Somerset & Bristol Restaurant Guide

Browns Bar & Brasserie - Bristol

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The first Browns opened at Brighton in 1973 with one simple guiding belief, that classic food, well delivered in a stylish environment would be a recipe for success. The only thing that has changed since then is the number of Browns, now running at fourteen, of which six are in London, all prospering with the same theme.

• Address: 38 Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1RE (Map)
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £27.00

Brunel Raj

It's not often that you find an Indian restaurant pinning its advertising to one item on the menu, but at the Brunel Raj they are big on the special King prawns, and closer inspection reveals that they are not wrong.

• Address: 7 Waterloo Street, Bristol, BS8 4BT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bangladeshi, Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £23.00

Bruton House

For the second consecutive year Claire De Lune has been awarded an AA Rosette, reflecting the use of the highest quality fresh ingredients in the preparation of a meal. Their menus are well balanced to include prime fish dishes and a vegetarian option, and simplicity is an essential ingredient of all of their dishes.

• Address: 2-4 High Street, Somerset, Bruton, BA10 0AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, English, Mediterranean, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £32.00

Budokan - City

For those who may think they are becoming jaded with regular trips to some of our well-loved and adopted cuisines, an outing to Budokan could well provide the answer. Describing itself as Asian, Budokan probes the culinary aspirations of Indonesia, China, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, to name but some, and the result is a balance of flavours, nutrition and value that is challenging in itself.

• Address: 31 Colston Street, Bristol, BS1 5AP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Asian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £24.00

Budokan - Clifton

• Address: Clifton Down, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2PH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Asian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Bybrook Restaurant at The Manor House Hotel

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Manor House Hotel, set in 365 acres of parkland, is superbly located for the leisure traveller, as it is just outside Bath, that jewel of the West Country with its Roman Baths and magnificent Georgian terraces, as well as being no distance from the glorious Cotswolds.

• Address: Castle Coombe, nr Chippenham, SN14 7HR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £26.00, Dinner: £70.00

Byzantium

There is little doubt that Byzantium has added a new dimension to eating out in Bristol. Operating over two levels the tone is set as you exchange a damp Bristol evening for the ground floor, rich with exotica of the East and a touch of colonial North Africa thrown in for good measure.

• Address: 2 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £39.00

Cafe Fromage

Café Fromage's mission in life is to provide well presented cheese dishes to a public amongst who a considerable number are cheese aficionados. And where better to do it than above Paxton and Whitefield's shop in John Street? The surroundings are comfortable and traditional, the range of dishes sufficiently exciting to make a visit worthwhile, including some of the non-cheese variety.

• Address: 1 John Street, Bath, BA1 2JL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £15.00

Cafe Retro

Don't be surprised if you experience a warm and personalised touch to most things that go on at Café Retro, a quality that most London cafes seem to have lost long ago. Customers love the ramshackle appearance, which helps to add to the allure of this cosy place overlooking the Parade.

• Address: 18 York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Café
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £26.00

Cafe Rouge - Bath

Café Rouge has around one hundred branches throughout Britain all offering a wide range of dishes drawn from the French cuisine. Slightly less than half their branches are in or close to London. Almost inevitably the décor and design of each restaurant differs from the others, but there is a general curtsy towards La France.

• Address: 15 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £26.00