What’s the vibe?
Plates of food don’t come much more vibrant than those served at Souk Kitchen, which has succeeded in its aim to bring authentic Middle Eastern market dishes to Bristol.
What should I order?
Dishes come from across the Middle East and North Africa: there’s Israeli couscous salad, Iranian cucumbers, Turkish beans and peppers, Tunisian mechouia (grilled vegetable salad), and shakshuka (poached eggs, peppers, tomatoes and onions on grilled flat bread) also from Tunisia.
But it’s not just exotic ingredients from warmer climes on offer here. The sausages are from Gloucester old spot pigs, and most of the bread is made by Mark’s Bread, only a few hundred yards away in North Street. Meze sharing platters are a popular selection, with a choice of hot or cold meze. Among the mains, try the Anatolian sweet and sour lamb yahni or the chicken, ginger and prune tagine with almond and herb tarator, couscous and onion confit.
Time Out tip
Check out Souk Kitchen’s weekday lunch special: a zataar flatbread, a dip and two mezze dishes for £20.
This review was fact-checked and updated in 2025.
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