The Guardian
Grace Dent embraced a “peculiar, meta, slightly earnest, definitely delicious French restaurant” tucked away inside a repurposed shipping container – a typically Bristol spot that shows how, “with a little imagination and clever sleight of hand, you can turn an impersonal iron box into a tiny slice of France”.
Rabbit, after which it is named, was not available – apparently because local gamekeepers could not shoot enough wild bunnies to keep up with the kitchen’s demands – but other than that Grace enjoyed “a menu that could thaw the iciest of hearts. Who can resist chunky asparagus with sauce gribiche and beurre noisette, or a very good, fluffily light, but rich-with-gruyère souffle Suissesse? Both were charming to look at and to eat.”
All the dishes she sampled met with approval with the exception of a chicken schnitzel with madeira jus that was “a little one-note – that note being ‘fried’”.
Grace Dent - 2025-07-13
