Bristol eatery Bank - known for its top Sunday roasts - wins Restaurant of the Year award

Bank received the accolade during the recent Bristol Bath & Somerset Tourism Awards.

The Totterdown restaurant came out on top in category following an unannounced visit from the judges, who came to experience the wood fired menu first-hand.

The award was by owner and founder, Dan O’Regan, and head chef and co-owner, Jack Briggs-Horan.

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O’Regan said the day after the win: “It was great fun to step away from the restaurant last night and celebrate the best of our tourism sector, and a real honour to come away with the top award in the restaurant category.

“We’ve got massive respect for all those restaurants across the region who are pushing for excellence during pretty challenging times for hospitality, so it means a lot for us to be recognised by the judges in a field of so many impressive names.

“2024 has been an incredible year at BANK, with a few trophies to show for our amazing team’s efforts, and our win at the Bristol Bath & Somerset Tourism Awards will be a nice boost for us all as we fire up the grill for some of the busiest weeks of the year.”

This latest award follows BANK being named in The Good Food Guide's Top 50 Sunday Roasts in Britain last month, as well as SquareMeal’s Top 100 Restaurants in the UK earlier in the year.