Yafo in Bristol, City of

Amazingly attentive and kind staff at this place. Saw them proactively offer a free coffee to a food delivery driver while he waited, and also give a young child an Oreo for “finishing her dinner”. And they were lovely to us too, when ordering and being served! Food was also excellent (I loved the classic felafel in a pita, and the pita chips were amazing), and they were very accommodating with dietaries. 10/10

Love the food and friendly atmosphere.

Had a lovely meal here, lots of vegetarian and vegan meals, so tasty, I didn't miss the meat! Highly recommended.

Very very tasty felafel. Lovely

Food nice as ever but one dish came out over 10 minutes before the other two. So it was either eat it alone, watched by the others, or pick at it slowly so we could at least eat together for part of our time there. Chose the latter, but then of course the first dish was rather cold at that point. Not ideal if you go out to dine for lunch together (part of the point of going to a restaurant surely).

We came here for my friends birthday and we’ll definitely be back!! The food, atmosphere and service was incredible. Big shout out to Chris who went above and beyond to make my friends birthday so special!! Cannot fault a thing, would definitely recommend it was all perfect and we can’t wait to come back 😊

Cauliflower salad bowl and corn ribs. The taste of everything was good and I love sauce but both dishes were too saucy. Hummus, tzatziki and mango chilli sauce were all delicious but was too much for the minimal couscous and salad in the bowl. The corn ribs were also drenched in the bbq sauce which was very tangy and strong but also great flavour (I’m a chef and can handle salty strong flavours) just overpowering with being so much. I sat inside but receive the salad in a to-go bowl with a plastic lid and also noticed drinks being served in plastic cups. They all may be recyclable but it is such a waste if you are eating in. Not hard to wash a few extra plates with 3+ staff working there. Also a waste of money for the business. Overall not bad but room for improvement.

Had a lovely dinner at this place. Its a small eatery hence we have to book in advance. We had an assortment of Middle Eastern veggie tasty food. Everything tasted great except for the Hummus was too liquidy. Its a bit more tighter in Lebanon. Only the cheesecake was average. It was the baked version which was not to my liking

Lovely food, but offensively small food portions for the steep price.

Nice food, good service and friendly staff.

Great Mediterranean food, service was excellent, and the place got good vibes

We always enjoy brunch here - the shakshouka is especially great, or the pistachio milkshake

Staff unable to communicate on the most basic level, was basically told to provide the waitering service ourselves

Really good food with lots of flavour, plenty of tasty vegan options and good prices! Photo is of the ‘Peninsula’

We enjoyed our dinner so much returned for lunch the next day! Delicious food, lovingly prepared with great textures and flavours. Highly recommended!

Fabulous lunch, really tasty food, great wide-ranging menu and friendly staff. Loved it!

Unfortunately we didn't have a good experience here. The service was without attention to us, the food (we had ordered various small things) did not come together, but gradually. The food is average and not particularly refined but rather fatty and heavy. What surprised us most, however, are the high prices and what you get for them. Five small cubes of hallumi on a skewer for £11? This is usury. Each additional loaf also costs an extra £1.50. When we pointed out when paying that some of the small items noted on the menu were missing, we were asked snidely if we would like to have some to take away afterwards. A very big disappointment, this experience had nothing to do with the generosity and hospitality that we know from Israel. It's better to try another option down the street, there's a lot to choose from and you'll not only get more for your money, but you'll definitely get better service and a nicer experience!

Amazing food served in a great space, thanks

Lovely vegan and veggie food, great flavours, reasonably priced and really good service. I made a mistake with my order and they put it right immediately and didn't charge for the difference even though I tried to. Would definitely go back again.

Really cosy place with excellent service and staff. Always fully booked and there are clearly a reason for it. Food is tasty and portions are generous. Will be back again and would recommend to everyone. Unless your are uncomfortable with small spaces, then probably its not for you. Otherwise amazing place!

Fabulous range of vegan food in relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff. Really enjoyed falafel salad. Liked the look of the dishes other people were eating too!

Lady at the counter was very rude and it seemed almost like it was a nuisance to her that I wanted to order something. If I hadn’t paid already I would have left. I appreciate everyone has a bad day every now and then but it’s not how you keep customers or good word of mouth.

This used to be one of my #1 restaurants - we had a fantastic last meal here in December 2023. When we returned in February 2024, it was with huge shock that I realised the menu had changed but decided to give it a try anyways. The food was plain and tasted all the same; hummus was ok and nothing really stranded out. I understand that there has been a change in management as menu, atmosphere and team members all changed without notice. No more table ordering, you have to order at the bar and pay upfront. Atmosphere was pathetic and just didn’t go with the style of food served at all. They used to serve the best falafel, hummus, mezze and Middle Eastern food in Bristol and now all you get is pizza base with un flavourful toppings. Don’t think I’ll go back anytime soon.

Some of the best vegeterian food I've had in a long while. Lovely staff. Left my hat and they let me know and I could pick it up the next day. I will be returning if I'm back in Bristol!

A really underwhelming experience. Went for dinner and the food was just bad. Firstly, they should make it clear that their wraps aren’t available after lunch and none of their taboon (pizza) dishes were available. We ordered four manot dishes, the authentic hummus and the marinated pita chips. Unfortunately the hummus and pita chips were bland and awful. Sad to see a hummus restaurant get hummus so wrong. Have had better hummus from Sainsbury’s. The pita chips tasted like air and oil. The falafel, siikh and the corn rips were okay. Sadly, the sambousek was a soggy mess. Can’t believe I spent £50 on this food. Please save your money and go somewhere else. Service was okay but need to fix their allergen menu.

Exceptional! Third time visiting Yafo and it never fails to impress. I’m not veggie but would recommend this place to anyone regardless of dietary preferences. The food is impeccable, cosy and inviting atmosphere, and the service is second to none. Thank you for always being so kind and welcoming! My favourite place on North Street.

I googled Palestinian food, and this rip off joint came up.

Delicious food with extensive and creative menu. I will come back for more 😍

Can't wait for when they'll be open for breakfast again! Great food, a liiiitle overpriced I find, but I keep coming so eh:) I'd love to see some healthier smoothies on the menu too, then it'll be perfect 😇

If you want to see how creative can a menu get primarily with falafels, come to Yafo. Immensely creative menu especially dig the options for vegans. Awesome friendly service and a very laid back vibe. Highly recommended.

This is fantastic little cafe. We had one of the brunch dishes which was delicious, tasty, fresh and cooked with lovely! Staff very friendly and decent value. Thoroughly recommend this place.

Amazing place, so friendly, attentive and will do anything to accommodate you. Food was absolutely delicious! Felt very very welcome with our toddler too.

really lovely service and the food was amazing - highly recommend and will definitely return

Excellent falafel and vegetarian/vegan dishes! We really enjoyed our first visit to Yafo and it certainly won’t be our last. We had the #BS3 Burger, Musakhan, Two Chips Street Fries, Falafel side and a Pistachio Cannoli for dessert. Incredible flavours and textures; enough food for two. Atmosphere was a bit chaotic but not enough to dampen our experience. Thank you!

Such a shame! What was a really lovely vegan breakfast option is now no better than Tesco's cafe!! In fact think Tesco breakfast was better. Understand the place is under new management and they made the changes to the menu. Obviously price driven and whoever they aren't vegan friendly as the breakfast was two bland vegan sausages (mashed potato and veg bits, fried), some baked beans with spice in them, tater tots, a bland grilled tomato, a small amount of smashed avocado and a pita. You can see what you used to get in the vegan breakfast in someone's review further down and it included scrambled tofu, fava beans, grilled asparagus, grilled mushrooms, tater tots, grilled tomatoes on the vine and lots of sliced avocado etc. It used to be lovely. Now I won't bother coming back. Such a shame as the area is generally vegan friendly and this was a favourite of the community but not any more. Spoke to a member of staff who said they had already spoken to management about the changes as knew customers weren't happy and they were ignored. Says it all.

Delicious food in a friendly warm atmosphere. Very busy on a Saturday lunch time. Be sure to book. Don't miss!

The flavours in the falafel wrap are so good! Delicious food and lovely service. Just remember to book a table as it’s often full. Worth the wait though!

I love Arabic Palestinian food's FALAFEL HUMMUS SHAWRMA 😋

A solid north street establishment. The food is good and it is certainly worth it to grab a meal here

Amazing food, easily the best lunch on North Street! The hummus lahmeh plate is to die for, my only advice would be to get an extra pitta as one is not going to cut it. Staff are also really kind and welcoming. A new favourite for me.

excellent service, good staff and delicious

Had takeaway delivery from here a few times and loved it, so thought we'd try eating in. IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT. The people who work there are really lovely, the food is veggie/vegan and absolutely delicious, good price points too! I would recommend this place!

Bangin’… I’m not even vegan, just fancied falafel. OMG, the flavours. Had the corn ribs, falafel & cauliflower to share as a starter, then a flatbread and a pizza kinda thing. TO DIE FOR. Starters, mains and a bottle of Prosecco for £60 😍 recommend 10/10

Great food, excellent service and a nice place to hang out. Recommended!

Great food, top quality staff. Service was amazing. Although now learning about the owners treat staff has left a bad taste in my mouth…

Delicious food, lovely range of vegan options with great service The lady that served us went above and beyond for our table.

Tasty vegan food and really friendly staff! Definitely worth a visit 😊

It was such a great experience, me and my friend who is vegetarian wanted to try something new and honestly we were not disappointed, really good selection from f vegetarian and vegan food, very nicely presented and so delicious, the prices were good, not the cheapest place, but for what you get it’s worth the money. The service was great and staff were very friendly and helpful so would definitely come again. It can get quite busy so would recommend to check in advance if there is any tables free for the evening. Overall great experience and will be recommending to my friends and family.

Very tasty avocado toast - healthy too!

Really can’t fault this place. The staff are welcoming, friendly and happy to recommend combinations. The food was cooked quickly and was absolutely delicious. Such a lovely variety of dishes, wonderful flavours and great presentation. Will definitely be coming back, and would urge others to visit.

DELicious food and even better genuine, lovely, friendly service from Andrea and Aurora 🖤

Excellent Service and Food. Loved everything about it

Delicious falafel and delightful service.

Yafo is a great choice for lunch or dinner. The food is amazing! Our waitress even brought us some free falafels with hummus and tahini to try. They were delicious 😋

My friend and I really enjoyed our evening here for dinner. The food was delicious - the best falafel I have eaten - the space felt inviting and beautiful, the staff were really friendly, kind and accommodating. Thank you so much for having us! We will be back.

We popped into Yafo on the off chance on a Wednesday evening. Most tables were reserved, but they had one left. The menu is vegetarian and is a mix of houmous plates, tapas style dishes, and pizza style flstbreads. The food comes out when it's ready, so if you're ordering a few tapas bits, they may come out one or two at a time. We chose a couple of tapas dishes, and flatbreads. All the food was delicious, my flatbread was soft, doughy, and fluffy, and the tapas carrots were some of the best carrots I'd ever eaten! There was a goid range of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks. I finished with a fresh mint tea, which was a lovely way to end dinner.

Lovely menu, great food, attentive and friendly staff.....and the best cannolli in briz

Oh wow I loved the breakfast here. The staff were really nice and even though all the tables had reserved signs they found us a spot. We went for breakfast on Saturday about 9.30ish and it was pretty empty but by late morning it was full so if you're going for late brunch probably best to book. I had shashuka and the laffa bread that came with it was super fluffy and delicious. The shashuka was perfect level of spicy and saucy. Loved the cheese that came with it too and even the coffee was great. Will be back again soon I hope!

Really nice flavourful lunch, service was quick and friendly. It was very quiet when we were there.

Very tasty vegan breakfast and wonderful service and atmosphere.

Me and my husband love going to yafo, amazing staff and best vegan schnitzel i have ever had!

Went here tonight for the first time and would definitely go back! I'll be completely honest, I had no idea it was a vegetarian and vegan restaurant; as a meat eater I'd probably have given it a miss had I known. However I'd also have missed out on an amazing dining experience with amazing food where each dish tasted excellent and was very different from each other. Really impressive food and hard to pick standout dishes as all were nice surprises. It was a fairly average Wednesday night when we went, and were the first to arrive, but the good tunes, friendly staff, and others that followed in afterwards meant that there was a lovely cosy atmosphere despite the midweek occasion. It was all lovely, but the peppers were the best I've ever tasted, and the mushroom and hummus was fantastic. I definitely recommend this place 👌

The food here is delicious. Well presented and full of flavour. The staff were friendly and helpful, explaining the menu. I am on the larger size of life and there isn't much room in the restaurant (which is more of a lunch canteen vibe) so when booking just ask for extra space. I think it would benefit if they took one table out. I would recommend and would return. It is quite pricey for what it is but really tasty food.

2 hours to be served for the breakfast. The service speed is the slowest of whole UK!! One waiter for 8 table at a time! 1 hour waiting time for asking a question. They triggered the fire alarm because of lack of experience and short staffed. All smoke inside and no one even care to show us fire exit etc. They just laughed and continued the chaos service. What if it was a real fire incident and someone might be hurt! I wish that I could give zero stars.

Absolutely brilliant. Great space, excellent menu (with plenty of vegan options), and staff who go above and beyond! Lots to do in the area as well so definitely a worthwhile destination for anyone visiting the area

Tasty food, though unfortunately they don't do the wraps for dinner. The fried cauliflower was great, crisp on the outside and well-seasoned. The flavour of the falafels was good but I found that served on their own they were a bit dry. I'm sure they're delicious in a wrap... The kitchen had a very long wait, the staff were apologetic and offered me a free drink and also a free dish that was made by accident (oyster mushroom wings which were very good). I'd have stayed anyway but I'd have appreciated the heads up when I ordered that it would be over 1h wait.

Another brilliant place for vegans in Southville. Friendly staff, nice decor and a big old window for people-watching on North St. Delicious brunch options, I recommend the Yom Tov, and plan on working my way through the rest of the menu each time I visit.

Such great food, generous portions, and everything is really flavoursome and delicious. Good coffee and pastries too.

The food here is amazing. I am usually a meat eater but if I could eat like this all the time I wouldn't miss meat for sure. Really friendly and helpful staff too. Highly recommended.

We rarely venture to Bedminster, but we dropped in for lunch and discovered a gem. Delicious food, fantastic service by friendly staff - what more could you ask for? We'll be back !!

I've been here only once but I will come back for sure. I love the food, place and Service. All people is soo nice. Here is the best atmosphere from all the places I've been.

The food is really delicious, my fav is authentic shakshuka and Yafo. cookies milkshake.The atmosphere is very nice and the local look really good.I definitely can recommend this place😁👍

The place have good climat, I'm vegetarian and I have high standards for food I eat soo only few restaurants can be good for my preference but everyone can find something for themselves.

Popped in about 20.30 pm last night. Ordered half a pitta with fallafel, salad and hummus and chips on the side. The pitta was like cutting through a football and no hummus visible. Maybe it was the thinly spread spread inside the pitta which looked like white margarine. The chips were flabby and had been cooked in stale fat. The only nice thing on the plate were the fallafels. Very different to my last visit, not long after it opened. Staff were very pleasant.

This place was suggested to us by a random person on the street and since we were starving we thought we'd give it a go. The place was spotless and the food was amazing - we got the classic falafel, a salad box with pitta and fries. We visited on Sunday so it was almost empty but the service was really good. Deffo recommend, I hope they're on Deliveroo!

I've been number of times and while the food is ok the service is soooo slow.

This place was up my street. A mixture of vegan and vegan food. Decent portions. Young friendly staff, one who called me his type of grandad.

Sooo good! Huge selection of compelling dishes.

Beautiful place, friendly staff, only issues it gets so crowded. Worth a visit, just sit outside. Or take food with you.

Circled in pen on the receipt was "service charge is not included" ....well obviously as it's not a legal requirement! I found that very passive aggressive... Everyone gets paid a minimum wage in the UK, you have absolutely no right to make people feel they should give you extra money for doing your job!

Delicious food, large portions, good value

We have eaten here on several occasions now and it remains one of our firm favourites. The staff are friendly, the interior design is lovely and the food is always great 😊

Like the place. I only order takeaway but they are busy a lot so the food takes longer but I don't mind that. Falafel salad really nice

Bland food, mad chaotic service, genuinely far too long to wait for food as well. Real shame, when this place opened the food was great but things seem to have changed for the worse.

On your 3rd visit you'd think that you'll gt better service, but that would be a false assumption. I asked if I can dine without reservation and they were fine with it but staff kept coming back seeming tk want to kick me out asap. And when I finally am going, they didn't have the proper packaging for a takeaway cup that I ordered from the very beginning. Now it's spilled all over

Quality food and nice alfresco terrace all be it on roadside

I always have a great brunch here. The service is very friendly and coffee is very good, plus they have delish pastries!

Had a couple of dishes and were served delightfully. Great hospitality and the food was tasty and left us happy and nicely full. Can't wait to try more.

Falafel delicious, salads gorgeous and plentiful, rustic fries so good... I order falafel salad box, a pitta and rustic fries and I have leftovers for the next day (and I have a massive appetite!) Ordered takeaway over the phone and it was ready in 10 min. Delicious!

A real gem in the Bristol independent restaurant scene. Omnivores will enjoy the vegan/vegetarian options offered. The food is middle Easter/Mediterranean and has been prepared with tremendous care. Abundant with flavours, textures and service was great and relaxed. We sat outside and had such a great time - felt like we were on holiday whilst the sun was out. They have a well chosen wine list, and a nice selection of independent beers - non alcoholic beer as well. I'll definitely come back again!

Had the best evening celebrating my Birthday. Lovely atmosphere, food was wonderful and the staff couldn't do enough for us. Highly recommend, will definitely be back

Extremely kind and generous. Would definitely recommend ❤️

Really lovely staff but sadly the food was absolutely toilet

Lovely place. Food is good. Vegetarian only. Really tasty.

Home of some of the best falafel I've ever had at a very fair price. If you want really good falafel, go here.

It is always fun, but sometimes very difficult in these restaurants serving foreign food to work out who the secret agents are and who is just a normal person.

Lovely experience, tasty, healthy and mostly vegan. Baklava was exquisite.

I took my young family of four to Yano this evening as a last minute treat. We’ve had a fantastic evening eating great food. The only thing better than the food were the incredibly attentive staff who made our evening really special. Thank you, we will be back.

Very popular place! Falafel wrap meal was excellent, just felt the ingredients could have been brought together better. Served on top of a wrap, which wasn't wrapped...and was then difficult to wrap. I'd like to visit again but will improve my wrapping skills prior

Yafo is absolutely one of the best restaurants in Bristol. The flavours are superb, the service is incredible and it’s so reasonably priced. Go here you won’t be disappointed.