Who doesn’t love dining out? No matter your price point, everyone deserves to eat out at the best restaurants a city can offer – and Bristol has plenty to choose from. There’s even one Michelin-star restaurant in Bristol, which offers some of the UK’s cheapest Michelin-star meals.
If you want fine dining on a budget, the money-saving trick is often to go at lunchtime, but one of life’s great pleasures is the evening meal – and it’s when most restaurants are at their best! Just because it is a little more expensive hasn’t stopped a great number of Michelin-starred restaurants from offering affordable dining – including Bristol’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, Bulrush
Stop by Bulrush on Tuesday to Thursday and you can can grab a six-course tasting menu (on request) that’ll only cost you £65. If that still sounds a little steep, go for lunchtime on either Friday or Saturday for a six-course tasting menu that’ll only cost £48 per person (with an optional drink pairing costing an extra £30).
Bulrush is well-known for blending Anglo-French cuisine with Japanese and Scandinavian influences. There’s also a large focus on locally sourced and foraged ingredients while preserving and pickling also play a key role. Just some of the dishes you’ll find at this cosy Cotham neighbourhood restaurant include Jerusalem artichoke chawanmushi, duck liver macaron; and roast fallow deer, hen of the woods, black pudding Danish.
MICHELIN Guide says: “It might appear quite modest, but this neighbourhood restaurant is a sweet spot, with an appealingly relaxed, cosy feel; sit downstairs to soak up the atmosphere from the on-view kitchen. Top-notch seasonal ingredients are either foraged or organic, and preserving and pickling play a key role on the imaginative, well-balanced and deftly prepared tasting menu. Combinations are original and provide plenty of contrasts and flavours are clear and natural, with the occasional Japanese influence. The astutely chosen wine flight creates the perfect partnership.”
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