We had lunch at Brasserie Blanc and it was a very pleasant experience. The food was very good, service pleasant, attentive and professional. All that you would expect from a "proper" restaurant. Inside The Friary Building the ambiance is peaceful and relaxing. We would go again and recommend to others.

Went a couple of weeks ago for a meal the reception when we arrived was very poor, the food was mediocre except for the salmon fishcake which was very salty and unedible. when we complained we were asked if we had added salt to it we replied no and was told that the french people liked a lot of salt on there food. We are not French and dont expect to eat food that is full of salt in these times. We were given a free dessert but it was not up to expectations. I would have thought we would have been offered a replacement main course but alas no. When we left the restaurant we decided that the experience would not be repeated and no way would we ever go back , highly dissapointed.

Went a couple of weeks ago for a meal the reception when we arrived was very poor, the food was mediocre except for the salmon fishcake which was very salty and unedible. when we complained we were asked if we had added salt to it we replied no and was told that the french people liked a lot of salt on there food. We are not French and dont expect to eat food that is full of salt in these times. We were given a free dessert but it was not up to expectations. I would have thought we would have been offered a replacement main course but alas no. When we left the restaurant we decided that the experience would not be repeated and no way would we ever go back , highly dissapointed.

Had no expectations when we arrived as we hadn't read any reviews. We were rushed through our meal. Three courses and wine finished in 45 mns. The courses were quite small so didn't take too long to eat but no sooner had we put down our cutlery than the plates were whipped away and the next course presented. The onion tart was very good as were the chocolate dessert but the seafood tagliatelle had no taste at all - no sauce or juices and a couple of mussels, shrimps and squid or octopus - very disappointing.

I visited Brasserie Blanc last week for the first time for lunch.

It was superb; beautifully cooked food, nicely and efficiently presented and served and excellent value for money.

The included glass of wine was good too. I shall certainly be going again.

Have been twice on both occasions we had excellent service, very friendly and proffesional staff.

They had obvious knowledge about the food and about French culture as I was eating there with a French national, who loved it.Food tastes wonderful, the souffle is just perfect!

I would be giving 5 stars except that as a vegetarian I was limited in choice on the menu and my portions were small, although my partners meat dishes were adequate (on second visit we knew and so for me ordered extra sides of salad and their delicious chips)

Lovely building too, we have asked to sit upstairs both times to take in the atmosphere.

A wonderful conversion and a brilliant asset to the Bristol Eating Scene which was very sadly lacking in anywhere to have a good meal.

The use of the galleried area is very clever and gives a wonderfully intimate feel to a table for two.

I had booked a table for 12.30 on Saturday and we were shown to our table very promptly having been asked whether we were happy to go upstairs.Our starters were cheese souffle and mussels.

My souffle was perfection and had the right amount of leaves etc with it. Our main courses were duck breast and moules et frite.

Yes, they were the lovely little chips which I always enjoy in France and my colleague was thrilled with her duck breast. We decided to have the flambeed baked alaska(for 2) and the waiter dealing with this clearly enjoyed his task and was great fun.

We both loved the experience and were interested to eat there having been to the Manoir a few times. We were not disappointed and I hope to repeat the visit very soon. CH

Nicely decorated and atmospheric but the food and service were poor. As soon as we arrived we were told that our table was ready and we were almost being forced to be seated we resisted and orderd some drinks whilst looking at the menu.

When our drinks arrived the cocktails were overfilled with ice and water dripped onto the ladies dresses. The wine order was messed up, but that wasn't too bad, our waitress did offer to change my white wine for the one I had ordered but I declined.Our waitress was charming but had too many tables to serve.We had some "dips" with bread before the first courses.

The balsamic reduction was over reduced and tasted slightly burnt, the saffron mayonnaise was under saffroned and over galicked but the tapenade was pleasingly coarse and tasty.My Gravadlax was flabby and non-descript and the tarragon or whatever it was in the creme fraiche dressing was old and very tired.The duck took a while to come, I wouldn't have minded - you can't rush good food.

Sadly it was probably ready to serve 10-15 minutes before it arrived in a sadly shriveled state. I had asked for it to be medium-rare but, under the lights, it had cooked out to barely pink. The sauce was crude, it tasted like marmalade with no real meaty stock/jus flavour coming through at all. I didn't want to create a fuss as it was a special meal -if I had been on my own I would have sent it back.

The turnip potato stack which, although tough and crusty on the top had better survived its second cooking under the lights, and didn't taste too bad.Whilst we eating, a waiter, not the one who was serving, took away one of the three water jugs on our table to use on another table, muttering something about if we didn't mind! Very strange and a first for me. I tried some of the cheese that one of my mates had ordered it tasted very good and those little morsels were the highlight.

Although they refunded me the cost of the duck the damage was