What is The Bristol Sauce?
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The Bristol Sauce is a food publication for anyone that eats out in Bristol or the surrounding area. Our writers visit restaurants anonymously, pay for everything in full, and we never use AI in our writing. No advertising, no gifted meals, no shortcuts. We are funded entirely by paying readers. Read more about us here.
We publish a restaurant review every Thursday, and on Mondays we publish a mix of news, investigative journalism, curated guides and opinion pieces. Most of our content is free to read, though we keep a monthly curated guide to where to eat and some news for our paying Saucers.
Since 2025 The Bristol Sauce is a Substack bestselling publication and has been featured in The Financial Times, The Observer and The Telegraph. Here’s what some of our readers have to say about us:
“Like having your funniest and foodiest friend in your pocket” - Sophie, reader
“I have come to seriously love and trust The Sauce. Your writing embodies the honest, gnarly, full-hearted spirit of the city itself” - Veronica, reader
“The only truly insightful, unbiased food publication in Bristol” - Chris, reader
“Lively, opinionated and very Bristol” - Fiona Beckett, reader and former Guardian writer