Two stars, eight Bibs: what to order at Bristol’s Michelin restaurants

The cheapest seat in a Michelin-starred Bristol dining room is the £39 short lunch at Wilsons on Chandos Road, served Wednesday to Friday only. That is the one to book first. Bristol has two stars and eight Bib Gourmands in the 2026 guide, and five of the ten sit in two clusters: Chandos Road in Redland, and the shipping containers of Wapping Wharf. Four of them run a weekday set menu at £27 to £30, which is how to eat at three of these places in one week without much damage.

How we chose: every Bristol restaurant at star or Bib Gourmand level in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2026, with prices from each restaurant’s own current menu.

The two stars

Wilsons

Jan Ostle and Mary Wilson opened Wilsons in 2016, and nearly everything on the plate comes from their own market garden, which is why it holds a Green Star alongside the star it won in 2025. SquareMeal’s 2026 reader-and-critic poll put it first in its UK Top 100 outside London. There is no à la carte. The long set menu is £78 at lunch or dinner; the short lunch is £39, Wednesday to Friday, and not on Saturdays. The dish the inspectors singled out is dry-aged trout, cooked with beef tallow, peas and beans. Tell them about allergies before you arrive, because the kitchen is small and the menu is fixed, and cancelling inside 24 hours costs a fee. Chandos Road, Redland · short lunch £39 · closed Sun–Mon · book

Bulrush

George Livesey has held a star at Bulrush since 2019, and his kitchen leans on foraging, preserving and pickling. The full tasting menu was £90 in September, with a £70 drinks pairing. The better deal is the early-evening menu at 6pm, Tuesday to Thursday, for £65: it keeps the duck liver parfait pomme dauphine, the Isle of Wight tomato with fig leaf and amazake, and the Jacob hogget with oyster. The inspectors liked the Wagyu with black bean ketchup and Bordelaise, so ask whether it is on. Lunch is Friday and Saturday only, at £48. Cotham Road South, Kingsdown · early-evening menu £65 · closed Sun–Mon · book on Tock

The Bibs

Little Hollows Pasta

Next door to Wilsons, pastaio Chris Davis rolls the day’s pasta in the window each morning. Order the agnolotti with roasted cherry tomato, garlic, mascarpone and fior di latte (£19): it is the dish the guide’s write-up names and the first main on the current menu. The set lunch, Tuesday to Friday, is two courses for £27 or three for £29 and includes the bucatini amatriciana with n’duja. There is no gluten-free pasta. Chandos Road, Redland · agnolotti £19 · closed Sun–Mon · book

Marmo

The room is the old Guardian Assurance Building on Baldwin Street, all high ceilings and panelling, and the wine list sticks to organic and biodynamic growers. At lunch on weekdays it is two courses for £27 or three for £30, and October’s set includes tagliatelle with ragù and pecorino. At dinner, go for the Swiss chard pansotti with salsa di noci (£29). Dogs can come if they stay by the table. Payment is by card only and 12.5% service is added. Baldwin Street, centre · two-course lunch £27 · closed Sun · book

COR

Dessert decides it at COR. The tonka bean crème caramel (£7.90) is the pudding the inspectors told readers to save room for, and it closes the £30 three-course set menu too. That set runs Tuesday to Friday lunchtimes and Monday to Friday from 5pm to 6pm. From the à la carte, add the cannellini beans with lemon beurre blanc, smoked caviar and panko (£14.50). There is a kids’ menu, with linguine at £12. North Street, Bedminster · set menu £30 · closed Sun · book

RAGÙ

The same team as COR runs RAGÙ, a new Bib this year, in the Cargo 2 containers at Wapping Wharf. The guide’s note says order in abundance, and the menu is built for it: start with focaccia (£6) and the Roman artichoke fritti with aioli (£9.90), then a pasta and something from the fire, such as the Shetland cod with guanciale and Umbrian lentils. Finish with the tiramisu with orange and nutmeg (£9.50). The Menu del Giorno is three courses for £30 on weekdays. Museum Street, Wapping Wharf · Menu del Giorno £30 · closed Sun · book

Root

Most of the plates at Root are vegetables, from small local growers, served across five first-floor containers. The squash fritti with plum ketchup is £8; order two or three plates each, then the cider-braised Gothelney pork with pumpkin mash (£20) if the table wants meat. Root is part of the Pony group, with sister sites in Wells and Bath. It is the only one of the Wapping Wharf three open every day. Gaol Ferry Steps, Wapping Wharf · plates from £8 · book

BOX-E

Elliott Lidstone cooks and his wife Tessa runs the room, which seats 14 inside a container, with a terrace that nearly triples it in summer. The two dishes the inspectors praised are both on the current menu: the onglet with crushed swede and English mustard (£10) and the vanilla panna cotta with raspberries and honeycomb (£7). The seven-course unwritten tasting menu costs £59, with a £44 wine flight, and has to be requested when you book. Lunch is Thursday to Saturday at two sittings, 12 noon and 2.15pm. Cargo 1, Wapping Wharf · panna cotta £7 · closed Sun–Tue · book

OTHER

Zak Hitchman trained at Ynyshir and Casamia, then opened a small orange-walled room in Bedminster in 2024 where the menu changes too often to pin down, hence the name. The fixed point is dessert: the sourdough doughnut, which both the Michelin inspectors and the Good Food Guide tell you not to skip. Everything costs between £4.50 and £25, and the Good Food Guide named OTHER one of Britain’s best local restaurants this year. Check Instagram for the day’s menu before you go. Cannon Street, Bedminster · plates £4.50–£25 · closed Sun–Tue · book

The Blaise Inn

The only pub among Bristol’s Bibs is out in Henbury, by the Blaise Castle estate, about four miles north of the centre. The inspectors named the seared onglet with salsa verde and fries, which was £24 on the September menu; on Sundays the roast rump of beef is £21, and the cider-roast pork belly £20. The kitchen opens Wednesday to Sunday, and food stops at 4pm sharp on Sundays. Dogs are allowed in the bar but not the restaurant. Make it the last stop of a walk round the estate. Henbury Road, Henbury · Sunday roast beef £21 · food Wed–Sun · book

Checked October 2026.