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Mushroom and miso bao, Edit on Cheltenham Road, Bristol

Edit: Audiophile restaurant on Cheltenham Road

Restaurant Reviews

One of Cheltenham Road’s newest offerings, Edit, is a unusual blend of classy tapas restaurant and cosy music bar. Labelling itself as an ‘audiophile restaurant’, the concept is inspired by Tokyo’s food and drink scene; offering Asian-inspired tapas style small plates, with an impressive Klipsch heritage sound system playing a range of ambient, soul, funk, electronica and world music. The idea is to delight all of your senses, and it achieves this, for the most part.

It’s very much a ‘drop-in’ place, with long high tables and bar chairs – making it feel casual yet a little sophisticated at the same time. The drinks menu is extensive and impressive, prepare yourself to be dazzled by a wide range of spirits, sake, beers and wine.

We decided to order and share a variety of their small plates and snacks; mushroom and miso bao, kimchi, fried squid with mango chilli sauce, chicken dumplings and prawn dumplings. For five dishes and two drinks it came to £32. 

Fried chicken dumplings from Edit, Cheltenham Road

While the food arrived in seemingly random dribs and drabs (including one of our plates being delivered to the couple sat next to us), it was all incredibly delicious.

Fried squid, Edit, Cheltenham Road, Bristol

The slightly spiced, fried chicken dumplings in gyoza style parcels, were the standout dish for us. But the fried squid was a close second; it would be a perfect dish to pick at while having a few drinks. I would advise ordering quite a few dishes if you’re hungry, they’re little and delightful and definitely leave you wanting more.

Mushroom and miso bao, Edit on Cheltenham Road, Bristol

Despite the slightly disorganised service, and a missing dish, we will definitely be returning.

As a concept, Edit is unique and quirky, just right for the Cheltenham Road/Gloucester Road junction that it finds itself on. However, it’s definitely more of a drinks,snacks and music venue, than somewhere you want to come for ‘dinner’ and leave completely filled up.

Find out more about Edit on Cheltenham Road, Bristol here.

Burger from OOWEE Diner, Bristol

OOWEE Diner

Restaurant Reviews

Over the last couple of months it seems like everyone has been talking about OOWEE diner in Montpelier, so last night I finally got to see what the hype is all about. Having made no dinner plans, but desperate for a decent burger this seemed like the perfect opporunity.

Tucked away in a corner of Picton Street, OOWEE diner is a tiny little place filled with the most incredible smell of burgers, fries and all things greasy and not so healthy.

 

OOWEE dinner burger in Bristol

It was pretty hard to narrow down what we wanted to just one meals worth of food – it all sounds, and smells, so good. I went for the The Pimento: a beef patty with spicy pimento cheese, pickles and relish, with added bacon. (£6.50 + £1)

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The patty itself was well done on the outside with just the right amount of pink inside, and juicy, falls apart in your mouth beef. The bacon was crispy and delicious, and the pickles were big – which always earns bonus points from me. The spicy cheese gave it that little extra kick to round off the flavour.

Dirty fries from OOWEE Diner, Bristol

I also went for some of their dirty fries – Bacon Jalapeno fries (£4.50), and a side of Buffalo Shrimp (£5). The fries didn’t quite live up to my expectations, but they were still wonderfuly decadent in their greasy excessiveness. The overwhelming highlight though was the huge, juicy Buffalo Shrimp, while there was only five in the serving they were amazing, so next time I’m definitely going to give the Shrimp fries a try.

Buffalo Shrimp from OOWEE Diner, Bristol

OOWEE Diner is up there with some of the best burgers in Bristol. It’s simple, no fuss, dirty fried food that will fulfill all unhealthy food cravings. It’s also pretty good value!

 

 

Burger Theory 

Restaurant Reviews

I’m going to jump right in with a bold claim here: Burger Theory is the best burgers I’ve had in Bristol. 

I’d tried their burgers from their stalls at St. Nick’s Night Market and other events around Bristol, but hadn’t really appreciated just how perfect they are until a couple of months ago we stumbled across them at Kongs on King Street where they’ve taken over the kitchen. And since then we’ve been back a few (many) times! 

Kongs is a great place – it’s nice to chill out in the day time and really fun for drinks in the evening. It reminds me quite a lot of Penn Social in Washington DC, though not quite as big. 

But, back to the best burgers in Bristol- Chris went straight for the Hairy Beast: a beef and jalapeño patty AND a southern fried chicken breast, with crispy crispy bacon, beautifully melted cheddar cheese, Frank’s hot sauce and blue cheese dressing (£11.75). 

It was immense! A little hard to pick up but that didn’t stop him, it was still gone within minutes, a sign of how great it was. 

I went for the more traditional (I would say boring but it really wasn’t), Cheese Theory: Beef and bacon patty with crispy bacon, cheddar cheese, gherkin, mustard mayonnaise and their homemade ketchup (£7.75). 


The patty was perfect – tender, well cooked but with absolutely no burnt taste. The gherkin, my essential burger ingredient, was crunchy and sweet and the lettuce and tomatoes were so fresh. All these great ingredients and the amazing sauces that were dripping off it made for one very juicy, delicious burger.


I also had the cheese theory another time but when they had run out of the beef and  bacon patty so I had the beef and jalapeño  patty, it was just the right amount of spice so I’m definitely tempted to try a different burger with that patty now. 
If you haven’t got the message by now; I would definitely definitely recommend Burger Theory – take a look at their menu here and go grab one now! 

Under The Stars

Restaurant Reviews

Located at the top of the harbourside in Bristol, Under the Stars is a lovely little bar and restaurant on a boat.

I’ve been wanting to try Under the Stars for a really long time, particulary in the summer when you can sit out on top and enjoy the harbour.

We finally went on a dark January evening, but this didn’t disappoint. Downstairs inside the boat is a lovely eating area with a small bar, we had a little table by the window perfect for looking out over the harbour.

Under the Stars serves tapas and Pizza, all of which sounded too good, so we ordered both!

Oak Smoked Trout and Spanish Chorizo

Oak Smoked Trout and Spanish Chorizo

The tapas:

Oak Smoked Trout with roasted piquilo peppers, sherry vinegar and chilli oil (£5)  Incredible flavours, the chilli was an amazing twist to the strong fish flavour.

Spanish Chorizo cooked with Somerset Cider, red onions and garlic (£4.50) You have to order this, the meat is soft and deliciously infused with the flavours of the cider and red onions. Use the extra bread to soak up the leftover sauce – don’t waste a drop!

Patatas Bravas with tomato chilli sauce and alioli (£3.75) Not the most exciting of the tapas dishes, but the chilli certainly added a kick. It worked well with the other two intensely flavoured dishes.

Patatas Bravas

Patatas Bravas

The pizza:

Calabria – Italian nduja chilli salami, buffalo mozzarella and black olives (£10.00)
Thin and just a little crispy on the crusts, there was plently of cheese and the salami was just the right amount of spicey, and of course the olives- a pretty perfect pizza!

Calabria Pizza

Under the Stars is a lovely little boat perfect for a romantic meal, or a quiet evening with friends. I look forwards to going back in the summer and sitting outside enjoying the sunshine and harbourside atmosphere.

Fuego, Bristol

Restaurant Reviews

“Fire your soul” – Despite being a lot smaller than it’s next door neighbour Turtle Bay, it’s hard to miss Fuego with it’s bright yellow exterior.

Inside it’s equally cheerful and bright, with distressed, reclaimed tables and chairs, and colourful vintage posters.

Fuego was created by Columbian-born Gonzalo Trujillo who was involved with Bristol favourites Pieminister and Grillstock, and Spanish-born Esmerelda Martin-Rivera who was a founder of My Burrito that was previously at 7, Broad Quay.

Their Latin American inspired menu is packed with fiery and flavoursome dishes. The second time I went, last Friday, I had to try one of their burritos – and compare it to my favourites, Mission Burrito.

I went for the Bar-ba-cow-a burrito, with no sides, and we shared a portion of Nachos.

When we were ordering food, we started to order our drinks and were informed that we could get a free Sol with a burrito – which was great news, but I hadn’t noticed this offer anywhere in the restaurant or on the menu, so it seemed a little strange but it made us happy.

The food came all at once, which was perfect, and I have to say I have never seen Nachos piled quite so high! A generous amount of tortilla chips were topped with Guacamole, frech Pico de Gallo, plenty of melted cheese and black beans with sour cream on the top.


These were up there with some of the best Nachos I have had, stingey toppings is the thing that usually lets them down, and these had it all. I was only slightly disappointed with the small amount of sour cream.

The Bar-ba-cow-a burrito was a lovely soft wrap filled with smoked beef braised with Mexican spices and dark beer, and the usual rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, salad and pico.

Bar-ba-cow-a: Burritos can’t help looking messy, but they taste so good!

It was smaller compared to a Mission Burrito, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing! The meat was delicious, full of flavour, and the choice of sauces to add was great.

I would definitely go to Fuego again, it’s burritos really don’t compare to Mission Burrito but that’s okay because I can’t wait to try their empanadas and quesadillas!