Somerset, French Restaurant Guide

“Fabulous small plates in a buzzy environment” have established this tiny neighbourhood spot on a corner site in Bedminster as one of the new stars of the Bristol culinary scene – and many people’s “favourite”, for its “interesting”, Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. Australian chef Mark Chapman and his wife Karen last year opened their follow-up, an Italian restaurant called Ragù at Wapping Wharf.

From owner Dan O’Regan, with executive chef and co-owner Jack Briggs-Horan team (who run Bank Bristol – not listed) this April 2025 newcomer opened in Wapping Wharf, too late for any feedback in our annual diners’ poll. Unlike Bank (which as a wood-fired sharing plates ethos) here the emphasis is on traditional French cuisine and wines, and it won a thumbs up in her July 2025 review from The Guardian’s Grace Dent, who finds this repurposed shipping container a “peculiar, meta, slightly earnest, definitely delicious French restaurant” – 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”.