Eats: The Maple Lounge, Cleeve

This independent venue which prides itself on classic dishes with a twist, made using local suppliers is one that deserves your attention 🍁 ad 🍽️ The Maple Lounge, Cleeve We ordered: I’d only ever been for a weekday lunch before (the fish and chips not only comes with curry sauce, but wrapped in paper with…

Eats: Brasserie Beau, Bath

Tuesday is B and I’s ‘Mother Daughter’ day (until Sept 🥹) and we recently took a trip to Bath to find a new family-friendly lunch spot. It’s not always easy dining with kids (places with good kids menus tend to fail adults, and vice versa!), but this place hit the ‘child-friendly restaurant in Bath’ brief…

Eats: The Rosewood, Burnham-on-Sea

Doesn’t everyone want to celebrate their birthday with a burger as big as their head?! 🍔 ad 🎉 The Rosewood, Love Lane, Burnham-on-Sea Today (May 28th) marks the 16th Birthday of the eldest ‘mini’ George! (Not so mini now he’s pretty much taller than me 😭) W’s request for his bday meal out, was lunch…

Eats: Bistro Pierre, Weston-Super-Mare

Afternoon Tea Review 🧁🥂 How do you get someone that’s avoided Brie her whole life to try it? Stuff it in a croissant and chuck in a sea view and a glass of bubbles! 😅 ad/pr 🍽️ Bistrot Pierre, Weston-Super-Mare, £18.95pp or £21.95pp with fizz or a cocktail 🍸 The verdict? On Brie – I…

Eats: The Ship Inn, Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare

Indie Pub Review 🍔 Spring may be teasing us that it’s on its way, but an independently owned pub with as much going for it as The Ship Inn in Uphill will always have its place in the community 🍻🍽️ ad/pr 📍 @theshipinnuphill, Weston-Super-Mare We were kindly invited to the oldest pub in WSM last…

Eats: Roasts at Grounded, Brislington

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a new roast on the block, and it’s a good one! 🍽️ ad/pr 📍 @groundedcafebars, Brislington Last Sunday we visited the Grounded Cafe on Sandy Park to try out their new roast menu. It only launched three weeks prior, with a view to being rolled out across…

Eats: Coffi Lab, Portishead

Bea and I took a trip this week to the newest cafe in Portishead, Coffi Lab, which is on the High Street virtually opposite Costa and Impero Lounge. First impressions – it’s spacious, bright, incredibly clean and design wise very aesthetically pleasing. It also wins points with me because the reason it’s coffi not coffee…

Eats: The Blue Flame, Near Nailsea

I’m not sure if I’ll get in trouble with the locals for telling you this, but I know where you can find some of North Somersets best pizza… It’s at the Blue Flame (between Nailsea & Clevedon) on a Thursday and Friday night! Running since the summer, pizza (and pie) nights at the Blue Flame…

Explores: Festive Fun in Bristol and North Somerset, 2023

I’ve collated a selection of local yuletide and winter activities in Bristol, Clevedon and the surrounding area to help you plan your festive calendar. I’ve tried to put each section in a start date order, but this list isn’t exhaustive so if you think there’s something that desperately needs to be included that I’ve missed,…

Eats: The Royal Inn, Portishead

The Royal Inn has had a refurb! It’s been so long since I’d been, I’d actually forgotten what the interior looked like… 🙈 📍 Pier Rd, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7HG I can report back it’s now really bright, spacious, and lovely and what I do remember – the fabulous garden – is still glorious, plenty…