Papadeli - Bristol, City of

Papadeli pulled out all the stops in catering for our wedding this September. We live local to the shop and know it well through their excellent Middle Eastern cooking class and deli. When we found out they also do wedding catering it was an easy decision to ask them to produce the food along similar lines for our reception and the 'sharing feast ' that they produced was the talk of the day. We got married in Worcestershire so it was a big distance for them to travel from Bristol, both on the day and six months before the wedding, when Louise from Papadeli, who managed the event from start to finish, travelled up to recce the venue. We didn 't have what you 'd call a 'wedding planner ', we organised everything ourselves, but Louise was the closest to it and was available throughout the year leading up to our wedding to help us with all our enquiries about the food. What could have been one of the more hard-to-get-right bits of our wedding was the bit we worried least about. They also provided the cake, which were three of the delicious cakes we often eat in the shop, and were devoured so swiftly by our ravenous guests that the bride and groom didn 't get close to having a slice! We wouldn 't hesitate in booking them again, if we could only get married again!

Amazing place, delicious healthy platter of salads, with olives and bread, followed and cakes to share. Great value. Staff were fantastic and went out of their way. Best place by far in Clifton Down, Bristol for breakfast, a hot drink or a takeaway sandwich. Thank you Papadeli.

I had visited with my father just weeks before my most recent visit where I proceeded to order a halumi sandwich and my father something similar. Were were then informed that of the 6 or 7 sandwiches displayed that had only the ingredients for four. With that I chose a sandwich from the new limited collection I had to choose from. We ate the sandwiches and decided that they weren’t worth the trouble, time or money. Our next visit was then this Saturday morning as all other brunch places around the area were full so gave Papadeli the benefit of the doubt. We Went in and ordered off of the breakfast menu with a selection of 5 or 6 fairly cheap options. I ordered the bacon sandwich and my father and brother ordered croissants. On our first attempt at ordering we were informed that they had no bacon. I then reluctantly reordered the toast slightly angry that they could advertise a bacon sandwich and nor provide the bacon. We were then informed that the restaurant only had one croissant! At this point we promptly left, both I and my company were mystified at the fact a restaurant could falsely advertise so many dishes that they don’t in fact have the capacity to provide. Absolutely ridiculous and do not recommend!

This is a little gem well known by locals calls. There are very few cafe restaurants with a selection of really good varied freshly made salads, lovely quiches hope cue of salads plus choice various meat or vegetable accompaniment. Filled baguette etc, delivery cious cakes. All to eat in or take out. They also do monthly cookery lessons which I am hoping to try when convenient date, all different countries, Italian Persian, Friendly staff. Good for coffee and cake or even take away salad box with fruit or crisps

Attended the Tuscan cookery class last night after receiving vouchers for Christmas. What a delight this experience was. Superb host with a friendly, efficient team supporting. Relaxed atmosphere, easy to follow instructions. We created some really tasty dishes, made with the finest ingredients. At the end of the night we ate our dishes and even took a doggy-bag home! Do this, you won’t regret it. Thanks Simon and Team Papadeli