Bocca - Bristol, City of

Loved this bar. Great team who Are very efficient and lots of choice for beers if you are a fanatic of unheard of brews! Lovely environment and although we didn’t eat here the food Looked terrific and lots of busy tables some reckon a popular haunt. Just off Temple street area and close to other bars and restaurants so All up a really good couple Of hours here.

Went for lunch, seated at back next to register. Despite this service was poor, felt forgotten. Slow service, but good and drinks very nice. Asked waitress stood behind us at till is we would be able to order some coffee (waited 20 mins before trying to get someone’s attention) told ‘I can’t I’m on my break’. 15 mins later another member of staff came and offered us the bill.. we still waiting to try and order coffee. It’s a shame because most staff do seem lively and the food is delish. Just very meh overall experience.

Before going to the theatre, we stopped at Bocabar for a quick meal. The menu is varied with burgers, pizza and salads all options. We started with crispy squid (average quality and somewhat lacking in flavour) and ciabatta and Houmous (OK). For the main items we had the Feta green salad and the Smokey poke bowl, the salad was very good as was the poke bowl. The restaurant space is quite noisy and in the winter relatively cold because a number of tables are near the door.

Popped in for coffee and cake. Had to wait ages and ages. Coffee was tepid. Cake was cold and tasteless. So, not so great really.

A very disappointing visit on a Thursday lunchtime. They had a large private party going on so the menu was depleted to pizzas, fries and salad. Come on guys! If you know how many bookings you have, you can employ more staff to ensure all your customers get a good experience.