Wood-fired Mediterranean · Bristol

Fire, olive oil and the long table.

A modern Mediterranean restaurant on Ember Yard. One wood oven, a short seasonal menu, and rooms you can take for the evening.

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Tuesday to Sunday · Monday closed · Tasting menu £68

Wood-fired fish with charred lemon and olive oil on a bone ceramic plate
Flames inside a brick wood-fired oven

  1. The oven

    Lit every morning and kept low. Bread, whole fish, squash and the lamb all take their colour from the same fire.

  2. The market

    British vegetables through the week, a Mediterranean pantry behind them: oil, lemon, chickpea, yoghurt, chilli.

  3. The table

    Come for a plate or stay for seven courses. Large parties belong in the private rooms, not squeezed into the aisle.

This week

From the fire

The full menus
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with pomegranate and herbs

Lamb shoulder

Smoked aubergine and pomegranate.

£32

Mezze: whipped feta, charred flatbread, olives and roasted carrots

Flatbread and feta

Honey, oregano, warm olives on the side.

£8

Olive oil cake with citrus and mascarpone

Olive oil cake

Citrus and a spoon of mascarpone.

£9

Seven courses

The tasting menu

A set walk through the week’s market. £68 a guest, with a wine pairing at £42 if you want the glasses chosen for you.

£68 a guest

  1. Bread and oil
  2. Raw bream
  3. Beetroot
  4. Prawn
  5. Lamb
  6. Quince
  7. Olive oil cake
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Torn warm bread beside a bowl of green olive oil
Evening courtyard terrace with olive trees and a long set table

Private dining

Take the room

The Olive Room, the Ash Room, or the covered yard. Sample menus from £55 a guest. We will tell you straight if the date is free.

  • The Olive Room8–14 seated · inside
  • The Ash Room6–12 seated · semi-private
  • The Yard16–36 · covered yard

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What guests have said

“We came for the lamb and stayed because nobody hurried the table.”

Sample Sample review — a guest from Bristol

“The tasting menu felt like a walk through the market, not a performance.”

Sample Sample review — a guest from Bath
Dining room with olive banquettes and the wood oven glowing

Visit

12 Ember Yard

Bristol, a short walk from the harbour. The door is unmarked apart from the olive tree in the pot. Come in.

  • MondayClosed
  • Tuesday–Thursday12:00–14:30, 17:30–22:00
  • Friday12:00–14:30, 17:30–22:30
  • Saturday12:00–15:00, 17:30–22:30
  • Sunday12:00–16:00

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