Award-winning Bristol street food business Eatchu to open new restaurant and takeaway in the city

One of Bristol’s most popular street food businesses is opening a brand new restaurant in the city.

Award-winning Eatchu started life as a street food stall in 2016 and then opened a small space in St Nicholas Market, where long queues form every day.

Run by husband and wife Guy and Victoria Siddall, Eatchu specialises in gyoza - handmade Japanese dumplings filled with seasonal ingredients and free-range meat.

Best-sellers include free-range pork with kenko mayo, tonkatsu sauce and furikake or free-range chicken with rayu oil, kenko mayo and spicy sea salt. There are also meat-free options.

And now Eatchu is opening a new restaurant and takeaway on The Triangle, Queens Road, in the former Pizza Bianchi site. Before that, it was the legendary Rocotillos diner for more than 20 years.

Eatchu co-founder Guy Siddall said: “We’re thrilled to have this opportunity to introduce our award-winning Eatchu dumplings to a new part of Bristol. It’s the perfect site for us, offering ample opportunity for takeaway and dine-in and we finally have a licensed venue so we can serve refreshing Japanese lagers with our meals.”

The opening date for the new Eatchu hasn’t been confirmed but the owners hope it will be around the second week of February.

Guy said: “Our opening date will depend on a few variables, but our goal is Lunar New Year on Saturday February 10. There’s huge demand for dumplings at that time of year, so we will need to be on the case!”