Grounded in Bristol, City of

Great Sunday roast .Great produce ,well cooked ,well presented. Good value. Friendly atmosphere and some good beers aswell.

This is a great cafe/ bar to visit Ben the manager is certainly making his mark in Fishponds along with all his staff who are friendly and polite we went Saturday night and had a first class meal and seen a band The Rumble O's who we're really good, there's always something happening in Grounded and worth a visit,oh yeah and the coffee's great.

Lovely staff, great and well priced prosecco plus a delicious Sunday roast! Would recommend

My wife had the Katsu Chicken Burger with no katsu sauce on it. With or without the sauce it was very poor quality - it was like it was reheated. The fact that it was £17 (with chips) made it even more disappointing. The Turkish eggs (£10) I had just tasted like a some tined tomatoes with a bit of veg thrown in - healthy but not very tasty. The "ciabatta" bread it came with seemed more like a cheap baguette. The only redeeming features were that service was ok (but the staff never came to check on us) and the atmosphere was friendly.

Although it was busy, breakfast arrived without having to wait for too long and it was delicious. The coffee was so good that we had another. Service was great, staff and manager were friendly. Our dog was welcome too. Will definitely be going again.

First timer, fantastic place super food and drinks, lovely atmosphere friendly staff inside and you can even sit in the garden if you like.

My favourite spot in fishponds, the music and atmosphere are hard to beat. Very lovely staff, they are so accommodating and really accepting and friendly. Great food, beers and coffee. I'm a coffee snob and they might not be the cheapest but certainly not the most expensive and you're assured a good amount of nice strong coffee unlike many other cafes that charge the same or more and give you a tiny amount of weak watery coffee. Lovely back yard and front seating areas there is always sun as they're south and west facing. They have live music and interesting events. Just a nice relaxed vibe, cool spot to focus on work, eat good food or or attend fun events. Literally ticks every box and more.

Tasty but for 2 of 4 people, what arrived what not what was described on the menu. Staff never came to the table to check on us, so there was no opportunity to get it fixed. Could have been great, but missed.

I've been coming here for a few years and whilst I have always liked the place the new management has done a stellar job at improving the atmosphere and service. Everything they have to offer makes me happy, plus the decor is now right up my street. Can't wait to check out Jazz night. Thanks for my 'half a farm' burger today, delicious 👩‍🌾🍔

Great little place, cosy, welcoming. Great coffee and a nice little selection of food.

Great place - lovely and friendly, good food and good chat. They always know what beer to recommend! Fantastic venue!

The staff and coffee were lovely. But the breakfasts was a big let down. I had the vegetarian breakfast which didn't state on the menu would come with mashed vegetable sausages. For £12, this felt like such a crime. Im a chef, so im fully aware im bring ripped off with them costing no more than 20p each. They come across as cheap and they taste cheap. Most of the plate was potato, yet i still left hungry. My friend had the regular breakfast, most of which was unedible and over cooked.

We LOVE coming to Grounded Fishponds! Ben, Jess and the team always make us feel so welcome especially my two Godchildren. The new decor and menu are fantastic and we couldn't ask for a more personal and friendly service. We would come every day if we could!

Me and my partner love this place. It was taken over earlier in the year by Ben, who is brilliant and has done wonders with the place, it's a lot nicer than other grounded venues. It's a real anytime spot - after work pint, Sunday roast, Saturday brunch, etc. The staff are always lush and the prices are reasonable. Oh and great vegan options. The terrace is a total sun trap which you don't find many of along Fishponds road!

Grounded have loads of great little nights, quizzes, jazz, even free food if you win a dice deal or half time at the quiz! Honestly, the food at breakfast and dinner is lush, and if you love a burger, you can’t go wrong with a triple maple stack!!! Class environment all around

brilliant cafe/ pub. friendly and helpful service with a quality pizza deal (£10 for a pint and a pizza). highly recommend

Had a lovely time last night very quiet as it was a monday but the manager behind the bar was lovely and told us all about the different events going on, will deffo go back to check it out!! Pizza is a 10/10

I'm a regular, really like this place, food is good, especially since they have had a new menu, great veggie breakfast. Really friendly, nice staff, nice choice of background music. They also do gigs and quiz nights etc. which are fun. I have been coming here for many years and its definitely improved a lot with the new manager who is now running it.

Went here last night for a pizza and beer. Was such a pleasant evening especially talking with the manager who was super friendly and welcoming.

What a fantastic cafe bar! Superb coffee and breakfasts. The staff are always so welcoming too. Big sofas to spend some relaxing time on. Can’t recommend this Fishponds gem enough :)

The veggie breakfast comes with potato, potato and potato. Fried cylinders of mashed potato are not sausages. It's not like there aren't enough proteinous veggie sausages to choose from. It's not the 90s.

I'm a regular, really like this place, food is good, especially since they have had a new menu, great veggie breakfast. Really friendly, nice staff, nice choice of background music. They also do gigs and quiz nights etc. which are fun. I have been coming here for many years and its definitely improved a lot with the new manager who is now running it.

This is what a bristol Eaterie should be about. Excellent service. Excellent food and the manager creates an unbelievable vibe Walk past the crafty egg and fed. This is perfection on a wet early autumn evening

Excellent food and service, the Greek platter was amazing! This place has improved so much over the last couple of months, highly recommend!

Popped in for a late lunch with a drink and later in afternoon for a coffee and cake. Open all day for a wide selection of light meals, sandwiches etc and a good selection of quality drinks both soft and alcoholic. I was struck by the friendly nature of the cafe/bar that has a really relaxed community feel. My tuna, mozzarella and onion panini I had for lunch was very tasty. Only small criticism was lettuce in side salad was a bit past its best. I later had a very nice coffee and a delicious, soft blueberry and banana cake.

Popped in for a lunch, what a lovely place, delicious food, warm atmosphere - so chilled 😎 thanks again, deffo be in for the Sunday lunch 😜

We had a celebration family meal on Friday night. We’d passed the restaurant earlier in the afternoon and spoken to the manager to check it was ok to return with kids in the evening. He was an excellent host and the food and service was top class. Highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good selection of food and drinks at reasonable prices

We visited Grounded on Saturday 10th August to see the fabulous Bristol Blues band The Terraplanes. Grounded has a lovely welcoming atmosphere, brilliant venue for live music. The staff are very friendly and they make a great cup of tea. We didn’t have a meal so can’t comment on the food but will definitely return.

Popped in the other night, the first time since the new management have taken over, and what an improvement! Lovely decor and vibe, and such a bonus to have live music ! Will definitely come back for more music and dancing, and to sample the food, which I am told is really nice (pizza and a pint for £10 sounds like a bargain to me!)

Fantastic evening of Blues music with The Terraplanes. Great venue. Will definitely come again!

We had a lovely evening in Cafe Grounded Fishponds with live music from The Terraplanes Blues Band. Very friendly staff, and a great atmosphere. Perfect place for an evening with friends, looking forward to going there again.

Stopped in for pizza and a couple of beers. Beer and a pizza great value at £10. Kids had cake and hot chocolate. Staff were attentive, Manager really friendly. Highly recommend

Went to Grounded for open mic night great evening Pleased to see they have a new menu food was great 👌 staff are friendly 👌

Really like the Grounded chain. However, I find the Fishponds chain quite dark inside. That said they do have a lovely outside/garden area at the rear.

First visit. Nice welcome on arriving. As a 3 we ordered 2 burgers and a sharing nachos. Burgers perfect and until we were talking about our meals thought the nachos were good too, until I realised that the guacamole, sour cream and coriander relish were missing. But overall would give it another go.

Great to see a place in fishponds putting on regular live music

Came here to try out the roasts they are now doing on a Sunday and highly recommend as was superb! A new management team that have already made some great changes and looking forward to returning!

Great atmosphere and music. Perfect for lunch or a cosy night out

Quite possibly the WORST full English I’ve had in my entire life! The staff were not bad, very unbothered I must say, Friday afternoon at 2pm when a cafe should be in full swing, they have one staff member, who like I said, wasn’t rude but was very unbothered, clearly didn’t want to be there.. Now onto the NIGHTMARE of a breakfast, wow, can I just say that I have been a customer of Grounded Cafe for the good part of 15 years! Yes my main branch is Redfield which is the only reason I even trusted coming in to the Fishponds branch for a basic English breakfast, but can I say there is NOTHING similar, Fishponds branch DEEP FRY their sausages which is the stand out item in the Redfield branch, they undercook the bacon, the eggs were practically raw and worst of ALL the beans were half cooked, I mean how hard is it to cook BAKED BEANS for the adequate time, honestly I was close to just leaving the breakfast there and walking out but at the end of the day I had to eat before returning to work, please please please save your hard earned money and please Grounded Management, fix this branch or sell the lease and have someone else brand it, they are RUINING your brand Down to small things like there being no napkins in any of the amenities pots on the tables, to the toilet having no handwash, to the bleek bleek atmosphere which is no suprise if I’m honest, save yourself a nightmare of a breakfast/brunch/dinner and head on down to the Redfield branch! Again as a GROUNDED CUSTOMER of FIFTEEN YEARS, I am APPAULED.

Happy, friendly staff. Lovely food. We sat outside on the verandah at the rear. A very relaxed atmosphere. Will definitely return 👏

Used to come here all the time but new management refused to honour bottles of wine won from quiz which we saved to have as a group. Manager stated they had expired but we could find no evidence to support this. Not impressed. We will not be coming for the quiz again. Big shame because we used to love it here. The vibe has changed for the worse.

Highly recommend lovely breakfast great staff

Came in for a Sunday roast not impressed. The roast potatoes were almost like boiled potatoes they hadn't been cooked long enough. The Yorkshire and stuffing were chewy. The veg was cold and all the rest was lukewarm. I appreciate this is a new thing for them doing roast dinners but that was bad. If it hadn't been for the fact I had just finished a two hour mtb ride and was ravenously hungry I would have sent it back.

Ordered 2 x Ham, egg and chips. After 10mins, I am told they only have enough ham for one of us. OK, so I said my 94 year old friend could have it I would have the chicken burger. 10mins later, told they had no chicken!!!! OK, I'll have the fish fingers sandwich and some chips. Both meals finally arrived after a 45 minute wait. I asked for English mustard ( I like that with chips). Guess what? No English mustard. Really unbelievable. My sandwich was plastered in tartare sauce (way to much, making it inedible. My salad that came with it was just a bit of lettuce, literally drenched in balsamic glaze. It was pretty horrid. My friends said get gam was "off" so she didn't eat it and her eggs were solid, so no runny yoke. All I got from the waiter/manager was "I am waiting for a delivery". My friend doesn't get out much, as you can imagine at 94, so she was really disappointed. Terrible food (if you could get any of what you wanted,) and pretty terrible attitude by the staff. We won't be returning and would certainly never recommend.

Not a enough choice one size coffe

This place seemed lovely on first impressions, however the food is absolutely not up to scratch for the prices. £11.75 for a vegan burger and pasta and pizzas were around the same. This would’ve been fine if the food was half decent but it was Wetherspoons quality, and took over 45 minutes for our food to come out. For what seemed like microwaved food, with wilted salad leaves and cold chips. Pasta was undercooked and barely any vegetables as advertised. An open mic happened during our meal which seemed to be the only redeeming thing about this place, albeit rather loud! Staff are very “casual” and dress like they’re outside wearing coats, but I can understand why as all heaters were off and it was freezing in there. Smelly dirty glassware too. I would probably give it another visit if the coffee is any good. I appreciate the fact they had a few vegan and veggie options available.

The coffee and hot chocolate don't taste nice at all pancakes made my friend feel ill but cheap and service was good

Very empty early Sunday, but full breakfast is fabulous. Sausage tasted of pork! Bacon was cooked on the grill and was smoky fabulous brown toast I could not finish my brekkies. So nice. Thank u

Grounded is a staple and reliable option delivering quality tasty food, good coffee in an airy spacious environment. Friendly staff, dog friendly, good children’s menu. Lasagne is top!

Myself and my partner both ordered the epic breakfast and I asked for no black pudding on mine. They both came out without the black pudding and they were both inedible. Extremely salty bacon, undercooked eggs and hard cheap sausages. I advised the person at the counter about this and he gave me a refund. Also the lock on the ladies toilet did not work and someone walked in while I was thankfully washing my hands.

Excellent local place really busy, great service. Food good came very quickly. Dog friendly. Recommended

The usual cosy Grounded experience, can't knock it really.

Nice place to chill as has a good vibe. Friendly and very helpful staff. Lovely breakfasts. Good facilities and has seating area at the back.

I really love this place. Its very cosy and warm. Food is tasty and service quick. Prices are also good. Clean toilets and staff is friendly and helpful, everything is great and I've been here many times and will be coming back again.

One of the best lasagne I have ever had

The service, food, and atmosphere were all good. It has such a cosy feel, a great place to be on a miserable day!

As a customer there are a number of decent options for breakfast in Fishponds but we opted for Grounded. Very long wait for food even though they were not busy. Pancakes were very dark in colour, dry and resembled the ones you can buy in a supermarket. The bacon was grey in colour and not in the slightest bit crispy. All in all a very poor breakfast! We won't be back.

Me and My mum goes to grounded in fishponds we use to love going there having a nice cappuccino but the last couple of times the cappuccino tasted burnt and has really out me of now

I always have a coffee lovely, today I had a giant teacake which would of been 100 % if it came with real butter not Margarine ,I will know for next time the girls behind the counter were lovely friendly staff.

Only had coffee, food that was coming out looked lovely, nice place

Always a fan of a good coffee shop, Grounded is a great spot. Child friendly, dog friendly. The staff are very friendly and attentive. The cakes and pasteries are amazing. I am a huge fan of their Chai tea. It is what makes me come here time and time again.

Visited on a Sunday at 1pm, nice atmosphere but let down by many aspects: 1. Drinks - viewed menu & chose 6 o’clock gin with a fever tree tonic - no 6 o’clock gin or fever tree tonic! 2. Ordered Poached eggs on English muffins - no muffins so told it would come with toast, when it eventually arrived the bread had hardly seen the toaster 3. Ordered at the same time as our friends but paid separately, our friends food arrived but ours was no where to been seen. Friends finished eating before our food arrived 4. Visited the ladies - door wouldn’t lock, dirty loo roll on the seat, very dirty & hand drier didn’t work Sadly very disappointing!

Love the staff. Great service, great coffee, and friendly faces.

Very nice full english in a rustic setting. Reasonably priced considering the other cafes around. Food is very nice but way too much for us both. Could do with a smaller option.

Amazing place with great service! The new manager treated us so well and the food was delicious. Would recommend

Lovely place.... The new manager is so friendly and nice. Lovely atmosphere too ☺️ Really good taste of music.

Really tasty coffee lovely friendly staff.

We waited over 50 minutes for our food to come and then it was luke warm. I complained to the waiter but he just informed me that it was his first shift.

Great ambiance and super friendly staff. Open late on weeknights which is rare for cafés.

Food is awful. Staff are great. Grounded, if you sort out your menu, you will be great. Your staff are fantastic.

The manager was super sweet to me and my kids. She spoke to my daughter for ages about being a barista and was so lovely and helpful. The food is always delicious (we go every Monday!) and the drink selection is good. We love the playground in the back garden!

Lovely food nice atmosphere and very nice friendly staff always happy to see us in particular the young lady at the counter is an asset that should not be overlooked

I went for some drinks with my gf Tunde and maristella was serving that day both of them so polite and very helpful. They always made sure we felt welcomed and explained a bit of what was going on that night as they had an open mic. Both ladies super friendly

Just popped in for coffee, but a lovely atmosphere and little patio with a small child play area, I was impressed and will try the food next time 😁

Lovely new manager, very helpful and friendly, couldn't do enough to help. Thank you for a lovely visit xx

I had an amazing fresh salad, everything tasted great, and the staff was amazing and very polite. I’d like to thank Maristela for the exceptional reception and for her services. Would recommend to anyone :)

I had a panini and chips. Took a while to come but worth the wait. All delicious and good sized portions, very reasonably priced. Chips were amazing ! Will definitely go again.

Service was lovely, came in for a pint with mates, left with a delicious slice of cake. The manager on shift T had some really friendly and welcoming banter.

The food is amazing, the drinks and garden area bring good vibes, defo a place I'll visit again with a few mates! T was very friendly :)

Wonderful atmosphere and staff, T was super friendly

We went for lunch and spent time choosing a pizza we wanted. But they wouldn't serve that before 4pm and it wasn't mentioned on the menu either but apart from that everything was great. We had vegetarian breakfast, blueberry muffins and tea.

I visited with my daughter for a delicious brunch and was served by a lovely lady called T.. who was super friendly, personable and extremely helpful. The food was delicious and we will return.

Food was terrible eggs was swimming in oil , sausage very cheap quality and bacon well 🤢 posh toast with margarine on it no butter won’t be visting again and a waste of money

Had some lovely vegan shakshuka with egg substituted by tofu. Really lovely and flavoursome sauce, but tofu a bit underwhelming. Great service by T the waitress, really polite, helpful and bubbly. Bathroom door needs a mend, but otherwise atmosphere in restaurant lively and welcoming.

Nice place with good drinks, served by T who was super friendly

Great drinks at good prices! We were served by a lovely lady called T who was super attentive and friendly. Would definitely recommend to anyone 😊 nice garden too!

Charlie was absolutely brilliant and provided quality service. Highly recommended.

Lovely relaxed place. Great on a hot evening with their opened up front. Quiz night every Tuesday for a bit of fun. Loyalty stamp cards for coffees and beers. 2 for 1 on pizzas between 7pm and 9pm Mon to Thurs. Friendly happy staff, outside area to the rear and dog friendly with water bowls, treats at the counter and a doggy breakfast menu! Great place to visit and relax

It's OK. Service was a bit slow

Scrambled eggs were a complete disaster. Something I would expect from a child learning and I hate to criticise as I’ve had other lovely food here. Timing is slow even for a coffee.

We normally enjoy this place but I think it’s important for the chef to recognise his errors and then motive upon what should have been a lovely breakfast. We had scrambled eggs on toast and I hate to criticise but the eggs were dry and majorly over cooked with zero flavour and not the best presentation either. Hope this helps for the future cooking of your eggs.

Food with flavour! We rarely eat out because it’s so often disappointing and overpriced. But after visiting this place 5 times during the day we’ve not been let down. Amazing breakfast. Great burgers and fries. Reasonable prices. Pleasant staff. Nice back garden. Relaxed atmosphere with no pretensions. Highly recommend.

Really impressed with the gluten free options here, I can always reliably get a tasty option that doesn't upset my stomach. Thank you. :)

Amazing service highly recommended

After our recent visit we certainly won’t be back anytime soon, which is a shame as we had visited twice before and both times it was lovely. It’s never very busy which makes sense recently as it seems to have gone downhill a lot. The atmosphere is stale and almost nonexistent. The place seems a little run down and lacking some form of management. The food has become pretty poor, so much so that I didn’t even eat half of my breakfast as nothing tasted very good. The hashbrowns were grease soaked, toast burnt, potatoes hard, we had to ask for black pudding that was forgotten from our breakfast too, which while they were edible, we wouldn’t call it great. The only things that were good were the bacon and beans, and it’s incredibly hard to ruin beans let’s be honest. They also didn’t have the full range of juices advertised and no ice either as they had run out, at 1:30pm on a Friday….not a great start to the afternoon and evening service.

Ordered lasagne it took them 15min to say they didn't habe so went with the carbanara but it was dry no sauce left mist of it, the waitress was lovely though

Nice place to visit, great food and coffee. I will pop in again

Really chilled. Tasty food and friendly staff, would recommend breakfast!

kitchen hours are completely incorrect on here and the website, kitchen shuts at 8 on weekdays