Mercy Mercy Mercy — Restaurant in Bristol

Mercy Mercy Mercy (I’d be interested to know where the name came from) is a newly opened cafe that serves coffee, pastries, brunch and alcohol. The inside is nice albeit cramped so it fills up quite quickly. The service was good, however, from what I can tell food service doesn’t start till 11am, but the menu says 9am. The breakfast dishes and jaffles look really good and I will definitely come back to try them.

For lunch I got the Rosti Burger, Fried Chicken Burger and the Tiramisu Milkshake. The Rosti burger was good and something interesting I haven’t seen before.

The Fried Chicken burger was bland and the Tiramisu Milkshake was ok, I found it was lacking sweetness and needed to be a little colder, it was a little warm, though the shake was big and probably worth the price tag of £6.50. The prices for the burgers were a bit too high for what they were, £12.50 is a lot for a fairly small burger. So I’m not sure if I can recommend them. However, the breakfast dishes on the menu look really good (I saw other people’s orders) and so would probably recommend those.

As of now, I would give it a tentative 3-stars, closer to...

When we arrived, no acknowledgment by the staff, we made our way to a table say, a member of staff came over and told us "we can't sit here because you had a dog" then to be corrected by the head chef who said we can, all good. We asked another member of staff if we order at the counter, he said, " I do not know and its not my job as I work in the kitchen, but I think there are menus by the door. So, got a menu from by the door, went to the counter, female member of staff saw that I was holding a menu and said "cant order food as the kitchen does not open until 11am" . We left, went next door to Saffron and spent £35 on breakfast, their service was on point. Note to the Owner: your staff were rude and un-accommodating, not even a hello or can I help you (with the exception of the head chef , who seem perfectly cordial), the customer service was a joke, Will I eat here again, unlikely, as there is a perfectly good breakfast restaurant next door, who are polite, accommodating...

Super lovely cafe, love the vibe here. Had a fantastic coffee, great mugs & decor, seems like they’ve made all the right choices when it comes to deciding on experience.

However, the food, although lovely, was expensive and overpriced in my opinion. £4.50 for one slice of sourdough toast is a bit outrageous, I know it’s Clifton & all but jeepers! I had oats also which were £6.50, they were nice but small so could do with just a little something more like a nut butter choice.

The cost of the muesli was a little more justifiable with prep time - but that price for a slice of toast is wild (and wasn’t made clear on the menu that it was one piece)

Still a lovely place and will definitely return, but probably just for coffee! Would love to see a few vegan cake & pastry additions (wasn’t any on the day we went) and then I’d 100% return!

Atmosphere • 5* Coffee • 5* Food • 3.5* (purely due to cost) Service • 5* (lovely...