Invited out for a dinner with friends yesterday, and WOW, what a place. I overheard another table mention it had just been awarded 2 AA stars and that it was only 1 of 3 restaurants to have them.

Have to say I wasn't surprised. The food was excellent and the overall venue is just magic.

www.goldbrickhouse.co.uk

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This is a great new Italian restaurant in Clifton Village. As a small independent restaurant it offers a seasonal menu.The owner/head chef is from Veneto the northeast region of Italy and this forms the flavour of the menu. Having only opened Nov (06) it has had many favourable reviews. Metro four stars

25,The Mall
Clifton Village
BS8 4JG
0117 973 4499
www.proseccoclifton.com

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I dined at a restaurant called Casamia in Westbury-on-Trym. I found it through the Michelin guide as it must be a new entry this year, i got some more info off the internet and found a 5 out of 5 review from Metro newspaper and they have tipped it to what could maybe be Bristol's first Michelin star since the closure of Harvey's restaurant. With this in mind I decided to have an evening dinner there - what an amazing meal! I was totally blown away by the three courses that I ordered, especially dessert 'Deconstruted' tiramisu, genius! I was also told that the chefs are brothers and they are only 21 and 23 years old, so I thought I'd better tip
you off about this restaurant, which I also now believe will put Bristol on the cullinary map once again!

38 High St, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3DZ.
Tel: 0117 959 2884
www.casamiarestaurant.co.uk

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Goldbrick House is a relatively new establishment situated at the top of Park Street in Bristol. We went there for dinner during Feb 2007 and had one of the best nights in a long time.

Goldbrick it is split over 4, beautiful Georgian townhouses with lots of rooms and hideaways. There's a two level restaurant (with amazing roof terrace - ideal to wind away long summer afternoons and evenings - I imagine) a fantastic champagne and cocktail lounge split across 4 rooms, two private hire rooms that were being used for parties and functions when we were there and a great little informal cafe bar at the bottom.

It's completely unique in Bristol and has a really relaxed and chilled vibe to it, although I hear that weekends are very busy.

Customers are a mixed bunch, which I found fascinating, from young couples, families, students, suits, and lots of people like us - knocking on mid 40's.

Food and service were faultless.

I'd strongly recommend that if you haven't already tried it - to get yourself down there and if you're visiting Bristol you have to make this one of your 'must see and sample' stops.

Full marks to the team behind Goldbrick!!! We're going to be regulars.

www.goldbrickhouse.co.uk
Park St, Bristol

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Stylish modern restaurant with fantastic menu and attention to ethical detail; free-range, organic. All suppliers vetted to check on the condition animals are kept in; solar-powered!

Millennium Parade, Explorer Lane, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TY.
Tel: 0117 3169173 / 0117 3169174
In the new Harbourside development on Bristol's waterfront. Difficult to find - but worth it.
www.thecarpediem.co.uk/
Tel: 0117 3169173

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Quality Indian food in a trendily designed restaurant. Their Goan fish curry at £10.50 and the tandoori jheenga sheesh for £11.50 are delicious fishy treats.

216 Cheltenham Road, BS6 5QU;
Tel: 0117 924 0458;
www.ohcalcutta.co.uk

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Kitted out in the finest Bollywood kitsch, this restaurant does one thing but does it well - thali. There's live music on Sunday evenings and they operate a tiffin takeout system, which explains why Montpelier residents keep coming and going with insulated take-away towers.

12 York Road, Montpelier BS6 5QE;
tel: 0117 942 6687;
www.onestopthali.co.uk

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Brasilian restaurant just over the road from the Bristol Royal Infirmary. The menu mixes Brasilian and Mediterranean influences to produce good tasting dishes. There's Brahma beer to enjoy out on the terrace at the back overlooking the city centre rooftops. On Monday nights there's live bossa nova & música popular brasileira. Ótimo.

90 Colston Street BS1 5BB
0117 929 1538
www.bocanova.co.uk

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