Kashmir Restaurant & Juice Bar — Restaurant in Bristol

Looking at the impressive reviews, I was pleased to see a place serving Pakistani cuisine in a restaurant as you don't get many options in Bristol. I was really disappointed with my dining experience, and I would not recommend anyone to visit here expecting quality unless you are okay with mediocrity.

My first impressions of the restaurant were very well indeed as the exterior and interior of the restaurant is well displayed. They have definitely spent a lot of expenses to make the restaurant look extravagant, although looks can be deceiving.

I had arrived around 7pm which is granted the most busiest time for dinner, Hardly any parking as it is just off the M32 before J3 which has restrictions in parking although the restaurant does insist on parking anywhere you please, however this results in homeowners having their driveways blocked so drivers should avoid this.

The service wasn't spectacular per se, nor was it existent, short staff perhaps that day as from the time we ordered our food, we had waited 2 hours. Yes, 2 hours. We had also been asked to move tables after we got comfortable to accommodate other tables guests which turned out was for nothing. Never in my life has this happened. Perhaps don't over book? There is very limited seating available as it is a small place, which makes it exclusive unavailability and a very tight space.

Our table ordered the Channa Curry, Spinach Curry, Chicken rice, Tikka Masala, and Plain Rice with drinks and Lassi (very watery). As mentioned above, the food took forever to arrive. When the food finally did, I was really shocked on the food portions, like seriously. It did feel like I was being scammed. All you are getting are dishes with 15cm diameters with 4cm depth to them, which are worth £12/15. The food was barely warm, and Channa Curry was gone off. I was left still hungry. We sat with other tables complaining and getting comped with Lassi, and we felt like we wanted to complain as well, but we didn't want to cause a scene which the other tables did.

The atmosphere did feel tense as the waiters looked very stressed and everyone waiting for their food. Classic Pakistani songs playing over terrible speakers.

The only good thing I can say about the restaurant is that it looks great but doesn't mean anything if it doesn't serve its purpose to quality. I do hope the reviewers can see this as an opportunity to take the criticism and make a change...

Went to Kashmir restaurant for an iftar with some friends today. It was a brilliant place to break our fast. Offering free dates on the table and a jug of water without even asking was a beautiful touch from the restaurant, I really appreciated it.

To start off, the restaurant was laid out beautifully with wonderful art décor and nice lighting. Really creative, I must say. I ordered poppadoms as a starter, and they were delicious, especially with the mint sauce, which had a bit of a spicy kick to it. They complemented each other really well.

I also ordered the Blue Lagoon, which is the blue drink you see in the pictures below. It was a nice, tasty drink, but slightly too syrupy for me. That said, it didn’t ruin my taste buds, hehe.

Since there were four of us, we decided to order the Kashmiri Tawa Special for 4 to 5 people, and I’m glad we did. It was beautiful, and everything on the plate was delicious. I especially loved the green chicken tikka and the fish, wish they’d given me more fish because it was absolutely scrumptious.

I also loved the chops, they were juicy and tender, and as soon as I bit into the meat, it melted in my mouth like hot butter through a knife. We also ordered cheese naan bread, which went down really well with the curry they served. I think it was Lamb Madras.

The Lamb Madras was nice and spicy, but not spicy enough to kill off the taste buds. The chef did an excellent job cooking it.

My only complaint was a weird looking guy sitting opposite me. His lazy eye kept following me like he was trying to make Bad Boy for Life his personal anthem, and his other eye kept twitching like he was on some madness. Made me a bit uncomfortable, but I powered through it. Overall, it was a great experience, and I’d...

Went here as we were excited to try the first tawa styled cuisine in Bristol. Atmosphere was nice. Service and staff were on point. The food however was something else. We ordered the biggest tawa on the menu and almost everything on it tasted bland and cheap. The two accompanying curries tasted like some guy named Zahir made it. Generic wedding food taste. The meat selection was all dry and hardly any taste. Rice was terrible.

At one point I wanted to go and talk to the manager as my head wasn’t getting around the fact that this tasted like amateur food made at home. If this was the “taste of Kashmir”, I was well let down fully.

It tasted like Nottingham wedding hall food and a poor version of that. The tawa which mostly had cheap packeted sheek kebab meat was horrible. Channa curry was dead. Lamb curry was like shaadi food. The 3 types of chicken tasted similar. Green chicken was mostly dyed. Didn’t taste anything harlayi about it.

The staff were so nice I couldn’t bring myself to tell them how I really felt.

All in all a waste of £90. We left half of the tawa and didn’t even want take any of it home.

Unfortunately this place needs a better chef. Just because generic food is served on a huge tawa doesn’t make it right to serve sub par flavours. The only good thing that stood out was the poppadoms and chutneys.

I would not recommend nor go to this...