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Award-winning pub to open Sunday lunch bookings for first time in four years
Following a four-year hiatus, Sunday lunch bookings at the Bank Tavern are reopening at 10am on new year’s day.
The pub on John Street in the Old City was named as the UK’s best Sunday lunch in the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2019.
Following that victory, a six-month waiting list leapt up to four years, causing landlord Sam Gregory to eventually stop taking reservations due to the situation becoming unmanageable.
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The pandemic then hit meaning some two years of those bookings were missed, with any cancellations originally offered to people who had missed bookings during that time.
But now, following dubious reports that the Bank had the ‘world’s longest waiting list’, the countdown is on until Sunday roast bookings reopen via their website on January 1.
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Gregory told Bristol24/7: “We’re really excited that we can finally open the diary after four years and welcome some new faces alongside our more regular faces.”
A three-course meal in the Bank Tavern including its famous Sunday roast with all the trimmings costs £27.99, with seating inside for just 28 people.
Starters and desserts are different each week, with prep work starting on Wednesdays when bones are roasted for the gravy (for which there is no extra charge).
Gregory will be having a busy 2024, having recently taken on the Crown Tavern in St Jude’s which he plans to reopen in February.
Sunday lunches at the Bank Tavern are served every week from midday – photo: The Bank Tavern
Main photo: Martin Booth
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