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What’s New For Bristol & Bath Diners

What’s New For Bristol & Bath Diners

Turn your back for a moment and you find that yet another exciting new restaurant or bar has opened up in Bristol or Bath. Here’s just a selection of some of the best that have appeared in the last year or so. Strada, in Clifton, opened in the summer of 2006 and has rapidly become one of Bristol’s most popular restaurants. O ...more

Dining Deals

Looking for cheap eats?

Save money with these special restaurant deals for Bristol, Bath & Somerset diners. Please pick a day from the list below.

Competition

Win A Meal For Two At Aqua, Bath

Which Italian volcano recently blew its top - again?...more

Readers Choice

Enjoyed your last meal out? If so, write a restaurant recommendation on Sugarvine and we'll give you 10% off any case of wine purchased from leading independent wine merchant Talking Wines.

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Latest Recommendation

San Carlo, Bristol City Centre

Had a really great meal at San Carlo last night - the food was delicious, the service was great, and the location of the restaurant is fantastic.

Book Online

Book a Restaurant Table

Take the hassle out of making your restaurant reservation by booking a table online. It's simple and it's free -- just click on the link to browse the restaurants you can book in the Bristol, Bath & Somerset area. ...more

Book a Local Hotel Room

If you're planning a special meal out, why not make a night of it? We can offer the best hotel deals, with discounts of up to 70%. ...more

Readers Choice

Every month we publish a list of the 10 most popular Bristol, Bath & Somerset restaurants on Sugarvine. These figures are based on searches by Sugarvine readers last month (previous month's results in brackets).

  1. (1) Thai Balcony - Bath
  2. (5) Wellsway Inn - Blagdon
  3. (-) Thai Basil Restaurant - Thornbury
  4. (3) Opa Meze Bar & Greek Restaurant - Bath
  5. (8) Dragons Kiss - Clifton
  6. (-) Franks Restaurant - Keynsham
  7. (-) Golden House The - Street
  8. (6) Sousta Greek Taverna - Congresbury
  9. (-) Bottelinos - Staple Hill
  10. (-) Alibi - Clifton
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Restaurant Review

Bordeaux QuayBordeaux Quay

There are lots of reasons to dine at Bordeaux Quay, but possibly the best is the setting itself. Located in a spacious, beautifully converted warehous ...more

The Gastrotourist

The RantDestination Restaurants

Some meals are worth a special journey. In The Gastrotourist we profile select destination restaurants from across the UK and beyond. This month:
The Elephant, Torquay

A to Z Listings

A to Z ListingsThe Letter F

Country house hotel in Hatch Beauchamp, Bath's Pan-Asian feast, American food in the firehouse, Two Bristol fish restaurants, Cheddar Gorge dining ...more

The Rant

The RantThe Melting Pot

It may surprise you to learn that Italians in Italy really don’t know how to cook proper Italian food. The same applies to the Chinese in China, Indians in India, Thais in Thailand and the Japanese in Japan. ...more

Signature Dish

Bruton House Restaurant With RoomsBruton House Restaurant With Rooms

Double-AA-rosetted Bruton House is a restaurant with rooms that’s home to some very accomplished cooking. Everything is made on the premises including this naughty but nice Nougat. ...more

Sugarvine Wine Offer

Wine BuysExplorer Case £79.95

The Explorer Case brings together a choice of interesting wines from around the globe, specially selected with variety in mind. There’s two bottles ea ...more

Book Shop

Sugarvine Book ShopThe Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner

Jay Rayner chronicles the revolution in high-end gastronomy that has been sweeping the world since the late eighties. Not simply an account of endless ...more

Quick Bites

Antix in Bristol has opened a new champagne and wine bar, ATTIX. . .New Bristol openings -- Zen Harbourside, Asia in Wok, Pizza Express Harbourside (in June). . .Bottelinos are opening a new branch in Weston-super-Mare this year. . .Aqua get set to open on Whiteladies Road. . .The Big Bang (sister restaurant in Oxford) takes over the site of Hullabaloos on Whiteladies for gourmet sausage & mash and other British revival recipes. . .Toms Pies opens on the Triangle for Great British pies. . .Seasoned restaurateur from London's Chinatown opens contemporary HK Diner on Bristol's Park Street. . .The Andy Nowak Duo play live jazz every Wednesday from 7.30pm-10pm at Pizza Express in Clifton Village. Booking is advisable. . .The Hophouse in Clifton relaunches as a stylish contemporary bar and restaurant. . .D'Vine on Clare St, Bristol reopens as The Funky Greek, bar, taverna and club. . .Stark on Bristol's Whiteladies Road becomes The Black Bear twinned with The White Bear on St Michaels Hill. . .The Cavendish At Dukes Hotel has been awarded three AA rosettes, one of only two restaurants in Bath to currently hold the award. . .New openings -- The Bentley in Clifton a stunning, design-led restaurant and gallery housed in an old car workshop; Java, an opulent venue that takes over the Mauritania building on Park St offering a café, members bar and nightclub. . .Blackstones Kitchen in Bath closes to move opposite into the Blackstones Restaurant building. . .Opening at the end of Sept is Chez Gerard on Grand Parade in Bath. . .Le Petit Couchon in the Claverton Buildings Bath gives way to new British restaurant Bramleys. . .Bristol's first Magic Bar Illusions opens on the Triangle. . .Romeo Browns on Clare St Bristol gives way to D’Vine Bar & Restaurant. . .Bristol's Aqua Bar & Restaurant open in Bath on the site of Zaza in a beautiful former church on Walcot Street. . .The Good Food Guide has chosen Culinaria as a regional award winner for 2007. . Belly dancing on the first Friday of every month at Mazati. . .