The shops and services on Bristol Road cater for the student population. There are many take-aways / junk food places, letting agents, off-licences, cheap restaurants and pubs.
The Soak A bar / pub that pretends to be a bit more posh than it is. Food is shocking.
The Goose Excellent old pub. Cheap food and drink of micronde quality. Chips not bad. Efficient service.
Gun Barrels Very studenty pub with pool tables and the like. Quite big. Cheap drink. Very popular with students, gets very crowded on some nights. Has a large beer garden. Part of the Scream chain.
The Bristol Pear Again part of the Scream chain but much smaller than the Gun Barrels. Cheap drink. Very slow chef.
Khanum Indian restaurant. Very good. Cheap. You can bring your own wine.
Chamon Indian restaurant. Pretty good. Cheap. You can bring your own wine.
Sheratton Indian restaurant, pretty good u can bring your own wine they give u big discount
Cafe Eastern Delight Pretty indian restaurant. You will have about 5 waiters behind your back you eat there.
Sundarbon Indian restaurant that tries to appear famous. The windows display many magnified newspaper cuttings about the restaurant selling its curries to famous celebrities. They are forgetting to include an article from the local student newspaper where a disabled student complained that the waiter was making fun of her disability. Scandal!
Noodle Bar (cannot remember name) Food too oily. Cheap.
Rimini Italian restaurant. Prices higher than usual in the area, but quality of food and presentation is usually better than most local restaurants. You can bring your own wine.
Pizza Land / Mama Wia / Luciano's All little shops that serve very cheap (but good) pizza cooked by people who probably get paid less than the national minimum wage.
Dolphin Chip shop situated on Raddlebarn Road. Do not even think of venturing in there. They served me chicken that tasted of fish as they clearly cannot be asked to change the oil.
Selly Sausage Popular cheap student restaurant. Good for panini's, pancakes, omellettes and the like. Host of "the campus mate" - a dating section by the local student newspaper.
Kebab Land Name says it all.
Rooster Hut closed down as bigger, better and cheaper Rooster House opened across the road. Good chicken at low prices.
Adam's Place Usual range of junk food at low prices.
Big John's Usual range of junk food at low prices. Has been refurbished and now looks slightly more fancy.
Woodstock. Formerly a nice place with great atmosphere. Since the shop changed owner in early 2009 it got much less cozy and the food is not as tasty as before. Still very highly reputated.