Bauhinia Bar Restaurant

This was my second visit to this Pan-Asian restaurant, and the experience was just as fantastic as the first time a few months ago. There are plenty of delicious options for vegan and vegetarian diners. Our appetizers included tasty fish cakes, tempura prawns, vegetarian half moon dumplings, and chili salt tofu which was a revelation! The Pad Thai and sambal were very flavorful, but the thick egg noodles with squid, mussels, and scallops stole the show. Our vegan friend's curry main dish was reportedly awesome as well!

The staff at this restaurant are fantastic - very attentive, friendly, and polite. They also serve the food quite quickly. However, the main dish I ordered (Malaysian-style fried noodles) was just average and a bit too salty. On the bright side, the starters were excellent!

The staff and atmosphere at this restaurant are fantastic, but the food is not up to par. The veggie pad Thai and Thai green curry were both disappointing, with unseasoned and bland vegetables. I would suggest trying the chicken wings tapas and the orient express cocktail instead. I probably won't be returning as there are plenty of other Thai/Asian restaurants in Bristol to explore. I'm not sure why this place has so many positive reviews.

We can’t fault the service, the staff were friendly, professional and attentive. However, we ordered mainly from the tapas menu and found the food to be very basic and underwhelming unfortunately. The pork satay was very dry, the ribs were dry and not cooked for long enough and the sauce as sweet and sticky as it was didn’t marry up, almost straight out of plastic. The scallops were old and over powered with coriander probably to disguise the ammonia taste. The monk fish tempura was fairly enjoyable as was the wonton.

After Malaysia and Thailand we try to eat similar food in any restaurant, but with a pity the delicious curry with the chicken kewers where you can find nowhere. to now! I ordered the chicken curry and it was simply the best curry I ever had! they even had roti canai, the typical flat brot that they immersed in the curry sauce. we're going back!