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BAB MANSOUR
St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LG
Tel: 07979 976113
Moroccan food and drink to eat in or take away: couscous, traditional Moroccan lamb and chicken dishes, meatballs, etc. A souk right in the heart of the city.

BIG BANANA
St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LG
Tel: 0117 927 3274, web: www.thebigbananajuicebar.co.uk
Bristol’s original juice bar. Drink in or take away freshly prepared juices, smoothies, wheatgrass shots. Their all-fruit hangover cure comes highly recommended, even if you don’t have a hangover - replaces lost B vitamins, helps flush bad stuff out, and re-hydrates.

CARIBBEAN WRAP
St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LG
Tel: 07989 745944
Authentic Caribbean cuisine to take away, or stop for a quick lunch: the menu never disappoints. Everything from jerk chicken or curried goat with rice and peas to a refreshing cucumber juice.

CEDARS EXPRESS
60 Park Row, BS1 5LE
Tel: 0117 925 6085
Falafels, stuffed vine leaves, gorgeous lamb samosas (or try the spinach variety), baklava, etc, with plenty of options for hungry vegetarians.

CITY CAFE FOOD CENTRE
Colston Ave (opp Hippodrome), BS1
Staggeringly popular burger and kebab van, open till the early hours for the post-club crowd. Somehow Murat and his staff manage to keep smiling until around 5am at weekends. If you’re too drunk to look out for the blue-and-white stripes, just follow your nose to the aroma of frying onions. Open Daily 8pm till very late

CORNISH BAKEHOUSE
90 Broadmead, BS1 3DW Tel: 0117 930 4960
16 Castle Gallery, Galleries Shopping Centre, BS1 3XE Tel: 0117 930 4279, web: www.cornishbakehouse.com
Yummy pasties enjoyed from St Ives to The Strand, Wales to Worcester, but all made in the eponymous county to ensure authenticity. The cheese & mushroom version is a fave. Large selection of traditional and not-so-traditional pasty offerings (cheese & bacon; beef and stilton) as well as panini, sandwiches, baguettes, pizzas, cakes and cold drinks.

DASHI SUSHI
Bristol Temple Meads station underpass
Tel: 0117 933 8574
Underneath Temple Meads nestles this tiny but perfect takeaway serving an array of superb mini-dishes including salads like spicy crayfish as well as Peking duck, Californian roll sets and nigiri. From £3.75-£8, take away trays of food or eat in with organic and Fairtrade fruit teas, cappuccino, miso soup. Quality is exceptional: the salmon, sea bass, tuna, etc, comes from top-grade fish and meat suppliers to some major British restaurants.

EXCHANGE SNACK BAR
St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LG
Tel: 0117 922 4014
English breakfasts, lunch and snacks.

FALAFEL KING
City centre (nr Watershed)
Tel: 07855 337805
Welcome pitta pit-stop in the city centre, serving good falafels and other Middle Eastern foods to hungry shoppers, clubbers and dancers. The Lebanese laffa are particularly good, and a welcome alternative to the normal pitta. Also do event and festival catering.

NEW
FALAFEL KING HUMOUSIA
6 Cotham Hill, BS6 6LF
Tel: 07855 337805
Cafe and takeaway opening in the week we go to press, run by the Falafel King people above. Open Daily 11am-10pm

NEW
MAMMA DEL MAGICO PIZZA DELIVERY
Web: www.magicroll.co.uk
The latest venture from those benchmark-upping Magic Roll people (see Sandwich Shops for details of their cafes in Clifton and Redcliffe). After a low-key launch in December 2008, pizza offerings are temporarily off the menu but are due to return later in the year. And take it from us, these babies will be well worth waiting for: Montmarte (rump steak from Frocester Fayre Farm in Stonehouse, Glos, served in a yummy Cafe de Paris butter sauce); West Country (featuring Somerset brie and cider apples); Di Maria (goat’s cheese, roasted butternut squash, pine nuts, spinach leaves, honey). Delivery is likely to be to the Clifton, Fishponds, Gloucester Road and Redcliffe areas, with extension into other districts possible.

MASALA CAFE
2 Jacobs Wells Rd, Hotwells, BS8 1EA
Tel: 0117 930 4194
This quality Indian takeaway offers a 10% discount on orders over £6. The starter of prawn on puree (a personal favourite of one of this guide’s researchers) is no longer on the menu, but we’re told that they’ll still rustle one up for you if you ask. Good work, people. An extensive range of house specials includes kormas, bhunas and tandooris.

PIZZAEXPRESS
31 Berkeley Square, BS8 1HP Tel: 0117 926 0300
35 Corn St, BS1 1HT Tel: 0117 930 0239
Unit 1, Building 8, Harbourside, BS1 5TY Tel: 0117 927 3622, web: www.pizzaexpress.com
Renowned, busy restaurants offering great takeaway pizzas. Remember to start with their delicious dough balls with garlic butter. See also Restaurants, Italian.

PIZZA HUT
Web: www.pizzahut.co.uk
Check out the website for your nearest Pizza Hut: there’s a whole bunch in Bristol, some of which do home delivery, offering a good range of pizzas at reasonable prices. See also Restaurants, Italian.

PORTUGUESE TASTE
St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LG
Tel: 0117 904 8485
Funky little cafe/takeaway serving big flavours in traditional dishes like feijoada (red beans and pork, the Portuguese equivalent of bangers and mash), chicken piri piri and the admirably self-explanatory peas, bacon, chorizo and eggs. Other offerings include beef stew with rice and potatoes, chickpeas with pork and rice, and cod with cream and potatoes). There’s also a daily vegetarian soup. Menu fixture pastel de nata is a pastry custard tart made with cream and eggs, with around 300 sold weekly.

PRINCES PANTRY
61 Prince St, BS1 4PH
Tel: 0117 925 0400
Nestling alongside Bristol docks, this small, quality hut serves great sausage sarnies and bacon butties at great low prices. Lots of colourful regulars as well as good passing trade. Their breakfast roll is a beauty of a baguette with tomatoes, bacon, eggs and sausage. Open Daily till 3pm

PURE PASTA, SOUP & SANDWICH
St Nicholas Market, BS1 1LG
Tel: 07899 862403
Italian (eat in or take away) specialising in hot pasta dishes, great fresh lasagne, pizza, panini, soup and sandwiches. The homemade tiramisu is a knockout.

RED
9 Clare St, BS1 1XH
Tel: 0117 9255 461
Continental-style cafe and takeaway. Hot soup, jacket spud, panini, real Italian ice-cream and ethically sourced coffee. Open Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9am-6pm, eve opening till 8pm planned

RED MULLET
65 Baldwin St, BS1 1QZ
Tel: 0117 925 2002
Traditional, double-fronted shop less than a stone’s throw away from Bristol Bridge, with seats for indoor eating, too. As well as the cod/haddock/plaice triumvirate - quality fish cooked to order in vegetable oil - you’ll find hoki and some great-value lunch deals featuring the likes of meatballs, fish curry and moussaka. Open Mon-Thur 12noon-3pm & 5.30-11pm, Fri-Sat 12noon-3pm & 5.30pm-12midnight

RENDEZVOUS
9 Denmark St, BS1 5DQ
Tel: 0117 929 8683
Chances are you’ve bought a portion of chips at this restaurant and takeaway that’s been around for 40 years. Certainly, a night at the Grapes next door wouldn’t be complete without nipping in. Quality fish & chips, pies and pasties, sausages and saveloys. What more do you want?

RICEBOX
4 Christmas Steps, BS1 5BS
Tel: 0117 927 3388, web: www.thericebox.co.uk
Funky and fantastic Chinese food in a boutique setting among the eclectic shops clinging to Christmas Steps. Main meal plus fried/boiled/chow mein rice in large container. The prawn toast is wonderful. Excellent range enhanced by daily specials. Pick up a leaflet if you’re passing or check the website. Open Mon-Fri 11am-7.30pm (not bank hols)

ROCOTILLOS
1 Queens Row, Triangle South, BS8 1EZ
Tel: 0117 929 7207
Around 1,800 covers served weekly, with breakfasts, pancakes, quesadillas and milkshakes good enough to make a Wichita lineman smile. Burgers are pressed on site and go in Herberts Bakery bread: this is fast food with quality writ large (the Observer Food Monthly honoured them with a Best Breakfast award). Late-night opening has recently arrived - end your day’s dining with a spirit-enhancing milkshake. See also Restaurants, American. Open Mon-Wed 8am-5pm, Thur-Sat 8am-11pm, Sun 10am-5pm

SHAKE KING
106 The Horsefair, BS1 3JX
Tel: 0117 302 0029/0845 607 6869, web: www.shakeking.com
Sells a vast range of delicious, freshly prepared milkshakes, all made using well-known brands of chocolate bars, biscuits and cakes, as well as other popular snacks. All can be made dairy-free, so many are suitable for vegans. Website gives you the chance to design your own shake, and card-carrying students get a large at regular price.

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
7 Exchange Ave, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1JP
Tel: 0117 914 4448
Quality Indian and Asian specialities a cut above the average. Eat at one of the tables on the cobbles outside or take away.

SUBWAY
15-19 Queens Rd, BS8 1QE Tel: 0117 925 6164
Bristol International Airport, BS48 3DY Tel: 01275 475514
The Kiosk, Merchant St, Broadmead, BS1 3EE Tel: 01672 562695
Unit 29 Broadwalk, Knowle, BS4 2QU Tel: 0117 971 6078
15-17 Clare St, BS1 1XH Tel: 0117 930 0455
80-82 East St, Bedminster, BS3 4EY Tel: 0117 963 7616
790 Fishponds Rd, BS16 3TE Tel: 0117 965 7640
29 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AA Tel: 0117 908 3227
11b Shields Retail Park, Gloucester Rd, Filton, BS34 7QB Tel: 0117 969 6266
The Corner House, Hamilton Court, Montague St, BS2 8NY Tel: 0117 924 9375
80-82 Regent St, Kingswood, BS15 8HU Tel: 0117 935 3383
31 Union St, BS1 2DJ Tel: 0117 922 7828
103 Whiteladies Rd, BS8 2PB Tel: 0117 973 4500 Web: www.subway.co.uk
Broad Quay site due to open, adding to this chain selling its healthy alternative to fast food. Massive range of hot and cold submarine sandwiches with freshly baked bread, including Italian and wheat breads. Deli-style sandwiches, salads and wraps, as well as cookies and muffins.

TASTE OF INDIA
1 Berkeley Crescent, BS8 1HA
Tel: 0117 930 0170
Formerly Balti Hut, this restaurant leading up to Berkeley Square is always busy and bustling. Great-quality baltis and curries; 20% discount for takeaways.

AHMED’S CURRY CAFE
1e Chandos Rd, Redland, BS6 6PG
Tel: 0117 946 6466
Cosy curry cafe dishing out a great range of fresh, GM-free food at unbelievably great prices. Tiffin takeaway club and home delivery service. See Restaurants, Indian.

BLUE JUICE
39 Cotham Hill, BS6 6JY
Tel: 0117 973 4800
Fun and funky organic cafe and takeaway. Remarkable range of organic juices and smoothies, plus some seriously filling food.

BRISTOL RAJ
36 Alma Vale Rd, Clifton, BS8 2HS
Tel: 0117 973 1414/923 7969
Saucy and spicy Indian restaurant that also offers delivery to your door. The butter chicken (chicken darbari) and chicken tikka masala are excellent, and there’s a 20% takeaway discount. Haandi specials – cooked in a large pot as opposed to a small frying pan – provide something different. Delivery is free with all orders over £12.50 within three miles of the restaurant. Happy hour (Mon-Sat 6-8pm, all night Sun) means a takeaway curry, pilau rice and naan for £6.95 (20% discount doesn’t apply). See also Restaurants, Indian. Open Sun-Thur 6-11.30pm, Fri-Sat 6pm-12midnight

CHI CHINESE
21 Regent St, Clifton Village, BS8 4HW
Tel: 0117 907 7840, web: www.chi-chinese.co.uk
Still operating as a Chinese takeaway but no longer with a restaurant onsite. Specialists in Peking and Cantonese cuisine - their aromatic crispy duck is fabulous, as is their sesame prawn toast. Simply excellent and cheap, too. Open Thur-Sat 12noon-2pm, daily 6-11.30pm

CLIFTON VILLAGE FISH BAR
4 Princess Victoria St, BS8 4BP
Tel: 0117 974 1894
Ace chippy that’s been run by the Maestri family for around 20 years, where an ex-PM’s son used to spend his student loan. Thanks to having the in-store fishmonger at Chandos Deli next door, you’re in the right place for lemon sole, sea bass, hake, calamari and filo prawns, with the menu also featuring pies and pasties. Great stuff and, for this part of Clifton, refreshingly affordable: lunchtime specials Mon-Thur offer fish, chips and Cola for a £3.99. Open (term-time) Mon 11.30am-2.30pm & 5-11.30pm, Tue-Thur 11.30am-2.30pm & 5pm-12midnight, Fri 11.30am-2.30pm & 5pm-12.30am, Sat 11.30-12.30am. In term-time, open eves from 4pm, also Sun 12noon-11pm

DOMINO PIZZA
119 Whiteladies Rd, BS8 2PL Tel: 0117 973 3400
10 Regent St, Kingswood, BS15 8JS Tel: 0117 961 6111, web: www.dominos.co.uk
International pizza delivery company. Extensive menu offering top-quality pizzas, delivered to your door or to take away. Pizzas available in four different sizes and four different crusts, finished with imaginative toppings. Carnivores must try the Mighty Meat: pepperoni, sausage, onion, mushrooms, beef, ham. Side orders are good, too: chicken strippers, garlic bread. Good special offers and meal deals, and fab website - you can order online.

DRAGON FOUNTAIN
4 Cotham Hill, BS6 6LF
Tel: 0117 973 7749
Family-run, with good, extensive menu. Fantastic food at reasonable prices. Also do delivery.

PAPA COSTA DELI
67 Queens Rd, BS8 1QL
Tel: 0117 929 1600
Everything from Greek and Italian to English and Spanish fare. See Specialist Food Suppliers.

PAPADELI
84 Alma Rd, BS8 2DJ
Tel: 0117 973 6569
Bountiful deli, with charcuterie and cheeses and an emphasis on local sourcing, plus wines, olives, etc, and some of the friendliest staff around. All takeaway food is prepared on the premises, including sandwiches, salads, casseroles, quiches and vegetarian options.

PAULINE CHAN’S
205 Wellington Hill West, Henleaze, BS9 4QL
Tel: 0117 962 3078
Excellent Chinese takeaway specialising in Peking, Szechuan and Cantonese cuisine, with terrific special fried rice. Spicy crispy chilli beef is a favourite, as is the curry with rice for under a fiver. Great veggie options. Open Mon-Thur 5-10pm, Fri-Sat 5-10.30pm

TIFFINS
151 St Michaels Hill, BS2 8DB
Tel: 0117 973 4834, web: www.tiffinsbristol.com
Owners Jay and Nick Jethwa, officially the planet’s loveliest people, have recently added stone-baked pizzas to the delicious menu served up at their St Michaels Hill eatery, with their own fresh dough and toppings straddling the curry and pizza worlds. Minced lamb kebabs, too, as well as their authentic Gujarat curries cooked in sunflower oil only, using more nutritional spices than most Indian food. See also Cafes. Open Mon-Fri 12noon-2.30pm & 4.30-9pm, Sat 12noon-2pm & 5-9pm

YOYO BURGER
6 Byron Place, Clifton, BS8 1JT
Tel: 0117 930 4353, web: www.yoyoburger.com
Seriously tasty wraps accompany some benchmark-defining uber-high-quality burgers, including crocodile, springbok, ostrich and kangaroo, cooked freshly on site. Rocombe Organic ice-cream, too. Even the coffee and shakes are made to perfection. And this place bristles with enough technology to make the space shuttle look like a penny farthing. Open Daily 12noon-late

A CAPPELLA
184c Wells Rd, Totterdown, BS4 2AL
Tel: 0117 971 3377, web: www.acappellas.co.uk
Cafe by day, BYO pizzeria by night, plus takeaways and deliveries. Tempting tapas, salads made to order, homemade desserts and an exciting range of stonebaked pizzas, featuring a huge range of handmade meat, fish and vegetarian options, prepared using traditional techniques, and all at affordable prices. Open Mon-Thur 9am-10pm, Fri-Sat 9am-10.30pm, Sun 10am-10pm

ALI BABA’S 40 DISHES
34 West St, Bedminster, BS3 3LH
Tel: 0117 966 3713
Well-established, top-ranking Indian takeaway with over 40 dishes, including a good selection of milder curries and specialities. The chicken tikka masala and balti cooked with extra virgin olive oil are firm favourites. Most dishes can be converted to vegetarian-friendly. Get a free Bombay aloo, saag aloo or soft drink with orders over £12. Open Daily 5.30pm-12midnight

AL’S TIKKA GRILL
33 Ashton Rd, Ashton Gate, BS3 2EG
Tel: 0117 985 3016
A magical transformation takes place every day, turning the daytime Hungry Bite cafe into this smashing little Indian by night. Eat in or take away - complete with BYO policy. It’s modest but good, and we like it a lot. Great food at cracking prices, with the chicken tikka masala and chicken balti both highly recommended.

CURRY SUPREME
77 High St, Staple Hill, BS16 5HE
Tel: 0117 970 1292
Open daily, including Fri and Sat lunchtime, with a huge menu, all at fantastically low prices (most starters and sides £1.80). Open Sun-Thur 5-11.30pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-12midnight

DIM SUM
263 North St, BS3 1JN
Tel: 0117 953 0606
Very popular oriental takeaway, established for around 20 years, and a firm favourite with locals. Big menu.

EASTERN TANDOORI
81 North St, BS3 1ES
Tel: 0117 966 2365
Good-quality Indian with great service and excellent food, including baltis and tandoori.

MAGNET
55 Dean Lane, BS3 1BS
Tel: 0117 963 6444
Much-loved chippy, boasting a recent move from dripping to lower-cholesterol vegetable oil. This place has even staged a Badly Drawn Boy gig and been singled out by the American Airlines Destination Guide. Serves firm and succulent cod, haddock and plaice, plus chicken, pies, burgers (including veggie option) and brilliant chips, with everything cooked to order, just as it should be. Open Mon-Fri 12noon-2pm, Sat 12noon-2.30pm, Mon-Thur 5.30-10.30pm, Fri-Sat 5-10.30pm, Sun 5-10pm

PIZZA BELLA
102-106 West St, BS3 3LR
Tel: 0117 963 3882, web: www.pizza-bella.info
Get a packet of fags, bar of chocolate and even a bottle of vodka direct to your door thanks to this family-run Bedminster institution. It’s easy, you see, when you have your own offie, Belvino, next door. Pizzas start at £4.45. If you’re not hungry, they’ll still happily deliver your booze, but there’s a minimum order of £10.

TEOHS
Old Tobacco Factory, North St, Southville, BS3 1TF
Tel: 0117 902 1122, www.teohs.net
Fabulous Thai, Japanese, Chinese and Malaysian specialists, with great vegetarian and vegan options. See Restaurants, Thai, Malaysian, Singaporean & Indonesian.

BISHOPSTON FISH BAR
264 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8PB
Tel: 0117 307 9390
Excellent chippy serving up cod in three sizes, along with haddock, plaice, cod roe and scampi as well as kleftiko and moussaka. Fish & chips come in a sturdy box that friendly and helpful staff implore drunker customers to keep upright. Junior menu offers chips, fruit drink and lolly with a 100% pork sausage/fishcake/chicken nuggets for £2 or cod bites for £2.50. Big portions, good quality. Open Mon-Thur 12noon-2pm & 4.30-10.30pm, Fri-Sat 12noon-2pm & 4.30-11.30pm, Sun 5-10.30pm

BRISTOL FLYER
431 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8TZ
Tel: 0117 951 5415
Fantastic chippy popular with Gasheads and students from surrounding streets. Fish, burgers, pies and pasties, sausages, kebabs, chicken, omelettes, four kinds of garlic bread, sauces, desserts and more extras than the cast of ‘Ben Hur’. Kids’ menu too. Pizza promo gets you a 12-in pizza with three toppings plus chips for £4.99; students enjoy a 15% discount. Free local delivery after 4.30pm daily for orders of £10 and over. If you can’t find something you love here, you need your taste buds examining. Open Mon-Fri 11.30am-2pm & 4.30-11pm, Sat 11.30am-11pm, Sun 4.30-11pm

CASPIAN FISH BAR
157 Greystoke Ave (next to Aldi), Southmead, BS10 6AS
Tel: 0117 950 9505
Easily takes the prize for best chippy around here. The shop is spotlessly clean, the staff are friendly, they’re always open when you need them, and the portions are absolutely enormous, particularly the overly generous servings of cod or haddock and chips, all cooked perfectly. The curry sauce is thick, gloopy and great. A single portion of chips will easily feed two people. Lunchtime discounts for OAPs: fish & chips for £3.75. Decidedly decent kebabs, too. Open Mon-Thur 11.30am-2pm, Fri-Sat 11.30am-2.30pm, Mon-Sat 5-10.30pm

NEW
CHOPIN
217 Gloucester Rd, BS6 5QP
Tel: 0117 904 3573
A welcome addition to the takeaway scene, with eclectic Polish dishes, many of which will be new to all but the best-travelled food-lover. Sirloin and bacon steaks, chicken breast, salmon, rissoles and burgers provide plenty to get your teeth into, not to mention the super Polish platter (double portions of pork steaks, rissole steaks, sausages, herb potatoes, cabbage salads). Pizzas, pasta and traditional English brekkies also on the menu. Open Daily 10am-11pm

CIAO HAMBURGER
207a Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, BS7 8NN Tel: 0117 942 6228
Deservedly renowned for dishing up some of Bristol’s best burgers. The blue cheese sauce and garlic mayo are homemade, the cheeseburger is seriously delicious, and they offer various combinations to make up the yummy veggie burger selection.

DOMINO PIZZA
439 Gloucester Rd, Horfield, BS7 8TZ Tel: 0117 951 2777
Simmonds View, Stoke Gifford, BS34 8HR Tel: 0117 979 8855, web: www.dominos.co.uk
See Bristol: West.

INDIAN FAST FOOD
203b Cheltenham Rd, BS6 5QX
Tel: 0117 924 8062
Casual BYO cafe offering Indian fast food, evenings only (closed Tue). Decent veggie dishes from £2.25. The Mon special is great value: for £6.95, walk away with an onion bhaji, meat curry, naan or rice, and one mixed vegetable or Bombay aloo.

INDIAN FOOD CENTRE
366 Gloucester Rd, Horfield, BS7 8TP
Tel: 0117 942 3532
Huge selection of dishes, from mild tikkas to blow-your-socks-off curries. The great-value chicken tikka masala is simply superb. Specialists in contemporary Indian cuisine, along with tandoori and balti dishes.

KELLAWAY FISH BAR
4 Kellaway Ave, BS6 7XR
Tel: 0117 944 5220
The fame of the Kellaway has spread far and wide. Must be the seriously big pieces of fresh cod in crisp, non-greasy batter, huge portions of chips and consistently good quality. Plus they serve what are possibly the best mushy peas in Bristol. And the haddock is superb. Simply one of the best chippies you’ll find anywhere. Dozens of awards and certificates reassuringly adorn the walls. Previous winners of the Seafish Friers Quality Award.

KINGSDOWN FISH BAR
2 Kingsdown Parade, BS6 5UD
Tel: 0117 921 4627
Clean, quick, offering decent-sized portions and reminiscent of the chip shops of your childhood with its charming Formica and steel counter and tiled floor and walls. A fair selection of pies and pasties alongside the cod, plaice and haddock. Handy for staff and students at Bristol University’s vet school. Open Mon-Fri 11.45am-1.45pm & 5-10.30pm, Sat 5.30-10pm

NEW HAPPY GARDEN
200 Cheltenham Rd, BS6 5QZ
Tel: 0117 904 9345
Awesome takeaway with a massive menu offering Malaysian, Cantonese, Thai, Szechuan, Mongolian and Peking cuisine. You name it, they do it. Local delivery for £1; further deliveries incur higher charges. Cards accepted for orders over £10. Open Daily 5-11pm

NEW TAJ TAKEAWAY
404 Gloucester Rd, Horfield, BS7 8TR
Tel: 0117 942 1992
Indian takeaway, which has been going for nearly 20 years, specialising in tandoori dishes. Their fluindaloo - a hot and spicy cold remedy - has been featured on the telly.

ONE STOP THALI CAFE
12 York Rd, Montpelier, BS6 5QE
Tel: 0117 942 6687, web: www.onestopthali.co.uk
For £20 you can join the 2,000-strong Tiffin takeaway club and get a beautifully insulated stainless steel thali carrier (including your first meal) to keep your food piping hot: a viable alternative to throwaway packaging. Every meal thereafter costs a mere £6. This place has become a phenomenon for its cheap, tasty, fresh combination thali and dishes inspired by Asian street food. See also Restaurants, Indian. Open Tue-Sun 6pm-12midnight

OH! CALCUTTA! INDIAN KITCHEN
216 Cheltenham Rd, BS6 5QU
Tel: 0117 924 0458
Top-notch Indian subcontinent food with an emphasis on fresh ingredients, ranging from traditional to exotic, from this restaurant that does takeaways and offers a home delivery service, too. See Restaurants, Indian.

PIEMINISTER
24 Stokes Croft, BS1 3PR Tel: 0117 942 9500
Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, BS1 1JQ Tel: 0117 302 0070. web: www.pieminister.co.uk
Fantastic eatery on Stokes Croft, offering an amazing variety of pies at very reasonable prices, many now available on pub menus around the region. In 2006 they won five awards for their pies, including no less than four gold medals at the Great Taste Awards. Bijou offshoot Pieminister @ The Market serves identical offerings to eat in or take away. Open Stokes Croft: Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 11am-5pm. St Nicholas Market: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm

SIMPLY THAI
67 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AD
Tel: 0117 924 4117
Fresh, flavoursome Thai grub. The lunch menu offers numerous dishes, all priced at £4.50, including Thai curries in both green and red varieties. Pre-order by phone available.

SPICE ROUTE
61 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8AD
Tel: 0117 904 0040
Pretty much everything this popular cafe prepares is also available to take away, including sandwiches, baguettes, panini, quiches and homemade soups. Plus a great range of exotic juices, fresh fruit smoothies, coffees and teas. Open Mon-Fri from 8am, Sat from 9am

TEOHS
28-34 Lower Ashley Rd, St Agnes, BS2 9NP
Tel: 0117 907 1191, web: www.teohs.net
Fabulous Thai, Japanese, Chinese and Malaysian specialists, with great vegetarian and vegan options. See Restaurants, Thai, Malaysian, Singaporean & Indonesian.

THAI PEPPER
215 Cheltenham Rd, BS6 5QP
Tel: 0117 924 9402, web: www.thaipepper.co.uk
Formerly A-Roy, serving freshly cooked Thai food, including the popular and stunning Thai green curry with rice. Chicken in satay sauce also comes highly recommended. Home delivery, telephone orders welcome, eat in and BYO. Open Tue-Sun 6-11pm

VIEN’S PALACE
166 Kellaway Ave, BS6 7YQ
Tel: 0117 924 8792
Finest Peking, Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine, great veggie options, and good range of dishes. Restaurant quality at takeaway prices.

VINCE’S ITALIAN PASTA & PIZZA
396 Filton Ave, BS7 0LJ
Tel: 0117 904 1188
Genuine family-run Italian offering freshly baked pasta dishes and huge selection of pizzas, with loads of tasty toppings using the freshest ingredients.

ALWAHA
12 High St, Easton, BS5 6DL
Tel: 0117 935 5339
Freshly prepared, 100% halal, quality food, including fantastic small Lebanese pizzas and barbecue chicken pitta to die for. Try their homemade king kebab showerima, from £2.50. Delicious and great value. Open Mon-Fri 12noon-10.30pm, Sat-Sun 4.30-10.30pm

CHINA COURT
85 Bryants Hill, St George, BS5 8QZ
Tel: 0117 961 6112
Above-average Chinese takeaway serving all your favourite oriental dishes at very competitive prices. Aromatic duck, spare ribs, smoked chicken and beef are all highly recommended. Also does good soup. Rice and noodles with meat is a good light meal. Open Wed-Mon 5.30-11pm

CLOCK TOWER
84 Regent St, Kingswood, BS15 8HU
Tel: 0117 967 3292
Popular, award-winning chip shop using quality ocean-fresh fish. Open Mon 12noon-2pm & 5.15-8pm, Tue-Sat 12noon-8pm

DOMINO PIZZA
10 Regent St, Kingswood, BS15 8JS
Tel: 0117 961 6111, web: www.dominos.co.uk
See Bristol: West.

EASTON EXPRESS
186 Stapleton Rd, Easton, BS5 0NZ
Tel: 0117 951 2267
Specialising in Peking, Szechuan, Cantonese, vegetarian and Thai cuisine, with a vast number of Chinese dishes (plus set menus) and numerous Japanese dishes including pan-fried noodles, ramen, don buri, miso and bento. Most dishes on the Chinese menu can be altered to suit vegetarians. Free delivery within a three-mile radius for orders over £12. Min order £10, delivery charge of £1 for orders under £12. Open Daily 5-11pm

FARROWS FISH & CHIPS
Kingsway Shopping Precinct, The Kingsway, near Hanham, BS5 8NS
Tel: 0117 961 6626
Absolutely perfect, multi-award-winning chippy where everything is cooked fresh to order, fish comes in up to three sizes, and the chips are always light, crispy and fluffy. Proud holders of a Seafish Friers Quality Award. There’s cod, haddock and plaice, but if you’ve never tried dogfish, you’re in for a real treat - a decent slab of flaky white fish with a darker, meatier core. Hoki from New Zealand, a flavoursome bite, is also on offer. Kids’ portions available. Open Mon-Thur 11.30am-2pm & 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 11.30am-2pm & 5-10pm

JORNA
27 Badminton Rd, Downend, BS16 6BB
Tel: 0117 957 5550
Formerly Jewel in the Crown, Jorna is a classic Indian takeaway, popular for a good selection of dishes and great value.

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TASTE OF CHINA
596 Fishponds Rd, BS16 3DA
Tel: 0117 958 3304
Formerly Good Brothers, became Taste of China in August last year. Standard Chinese faves all present and correct, but what’s particularly good about this place are the veggie dishes made using gluten which go a fair way towards replicating the taste and texture of meat – duck, pork and chicken. Open Wed-Mon 5-11pm

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