Wilsons recently gained a Michelin star, making it one of only two such restaurants in Bristol<\/a> – the other being Bulrush in Cotham.<\/p>\nIt has taken Wilsons nine years to get the accolade and Ivers said the restaurant\u2019s long-awaited recognition \u2018feels more like a barrister finally becoming a KC: recognition of many long years of excellence\u2019.<\/p>\n
The critic went on to add that Wilsons \u2018does good food, has no tablecloths and no pretensions\u2019.<\/p>\n
She praised every dish she tried, even describing the snacks of pheasant nuggets fried in buttermilk as \u2018a wonderfully crunchy middle-class KFC\u2019.<\/p>\n
Ivers described the desserts as \u2018charming\u2019, especially the \u2018proper-sized\u2019 tarte tatin for the table to share at the end.<\/p>\n
She also raved about the pre-dessert snacks, especially a \u2018superb marshmallowy\u2019 soft meringue, blackened with a hot coal to give it a charcoal edge and served with a herb sorbet.<\/p>\n
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Wilsons is a small, independently owned and run farm-to-table restaurant in Redland(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe outcome is the most remarkable combination of bitter, sweet and fresh. It\u2019s delightful,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
The Sunday Times reviewer wrapped up her glowing review by saying: \u201cDelightful is the word that keeps coming to mind. The room is delightful. The staff are delightful. They clearly care so much about what they are doing here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The farm-to-table restaurant uses produce from its own two acre market garden to supply the veg, herbs and flowers for its dishes.<\/p>\n
Wilsons had previously been awarded a Michelin green star for environmental and sustainable practices.<\/p>\n
Last year, Wilsons was listed as number 20 in SquareMeal’s Top 100 Restaurants in the UK<\/a>, with plates praised for ‘exact technique’ despite their ‘deceptively simple’ appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sunday Times gave it a rare five-star reviewJan Ostle, co-founder of Wilsons Restaurant(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,14486,393,786,4884,20077,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-37115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cotham","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-food-and-drink","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-redland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114373456353651185","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Jan Ostle, co-founder of Wilsons Restaurant(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n