Flow - Bristol

The food here was unlike anything I’ve had in Bristol and the seasonally changing menu was full of local produce. We shared all of the 5 vegan small plates and they were phenomenal. Whilst it was definitely on the pricier side I’ll definitely be going back!

Lovely food in a cosy setting with charming staff. More than half of the menu is vegan or can be made vegan

Complete local gem. Booked in for a Friday evening. Flow offer three sittings throughout the evening 6, 7 or 8pm (we went for 7 . The menu is all small plates, so we opted to share quite a few. The dishes come out as and when they are ready, as it's a small kitchen a d they cooke a few of the same at the same time. Basically you constantly end up with a plate or two on the table. Highlights included the twiglets with cheese custard(!!! and the gnocchi. Huge shout out to the lovely staff who were clearly working hard. They were enthusiastic and keen to make recommendations. Honestly, I'm struggling to find fault. I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted as I was too distracted by the food? Perfect.

Wow. What a find! Superb food, lovely atmosphere and excellent service. I cannot fault this restaurant and will definitely be back. We had 5 small plates to share, as advised by our friendly and helpful server, plus a dessert to share. It was freshly cooked and brought to the table when ready, with just the right amount of delay between dishes. I honestly don't want to tell anyone else about it because it is too nice to share!

This was booked for at 30th birthday in October for a table in December. They emailed back explaining they may need to cancel because of a Christmas party but would let us know and they didn’t so we chased twice and got a response saying booking was fine to remain. Then two days before we received another email saying they were shutting the night we booked due to needing to move house which they apologised for then booked us in for the next night promising complimentary Prosecco for doing this. Although it would no longer be my 30th we didn’t mind because we had read such good things about the restaurant. We got there atmosphere was nice and it is always lovely to see veggie vegan restaurants which are full! We sat down ordered our drinks which we had to wait 30 mins for. The table next to us who arrived after were apologised to for the rebooking and got Prosecco pretty much when they sat down. No Prosecco was given to us and I felt too awkward to ask. I was disappointed with the menu. Being vegan they recommended 5 plates for a table of two so we order one of every vegan item on the menu as that is all there was. Portions were small and not particularly well seasoned but it was nice to experience vegan food which was a bit more upmarket than your typical vegan burger. I didn’t feel it was enough food so we ended up eating churros from oowee vegan after! Although staff were friendly when they came to the table. Staff didn’t appear to be particularly hurry for things to be taken to the tables. What I think happened is that 3 tables were booked in at 8, one of them being us and 2 other tables, one which was late and they then waiting on all orders to be in from us to then make all the food together. This appeared to be the case as we all seemed to get the same dishes at the same time and I suppose this makes it easier for the chef as the dishes in some cases appeared to be quite fiddly dishes to make. I felt if staff had just communicated this with us I wouldn’t have minded so much but there was such a long wait between dishes it really felt very dragged out and very underwhelming when one small plate of food finally did arrive. I would not go here again. We ate in some lovely cheaper and more satisfying fully vegan places in Bristol including an all vegan Chinese which was delicious. Really sad I couldn’t give this restaurant more but I wouldn’t give 5 anyway unless they changed fully vegan.