The Ox Bristol, The Restaurant

We have been coming to Bristol for the last 4 years for my partner's birthday and we found this absolute gem of a restaurant that we always visit. The food is always amazing and the whole experience will make you want to come back again and again. This year we had Olivia serving us and we could not of asked for anyone better. She was so helpful and was very knowledgeable about all the food and wine. She is an absolute credit to this restaurant. Thank you to the Ox for another incredible meal. We will definitely be back.

Just got back from a birthday meal at The Ox. The service is second to none, the chap that looked after us went above and beyond and made my birthday just that extra bit special. Can’t recommend the place highly enough. Outstanding! A Bristol gem.

Visited here for a Sunday roast after seeing some online attention, booked a 4pm table due to work commitments but was not disappointed. Ordered - scallops for starters and beef roast for main with side of mac and cheese. Scallops - very well plated, looked stunning and showed off scallop in all its glory. Super soft scallop, almost buttery and melts in your mouth texture, really fresh and quality produce, it was accompanied by a few little additions which brought the dish together but did not overpower or shadow the scallops at all. Great starter! Roasts - both plates came out looking identical which I like that eye for presentation certainly shows here at the Ox! A good healthy sized plate, overall lots individual flavours here every element on the plate has been thought about and looked after, really enjoyed the greens and braised red cabbage that’s how veg should be done! Really completes a dish when veg is thought about and flavoured. Roast beef was cooked to perfection, succulent, juicy still rare but packing flavour and rested well. Solid roast potatoes too, my only gripe with those is there was only 3 :( Overall a solid roast dinner and delivers what they claim that’s for sure. Mac and cheese side - cheesey, creamy crispy top it’s everything you want from a Mac and cheese no complaints it’s a nice side dish for making the roast naughty too! Side note; gravy was nice deep flavourful with a red wine flavour present. Brings the roast together nicely! Only thing dint enjoy so much was the Yorkshire pudding, not sure if it was made in house or bought in but lacked flavour or crispiness. My only downside to the visit was the temperature to the roast, it was warm when served which realistically went cold pretty fast, the gravy was lukewarm and nothing on the roast at all was piping hot. Became a race to finish it faster than it got cold. Which is a huge shame. Overall will rate it a 8/10 based on the flavours and vibes, would be higher if a few things just a lot hotter on the plate. Would like to return.