Bristol
Adelina Yard

Adelina Yard

3 Queen Quay, Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4SL, United Kingdom

Vegan • British • European • Vegetarian


"Wow, where should I start? the tasting menu was a fantastic culinary experience that was certainly worth the celebration of our jubilee. the courts have in their excellence...every seemingly better than the last, despite the early courses wonderful in their own right. each was a perfectly balanced creation, blending of aromen and textures to perfection. to mention some specialties (see the photos below to see how each dish was presented) the heke was simple, but overwhelmingly delicious when with the smoked raw and butter sauce. the lamb was probably my personal favorit, working with the overlapping aromes of the various cuts of lamb, carrot and tweeting together soou well. the direction continued in the desserts. especially the chocolate, the miserable, the sesame creation... very good. every cure, while a perfect combination tasteful, was also built and presented kreatiw...and the result was definitiw the wall worth in the kitchen. we also had the paired weepings that were all very painfully thought out and served further improved dishes. The theodora from Austria, which would not have been our first choice for your own drink, was perfectly complicated with confit kohlrabi. complete good for the team to get the wein pairs right. that was as good as it gets. the service was perfect. the place small, but as a result, somehow intimate. I wouldn't hesitate to go back, but it's not cheap. so it will only be for special occasions. the simplest 5-star rating I gave in the old one."

Bravas

Bravas

Al Laziz, 9 Cotham Hill,BS6 6LD, United Kingdom, Bristol

Steak • Tapas • European • Mediterranean


"I cannot even describe how disappointed and upset I am by the treatment my family received by Bravas this evening (17/10/23). We have been coming to Bravas loyally for years, supported the business during covid and have always recommended this restaurant to all our family and friends. I booked dinner at Bravas for my dad for his 60th Birthday celebration. I originally booked for 3 people, but needed to amend the booking as my sister had come home from university to surprise him. I received 2 text messages to confirm the booking for 7:15 pm on the 17/10/23 and called at midday when Bravas opened to amend the booking as instructed by the confirmation text. The woman I spoke to on the phone confirmed that she was going to ‘put a note’ on our booking saying that it was now for 4 people. We arrived on time, excited for our meal and I told one of the waiting staff that we had a reservation for 4 at 7:15. She asked for my name and then told me that my name wasn’t on the list of bookings, so she would speak to the manager. He came and spoke to us in a very dismissive tone saying that the booking was cancelled at 5pm. I was so confused as I had not cancelled the booking at any point during my phone correspondence with the restaurant. I showed him the confirmation text messages I had received and explained I had called up earlier. He totally disregarded everything I said, shrugged and rudely said there was nothing he could do and reiterated that the booking was cancelled. He also mentioned that he didn’t come on shift until 5pm so it was nothing to do with him. He did offer us seats at the bar which I appreciated, however this was not what I had asked for and I mentioned that it was ‘not ideal’. We decided to leave the restaurant at that point as we felt massively dejected and frustrated at the whole experience. I don’t understand what on earth happened to my booking? I understand that Bravas is a small, very popular restaurant but when you make a reservation it should definitely not be cancelled with no warning. Usually our experience dining here is excellent and I have never had any complaints, however this was totally out of line. I really feel like the treatment from your management staff put a huge dampener on our family celebration and this could have easily been avoided by better communication from the restaurant and much nicer treatment in a difficult situation. I would like to know how you would suggest this situation is remedied?"

Flow

Flow

9a, The Haymarket Walk, Bristol, England, BS1 3LN, United Kingdom

Vegan • Western • British • European


"This was booked for at 30th birthday in October for a table in December. They emailed back explaining they may need to cancel because of a Christmas party but would let us know and they didn’t so we chased twice and got a response saying booking was fine to remain. Then two days before we received another email saying they were shutting the night we booked due to needing to move house which they apologised for then booked us in for the next night promising complimentary Prosecco for doing this. Although it would no longer be my 30th we didn’t mind because we had read such good things about the restaurant. We got there atmosphere was nice and it is always lovely to see veggie vegan restaurants which are full! We sat down ordered our drinks which we had to wait 30 mins for. The table next to us who arrived after were apologised to for the rebooking and got Prosecco pretty much when they sat down. No Prosecco was given to us and I felt too awkward to ask. I was disappointed with the menu. Being vegan they recommended 5 plates for a table of two so we order one of every vegan item on the menu as that is all there was. Portions were small and not particularly well seasoned but it was nice to experience vegan food which was a bit more upmarket than your typical vegan burger. I didn’t feel it was enough food so we ended up eating churros from oowee vegan after! Although staff were friendly when they came to the table. Staff didn’t appear to be particularly hurry for things to be taken to the tables. What I think happened is that 3 tables were booked in at 8, one of them being us and 2 other tables, one which was late and they then waiting on all orders to be in from us to then make all the food together. This appeared to be the case as we all seemed to get the same dishes at the same time and I suppose this makes it easier for the chef as the dishes in some cases appeared to be quite fiddly dishes to make. I felt if staff had just communicated this with us I wouldn’t have minded so much but there was such a long wait between dishes it really felt very dragged out and very underwhelming when one small plate of food finally did arrive. I would not go here again. We ate in some lovely cheaper and more satisfying fully vegan places in Bristol including an all vegan Chinese which was delicious. Really sad I couldn’t give this restaurant more but I wouldn’t give 5 anyway unless they changed fully vegan."