Reviews in Bristol City Centre

When I took my family out last weekend to San Carlo I really wanted to impress them. Impress them I did! They loved the food – that’s a bit of an understatement- the atmosphere was fantastic and it was overall a great evening had by all!

Really good food and great atmosphere.....

Bluewater Restaurant is well worth a visit during the day or night. You get a good well priced meal with a good service, all the breads and pasta meals are tasty. The wince is well priced as well, love the coffee and chocolates

The most authentic French dining experience in South West England.

Always tremendous value, excellent quality and splendid service at lunchtime. A true taste of Italy. Highly recommended.

I had an extremely poor experience during my stay at this hotel on May 24, 2011. In the morning there was a power outage and I was trapped in the lift. The lift's emergency lights were not working and the alarms did not function. Luckily I had a weak signal on my mobile and I called the reception to appraise them of my situation. Yet it took them 30 minutes to rescue me from the lift. The hotel is located in an old building, and hence very dark during such incidents. You have to find your way out on your own as there is no emergency lights or exists marked. when I complained to the hotel manger, she was least interested in the harrowing experience that I had. On the contrary, she was trying to prove me and my claims wrong! I would never recommend this hotel to anyone.

just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and your team for a fantastic evening on Tuesday. The food was amazing and the service brilliant. Please do pass my thanks on to the staff as all of our group were really really impressed by the level of service. I will definitely come back if I am ever in Bristol.

We can't thank you enough for our party on Saturday! Everyone had a great time and my Dad thoroughly enjoyed himself. All of the people that served us were brilliant - really polite, friendly and helpful, and the food was delicious. Sami the event managers help was also much appreciated and Dad asked to pass on his thanks for a lovely evening. We'd definitely recommend you to others, and you'll be seeing us again soon!

We had a great night, thank you so much. I thought that Sami, Ricardo and Dominic were all very helpful and the food was delicious! Everyone also commented on how friendly the staff were and how good the food was too- the private area was fantastic and we really appreciated everything that you did to make our evening so enjoyable, including decorating the table and tolerating our fancy dress outfits! I genuinely can’t think of anything which was less than fantastic- even when the ladies’ loo had run out of loo roll, I mentioned it to Dominic and it was refilled almost immediately. Also, all the contacts by email before Saturday have been so prompt and helpful and I have really appreciated being able to contact the events manager and have a ‘named person’ to organise the evening. So a 10/10 experience all round! I will be recommending Piccolinos to other people in the future and hope to visit again myself

We found this place purely by accident. It turned out to be a very happy accident. From the moment we entered we were both knocked out by the quality of service and the quality of the ingredients: fresh, tasty and flavoursome in every way. Portions were generous with great presentation. We drank the house red, which was absolutely excellent. We found the service to be attentive, quiet and friendly. How often can you say that about a restaurant. I look forward to our return visit.

if you want good food at an extortionate price go to plantation. although the food was yummy the actual restaurant was well below standards and could only be likened in decor to your strange mad aunts house, the decorations were homemade at best, at worst it looked like they were found at the local dump. they had plastic tablecloths and the table was devoid of any decorations not even a tealight for a centrepiece. there was no ambience, the only saving grace was the staff were really friendly although they did start to eat their food before we had left the building so we felt bad to ask for service. for 20 quid per head I expected a lot more especially as we had to serve ourselves!

Called in one lunchtime and the burrito was fabulous and very good value. Lovely environment with tables or sofas or bar stools to choose from. Delicious!

This was our first visit to Bristol and our party of five arrived late on Saturday 26th March without prior booking and were welcomed and treated like Royalty. The food and wine was superb. Nothing was too much trouble and our wedding anniversary celebration was enjoyed by all. It was within walking distance of our Mint Hotel and this is now our favourite eatery. We hope to be regular visitors to Bristol.

Fantastic restaurant great food great service, we held our wedding reception here a year ago on 01.02.2010 and came back today to celebrate our 1year anniversary and was made to feel very welcome although the restaurant was busy. We will keep coming back and highly recommend it.

Saw a write up in the Metro ''Best restaurant outside London!'' I don't think so, I don't mind paying good money for good food. But I was so disappointed, the waiter, was reading out the menu before we sat down, thought the wine we chose was not good enough! Two of us sent our main meal back as it was undercooked and cold. Extremely small portions for all of us, and we all left with a sour taste instead of what we thought was going to be an eating experience. We would certainly not recommended this place, just a rip off!!! And not even good food!!!!!!

My last two visits to this restaurant have been ruined by the service. Grumpy unfriendly waiters and a 10% compulsory service charge which is not clearly indicated. My last visit was at lunch me and my friends were not offered or told about the lunchtime menu so were forced to order off the main menu, costing us a lot more than the equivalent on the lunch menu, our waiter was very rude and abrupt with us ruining our experience. As a result we didn't want to leave the full 10% as our service was so bad, we were not allowed to leave the restaurant until the full 10% was paid to the waiter that blocked our exit. Utterly terrible behavior, and as a result will never eat here again. Which is a shame as my first visit was totally the opposite

Went to the opening night of this pub / bar. Very nice interior and atmosphere with no loud music or raucous behaviour. The landlord was very friendly and accommodating. Good place to be for couples or groups of friends who do not want to visit the rowdier bars on this street. It was such a contrast to the other bars where loud music and bad behaviour seem to prevail. I look forward to visiting for food, I hear they have introduced a Sunday Roast and their sandwiches sound particularly good, especially the homemade fish finger with watercress!

Haven't been for a while - my friend and I called in for a last drink or 2 on a Saturday evening. We had a very warm welcome and enjoyed some fab wine in the lovely rustic charm of the bar area. Ended up wishing we'd eaten there too. So we'll be back there soon!