Bandook in Bristol, City of - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Wonderful Indian food, prepared perfectly with great service. Best Indian food I've had in a long time.

Devi was an amazing host , food was lovely . Specially chilly paneer and gulab jamun .

Absolutely loved the food and service, specially the Gulab Jamun, had them after so long! 🥹 It was great being hosted by Devi tonight. Will hopefully meet you soon Devi. ☺️

Absolutely phenomenal food and service!! Beautifully presented and delicious!

Was empty when we arrived. Zero engagement from waiter. No specials, so very limited menu. Tiny beers. Overpriced everything, but waiter still tried to overselling us with extras. Breads were greasy. Tiny plates. Then they added a 'service charge' to our bill! £25+ each for a very disappointing meal. Won't go there again.....

Must visit this place. Excellent Service by staff. Especially the Lamb and Chicken Biryani by Chef Praneeth was the most authentic we've had all over the UK. Starters by Chef Dilwur were awesome too.

While we were confused what to order Devi helped us and recommended delicious food. The Gulab Jamun were pure deliciousness. Amazing

Great food , great ambience. Staff Devishi was amazing, loved the friendly and amiable vibe !

We had a light lunch. Delicious food, interesting and imaginative menu. The masala chips were exceptional. Will go again

This restaurant is like a pop up. This area has restaurants made of joined steel containers all lined up in a row. They are in the area near the river Avon in Bristol. I was glad that we chose this one. Our host Devi explained about all the dishes and we ended up with beautifully prepared Indian food. The photos below show how exquisite the food is. We will be back.

Fantastic food, Devi was brilliant.

Friendly staff, tasty food and great music!

The Biriani was not Biriani! I'm sorry. I wanted this place to be good but it wasn't. The food looks nothing like the pictures. I went with a South Indian friend and we both thought the Biriani was poor and it was just tomato flavour rice. Its also v expensive. I felt embarrassed taking her there for lunch. The waiting staff was lovely. Would not return

Fabulous Indian food. We had a number of the small plates and every one was packed with flavour and utterly delicious. Unpretentious atmosphere and genuine friendly service. Brilliant.

Great food, small place but with fun atmosphere and friendly staff. Would definitely go again.

Amazing food and cocktails for my birthday. Special shout out to Tiago for bring a fantastic host!

Food was banging! Staff and service was great. Easy to walk past this place as it’s the first at the top of the stairs but you really should stop! We had fish fritters, a lamb roll, chicken and lamb biryanis and cocktails and it was all super tasty.

Absolutely superb little spot. Food is delicious, fresh, delivered on time and well priced. Devishi was great!

Lovely service from Devishi.Would recommend it 100%

Devishi was welcoming and deserves a big raise! The food was awesome as always

Excellent food. Beautifully presented, super high quality street food. Nice ambiance on a warm evening.

Food was some of the best Indian food I have had. The flavour was complex and left you wanting more. We had several appetizers and I had the lamb curry bowl. We will come back and try more. Great experience.

Had a lovely meal at Bandook with my partner. The menu has a good amount of choice and you can get small plates or bigger dishes like a biryani. The food represents good value for money. Seating is mostly outdoor so much better to visit here in the summer. The outdoor seats are part of the walkway amongst the shipping containers so there are a lot of people walking past. Lots of deliveroo riders rushing around which was a bit negative for the atmosphere. The tables are made of what looks like reclaimed wood but they have a really rough uneven surface which actually made it hard to put drinks down safely! Would love just an even table. Service was Ok, food came quickly but didn't really see the servers much after our orders. Took a while to get the bill but service was pleasant enough.

Absolutely fantastic place! We both had the chicken curry which was reasonably priced and served very quick. Our server was Devi and she was lovely. 10/10 would recommend this spot.

We keep coming back! Great food as ever, loads of delicious vegetarian options and really accommodating for allergy sufferers too (not an easy combo for eating out). Super friendly service from Sina. Highly recommended!

We ordered masala fries, chilli paneer, parathas, baingan moilee and "Grandma's" curry. The first three were good, but the mains were poor - both were just watery soups of a dish, with moilee being almost devoid of the main ingredient. We saw a dal delivered to a neighbouring table, and again, this was just a very watery soup. Service was equally poor. One eye-rolling Gen Z, with a face like a slapped behind, giving every customer dirty looks and one unbelievably patronising. A fixed service charge for that is just not cool. Has potential to be so much better. Have a word with your staff and stop turning sauces into watery soups.

Devishi and chef smashed it, will be back. Get the pani puri.

Very friendly staff and accommodating , we ordered vegetarian food but were not fan of jackfruit so the chef instantly offered to replace it with Paneer in the dish . Food was good and we had good time . Only drawback was portions were too small for the price . Will visit again . 😊

Quirky container style kitchen. A really intimate atmosphere. Absolutely delicious food. The staff including the chefs were part of the experience . We really enjoyed. Prices were reasonable I thought.

We had a lovely time here tonight. We had the chicken biryanis which tasted amazing. The server was so lovely and they catered to my partners lack of spice tolerance :)

Went here for lunch, food was absolutely delicious and the service was brilliant, turned up a minute before closing and they couldn’t have been more accommodating! Would recommend

Overpriced and average food. The Biriani was very bland.

Ate in, disappointing. Biriani was small and quite plain without the traditional accompanying veg curry, chicken curry also small with lots of sauce little meat.

Great food.chef was very kind ,As we were vegetarian he instantly prepared veg curry for us.must try Pani puri ,samosa chats

Authentic Indian food with amazing customer service. Love this place!

Hands down the best restaurant in Bristol. From the exceptional service to the mouth watering food, it's safe to say we WILL be returning to Bandook. My brother and I took our mum down and we all left wanting to go back the next day! The staff were very polite and were constantly making sure our experience was the best it could be. Huge credit to the management and ownership team, they clearly care a lot about their food and customer satisfaction. If you haven't been yet.. I would highly recommend it.

We enjoyed the amazing food from the wonderful menu and loved the atmosphere and friendly staff and Service

Food was insane. Recommend Amritsari Fish!

Three of us had a fabulous tiffin lunch here. The top dish of the Tiffin contained the starter of a deconstructed samosa which was delicious. The next layer a generous portion of rice and the bottom tier the curry. Two of us had Granny’s chicken and the third the tarka Dahl. All were excellent. I also had the gulab jamun for desert which again was excellent. On paying the bill we were expecting to pay £15 each for the Tiffins but were pleasantly surprised to find they were on offer at only £10. So a 3 course meal for £14! Amazing value, and great service. We will be back. Ps the indoor dining area is small so you may want to book a table

Fantastic food. Great staff. Great lunch Tiffin special.

Fantastic lunch Tiffin special. I had the lamb. I have not had Indian food this good in a long time . Great menu. Chef and staff are friendly and very professional. The food is worth the extra wait. Looking forward to trying the main menu.

Small indoor seating area with no place to put your coats. Portions are small for the price. I ordered chicken curry and it was delicious but it came with 3x pieces of chicken and a lot of sauce which was a bit spicy and delicious for my taste. My friends ordered different Biryani and they were asking me for sauce because meat was quite dry.

Fantastic food freshly cooked and extremely tasty; would definitely eat there again.

Had a great dining experience here, chef and staff were all super friendly and food was quick to come out and really tasty. Would definitely eat here again

We went before a gig at the Louisiana and couldn’t recommend highly enough. We had the fish fritters, cauliflower, msala fries and spring rolls and totally perfect and brilliant service too! We will certainly be back and highly recommend!

Delicious small plates. Highly recommend the Amritsar fish and Chilli paneer!

Delicious food and great service

The food in here is absolutely delicious - highly recommend the chicken curry, fish fritters and chilli paneer. Personally I like the shipping container vibe at Wapping Wharf - small intimate spaces with open kitchens - I know it's not for everyone but I think it feels nice and cosy and the smell of the food while it's cooking in here is just unreal. I would say wrap up warm if it's cold weather when you visit as it can be pretty chilly inside!

Fantastic Indian street food with lots of twists on old classics

We had an absolutely delicious meal at Bandook last night. Every mouthful was heaven. I have serious allergies and they were able to accommodate me without any stress. Highly recommended. We can’t wait to visit again.

Honestly my favourite restaurant. The prices may be high but it’s worth it. The staff were all lovely, always there to satisfy. Defo should go

The managers accepted more bookings than the restaurant could accommodate which meant that groups of people were split up, others asked to move, and tables squashed together. Very disappointing.

BADook: A haiku. Bad; it made me sad, Strange guy was creepy and rude; Don't go there buddies.

AVOID - VERY DISAPPOINTING. We booked & paid a deposit over a month ago yet they messed us around throughout. When we arrived they made us wait outside in the cold for over 20 minutes because they overbooked the restaurant. When they let us in they made two of our group sit on a separate table for an hour! We were squeezed in as they had accepted too many bookings. Some dishes were late and others didn’t arrive. Despite all of this, no apology or deduction was offered to our bill. One especially rude member of staff just looked at us blankly and just said ‘no’ when we politely asked for a deduction to our bill, instead insisting that we buy more drinks! He had hovered around our table for most of the evening, making us feel uncomfortable and at one point saying something to us which was extremely inappropriate and creepy. In the end, Bandook offered to ‘take off’ the optional service charge as a ‘gesture of good will’, which was a joke! They also didn’t bring out the birthday cake we had provided them earlier for our friend as a surprise. Just to top it all off, they didn’t take the deposit off our bill and refused to refund us the £45 deposit afterwards because ‘the supervisor wasn’t there’. Honestly terrible service, I will not be going back ever and recommend others avoid at all costs. So, so disappointing. Couple of bonus points: did not give us cutlery until we’d all started eating with our fingers, and smoked out the restaurant routinely, making us cough and splutter.

They overbooked the restaurant so we couldn’t sit altogether despite booking over a month ago :-( Very disappointing.

Very friendly and helpful waiter. Nice, cosy atmosphere. Food was delicious.

If you are looking for a relaxing enjoyable dining experience … give this place a miss. There was over booking en mass. Multiple groups were asked to come back, the numbers they were trying to fit into their small restaurant were greedy and completely unrealistic. We were asked to move four times during our meal, sitting uncomfortably close to other customers on all sides, eventually ending up unreachable from service and having to move twice (again) to allow other customers to leave. Food is basic and gimmicky. Service is appalling… the drinks order wasn’t taken for over 20 minutes, we got up to get our own cutlery, dishes we missed off the order and this is all while 4 waiters were on hand covering a total of 5 tables. We left with no apology given and a service charge to pay….

Three of us turned up on spec and we're lucky enough to get a table. Our drinks orders were taken almost immediately whilst we studied the menu. Not being able to decide what to try we opted for some small dishes to share plus some curries. All dishes bar one were vegan. We had the pani puri, onion and fenugreek pakora, gobi, steamed rice, grandma's chicken curry and Keralan moilee. It was all delicious, hot and very tasty. The food was cooked to order and, bearing in mind that these guys have a tiny kitchen, they are doing a great job. There was a lovely atmosphere. We would definitely return.

Rip off…although the food tasted lovely. 3 pieces of jack fruit in the biriani (with no other vegetables) at £15 couldn’t be justified. I had to ask for my coconut dish to be reheated - it was luke warm- and I think it had 3 pieces of aubergine in it. The chaat was tasty. My boiled rice was a very small portion. The whole thing was underwhelming and overpriced. When I said that I felt that that 3 pieces of jackfruit was not enough, the waiter nodded his head and said there was nothing he could do. I suggested he fed it back to the chef and manager. He didn’t appear to care. There was lots going on- lots of frantic too- ing and fro-ing, didn’t seem like there were enough staff. Won’t be going back.

Loved our evening here. We asked for a table quite late in the evening so they had a very limited menu, despite that all the dishes we had were great. Pani puri, samosa chaat and chicken biryani were great. Nice to have some indian street food rather than a traditional curry house experience. Fresh, tasty and decent portions. Staff very welcoming, accommodating and friendly too!

Cosy Venue, friendly staff and really tasty food, I’d recommend the pakoras to start and then grandma’s curry with the bandook special fries - my girlfriend could not stop drinking the chai. Highly recommend

We had a starter each of fish and prawns, quite nice, well cooked…..(small) Main meal, Mum’s Chicken Curry for my partner, Chicken biryani for me. A very bland choice, both very disappointing, no interesting spice and no depth of flavour. Luckily the portions were tiny. Cost £58 (including two small Kingfishers) We where both extremely disappointed. Pleasant staff, nice room.

Such a lovely evening at Bandook Bristol! Food and service both top tier, will be coming again soon!

Very slow service, even though there were only about 3 tables with customers. Drinks took about half an hour, only received them after reminding the waiter. Food took even longer and was very disappointing. No exciting Indian flavours, very bland. Deep fried cauliflower was a bit soggy as if it had been reheated. The waiter was sympathetic, took some money off for us, and did sound genuinely sorry and asked for feedback, which we did appreciate. But wouldn't go back unfortunately

Food was good but service was poor. Waited 40 mins for drinks and took an hour and a half for everyone to get food

Nice food and cocktails we really enjoyed it , will be back

The food was fantastic, and the service was great. We were served by Carl and Aria, who were super helpful and friendly. They were very attentive and checked to make sure we were happy. The food was wonderful, tasty, full of fabulous flavours and very authentic, so credit to the chef!! This is a lovely place to eat and set in a busy and vibrant location. I will definitely be going back and have already recommended it to other friends 💙

We visited today at lunchtime and had chicken biryani and chicken curry and rice. The food was very tasty and freshly cooked curry can't be beaten. Some menu items of food and drink weren't available (rum, lamb and one of the two desserts) but the service was great and the Chef did a great job. Worth a visit, but if it's raining, it's pretty small inside so get the beach towels out and grab a table early.

What can i say !! The food was amazing we had the blackboard special grandma curry of the day and few small plates to share And the service was spot on We was served by chung deffo worth a vist

Very long wait for very bland food. 15 quid for jackfruit with 3 pieces in... very disappointed.

Just wow. What a great find. Small and friendly. The food was amazing. The best curry experience ever

Unbelievable experience. Started off with the best lamb chops I've ever had then moved on to the mains, which consisted of perfectly cooked chicken biriyani and a side of authentic Chapli kebab. All in all this was a truly authentic dining experience and would highly recommend to anyone, Even the playlist was spot on. Booking a table again asap served by chung who is a great front of house and explained the dishes in great detail you can tell the man has a real passion for food great guy.

AMAZING! Don’t think twice! I don’t usually leave reviews but this was so good. It is real authentic food and the service is the absolute best! Thank you

Amazing food and very friendly atmosphere, we have spent plenty of time in India and this is some of the the best Indian food outside of India. Thank you chef Raja!

The food is small, expensive, and bland. Nice staff and interesting looking-menu, but… We were a party of 4 each with different meals, but none came away satisfied either in amount, or in flavour.

Excellent food (especially the gobi 65) and cocktails, and great service from Chung!

Friendly staff, great food. When we complimented the food one of the staff gave us little pots of the sauce to take home which was a nice touch. Would recommend.

Sina served us and he was excellent! Very attentive and made sure we enjoyed the meal. Food was incredible and I would highly recommend.

An amazing find… looked for somewhere to eat without a booking on a Friday night in Bristol, lucky to get a table for 3. Went for a selection of side orders (tapas sized) dishes, the presentation and taste sensation was so wonderful. Location at cargo 2 on museum street at first seemed a little chaotic but once seated all good. Staff were very attentive. Highly recommend.

Was expecting something a different. Wasn’t overly impressed at all. If you’ve been to Mowgli’s and anticipate a similar experience here, you might be disappointed. Food average, nice ambience but service was slow and lacking. Wouldn’t return.

nice food. tried with the family best part of the restaurant is chef jani. no any doubt if you want his recipe just ask from him he will give you with every single details. the best food we tried moilee with paratha wow what a taste. highly recommend the place but little bit expensive.. JFI

Not hugely impressed by this place, would say the Kati rolls have too much tamarind but are generally quite nice. The samosa chaat was slightly better than average. The squid, tofu and other side dishes are really not worth getting. Steer well clear of the pani Puri, this was actually horrible. Meals came out at incredibly varying times.

Friendly service, super quick, delicious cocktails, loved the addition of showing there their produce is from, food very good 10/10

Really nice and tasty food. We had Grandma’s chicken curry, rice and gunpowder fries. Couldn’t fault the food and was exactly what we were looking for. Service was friendly. Was a bit pricey, but I guess you’re paying for the location.

Lunch, seated outside. Understaffed and a very long wait! No communication, no apologies, made to believe food was imminent ( their words ) then another long wait. Probably at least 1 1/2 hour wait for food. No fault of the hard working chef. Food was delicious when it came. Hard to enjoy it when it arrived over a 20 minute window, some was cold by the time accompanying dishes arrived. Staff weren’t clear was was due to arrive. No communication or explanation, no management present. Very sad decline in service and customer respect. Very expensive, small portions!

The Keralan Moilee was the most delicious Indian meal I have ever had the Pleasure to eat. It is a very creamy coconut dish served with aubergine slices. Our waiter was charming as most Indian people are. So can't wait to return probably to try the same dish again

Incredible authentic food! Would fully recommend. Lovely staff, great evening, can’t wait to go back again

More authentic than usual curry houses in terms of flavours. I speak as a migrant Punjabi so perhaps not applicable to others. Best gulab jamuns in the West of England.

This was a nice find in Bristol. The service was slightly slow but the staff was very friendly. The food was also nice. Very street food minded like the other places around.

Firstly the tables were dirty when we arrived. We ended up sitting in the least dirtiest table. Menu looks good. But the kitchen is small and nothing seems to be prepared fresh. The food tasted as it was prepared a day before and heated and served the next day. We were 2 families visiting and 8 guests with kids. Kids could barely eat. The bread pakoda was very oily. Felt sick after eating it. The chicken katti roll had chicken fried which tasted as if it was fried the previous day and served cold. Could not eat it. The Roti we ordered was burnt on one side. Better avoid this joint.

They were not serving hot drinks although the weather was chilling outside and raining.Not so much options for vegetarians.We ordered pani puri ...the portion size was very small only 4 gol gappas and very little water to put.Also the water was very sweet ,not traditional spicy one.Then we ordered papri chaat that was good .And we ordered paneer kathi rolls and we thought it would be spicy but it was sweet in taste ...seems like they put honey.Bad experience and will not visit again.

First visit: Excellent food and service. Very friendly staff, helpful. Booked on first table. Recommend to visit

Amazing place! Great bites to eat and not too expensive. Friendly staff. Good veggie options, loved the paneer and tofu! Gets a little loud when there are other peope in there because its so small, but not enough to be off puttting.

Amazing food, Chung served us well, good ambience

Absolutely brilliant food, great sized portions and delicious bites. Cool space too, shipping container vibes, and expect in summer would be a great place to grab an Indian cocktail with some tasty chaat.

Lovely friendly staff, adding to the convivial atmosphere. The "Chili paneer" was incredible

Excellent food and friendly service highly recommend

Best meal we’ve had in a long time. Excellent friendly service, intimate vibes. EXCELLENT food and very reasonably priced. Three of us ate for 20 quid a head, which is really great considering the quality of food 👏🙏🥰

Arguably the best street indian food in bristol. Every dish was better than the last. I can’t wait to come back again!

Fantastic little find...Great food fast service and a biryani to die for