Somerset, Italian Restaurant Guide

A “stunning neighbourhood restaurant in lively North Street”, and with a pleasingly “relaxed environment”, where fans say the “the food is Mediterranean-influenced and has shades of The River Café” (i.e., it’s relaxed, fresh and “very inventive”, but relayed in this case through small plates). The Bedminster corner site was opened in late 2022 by Sydney chef Mark Chapman (ex-of the local Gambas tapas bar).

2023 Review: ‘Authentically Italian, sustainably British’ says the tagline of this new Wapping Wharf container restaurant, run by friends Gilda Lombardi and Delphi Ross, which specialises in numerous varieties of pasta made on-site daily. It opened in May 2022 – too late to generate feedback in our annual diners’ poll – but the Bristol press says it’s proving a big hit locally.