Mugshot Restaurants Bristol

My partner and I had a wonderful weekend in Bristol and after such great past experiences, we knew we had to return to The Mug House. Once again, it exceeded every expectation. The food was outstanding, the cocktails and wine were exceptional, and the service was truly faultless. We had the most amazing time, and Lutsi deserves a special mention. Her warmth, attentiveness, and genuine care made the whole experience feel incredibly personal and welcoming. She went above and beyond and played a huge part in making our visit so memorable. We can’t wait to return. Thank you again Lutsi x

The food was delicious, we had two meat eaters and two vegan and we were all happy with our meals. The particular highlight was our server Tom who was so friendly and helpful. He even unfortunately burnt his hand over the course of the evening but soldiered on, providing excellent service. Thank you Tom for your warm friendly demeanour on a busy Saturday night!

For me, I’d sum this place as great place to have a steak, have a lovely social meal with a good atmosphere and friendly service. Food is tasty and good value too. We had the sirloin and the Chateaubriand. Both were good. Will defo eat here again

We have been wanting to go to this place for ages, and we finally had the chance. Omg what a meal. The staff were great, very helpful and chatty, the atmosphere was nice too in this 1920's themed restaurant. The food was another level. Camembert to start baked in a bread roll with red onion jam amazing. I had the fillet steak and my wife the fish of the day which was tuna steak. The theme of the restaurant is the meat/fish comes seared only, then with the hot stones provided you use your choice of butters to cook the meat to your liking. It's was flavour heaven, with a cowboy and a garlic butter. Beef dripping sauce, Mac n cheese and Parmesan chips. If that was my last meal, then what a meal. We cannot wait to go back

First time visiting here after probably trying 80% of Bristols steak houses and I was intrigued, the “cook you’re own” style steak restaurant is not really for me but here we are let’s give it a go! Order a flat iron steak 12oz - truffle Parmesan fries, butter - honey and bearnaise and chimichurri sauce. Also order side of mac and cheese and tender stem broccoli. Let’s talk steak - the cut was quality, good sear when served and lots of flavour from the cut itself. Tender and juicy then waiter took us through the “way too cook” using hot stone. Would say overall it was a quality steak, cooked different bits from rare to mid rare and even well done on cap end, just to see how the hot stone would handle it. Overall really nice no complaints with the steak at all - lovely cut and quality meat. Both butters were lovely and flavourful would have liked more to be honest, to run through the steak instead of using it to grease the stone. I had 2 sauces a chimichurri and beef dripping - both sauces were exceptional - rich deep flavours and palette warming the beef dripping hit hard was so glossy and umami! But don’t sleep on the chimichurri, fragrant bright sweet and acidic just how it should be! But here’s where I think it let me down and not quite hit the high bar mark - the sides! Mac and cheese was dry and pretty all round bland without any real tasting notes, broccoli was standard nothing wild is anything lacked any sear just plain boiled, but thankfully not over done and soft. The fries, tiny portion and upgrade to truffle n parm was pointless not a flavour of either on those. The fries were here to complement the dish and help soak up the juices but just way this is served it’s not really possible. Overall I’d give it a solid 7.5/10 and wouldn’t turn anyone away from going! Cook you’re own steak is not my favourite thing and always puts me off but I would say this gaff is probably best at doing it - if you into that style of steak restaurants well this is place to go!! But the venting is not the best and can get really smokey! Would not recommend for anyone with breathing difficulties!! Special mention to staff here - really attentive and on the ball, friendly but not over hosting, they made the experience really good!