Lockside

This place is a surprising little gem! Great food & service from friendly staff, open early for breakfast through to late afternoon. Contemporary décor with plenty of seating both inside & out, the latter being very popular with both dog walkers & cyclists alike. I will definitely look to stop here again next time I'm passing, very recommended!

Came to this establishment several times before and usually enjoy this place, but today I have experienced racism first hand from the owner. Who spoke down and terribly at me and my guest as my guest entered. He further told us to leave just because i told him he didn’t have to be rude. Made a big scene and tried to humiliate my guests who travelled down out of town to celebrate her birthday and we wanted to have breakfast… In my whole 20 years of living in Bristol I have never experienced such rudeness and prejudice. I further didn’t want to cause a scene and said I’ll pay for my guest’s coffee as that’s all we’ve had so far which he shouted no we don’t want your money. I insisted that I don’t want anything free from him. He gave me the receipt and came up to me angry and said the lady that served us found out 2 days ago that her husband had terminal cancer and she doesn’t need to be given a hard time and he implied that’s what we might do. He complained that we were a big group (I called a week in advance to reserve a table for 15, he didn’t seem to have a problem them until he saw the people). It tells a lot about the owner and shame on you! Letting an employee that’s going through the worst time of her life come to work (instead of giving her time off to be with her loved ones) and try to use that as an excuse for your ugly behaviour towards customers. He pride himself on being rude and said he was the owner and the rude one. It’s a shame people like you are still around in our world today. I understand that everyone has a bad day, this guy has previously been decent but todays experience was awful and It’s never okay (regardless of whatever has happened) to treat anyone how you’ve treated my guests and I.

A delicious lunch, fab atmosphere and brilliant service as always at Lockside. Gary and the team really helped make Mother’s Day special for our group of 8. The sunshine and sitting out on the terrace was a unexpected bonus! My salmon fishcakes were so tasty and my husband said his seafood linguine was better than he had in any Italian restaurant, loads of fish and even scallops! If you’ve never been - this really is a must. Booking recommended as it gets booked up quick. Can’t wait to come back soon.

One word EXCELLENT - really high quality breakfast - excellent sausage - I had small breakfast with extra bubble and squeak plus fried potatoes - toast and jam also really nice you can't beat proper butter - coffee I had americano again really nice - covid safe very clean - excellent service great staff 10/10 I will be back