Lonely Mouth in Bristol, City of

Food was delicious, and excellent coffee!

Went here for breakfast this morning and already have plans to come back. So much more interesting and tasty than eggs on toast! We tried the salmon, pork and sticky plum tofu - all amazing, especially the plum tofu. We also had matcha lattes which were really good. So glad this place exists, please don't go anywhere.

This place is absolutely EPIC! So refreshing to have a different concept amongst the sea of basic cafes. Such a good vibe, vinyl music playing, beautiful cups and plates, a mouthwatering menu that doesn’t disappoint. Truly worth a trip!! A friend recommended it and was worth the 30 minute drive across town to visit. Only wish it was near me. Thank you to whoever was bold enough to try something new! Hats off to you and wish you ever success with it

I feel so privileged a cafe like Lonely Mouth has opened in Bristol! Cozy cafe playing vinyl serving wholesome Japanese food. My companion got the special tuna set with rice, miso soup, kimchi and seaweed while I chose the French toast. The toast was very soft, the compote was tart and accompanies the dish well. I think I would prefer a savoury choice next time. They offer chazuke (rice with tea/broth) and other light brunch options. Price is not bad for the quality you get. The only suggestion I have is to have more ventilation. I was sat by the kitchen on the bigger bench and my eyes stung with the smoke.

Omg the lunch time special was delicious (fatty tunna).

Delicious, reasonably priced food and a lovely atmosphere - would recommend the salmon tesihoku. As a design nerd I really liked the menus too!

A great place to try for something different. They’d run out of salmon when we went but that didn’t matter as the spicy plum crispy tofu was the best tofu I’ve ever had! We had a cheese and kimchi toastie, a traditional breakfast and the chazuke.

I wasn't expecting it to be THAT great! Food, tunes, atmosphere, value. So good. Some of the best flavours I've had - happy mouth.

Highly recommend this new Japanese listening cafe. Fantastic brunch, definitely going back again soon. I’ve been twice now and it’s consistently high quality and great service. Delicious Japanese food, amazing crispy plum tofu, comforting miso, homemade pickles and the French toast is a show stopper, truly the best I’ve ever tried. I understand this new gem on Gloucester Road is a female led start up which makes me love it even more ❤️ It is amazing and I’m happy to become a regular xxx

This is by far the best independent cafe in the Bristol area. The food absolutely impeccable and tasty, drinks are crafted to perfection and the staff are always welcoming and friendly. My personal favourite dish is the Tofu breakfast, and you HAVE to try their cakes 😍 you will not regret the visit

Super delicious and great value

Delicious food with new flavours and excellent service. Had a nice cold drink too. The french toast was by far my favourite and it’s hard to find a better one in Bristol I think!

Delicious! I have come here a couple of times. First visit I tried the special, a creamy, velvety, salty, udon cabonara. My partner had the ochazuke which I of course also had to have a spoon of. Both dishes were fantastic, although took a while to come out. The cafe is new and it was a busy weekend, and so assumed they were still tweaking the efficiency in the kitchen. The food was well worth the wait anyway! My second visit was solo, on a Wednesday. I didn't need to wait long to hoon down my Japanese brekkie. It's a well thought out dish, keeping the customer's taste buds in mind: Plenty of Japanese flavours but not 100% traditional i.e. I'm so glad natto is not on the menu! 😅 The atmosphere is chill and the tunes are great. I look forward to coming back!

Amazing food 🤩🙌🏻 This is the third time I’ve come back for the Japanese breakfast. Cosy atmosphere. They need more staff, I came on a Sunday and almost felt I couldn’t order from the overwhelmed staff on the bar as they tried to clear tables man the til and make drinks as the queue only kept growing out the door.

Delicious and filling Japanese breakfast. And incredible music!

Great food and drinks ! We had the breakfast, a katsu toastie and the ube cheesecake , all super tasty !! Service was pretty quick too , nice quaint cafe :)

Wow, sakura and ube cheesecake with amazing tunes from DJ Macaroon on a Sunday - loved it! And another time I tried the ube brownie! So good, I will be back!

Absolute gem of a café/restaurant. I've been twice, once for a brunch by myself and then a second time for coffee and pastries with my husband and two youngish children. Both delightful experiences. I highly recommend Lonely Mouth. Delicious, great vibes, superb service xx

Food is absolutely delicious, I loved the tofu. Also the ube matcha is beautiful and goddamn delicious. Highly recommend will be coming back plenty!

Food is banging and a totally different style of Japanese food to other Japanese spots in Bristol at the moment. Tunes are on point and Liv (the owner) is a sweetheart who is so passionate about what she does. I could mainline that Ube cream.

The yummiest brunch! I had the salmon and it was cooked to perfection. Great portion sizes and good value in my opinion. Really great atmosphere, loads of drink options. I can’t wait to come back and try the toasties.

Kimchi toastie was unreal. Tunes were sensational. Service was top tier. Will be returning many more times

A bit underwhelmed from my experience here, though it’s possible the team may have been understaffed on the day. Had to clear someone else’s dirty dishes off of our table as did another set of customers. this would generally be okay if things were chaotic, but the colleague behind the counter didn’t appear to be overwhelmed. Ended up just getting a couple of toasties in the end, but at 1pm there was only the choice of 1 available. While the toasties were nice, they also took a while to arrive. Seems as if it was just a bad day going by other reviews

The ambiance and music were lovely and I loved the chazuke rice especially! I ordered the matcha strawberry cream drink and the only problem I had was that it was about half full with ice, which made it watery on the top, and the icecubes were big, so it was difficult to mix the strawberry cream into the drink and get to the best part at the bottom! If possible maybe offer ice to be optional or use less/smaller ice. The curry sandwich was good also!

As someone who’s travelled to Japan for multiple times, I can confidently say that the food is not the most authentic Japanese food that you can find. However, the listening cafe concept is great, and the food served is definitely very unique to the Bristol food scene. The crispy tofu breakfast tastes amazing, but will be better if a greater variety of flavours is offered in the meal (the same seasoning is used for both the rice and the tofu). The music is relaxing despite being a bit loud - great if you’re working alone but not very helpful if you’re trying to hold a conversation. Would like to visit again and try out the chazuke next!

A unique food experience. Delicious Japanese inspired food. Small menu with only a few options, but these are excellent and you should order everything. Toasties are to die for. Looking forward to return and try more.

Beautiful restaurant, gorgeous and vibrant atmosphere and food experience, reasonable prices. I absolutely recommend! The traditional breakfast tray took a bit long to arrive (30+ minutes) and would’ve liked more attention / service from the staff, they were also out of salmon unfortunately. Would’ve given it 5/5 if not for those things, but amazing otherwise and food is worth the wait. I would keep coming back if I lived close!

It's really nice here! We had the toasties, a mocha and jasmine tea, everything was really good. The staff were lovely as well. Definitely reccomend coming here, we will absolutely be coming back!

Chilled out atmosphere with super tasty food, will definitely go back again

LOVED the food, the spicy plum tofu is a must try even if you're not vegetarian/vegan! The tuna special was also delicious, can't fault the food at all. Staff is very nice as well, and we couldn't stop looking at the owner's cute dog - what a treat having him around. I think we were there on a really busy Saturday so there was a lot going on around us; can't wait to come back for a more chill atmosphere next time, I need to try the ube cake that looked incredible.

One of my favourite places to eat in bristol!

I have been here a few times now. The food is unbelievable. One of the best brunches in Bristol I’d say. So different to anything else you’d normally get and the vegan option is amazing - the tofu is unreal. (Plenty of non vegan options too though.) The coffee is perfect too, even down to the cute mugs it’s served in. I’ve had a matcha drink as well which was refreshing and delicious. I just need to try the toasty if I can ever swerve from the breakfast!

Been lamenting the lack of Japanese style breakfast options in Bristol for ages so this is a proper treat! Have tried a few of the options so far and all very tasty.

Had an amazing Japanese breakfast here, I can recommend the crispy tofu and the egg side, they were delicious :)

Wonderfully cosy space with beautiful Japanese influenced food and brilliantly friendly staff - been twice since they opened and am definitely going back!

Had a little catchup with my friend at lonely mouth and we got some iced matcha and toasties. The katsu and cheese toasty sounds weird, but it is AMAZING!!! It is also vegetarian! So filling as well. The kimchi toasty comes at second place for me, but my friend actually preferred it over the katsu one. The iced matcha with strawberry cream was very good, I personally would have enjoyed more strawberry cream as it did get mixed in. The dining ware is beautiful. The general aesthetic of the place is so calming, they even have a lovely little vinyl corner. Would definitely come back to try their desserts and Japanese breakfast.

Honestly cannot fault this place - such good, friendly, wholesome vibes we are SO lucky this is our new local spot. The food is just incredible too - we could hardly choose what to order and now it's hard not to order the same again every time because it is THAT good. We had the salmon breakfast, kimchi toastie and some of the dreamy Ube cheesecake. Just wow.

An absolute hidden gem at the top of Gloucester Road. A must visit for any Bristol foodie! Fantastic service and incredible, interesting food.

A very small cosy restaurant with very well prepared and tasty food, and polite and helpful staff

Great music, great food. Very different. If you're tired of avocado on toast, go and sample Lonely Mouth. Small menu but big flavours. As a family of four, we spent £80 on food and one drink each. Everything was correct, but the food was great. Delicious pickles, nicely cooked rice, an okay miso soup, a spicy sauce offered with the food that wasn't spicy, and a very well-cooked and flavoursome piece of salmon. Everything was delicious and made with care and arrived promptly. All accompanied by great tunes. We will be back to try other dishes like the toasties. What a great idea and concept. I hope they get some success out of a tricky location. Go and pay them a visit.

First time trying Japanese breakfast, highly recommend. The portion size is good, and OMG all the flavors are delicious. We had the traditional Vegan.

10/10 an absolute gem !! great tunes / DJs, great food, great staff, great place!

My girlfriend and I had our first experience here this Sunday, where we tried the limited tuna belly over rice. Truly an incredible meal, from the perfect seasoning of the miso soup, to the insane quality of the fish (easily the highest grade tuna I’ve had in the UK), to the perfect portion sizes. The ambience was great, felt very cozy and the music was relaxing and not overly loud that it detracted from the mood. Bonus points for the cutest dog running around and stealing attention from everyone. Genuinely looking forward to the next time we go back!

Amazing café, delicious tofu breakfast, fab music, great vibes. Looking forward to being around for the vinyl nights!

Really cute cafe. Got the salmon lunch set, matcha ube drink and treated ourselves to ube cookie and a matcha tiramisu. Enjoyed it all, looking forward to coming again and trying out the other desserts!

best tofu i’ve ever had! Loveliest people 10/10 spot!

Love it here, whenever somebody visits me in Bristol, I take them here for breakfast and they are always blown away. Staff are lovely, atmosphere is fantastic with the chill music, often very relaxing hip-hop. The drinks are great, with plenty of options both familiar and a little bit more unique. The food is, undoubtedly, some of the best I have ever had and definitely the best breakfast I can find in Bristol. It just makes me feel happy and my soul lights up whenever I have it. If you are in Bristol, weather visiting or you're a local, you owe it to yourself to try this. Especially if you like any kind of Asian cusine.

I was so gutted!! people have been raving about this place but the best thing was the decor. the treats we had were so dry, it was a cookie pie and a filled cookie, I feel like maybe they had been out for a while in the heat?? I couldn't finish mine. the coffee was mid, towards the end it tasted like they had either reheated the milk or the milk was gone off. we also had a matcha with strawberry cream I think cost like £6+, the entire glass was full of ice and there might have been like 3 mouthfuls of the actual drink in there. and the matcha was premade :( I was so sad!! the girls really didn't seem interested in serving anyone which was also really disheartening. I loved the decor but it felt like all style and no substance. I can't say what the cooked food is like since we didn't have it but hopefully it's the saving grace of this place. the entire thing was £21 and honestly I feel a bit scammed.

Amazing staff, super friendly! Food was the best ive had! Will be making this my new weekend treat!

Gorgeous place - super relaxing & really delicious Japanese breakfast. A very welcome addition to Gloucester Road !

Wasn't sure what to expect as the menu on Google is from a previous incarnation, turned out to be short and unusual menu of big rice based breakfasts, french toast, toasties, and cakes The Japanese breakfast was excellent, especially the incredible plum tofu. It was also huge; enough for an evening meal. My partners Chazuke with salmon was also good and similarly satisfying, though he preferred mine. I'd love if there were a few more lighter/takeaway options; maybe a half size portion as a bento box, or just the plum tofu in an onigiri. Having said that, the toasties did look amazing, and the matcha latte was delicious and beautiful. Fab and interesting soundtrack too. Left feeling hip and full.

So happy to have this spot as my new local brunch spot and I’ll definitely be taking all my friends here. The food is absolutely delicious and it’s such a unique option for brunch that I’ve never come across before. The vibes are wonderful and the tune selection is also top notch, and those vegan cookies are unreal!!!

I lived in Japan briefly and have since been craving a proper Japanese breakfast. The food here has absolutely filled that gap and although I don’t live particularly close, I try to make the effort to get here as often as possible! I also loved the honey americano, very yummy.

This place is awesome. The food is excellent, the atmosphere is a vibe and the team that run it are super friendly and relaxed. It's basically everything you could wish for in a cafe. The french toast with matcha cream was insane. 10/10

10/10. Cannot recommend enough. Food was insane, atmosphere second to none and staff so friendly. If you're looking for somewhere special this is the place!

Still can’t get over the food and drinks, music and staff. Such an awesome experience! Can’t wait to go back ☺️

I've been here twice now and both times brought me so much joy. I don't know the owner but on both visits there were streams of people popping in and wishing them the best. Obviously proud of their friend and for good reason! The vibes are great The food is top notch (great vegan options) The drinks are wonderfully made And the music was on point! My husband ordered the traditional breakfast and I ordered the French toast (both times). The sour plum tofu (of which I stole from him) is crazy flavorful and the French toast (of which I did not share) is so decidant! My one gripe, if you can call it that is: We were waiting for a larger table but didn't know there's more in the back. There is! A sign above the door way by the tills pointing to extra seating and the loos may stop people from poking their nose in and thinking it's full and leaving but it was quite busy so that's probably not a problem! Can't wait to see how this spot, and it's menu evolves. Love it!

A truly unique spot offering a take on breakfast you can’t get anywhere else in Bristol. Super friendly staff and great tunes on an impressive soundsystem round out a must-go place

A great new place to eat and relax. Really friendly staff. A quirky drinks menu; you'll find us having matcha latte or honey coffee. An equally as quirky lunch menu; we loved the kimchi toasty! I would love to go back and try the hot food as it all smelt and looked incredible I will also be returning for the matcha cheesecake as this was insane!

Had the loveliest Japanese breakfast on Friday! Really brightened my morning, each little dish is incredibly flavourful and perfectly balanced, in all its little ways - temperature, presentation, flavour profile etc. Loved that for the pickles and miso soup, and the tofu was insanely good too. It was expensive, sure, but was well worth the price! One small thing : my drink was too icy, which diluted everything, making it hard to enjoy the taste (I had the matcha with coconut water). Either way, excited to come back and try everything on the menu!! Happy to keeping support this business (especially after the lovely ramen pop up last year) :)!!!

The food was good but expensive. Had the japanese breakfast with the salmon and there was enough food to accompany the large amount of rice so quite a filling meal.

Peaceful cafe to spend the afternoon in. Staff were super friendly and helpful. The food was unreal, got the Japanese breakfast with salmon which was perfect and so filling! Also got the matcha latte with strawberry cream 😍 will for sure be back to try some more off the menu!

Delicious mushroom toastie, in recently opened Gloucester Road cafe. Staff really friendly and helpful.

A lovely little cafe full of peaceful people, happily eating up the tasty grub and enjoying the ambience of the place. If you are looking for a relaxing place to eat, catch up with a friend or just have a coffee and people watch, this is the spot for you. Tasty, well cooked food inspired by the breakfast meals of Japan. This is sure to get your taste buds tingling in pleasure. I had a beautiful shitaki mushroom panina alongside a hearty Salmon Chazuke full of flavour.

Great place to sit, read and have a toastie 🥪☕

*at kitchen by kask pop up! Managed to fit us in for a table of 2 on a Saturday night and was worth the wait!! Excellent service. Matching beer flight. Delicious Japanese inspired cocktails and most importantly ramen that tastes like it's been cooking for over 24 hours gathering flavour and depth. We ordered the whole meat menu, had beef tartare, trust me, sounds strange but worked so well with Nori sheets and a semi- cured egg yolk for dipping. Chicken Karrage so light crispy with a good spice mix hit and finally the ramen bowls. You have to try this place to see how amazing the ramen is, made with massive amounts of time, skill and enthusiasm for Japanese cuisine. I will be reccomending to friends and trying to get back soon!

New residency at kitchen by kask on North Street Bedminster with a new menu, great starters and Ramen bowls, sweetbreads are insane and the pork belly is melt in your mouth delicious. Drinks menu and wine flights are really well thought out and tasty! Keep up the great work, will be back for banana blossom karagge very soon!

The food was simple but cooked well, prices were high. 2 thin slices of miso aubergine came to £10 and 2 very small fillets of mackerel for £14. I felt a bit ripped off because I was expecting a meal rather than high costed tapas. The menu could do with a suggested order quantity.

Very disappointed... I had karaage fried (burnt)chicken Don. It was really really dry to the point that I'm not sure if it was thigh (as it should be) or breast! Rice was good but the rest I wouldn't recommend.

This. Food. Slams!! The Don's are to die for, the pickles on them are mad and fill the plate with colour, and any topping is as good as the last. Keep on doin ya thang lonely mouth!

High expectations after the other reviews, but the food had quite the hill to climb after a 90 minute wait. Seems they spent that time on cooking the chicken alone. Thank goodness for the moisture from the cucumber salad. Was offered a refund which I refused because I do wish them all the best. They can and will do better I'm sure, maybe I timed it wrong.

Lovely pop up restaurant. Would highly recommend the Karaage (both chicken and cauli are mouth-wateringly crispy) and the fresh cucumber salad. Also the loaded Katsu fries are fantastic with a cold pint from the pub! Have been back many times and will go again.

Have enjoyed this delicious food at both The Plough and The Volunteer Tavern, incredibly put together and well seasoned with a great variety of flavours as well as options, would highly recommend !!! Looking forward to experiencing more of the menu - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

10/10 so so so so GOOD. Had to order food from here three days in a row to sort me out after working a raw week in a kitchen myself. Every time I brought a friend with me they loved it as much as me. Banging date night food! I am obsessed! Trying to make my way through the whole menu, but Katsu and sharing some small plates with friends was my favourite to do, just try everything! Not to be missed, I’m just sad Lonely Mouth aren’t in my local anymore but it’s worth the cycle to town 🔥🔥🔥

Go here if you’re hungry, because you’ll want everything on the menu. If you simply cannot choose, I recommend the karaage cauliflower, the cucumber salad and the katsu fries. Excellent food, generous portions, good vibes!

Such a good range of food. Top quality meat and really great veggie dishes. Really well priced and yummy!!!

I was thrilled when Lonely Mouth resurfaced in the kitchen at the Volly after eating my way through their menu whilst based at the Plough. Nothing but good things to say about the food, super delish and Olivia is lovely. Go eat it and you will not be disappointed 🙂

Best soul food in Bristol. Amazing portions sizes and the best cucumber salad possibly ever made

Absolutely delicious and flavourful food brought to you by some lovely people; this small business is not one you want to miss out on. Lonely Mouth has plenty of yummy veggie options which makes my vegetarian heart very happy, I could not recommend enough! P.S. you HAVE to try the cucumber salad!

Fantastic food, very well rounded with great meat and veggie options available.

Awsome food and a lovely selection of meat and vegan dishes.