City Café Bristol

At full throttle this spacious, contemporary hotel dining room is everything a city brasserie should be: buzzy but civilised, with a classy, modern menu that’s versatile enough for such a sizeable place. Diners can graze on the likes of leek & Rosary goats’ cheese tart with beetroot chutney or pressed ham hock & parsley terrine with white peach chutney & a pan-fried quail’s egg, ahead of Finnan haddock & salmon fishcake with lemon & chive butter sauce or aged rack of lamb niçoise. If you’ve room for dessert, you might consider banana & hazelnut Arctic roll with passionfruit. The market menu changes twice a week, there’s a good-value set lunch (£9.95 for two courses) & the terrace overlooking Temple Gardens is a pleasant prospect on fine days.