Corn Street is lined with many beautiful old buildings, formerly housing things like stock exchanges and banks. Corn Street's current incarnation as home to Bristol's lager louts and hen nights means that these buildings have turned into bar, pubs and restuarants of varying quality.
31 Corn Street is one of these. The When you come in your eyes are drawn to the exceedingly high ceiling, which is still looks beautifully adorned despite the weird blue lighting they have. The restaurant has decorated with a bit of an eye to the place with lots of leather sofas and a smart, long bar.
I was drawn to the place by the £5 for a main course offer. This is a fantastic deal if you can find it; they could easily get away charging twice that for the quality of the food on offer. The steak in particular is a bargain for five pounds.
A couple of things really let this place down. Firstly, the music is fa too loud. When you in you feel a bit like you're being hit in the face with it. Easily solved, but I'm not sure I'll go back until they do sort this out. Second, when I went there they had an appalling comedy night on. Three guys went on, not raising more than half a dozen laughs out the place all night long. Last, it's a bit empty. This isn't always a problem for me in clubs, but the grandness and size of the place means it doesn't feel right being empty.
A few glaring faults, but the potential to be a decent restaurant. read more