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24 new food and drink openings to look forward to in Bristol in 2025
Let’s tuck in to all of the new locations where we will be able to eat and drink across Bristol in 2025
The Arjee Bhajee
Due to open on Hotwell Road, the Arjee Bhajee – who already have a restaurant in Staple Hill – have previously won awards for their Indian cuisine from the family team also behind Old India on St Nicholas Street.
BoxHall
Bristol’s “best local, independent food traders” are promised at BoxHall; the problem is that none of those traders have yet to be announced with the site finally due to open this year on Welsh Back.
Bristol Beer Factory taproom
This is not strictly a new opening but a location change, as Bristol Beer Factory’s taproom moves down the road to the Old Brewery development and the brewery moves to Ashton Vale Trading Estate.
Brother Thai
A Thai roti bar founded in Cardiff in 2015 has got its eyes on moving to a permanent location in Bristol. Brother Thai previously traded at the Harbourside Market and are much-missed.
Burra
With two popular cafes on Lower Redland Road and North Street, Burra is set to get a hattrick in 2025 with a third location in Clifton Village.
Catley’s
Another trio of businesses could by the end of 2025 be owned by Hannah Catley, who is behind both Lockdown Loaves in Winterbourne and Catley’s in Clifton Village.
Dosa Queen
Dosa Queen will be serving Sri Lankan and south Indian cuisine close to the arches on Cheltenham Road.
Farro
Farro, a business founded as a market stall, has been based on Bond Street since 2019 and could soon be moving into bigger premises as well as keeping their original site. If the bakery gods are smiling, then Bristol is in for a treat.
There is more often than not a queue at Farro on Bond Street – photo: Martin Booth
Guerrilla Kitchen
Wizzy Chung was forced to close Sky Kong Kong due to redevelopment but has since hosted the Guerilla Kitchen pop-up at the Gallimaufry and is looking to open a permanent site in Finzels Reach combining Korean street food, a 24-hour DIY self-service restaurant and a community supermarket.
Gurt Wings
The West Country wing slingers virtually have mini restaurants on four wheels in their food trucks which are regular features at Bristol markets. 2025 will see Gurt Wings open their first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Wapping Wharf.
Hotel Gotham
What is likely to be the most swanky opening of 2025 will be Hotel Gotham within the former Guildhall on Small Street. A rooftop terrace bar will be part of the five-star luxury hotel due to open in the autumn.
Jamaya
The Birmingham-based team behind Jamaya say they serve the UK’s first gourmet Jamaican fried chicken. The restaurant will be opening in what was previously Sprinkles on Millennium Promenade.
Key Cafe
Opening in April, Key Cafe on Gloucester Road will provide employment for people released on temporary licence or who have recently left prison, aiming to “act as a bridge between prison, employment and rehabilitation to reduce reoffending”.
Key Cafe is set to open in a Ministry of Justice-owned building close to Bristol Prison – photo: Martin Booth
Mangosteen
Mangosteen on Cotham Hill is a Thai tapas restaurant from the team behind RockSalt, HarbourHub and Golden Crane. They are opening on North Street in a space that was previously Sazz Mezze.
Mayflower
After being forced to close in Haymarket Walk, the Mayflower team wasted no time in starting work transforming the former Dulay on the Horsefair just a few hundred yards away.
The Pancake Man
Already a popular market stall, The Pancake Man will be opening their first permanent premises in Wapping Wharf. Their Canadian-style pancakes are gluten- and lactose-free.
Pinkmans
Pinkmans’ sourdoughnuts, fresh focaccia sandwiches and hand crafted Viennoiseries could be coming to Stokes Croft, with more than £4,000 raised in a crowdfunder to help facilitate the move.
Prime by Pasture
Prime by Pasture promises to be a burger restaurant that will also feature a butchery, deli and cookery school. It is due to open in Redcliffe close to their original restaurant on Portwall Lane.
Prime by Pasture will occupy a 5,500 sq ft corner plot on St Thomas Street – photo: Martin Booth
Six by Nico
With 11 locations already open across the UK and Ireland, Six By Nico’s six-course tasting menu inspired by a theme, destination or concept changes every six weeks. They are set to open in Quakers Friars in February.
Tapps
2024 was a year of new wine bars thanks to Marmo and Carmen Street. And that is continuing in 2025 with Tapps on Whiteladies Road being opened by the landlords of the Shakespeare in Redland.
Taste of Napoli
Broadmead favourite Taste of Napoli will be opening a second restaurant midway up Park Street promising to bring “the real taste of Naples” to what used to be the Cooler.
Terra Cafe
A pottery studio in Montpelier want to open a sister cafe in the Carriageworks. The Terra Cafe team hope to provide pottery experiences and throwing lessons within Stokes Croft’s newest creative space.
Thump
East Street’s former Poundstretcher is due to be transformed by Bloomsbury Leisure (who also own the Llandoger Trow and the Lanes) into Thump, a bar which will also make fresh tortilla chips from scratch.
Uncle Wah
Uncle Wah opened their first restaurant on North Street in 2024 and have taken little time in preparing to open their second which will be bringing their dim sum to Gloucester Road.
VeBurger
Like Uncle Wah, VeBurger have all the hallmarks of aiming to become a successful chain. Following their original restaurant in Wapping Wharf, they will soon be opening a second on Whiteladies Road.
Main illustration: Terra Cafe
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