I was super excited to check out this place for a spot of lunch, as it's a place I've heard many…read moregood things. I was there during the week on lunchtime with friends, it's got this really lovely laid back cosy style, and was super friendly. I like the fact they have a massive blackboard wall, with lots of menu choices, from tapas to light bites, and have specials too. We headed to the back of the building which almost feels conservatory like. The whole menu looked mouthwatering, I opted for the Home Smoked Trout with cream cheese, scrambled egg and radish salad. All of the flavours really complemented each other, and the scrammed egg was the lightest and fluffiest I've ever tasted. It was an ample portion, and really set me up for the rest of the day. The other thing I should mention is price, you get high quality for a great price. My brunch was priced at £6.90. The perfect price for a lunch deal in my opinion. I shall most certainly be back, and would highly recommend this place.

Poco is the best Tapas Bar around! Excellent food with the best atmosphere created by the staff,…read morethe music, the layout and the people who end up eating there. I think most of their meat is supplied from Pipers Farm, where the animals are treated incredibly well, they are mostly grass-fed and the meat tastes incredible. As someone who doesn't buy a lot of meat anymore, and I hardly eat meat when I eat out because I can't be sure of where the meat has come from, this is a massive plus! Thank you to all the staff for creating a unique experience!

We booked a table for a Saturday night at 830pm, arrived at about 815pm...the restaurant was packed…read morebut after about 10-ish minutes a table was cleaned and set and we were seated so cannot complain at all since we did arrive early. The lady who seated us as if we wanted water, we ordered a bottle of still for the table. While looking over the menu about 5mins after being seated a waitress came by asked if she could take our drink order, the other lady had clearly forgotten our bottle of still. This waitress apologized and quickly brought our water and cocktails. My margarita was fantastic. Once ordering our food I had a chance to look around, it was fairly busy and you could hear chatter from the tables around us but it was quiet enough you could easily speak to those at your table, I loved the industrial look they had going on lots of wood grain and metal with low warm lights and a single tea light candle on each table, gave the place a relaxed and welcoming vibe. To start we ordered their sourdough with olive oil (delicious but I wish the olive oil was on the side so you could dip it yourself instead of covering the bread in it, you will end up with olive oil on your hands with this dish), iberico and manchego drizzled with honey (the cheese with honey was amazing...creamy nutty slightly sweet) next out was the seared tuna (by far my favorite of the night, you could taste the quality of the tuna it was simple highlighting the natural flavor, so good!) then came the cauliflower manchego (the cauliflower was so good basted in a brown butter!) patata bravas (this was my least favorite dish of the night, the potatoes themselves were good nicely seasoned and crispy but they served them in a sauce that made all the bottom potatoes in the dish soggy and the taste of the sauce was overpowering) our last savory item of the night was the chateaubriand (fantastic, I perfectly cooked, tender and tasty)...to finish off the evening we had flan (sweet custardy traditional) and chocolate mousse (rich creamy, well balanced, served with high quality evoo, sea salt, and thin crispy sourdough). Overall it was a fantastic night out, slightly slow service, but the food more than made up for it. Will absolutely be back again!

Great Tapas Place try the Iberico Pork Chop. Great Atmosphere, cool place to have dinner and chill.read more

This review started off at 4 stars but sadly the service went down hill as the meal progressed so…read morealthough I still think it's a great place my rating reflects this visit. The place does have a great Spanish feel and the staff are all Spanish adding to that authentic vibe. I ordered a small glass of Rioja which was £4.50, that sort of price is expected for good wine but this was a house Rioja and nothing special. A few of our party ordered sangria and were very complimentary about it. We all opted for the £20 deal where you get a variety of tapas followed by deserts and coffee. AMAZING value for the money. As the food started appearing our faces lit up with shear delight! Dish after dish was brought out in quick succession to the point that there was no more room on the table and we had to start filling our plates quickly to allow for more! The food was delicious and plentiful, stand out dishes for me were the Spanish sausage and giant prawns but it was all lovely. At this point I was sure this was going to be a 4 star rating. While we were still eating our mountain of tapas they started clearing our plates, including food that wasn't finished. That was the first thing that annoyed me. We then had a massive wait after the plates were all cleared away and when finally someone did arrive they were clearly having a bad night and really let it show. We were asked whether we wanted to see the desert menu and when we told the waitress we were excepting a selection of deserts as part of our meal deal, she made some snotty remark about how she was only checking as they needed to be prepared. When the deserts came they were nice, but there were 5 between 7 of us to share and my friend explained last time they'd had 4 to share between 4 of them! The food was all delicious but the service let it down. I do love El Porto and think it's great for value for money, but Bravas on whiteladies is still my fav for quality and service.

Bringing some Mediterranean warmth to Bristol city centre, this pub is to be found on the same…read morestretch of waterfront containing Mud Dock and Severn Shed. More expensive than either, it's better than the former but doesn't offer a reason not to spend less at Severn Shed. Tapas and everything else you would expect is to be found on the menu. The food's got heaps of latin flavour, and they've certainly done their best to justify their prices in this respect. Furthermore, the the warm and intimate ambience is just right for this sort of place. However, when classy Severn Shed are hawking five pound lunches a restaurant needs to have something special to charge over the odds. El Puerto doesn't unfortunately, making it somewhere to visit if you've got a hunger pang for something latin but perhaps not otherwise.

I have been to Brace & Browns a couple of times now, but only for drinks. I have seen other people…read moreeating the tapas and it has always looked amazing. So I decided to go there for lunch today. I was expecting good things but I wasn't expecting an all you can eat tapas menu for £9.95, which made me even more excited! Unfortunately at 2.15pm I only had 45 minutes to order; challenge accepted! The deal is you can order 3 dishes and once you've finished them you can order more. The guy behind the bar kindly said I could order 4 as I didn't have long, but said I could probably squeeze another order in 'if' I needed to. My order and review: Mini Burger: beautifully seasoned and just pink enough in the middle. The homemade burger sauce was delicious and a little bit peppery. Tempura prawns: the batter was perfect and not too greasy. I had 7 prawns and 4 of them were huge. Pork Belly: sadly it was a little undercooked and the fat was a bit wobbly - not what you want! Sweet potato pakora: 5 decent sized pakoras. Not much spice but tons of flavour that lasted for ages. Stick a fork in me: I wont be needing to order more! Considering the same dishes are between £6.50 - 9 on the normal menu, this is fantastic value. Every monday evening they do all you can eat for £12.50 as well. On my last visit we asked the barman if they had any sangria. They didn't have the fruit to make it but he said he could make us White Sangria - Uh, come again? It was around half a bottle of Prosecco, half a bottle of white wine, lemonade and loads of slices and squeezes of fresh orange. I'm not a big Prosecco fan but it was really good; perfect for a spring day in the front courtyard. The courtyard is a lovely place to sit and watch all the cliftonites go by! This is some of the best non spanish tapas I have ever had and with the offers they have, you'll struggle to beat it!

We went here for our Christmas Lunch and I had never heard of it before. Brace & Browns is tucked…read moreaway slightly and you have to look as I drove past it first of all. The inside is a bit dark but still welcoming. Staff are friendly and and helpful. Food served was very nice and fresh and delivered very quickly so you didn't have to wait long. The Drinks are very nice and presented well. Overall a very good experience. Very happy with the quality of food and the preparation.

I was at the restaurant and there was a hair in the food and the waiter told me to suck it up and…read morestuff it and then when I told him to take it back and fix it and make me a new one, I didn't even ask for a refund. He told me to suck his big juicy balls. And 10 year old daughter my five-year-old son and my 14-year-old daughter and my six-year-old son heard this. I went to get a refund to leave with my wife Lisa but the owner told me you can't get a refund because you paid card and there's some sort of difficulty but then when I was leaving, I saw them refunding one of their biggest customers outrageous

Excellent in every way. The food: small plates (tapas) - varied, creative, high quality -…read moreanchovies in a vinegar base, smoked sardines, iberico cut like steak, cod in a basil sauce, very good cheese selection, especially the blue, etc etc. Big strong cocktails, a dozen different g&t's, young friendly quick service, and a nice spaces w multiple options, outside, in at tables or bar, open to street. Worth multiple visits!

Just gorgeous. Its a Spanish tapas restaurant, with wifi and doubles up as a language academy to…read morelearn first class Spanish with the aid of some lovely tutors. They host delectable paella night, dishing up the saffrony rice feast from a huge pan and serving it with a cheeky bottle of Rioja. Inside is cavernous, though tiny (only seats 24 people), the acoustic musicians that frequent pulse their folky and flamenco sounds around the place. The music nights are free entry too - bargain. Right now, I can truly think of nothing better than settling down to some chorizo and calamari tapas, a glass of red and chilled musical entertainment on a Friday evening.

The front window of El Rincon does remind me of a little restaurant down the side streets of…read moreBarcelona. It's colours and decorations draw your eye in and when we walked past the music caught our ears as well. Walking in, we arrived before the main rush, your greeted by a simple bar and relaxed staff each of whom snippets of Spanish can be heard from. We where shown to a table and offered a menu which covered all the tapas dishes we've come to expect of a Spanish menu and decided on a jug of the house Sangria. Service gave us a good amount of time to choose whilst the Sangria helped us along the way, even had a visit from the most relaxed dog we've shared a space with all adding to the ambiance. The dishes we chose were a good range and came pretty much all at once, given the size of table, dish jenga ensued however because we managed to fit it all in. We managed to get a second round in and also spoke to the waitress about the Spanish lessons they offer there. By this time it was really busy with a few locals getting ready for the live band. This place definitely packs all it can in a space. The band was excellent and spontaneous dancing occurred really excellent crowd. All in again really impressed and on a sunny day a serious bit if Spain. Fully visiting again.

When I heard that Colston Hall was undergoing a revamp my immediate thought was, 'if it ain't…read morebroke...' but I couldn't have been more wrong. Now the Hall offers a shiny gold exterior, bright-white foyer, a brand new restaurant and The H Bar. Before, finding pre-show drinks was a bit of a mission with the nearest descent bars being about a five to ten minute up-hill walk away. Over the years I've had to down many a glass of wine before and rush hurriedly to make it to my seat on time. Now, the H Bar makes you want to get to Colston Hall way before curtain call to enjoy the live music and good vibes. What makes it even better is that the drinks are good value for money - a round for three left me with change from a tenner: a rare treat for a venue bar! I wouldn't make this a place to visit without going to see a performance after, but at least I can end up in my seat before the band starts playing.

The main draw of this place for me is the massive terrace out front, with huge tables and loads of…read morespace, so you can sit and relax with friends on a sunny day in the city centre and people-watch. It's very stylish inside, and spacious, taking up most of the main foyer of the Colston Hall. The restaurant continues on upstairs, too. On my visit, my friend ordered an iced coffee and was presented with an extravagantly frothy, decadent thing in a tall glass. Like a chilled cappuccino! Not what we were expecting - but it was definitely impressive. It was £2.50, so, not cheap, but it's a swanky bar, so I expected that. I haven't sampled the food, but the menu looked very elegant indeed, with some very tasty-sounding options. This isn't really somewhere to just pop in for a cheap, quick lunch. Be prepared to pay a bit more, enjoy posing in the grand atmosphere of the renovated hall foyer, and luxuriate.

amazing drinks, super romantic location Saturday night gem?…read moreFinding a place called Under the Stars which is literally a boat docked at the pier, turned into a cocktail bar. I sat at the table with the porthole overlooking the canal... What else should I ask for? Delicious cocktails, delicate and girly options with fresh and floral tones. And this canal view speaks for itself!

The location is superb and food very tasty - perfect for a romantic night out. Customer service…read morecould be improved though - no table service in a relatively pricey restaurant was disappointing.

This Greek restaurant/bar was stumbled upon in the midst of a hunger walk, me and my partner…read moredesperately searching for dinner in town. We passed this restaurant that looked quite alright, and thought that since we never have tried Greek food properly, maybe that night was the night to try it. The decor was funky, lots of patterns in the chairs and wallpaper, and all clean lines and slick furniture. Friendly waiters brought over the menu which looked great. Dishes are centered around mezze's, somewhat like the Spanish tapas idea; many small dishes. The food came; chickpeas, stewed potatoes with lamb, rice in vine leaves and various other dishes and dips. From the quantity of the dishes to the taste of them, I was disappointed. The meat served was dry, and everything else simply lacked any depth in flavour. Needless to say, we left very, very dissatisfied, and won't be going back again.

The Old Bookshop on North Street is brilliantly cosy and creative, with a rockabilly feel...from…read morethe taxidermy, and old typewriters that adorn the walls to the clock cabinet near the ladies and the music that you'll hear coming from the speakers. As well as full bar, they also sell cocktails which are delicious and well worth checking out...in their own unique jam jar style. The staff are always welcoming, and although you can't reserve tables, getting there early for a spot of dinner is a must. Options include Tapas which starts at £4 a dish, or you could even have a main, such as what I had last night. Chicken fillet burger, with gherkin salsa, coleslaw (which had a hint of dill), and fries for £8.50. It was delicious. Check out the new garden hidden out the back...done out like a boatyard...it's small but cute. Oh and keep an eye out for live bands, they get some gems.

The Old bookshop is a fantastic bar come cocktail bar come tapas bar on North Street in Bedminster,…read morethe decor is interesting, a light made of old horn instruments and lots of taxidermy!! This place used to be very small but it recently exapanded and has now doubled in size, although it still has the intimate feel it previously did. It is a very relaxed place. The food is AMAZING, lots of really delicious tapas type dishes, I love this way of eating, lots of small plates to share but be warned the portions are generous so you may find yourselves over ordering if you aren't careful. There is a great selection of booze and the cocktails are absolutely divine and not a bad price (I think they are about £7 each) The Old Bookshop is perfect for a small group or couples, they also open for breakfast and sunday roast and occasionally have live music.