The best Bristol restaurants to dine for less in January, including Sunday lunch deals and 50% discounts

If your bank balance is looking a little sorry for itself after the Christmas blow-out, but you still want to eat out during the long month of January, fear not. A number of Bristol restaurants and bars have launched special deals and discounts to help customers this month.

With rising food and energy bills, it’s especially difficult for small independent restaurants to reduce menu prices this year so look to the bigger national chains for the big bargains, although there are still a few local eateries offering deals.

Here’s a round-up of the best January deals in Bristol. And if you see more, let us know and we’ll add them to the list.

Second Floor Restaurant at Harvey Nichols, Cabot Circus

The new winter dining menu at the snazzy Harvey Nichols restaurant has been created in partnership with French liquor produce St-Germain and showcases the best in seasonal produce.

Starters include artichoke salad with pear and Serrano ham, main courses such as seared hake with masala spiced lentils and dessert of chocolate crème brûlée.

The menu is available lunch and dinner until March 31 and three courses cost £28 per person served with a St-Germain Spritz. You can book a table here.

Prezzo, Anchor Square, Harbourside

Harbourside Italian restaurant Prezzo is offering its ‘feel good’ set menu from just £12.95 for two courses or £15.95 for three.

Through its partnership with plant-based brand THIS™ Isn’t Chicken, Prezzo is turning some of the most popular dishes vegan and vegetarian this January, including the chicken Alfredo tagliatelle and the tre-carni calzone. Book here.

Piccolino, Cabot Circus

Popular Italian chain Piccolino is well known for its generous January offers and this year is no exception. The restaurant in Cabot Circus is offering 50% off food until January 31, Monday to Thursday.

This half-price deals means some serious savings. The spaghetti carbonara is now £7.75 rather than £15.50 and the 225g ribeye steaks are £13.25 rather than the usual £26.50.

The deal also applies to the pizzas, which now start at £6.25 for the courgette, mushroom and truffle cream and rise to £7.47 for the picante (spicy Calabrian sausage, red pepper, tomato and mozzarella). Book here.

The Ivy Brasserie, The Mall, Clifton

Glamorous Clifton Village restaurant The Ivy Brasserie has just launched its January set menu. Diners can choose two courses of the signature classic dishes for £22.50.

Options include a starter of salt and pepper squid with wasabi and miso mayonnaise, sriracha, coriander and lime, and a main course of slow braised lamb and beef shepherd’s pie with red wine sauce and Cheddar potato mash.

To book, click here.

Bar 44, Clifton

Spanish restaurant Bar 44 is celebrating 20 years since its first site opened in South Wales by revisiting the original menu and reworking some of the best-selling dishes. Even better, they are selling them for 2002 prices.

Dishes include Welsh lamb, sobrasada and sherry meatballs for £3.95 and fried rosemary manchego, tomato and shallot relish with house pickles for £3.

The 2002 dishes will be available from Wednesday, January 11, for the rest of January. You can book a table here.

Butcombe pubs

Somerset’s Butcombe brewery has a number of great food pubs in the Bristol area, including The Ostrich in Redcliffe, The Cottage on Spike Island and The Whitmore Tap on Whiteladies Road.

Throughout January, the pubs are offering a special ‘three courses for the price of two after 3pm’ deal on Sundays.

This is a choice of a free starter or pudding when you buy two courses (must include a main).

And on Wednesdays, there’s 25% off food all day for Butcombe Loyalty Club members.

All Hyde & Co Group venues

Bristol’s award-winning Hyde & Co Group is running a promotion where they’re offering 20% off food throughout January for people with a promo card (which was given out to all diners during December) or an email with the offer.

Restaurants offering this deal are: Bambalan, Flour & Ash, Seven Lucky Gods, Four Wise Monkeys and The Ox Bristol.

Pipal Tree, Easton

If you fancy some authentic Punjabi food to warm you up this month, the hugely popular Pipal Tree in Chelsea Road, Easton, is offering 20% off your entire bill on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Best-selling dishes at this family-run favourite include dad’s tandoori chicken wings, grandmum’s pakoras and mum’s pheasant chaat. You can book here.