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Categories: Hotels, Modern European, French [Edit]
The Sugar HouseNarrow Lewins Mead
Bristol BS1 2NU
0117 925 5577
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 12:00 - 0:00
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Dressy
- Price Range:
-
£££
- Good for Children:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
8 reviews for Hotel Du Vin
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Boutique hotel and restaurant to make our mouth water. I was lucky enough to see the rooms when my older brother was sent down to Bristol for work- Wow. I think it is safe to say that your going to get a pretty good nights sleep it was the bounciest bed i have ever jumped on. I suggested swapping with him but he wasn't very forthcoming.
We had supper down stairs (in the restaurant), and the food was sublime, ethereal, other worldy. If your a foody this is a must- save up, beg, steal, sell your children, put the house up for mortgage. You wont regret it.
If the boutique hotel rooms upstairs are anywhere near as good as the food in the French-style restaurant downstairs, they must be divine. Being a Bristol resident, sadly I have little excuse to splash out on a hotel room here - but I can enjoy a meal, when my pay packet allows.
First off, the décor and atmosphere are both perfect: housed in one of Bristol's loveliest old buildings, it's beautiful decorated with low lights creating a relaxed ambience. When you get to the bar area, you find it's stocked with every drink you can imagine, and then when you're seated at your table the a la carte menu is full of tempting contemporary European cuisine. When our food arrived, it was presented very well and tasted great, justifying the high prices - but watch out if you enjoy a few drinks with your meal, because they're very expensive and the bill quickly mounts up.
Perfect for anniversaries, or other romantic meals when you're happy to splash out.
This hotel has been a part of Bristol for ages, and although it apparently 'went downhill' for a time, I ate there recently so definitely didn't experience that. We took advantage of their evening meal deal (it sounds so tacky when you put it like that, which this place definitely is not). It was something like £15 each for two courses and a litre of wine (minimum 2 people). And if that deal is still on I would urge anybody to go and eat there.
Probably the nicest atmosphere of all the restaurants in town, the lighting and decor is perfect and makes you feel like you're somewhere in Paris (obviously that being the idea as it's a Bistro). But they have got everything spot on, even down to the French waiters.
The steak was delicious, as I'm told was the salmon ('the spinach was cooked to perfection'). The best feature of this restaurant is the cigar room; however I have no idea if it is still open to the public. We can only hope it is.
I will certainly be down there soon to find out.
This is the finest of fine dining in Bristol and you're going to have to pay through the nose to experience it, but believe me, it's well worth it if you can afford to do so.
I have actually eaten here twice unbelievably and on both occasions the food and the service was excellent. The food is predominantly French as you might expect from a hotel "Du Vin" and arguably the best in the city. The wines are exquisite and if my memory serves me correctly, come from one of the largest and most revered wine collections around.
The atmosphere is very relaxed and not at all as stuffy as you might expect for such a high end restaurant. And despite not being a regular of such fine dining eateries as the hotel Dun Vin, I felt totally relaxed and not at all out of place amongst the great and the good of Bristol's high society. The décor is warm and welcoming as are the staff who were faultless.
This is truly one of the most beautiful buildings in Bristol. It's tucked away in an unassuming location just off the main road through the city centre and therefore devilishly difficult to park near. But it is oh so stunning. You walk in through a beautiful ivy-draped entrance and a lovely little courtyard, through the foyer of the hotel into an incredible bar which must have most alcohols ever created by man. The idea here is to arrive early for a few pre-dinner drinks (and yes they will be expensive) but somehow when you are inside the divine environs of the Hotel Du Vin none of that matters. It is a lifestyle you are embracing and if you are considering dining there you must be prepared to part with some serious cash. Unless of course you are doing one of the lunchtime deals my husband and I once took advantage of. Then prepared to be treated with bored disdain by the somewhat snooty waiters. Those deals are great though- although there is not much choice of what you can eat. I did prefer it when we ate there with free choice from the a la carte menu and the food and wine was fantastic. It was an anniversary so we didn't care about the bill. Much. And yes we somehow felt like the bar was our sitting room and ended up lingering there for an unhealthy amount of time after dinner. Unhealthy that is for our livers and our wallets, but not our hearts.
i love this place so much its my favourite place in the world ! i have eaten in the fab restuarant and even though im a bristol resident i even stayed at the hotel a few times the bedrooms are divine -fab roll top baths and huge walk in showers and the service is brillant the staff really do look after you,the food there is mouthwatering,i love it so much there that i even had my wedding reception there and my guests still talk about how great the food we had was ! its quite expensive but worth it,so save up and enjoy the experience
Probably too expensive for you, Hotel Du Vin is the cliché of a haughty, high end French restaurant. It describes itself as a 'Boutique Hotel and Bistro', I'm not sure what boutique hotel is so i'll just review the Bistro.
It's a little bit more relaxed than that description suggests though - they do have a doorman, but he may well give you a smile when you come in. It's in a beautiful old building and they've got décor and service to match.
The wine menu is very good and probably a bit lethal if you've had a couple - it's all too easy to spend two or three times as much on what you drink here as on your food. They do regular wine tasting which would make a lovely gift for anyone who takes their wind seriously.
The food itself is contemporary European fare, with things like Partridge artichoke soup as well as the usual menu fillers. It's immaculately presented and clearly has had a lot of time put into it. This bistro lives up to its billing (and prices) as a posh French restaurant.
Now this is a bit weird, but I'm not going to review the restaurant, which I've poked my nose through at and looks all a bit too formal for me - I'd be flinging cauliflower across the room in an attempt to break the stiffness. However what i have done and highly recommend is just coming in here for a drink. They have an astonishing drinks menu with whiskys (and whiskeys) that will make you cry for the want of them. I bought my boyfriend one that was old enough for him to sleep with whilst I had the most gorgeous champagne cocktail. Not at all cheap, I think it was £15 for a shot and £10 for the cocktail, but it was a special occassion.
I have also been here for a very posh work drinks evening (after we had had pie at Pieminister, now that's class) when our marketing lady blew her entertaining budget in one foul swoop. Staff at the bar are, of course, very knowledgable but also very friendly and happy to talk you through their drink selection.