Park Street, for something less formal, any of the Zazu's Kitchens dotted round town.

King St is a good call .The old duke is ok. I prefer the llandoger opposite or the navy volunteer just up the road.

The volunteer has a truly immense selection of real ale. And the urinals are made out of old kegs! The Old Duke is great for live jazz and blues on a Friday or Saturday evening

Nice food at No.1 Harbourside. Avoid Jamie's Italian - it's terrible.

There's always Falafel King...

and Brunel's Buttery, the brick shed by the harbourside. There's always a queue.

Seven Stars, next door to the Fleece, has a terrific range of beers. Not the poshest pub around, but the beer moor than makes up for that. Llandogger Trow is a very good pub, though, loads of character.

www.baristas.co.uk is the finest coffee shop in the South West and conveniently enough on Vic Street, though I am biased as its owned by a friend! pop in and you could end up talking classic cars, house renovation or cycles for a while...

The Watershed does good food and drink and its a nice environment but does get busy. The Olive Shed is hit and miss, sometimes the service is good, sometimes its dire but the food is consistently good. Bordeaux Quay is nice too. The Raj on King Street is one of the better curry houses too. The Vindaloo is the only one in Bristol that I like.
Other good places I like are Moreish in Clifton if you need to get some brownie points and the cafe/restaurant in the Lido which is criminally underrated. If you like cider, the Apple is worth a visit too.

My favourite restaurant in Bristol is Greens Dining Room but its about 10 minutes up Glos Rd in a taxi. Its well worth it though.

Are you bringing the missus? If so then I really, really suggest heading for drive down just past the airport to the Ethicurian at the walled garden in Wrington for lunch/afternoon tea and cake.

10 minutes further down the road and you can go for a ride on the Mendips too.

PS toffee apple cake served warm with cinnamon cream 🙂

+1 for the Ethicurean.

Also consider Wilks on Chandos Road in Redland for dead posh grub - has a Michelin thingy.

has a Michelin thingy

tyre? 😉