15 addresses where Stokes Croft actually eats.
The food on this strip runs from Sri Lankan kothu roti at Nadu to obsessive charcuterie at Caper & Cure, all within a few minutes of each other on and around Stokes Croft. Filthy XIII on Cheltenham Road holds a 4.9 cocktail bar rating - that's almost unheard of - and Carmen Street Wine pours natural bottles with zero pretension.
15 addresses across restaurants, bars, and cafes - all in Stokes Croft.
Stokes Croft eats range from Poco's southwest-sourced small plates on Jamaica Street to Nadu's Sri Lankan and Tamil cooking, with Wangs handling modern Cantonese over in Montpelier. Caper & Cure does charcuterie boards a few doors from Cafe Kino, and Cafe Cuba holds the corner by Turbo Island for anyone who wants their lunch with an argument.
No-frills Cuban cafe on the corner by Turbo Island with a cult local following and strong community atmosphere. People argue about it in a good way, and nobody leaves without ordering a mojito.
Tiny charcuterie and cheese spot on Stokes Croft near Cafe Kino, focused on beautifully composed boards and carefully sourced cured meats. It's small enough that you feel like you've found someone's private larder.
Sri Lankan and Tamil cooking done with real conviction, from the team behind Nutmeg. The rum cocktails are inventive, the menu moves confidently between vegetarian dishes and fresh fish, and it's one of the strongest dinners on the Croft.
Neighbourhood Chinese restaurant in Montpelier serving modern Cantonese and regional dishes, co-founded by Hong Kong-born Sandy. The handmade dumplings alone justify the walk up the hill.
Award-winning seasonal small plates built from southwest farms, served on a narrow candlelit counter on Jamaica Street. The nose-to-tail, root-to-stem cooking is serious, and strangers reliably end up sharing wine recommendations by the second glass.
Stokes Croft drinks across registers without trying too hard: real ales in the Pipe & Slippers garden up in Montpelier, low-intervention bottles at Carmen Street Wine, cocktails behind the drapes at Filthy XIII on Cheltenham Road. The Croft's vaulted back room still hosts the loudest nights, and Last Chance Saloon holds down the Nine Tree Hill corner with DJs until late.
Cocktail bar on Cheltenham Road named after a squad of WWII paratroopers, with drapes at the door and moody low lighting inside. The bartenders actually know what they're doing, and the zero-degree G&T is a sharp place to start.
Corner bar and music venue at the junction where Stokes Croft meets Nine Tree Hill, serving cocktails and coffee with regular DJ nights. Bold murals wrap the exterior, which is about right for this stretch of road.
Wine bar and bottle shop in the Stokes Croft area, opened late 2024 with a focus on low-intervention bottles and intimate, unhurried drinking. Still new enough that it feels like a local secret, but that won't last.
A proper Montpelier local with real ales and a back garden that fills up fast when the sun appears. Unhurried, unpretentious, and exactly what a neighbourhood pub should be.
OK so the back room has this wild barn-like vaulted ceiling that makes even a 140-cap show feel like a proper event. Go early, stake your spot.
Stokes Croft does coffee with a conscience and a roaster's eye. Cafe Kino has been a vegan workers' co-op since 2004, Lost Horizon roasts micro-batch on Upper York Street, and Elemental Collective wedges a not-for-profit grocery and bakery into the corner where Nine Tree Hill meets the main drag. The Crafty Egg and Stokes By The Orchard handle the brunch shift.
Micro-batch roastery and cafe on Upper York Street where the owner roasts on-site, pulls careful espresso, and also makes a specialty hot sauce with Carolina Reapers. There's a courtyard out back with string lights next to a church, and the whole operation is carbon-offset.
All-day brunch cafe at 113 Stokes Croft with strong vegan coverage, Afghan baked eggs, kimchi mushrooms, and specialty coffee in a room full of houseplants and wooden tables. They've since expanded to Fishponds and Church Road, but this is the original and it still fills up.
Brunch and coffee on the ground floor of Hamilton House, opened September 2024 by the team behind The Orchard in St George. The pancakes are excellent, weekends bring natural wine on the terrace, and it sits right opposite Banksy's Mild Mild West.
Fully vegan workers' co-op running since 2004, first on Ninetree Hill and now across the road on Stokes Croft proper. The badger bean burger and carrot cake have fueled every local activist for two decades, and the basement hosts everything from life drawing to screenings.
Not-for-profit community grocery, bakery, and coffee shop in a five-sided wedge of a building where Nine Tree Hill meets Stokes Croft, with a dragon on the roof and Triple Co Roast's Korean-built roaster running in the back. Fresh bread, local honey, greengrocery, and genuinely good pour-over all under one strange, tapering ceiling.
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