Café · Bristol
Bristol's Park Street outpost is small and gets properly busy, so if you're arriving with a buggy at the weekend expect to hover for a table — quieter mid-morning on a weekday is the smarter run. Once you're in, it's warm lights, high chairs and a genuinely lovely feeling, and the staff are kind about children. The draw is the chocolate: real hot chocolate made from flaked chocolate and steamed milk in flavours like Bonfire and Chocolate Orange, plus towering chocolate fudge cake, the Matilda cake, fudgy brownies and salted caramel pretzel cupcakes that one parent praised for their crunch against moist sponge. There's a kids' menu, vegan cakes and outdoor seating. Be warned on cost — a coffee and a slice can run to £11, so it's a treat rather than a habit.
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