Toro Chinese — Restaurant in Bristol

When I walked by here this afternoon my curiosity was immediately sparked as the place was full of asian people, which in my experience is usually a good sign. I checked out their website later to see what kind of stuff they did, and was kind of confused as it seemed they did a bunch of fusion stuff mixing up all kinds of different asian cuisines, which in my experience is often a bad sign. I couldn't help but walking in and eyeing the place this evening though, and when I saw what was on the tables I was pretty much sold: big super aromatic smelling bowls of hotpot of all kinds. Me and my friend had the Sichuan spicy hotpot. We asked if they had a vegetarian option and it turned out you could just mark what you wanted in there on a handy piece of paper. You could also mark how spicy you want it. I'd selected "normal" as I like to think I can handle some spice. When the waiter came to collect our choices he advised me - not in a condescending way - to maybe opt for "mild" in stead as he could always make it more spicy for us should we want that. Turns out he gave exactly the right advise. The mild variant was still pretttttyyyy spicy, definitely ample of spice for me and my friend even though both of us are quite used to spicy food. I'm glad the waiter advised us on this. Anyway the hotpot we ended up getting was amazing. Super aromatic, everything cooked just right, and we even got a free side-dish which was a spicy cucumber salad and was also really tasty. Would recommend this place in...

We have visited several times in the past year and the slow cooked lamb soup noodle is always unavailable. This is very frustrating as this is the main reason we visited the place. There are other dishes on the website which have been crossed out so I don’t understand why the lamb soup noodle can’t be crossed out so people know it’s not available when they order. Also another frustrating thing is that they don’t offer refund so I can’t get money back for the dish that’s not available and have to replace with another dish. What a terrible system! We ordered beef soup noodle and this is not slow cooked so the soup just tastes soy sauce. We visited at lunch time during the week. We ordered two soup noodles for the kids which are the quickest to cook comparing to other dishes we ordered. Yet they were the last to come and when I chased, it was clear to me that they have forgotten the orders. It’s stressful to keep the kids entertained after half an hour waiting with hunger and boredom. The quality of food here used to be good but it’s disappointing for our visits in...

We are a family that eats Chinese on a regular basis in London and elsewhere in the south east. We visited Bristol after a long time away and settled on Toro - expecting at least some reasonable food (not necessary the best).

If you are looking even for decent standard chinese fare, the extensive choices in the menu is likely to be attractive. The staff are adequately attentive. BUT, very unfortunately, the quality of food leaves a lot to be desired.

We ordered fried noodles, beef brisket rice and beef brisket noodles. All of them were very badly done. Fried noodles was dry, salty and burnt. Beef brisket dishes were bland and not inspiring - a pre-prepared "beef stew" should be better tasting. Also, some beef pieces were overcooked and rubbery.

Cheap and cheerful? Well, despite the relatively cheap prices, we left feeling like it wasn't worth the money and we certainly weren't cheerful. There are definitely better places elsewhere in Bristol...