The Good Food Guide was founded by Raymond Postgate in 1951 and today it remains the longest-standing and best-selling guide to dining out in the UK.
Inspections are conducted on an ongoing basis and anonymously with impartial recommendations then offered. Members of The Good Food Guide Club can access hundreds of reviews and pictures via their app.
Here are the 19 Bristol restaurants that are currently recommended by The Good Food Guide, with ratings ranging from Local Gems to Very Good.
9. The Good Food Guide has selected 19 Bristol restaurants for its latest edition.
The Good Food Guide has selected 19 Bristol restaurants for its latest edition. | Root
10. Marmo, Baldwin Street - Rating: Good
“This temple of Italian/European gastronomy feels as coolly refined as the marble after which it is named. The bright, sparsely decorated dining room with white walls, cream wooden panelling and dark wooden tables features an almost makeshift-looking open kitchen at the back, from whence come beautifully presented, precisely cooked plates of deeply flavoured delights.” | Marmo
11. Adelina Yard, city centre - Rating: Good
“Tucked away along a cobbled street in Bristol’s historic harbour district, Adelina Yard is every inch the modern city restaurant. An on-view kitchen, filament lighting and rough-topped tables set the tone, and the food arrives on defiantly chunky crockery. Autumn reporters who relaxed into the eight-course seasonal taster found nothing they didn’t like, from the astonishing food to the wine flight to the knowledgeable, friendly staff. Olivia Barry and Jamie Randall cooked all over London, including various Galvin brothers’ venues, before opening here, and their experience shows in the innovative, always fascinating dishes. Aged beef fillet with smoked ox heart, burrata, buckwheat and ponzu as a preliminary course is a fantastic composition in both senses.” | Peppermint Soda
12. Little Hollows, Chandos Road - Rating: Local Gem
“Chris Davies built up a business selling handmade pasta at local markets, as well as delivering pasta boxes to people’s homes. A dream of opening a little restaurant/bar was finally realised when he opened on Bristol’s Chandos Road (next door to Wilsons). The short menu features the chef’s famed pasta in dishes such as pappardelle with Creedy Carver duck leg ragù or mafalde with cuttlefish ragù, chilli, capers, brown crab and bottarga. The set lunch is excellent value.” | Little Hollows