Where to eat in Bristol

Bristol is one of the UK’s great restaurant cities—a hub of creativity and independent spirit, with great cafés, bakeries, bars, and destination restaurants on its waterfront, in its leafy residential neighbourhoods, and in the historical city centre. Explore it in depth with these great offers on the CODE app.

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Noah’s
Sunday to Thursday, 20% off total bill
This quirky riverside restaurant on Spike Island specialises in fish and chips but will also do you classic seafood such as Newlyn sole with brown butter and capers or confit tuna belly with tomato concasse.

Caper and Cure
Thursday to Saturday, 20% off total bill
A beloved indie on the corner of Stokes Croft and Montpelier with legion local fans. Seasonal dishes from the tiny open kitchen might include grilled scallops with harissa butter or Tamworth tomahawk with PX jus.

Carmen Street Wine
Wednesday, 20% off total bill
A walk-in only wine bar from the folk behind Caper and Cure. Enjoy charcuterie, cheese, oysters and more with a bottle from the extensive, low-intervention wine list.

Dongnae
Tuesday to Thursday, 20% off total bill
Dongnae is a neighbourhood Korean restaurant in Redland from Kyu Jeong Jeon and Duncan Robertson, the husband-and-wife team that took home the ‘Chef To Watch’ award sponsored by Champagne Billecart-Salmon, in the 2025 Good Food Guide Awards.

Bokman
Tuesday to Thursday, 20% off total bill
Bokman is a Korean ‘tongdak’ (rotisserie chicken) and ‘anju’ (‘drinking food’) restaurant in Stokes Croft by Kyu and Duncan of Dongnae (see above).

BOX-E
Thursday & Friday, 25% off food
A true Bristol original, this 14-cover restaurant in a pair of shipping containers at Whapping Wharf serves a regularly changing modern British à la carte menu and £59 seven-course tasting menu by chef Elliott Lidstone.

Root
Wednesday to Friday, 20% off total bill
A modern, plant-forward, sharing plates restaurant on the banks of Whapping Wharf from local food hero Josh Eggleton, championing regional ingredients such as Chew Valley burrata and Chalk Stream trout.

The Clifton
Sundays, 20% off total bill
Sundays are the most important day of the week at this stylish Clifton Village local. On the menu: leg of lamb and mint sauce, Hereford beef and Yorkshire pudding.

Marmo
Monday to Thursday, 20% off food
A buzzy restaurant and wine bar in the centre of the City. Feast on goats’ curd and nettle pansotti, steak tartare, and artichoke caponata, and an intriguing bottle from the low-intervention list.

BANK
Tuesdays, 20% off total bill
A former bank in Totterdown, south of the city centre, makes a handsome setting for chef Jack Briggs-Horan’s contemporary wood fire cooking.

Harbour House
Sunday to Wednesday, 25% off food
A historic riverside venue in a listed boathouse in the heart of the city, known as much for excellent seafood, simply done, as for its generous Sunday roasts.

The Granary
Sunday to Wednesday, 25% off food
An all-day restaurant within a 19th Century granary, built in the Bristol Byzantine. Middle Eastern influences appear in the form of quince tabbouleh with pomegranate molasses and wood-fired Cornish mackerel with heritage tomatoes and saffron.

Bar 44
Wednesday to Friday, 25% off total bill
This Clifton Village tapas restaurant from the team behind Cardiff’s Asador 44 does all the classics including padrón peppers, boquerones, and pan con tomate, as well as luxurious Brixham scallops.

Catley’s & Lockdown Loaves
Wednesday to Friday, complimentary coffee with any breakfast pastry
Lockdown Loaves, judged one of The Good Food Guide’s Best Bakeries 2025, is where it all started for baker Hannah Catley. Her spin-off Catley’s is beloved for its meringue pies, seasonal Danish pastries, and sausage rolls.