I tried a posh Bristol restaurant’s new Sunday lunch menu and I’ll never forget it

And with it recently launching a "completely unique” new Sunday lunch menu, I thought it was finally due to a visit.

After taking a seat in the cosy window overlooking the Cumberland Basin, I was told how the service works.

Unlike most restaurants in the city, The Chef’s Table is offering a “tasting menu”, where there’s no written menu and instead you are served four courses of surprises.

To begin, we were presented with a selection of hors d’oeuvres, including mackerel, fig, hogget belly, beetroot and chicken liver pate.

The starters filled the table and each dish was beautifully presented, providing a mix of exciting flavours to start our dining experience.

For the next course, we had the winter warmer soup, poured directly by one of the chefs from a vintage blue and white tureen.

It definitely warmed us up and added to the cosiness of The Chef’s table, with the heat even steaming up the windows.

What makes this menu even more unique is that it is inspired by the first restaurant owner and chef Conrad Jenkins worked at.

When he was 19-year-old, he started his career at the famous Colleys Supper Rooms on Whiteladies Road in Clifton - now Aqua - where he first served tasting menus.

He has now recreated that special experience at The Chef’s Table, bringing enthusiasm and excitement to customers.

For the main course, however, there is an element of choice. The chefs circle the tables presenting each of the meats: beef, pork or monkfish - and there’s also a vegetarian option.

Feeling unconventional, I went for the fish and was so pleased I did: it was perfectly cooked with a delicious Chardonnay sauce.

The meats are served with seasonal vegetables, cauliflower gratin, roast potatoes and dauphinoise - ensuring you have a full and satisfying meal.

Finally was time for the dessert and perhaps the most fun and unexpected element of the experience.

The chef brings out the options on a specially crafted trolley, which you can’t help but smile at.

The choices of a trifle, profiterole, sticky toffee pudding or rice pudding all look and sound irresistible as they’re explained to you.

I opted for the sticky toffee and medjool date pudding, which was accompanied by a beautiful caramel sauce.

I left The Chef’s Table extremely happy and the tasting menu experience is something I’ll never forget. The service was incredible, and paired with the intimate setting and fantastic location, it is totally worth the £55 per head.

To book a table at The Chef’s Table, visit: www.chefstable.restaurant.