Café & Bar

Our Café & Bar is the perfect social space overlooking Bristol’s vibrant Harbourside. It's open 7 days a week and offers coffees, teas, light bites and main meals - plus free WiFi.

Our food menu includes vegan and vegetarian dishes, plus a children's menu and our famous Watershed nachos.

Opening times

Open seven days a week:

Mon: 12:00
Tue – Fri: 9:30
Sat & Sun: 10:00

Food served:

Monday: 12:00 – 20:00.
Tuesday - Saturday: 12:00 – 21:00
Sunday: 12:00 – 20:00.

Menus

The following menu is available Tuesday-Saturday 12:00-21:00, Sunday & Monday 12:00-20:00.

Our food and drink is sourced where possible from people we know and trust in the South West.

How to order Please note your table number and order your food from anywhere at the bar.

Nachos

Double cheese nachos 10.95
Freshly baked tortillas, mozzarella, Red Leicester cheese, sour cream, salsa
Fully loaded nachos 15.95
Freshly baked tortillas, mozzarella, Red Leicester cheese, sour cream, salsa, guacamole and your choice of either braised beef or lentil chilli
Vegan Nachos 7.95
A mix of crispy tortilla chips, peanuts & fried onions topped with charred sweetcorn salsa, drizzled with Korean ketchup & vegan mayo.

Small Plates

Bowl of Olives 3.50
Corn chips, hummus, olives 5.25
Soup of the day, fresh bread 5.50
Chips and dips 6.00
Fritas bravas 6.25
Sopaipilla and charred sweetcorn salsa 6.75
Jackfruit chimichanga served with chimichurri mayo and dressed mixed leaves 7.00
Celeriac, red onion and hazelnut salad with mustard mayo** 7.50
Braised beef chilli or Vegan lentil chilli, corn chips 7.95
Roast garlic mushrooms on toast 7.50
Tart of the day, dressed mixed leaves 7.75

Mains

Beetroot and lentil salad 8.50
Penne puttanesca 9.50
Kedgeree risotto* 13.00
Pork belly, butter bean mash, chimichurri 13.00
Spiced black bean burger, vegan avocado mayonnaise, fries 13.25
Herefordshire beef burger, crispy onion, garlic mayonnaise, fries 14.75
Watershed fish* and chips 14.95
Beer battered fish, chunky chips and tartare sauce

Add Sides

Fries 3.30 / 4.30
Hand cut chunky chips 3.60 / 4.60
Butterbean mash 3.50
Dressed mixed leaves 3.50
Garlic greens 3.50
Minted peas 3.50
Roast veg salad, tahini dressing 3.50
Red cabbage salad 3.50

Add Extras

Cheese 1.90
Guacamole 2.50
Salsa 1.90
Hummus 1.90
Jalapeños 1.90

Please see our blackboard behind the bar for dishes of the day and specials.

Vegetarian Vegan option available Gluten Free

*may contain bones
**contains nuts

The following menu is available Tuesday to Saturday 12:00-21:00, Sunday & Monday 12:00-20:00.

Suitable for children aged 9 and under

Chicken goujons, served with garden peas and fries 6.95
Veggie nuggets, served with garden peas and fries 6.95
Corn chips, hummus, butterbean and sundried tomato mash 5.25
Fish* goujons, served with garden peas and fries 6.95
Ben & Jerry's ice cream 3.90

Vegetarian Vegan

*may contain bones

**contains nuts

The following menu is available:

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun: 09:30 - 22:30
Fri & Sat: 09:30 - 23:00

Hot Drinks

Tea

Cup of tea/pot for one/pot for two 2.20 / 2.50 / 4.00
Clipper organic teas: English breakfast, earl grey, green, lemon and ginger, peppermint, rooibos, chamomile, wild berry, decaf

Coffee

Filter coffee 2.00 / 2.30
Americano 3.10
Flat white 3.20
Latte 3.40
Cappuccino 3.20 / 3.40
Mocha 3.70
Espresso 2.80
Macchiato 2.90
Iced coffee 4.00
Hot chocolate 3.60
Children’s hot chocolate 2.70
Chai Latte 3.70
Babycino 1.20
Cream or marshmallows 0.70
Syrups available: vanilla, caramel, hazelnut 0.60

Soft Drinks

Still/Sparkling water 1.80
Diet Coke 2.50 / 3.60
Lemonade 2.50 / 3.60
Coke 2.50 / 3.60
Cawston Press Carton 1.90
Ginger Beer 2.60
Low Cal Tonic Water/Tonic Water/Ginger Ale 2.50
San Pellegrino 2.60
Limonata / Blood Orange
Eager Fruit Juice 2.50 / 3.60
Orange, Apple, Cranberry, Pineapple
Big Tom Tomato Juice 3.50
Elderflower Presse 3.30
Iford Sodas 3.60
Apple, Apple & Raspberry, Apple & Rhubarb

Alcoholic Beverages

Draught

Free Thinker, Pale Ale (GF) 4.5% 6.60 / 3.60
Kaleidoscope, Pale Ale 4.2% 6.60 / 3.60
The Joy of Sesh, IPA (GF) 4.2% 6.50 / 3.50
Werrrd, APA 4.2% 6.30 / 3.40
Helles Lager (GF) 4.2% 5.70 / 3.20
Bristol Lager (GF) 4.6% 5.70 / 3.20
Korev Cornish Lager 4.8% 6.20 / 3.40
Thatchers Haze 4.5% 5.20 / 2.90
Bristol Cider Co, Steam 4.5% 5.10 / 2.80
Ashton Press Cider 4.8% 5.00 / 2.70
Butcombe Goram IPA 0.5% 4.50 / 2.50

Bottles

Alcohol Free Lager 0%, 330ml 3.60
Bottled larger, 330ml 4.50
Crabbies Ginger Beer 4.0%, 500ml 6.20
Sheppy’s Fruit Cider 4.0%, 500ml 6.20

Spirits

Watershed London Dry Gin 40%, 25ml 4.10
Bristol Distilling Co
- Gin 77 40%, 25ml 4.10
- Hank's White Rum 37.5%, 25ml 4.10
- Hank's Spiced Rum 37.5%, 25ml 4.10
- Triple B Vodka 37.5%, 25ml 4.10
6 O’Clock Gin
- London Dry Gin 43%, 25ml 4.20
- Elderflower Gin 40%, 25ml 4.30
- Damson Gin 40%, 25ml 4.10
- Hazy Orange Gin 40%, 25ml 4.30
- Sloe Gin 26%, 25ml 4.00
- Brunel Edition 50%, 25ml 4.60
Aberlour 40%, 25ml 5.70
Jack Daniels 40%, 25ml 4.20
Buffalo Trace 40%, 25ml 4.10
Mount Gay Rum 40%, 25ml. 4.20
Cazcabel Tequila 38%, 25ml 4.20
Burnt Faith Brandy 40%, 25ml 4.60

Wine

A selection of delicious white, red, rosé and sparkling wines are available by the glass or by the bottle.
Our wine selection changes on a regular basis, so please check the menus in the Café & Bar or ask a member of the team for their recommendation.

A selection of food available in the Café & Bar.

Downloadable Menus

We pride ourselves in sourcing our food and drink from people we know and trust in the South West.

Food and Cocktail Menu

Drinks Menu

Allergens List

Diagram showing the Café & Bar's local suppliers

We love working with our Bristol and South West-based suppliers to give you the best taste of our region.

Visiting and using the Café & Bar

Booking information

There is no need to book a table in advance, just find a spot for yourself when you arrive.

You can still reserve a table by emailing the Café & Bar team if you'd like to.

Ordering Food & Drink

You can order food and drink at any part of the bar.

Your food and/or drinks will be delivered to your table.

A bottle of Watershed Gin presented on the bar in the Café & Bar.

We've partnered with 6 O'Clock Gin to create our very own London Dry Gin. Serving exclusively in the Café & Bar.

Photo of mulled apple juice, mulled wine and hot chocolate.

It's cold outside so come enjoy seasonal mulled treats, brewed right here in-house, deliciously rich Hot Chocolate (with or without Baileys).

A member of the Café & Bar team holds a drink to the camera from the Undershed Bar.

Undershed Bar is our outside bar on the Harbourside walkway (just next door to our main entrance) where we serve our Café & Bar menu as well as hot and cold drinks, beers and wines, and ice cream.

Access

Photo of David Ellington signing in Watershed Café & Bar

At Watershed we want to be as welcoming, inclusive and accessible as we can for all our customers, audiences, staff and visitors.

Our building is accessible, our customer facing staff have received basic BSL and D/deaf awareness training and we run an accessible programme of screenings and events. We have both gender neutral and gender specific toilets alongside two accessible toilets.

Further access details

A heart made out of vegetables and fruit

Every Tuesday (from 12:00 - 21:00) cinema ticket holders can get 30% off any of the main dishes from our menu in the Café & Bar with our Cinébites deal.

Further information

Dietary requirements

If you'd like to know more about what ingredients are used in our food, please download our allergen list

Please note

We politely ask our customers not to consume their own food in our Café & Bar.

Contact

For any further enquiries:

Call 0117 927 5101
Email the Café & Bar team

For location, access info, general transport and parking options for Watershed:

Go to our visit page