Dockside Eateries Guide
With such a multitude of great places to eat around the harbour, the struggle is in making a choice! From fine dining in an award-winning eco building, to tapas on a sun terrace, to good pub grub under the shade of a sun brolly, or cooked breakfast inside the snug surrounds of a floating cafe/bar the options are immense....and thats before you even take a look at the menu!
The Rose of Denmark
Pumphouse
Friendly, welcoming pub with a beautiful slate bar, stripped floorboards and a roaring real fire. Cellar restaurant, offering home cooked, traditional English fare.
Bordeaux Quay
Canons Marsh / Millennium Square
A splendid food venue in a refurbished dockside warehouse with good eco-build credentials. Owned by award-winning chef Barny Haughton. Incorporates Restaurant, Brasserie, Bar, Deli, Bakery and Cookery School all under one roof
The Glass Boat
Welsh Back
Dine in style on this beautifully designed wooden interior boat with great views of the harbour, Perfect for special occasions, the standard are very high, but it’s worth it!
www.glassboat.co.uk
Grain Barge
Mardyke
Floating bar with Bristol Beer Factory beers and ales on board. Pieminister Pies onboard!
The Pumphouse
The Pump House has earnt great reviews for it's British seasonal menus that combine classic dishes and modern cooking techniques. Restaurant open Tue to Sat evening only, bar menu available at other times.
Spy Glass (open annually March – Oct)
Welsh Back
Fun and great atmosphere this suits all onboard/ quayside seasonal restaurant, specialises in Med BBQ style food. They have a great selection with a set menu price for parties over 8 people.
www.spyglassbristol.co.uk
The River Station
Welsh Back/ Prince Street Bridge
With a relaxed deli/ tapas downstairs and a la carte restaurant upstairs both with views of the harbour its the kind of place you would take friends & parents to impress! Great forever changing menu that caters for all tastes.
www.riverstation.co.uk
Seven Shed
Welsh Back/ Prince Street Bridge
Converted from one of Brunels creations Seven Shed has a modern feel and look. The bar/ organic restaurant have a brilliant menu and a great selection of wines, drinks and cocktails. Balcony seating looking out on the harbour, watch the ferries go by.
www.severnshed.co.uk
Ostrich
Bathurst Basin (Ostrich Pub)
Great pub really friendly staff, it’s the place to be when its sunny lots of tables outside, cosy feel inside. Child friendly. Pub food well priced.
The Olive Shed
Prince Street Bridge
Organic Mediterranean meze fish and more. This is a great place to relax for a light snack to a three course meal with lovely organic beers and wines.
Siam Harbourside
Mardyke Steps
Thai Cuisine served by waitresses in tradition costume, along Hotwells Rd quayside.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
One of the oldest pubs in Bristol! Salty Sea Dog venue, full of characters good food and beer, friendly staff and outside seating. Good chef, variety of dishes with Mediterranean twist.
The Cottage Inn
Baltic Wharf
Cottage Pub directly outside the pub
Baltic Wharf, outside seating for the balmy evenings and sunny afternoons, cosy interior for those nippier evenings, great friendly atmosphere. Food varies from scampi and chips to lasagne.
Lockside
Nova Scotia
Cafe/Restaurant 100 metres from the quay side. recently refubished cafe under the flyover. Great views of Clifton. fantastic breakfasts from 7 till 12 and open for lunch and dinner too.
Mud Dock
Prince Street Bridge
An old dockside warehouse which now holds a Cafe, Cycleworks (bike and bike kit shop) and Bike Shed (modern facilites for the cyclist with showers, lockers and bike parking). Cafe offers brunches, lunches, and evening meals and an amazing great vantage point across the harbour.