One menu. Seven courses. Thirty seats.

A thirty-cover restaurant in Clifton, in what was the village bakery until 1987. Imogen Hart cooks one tasting menu that changes with the season; Tom Adeyemi runs the dining room and the wine list.

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See the autumn menu

Bread is baked here every morning, in the old bakery oven.

The autumn menu

Seven courses, £95. Served from 1 September 2026.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

of seven

1

Bread from the bakery oven

cultured butter, smoked pork fat

2

Raw scallop

celeriac, green apple, dill oil

3

Beetroot baked in salt

cobnuts, sheep's curd

4

Newlyn hake

mussels, cider, sea vegetables

5

Barbecued Frome lamb

shoulder pressed with anchovy, onions cooked in hay

6

Somerset brie

quince, our own crackers

7

Damson

brown butter, buttermilk ice cream

Then coffee or tea, with a canelé.

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Pairings and lunch

Two ways to drink with the tasting menu, and four of its courses at lunch on Friday and Saturday.

Tasting menu

Seven courses, then coffee or tea with a canelé.

£95

Wine pairing

To go with the seven courses.

£70

Non-alcoholic pairing

House ferments, shrubs and teas.

£40

Lunch, four courses

Friday and Saturday: bread and butter, then the scallop, the hake and the damson.

£55

Dietary needs

Vegetarian

A vegetarian tasting menu on request, with 48 hours' notice.

Allergies

We can cook around most allergies if you tell us when you book.

Vegan

The menu is not suitable for vegans.

We cook from a short list of people we know.

Oakhill Market Garden

Vegetables and herbs, from the Chew Valley.

Newlyn

Fish from Cornish day boats, landed at Newlyn.

Near Frome

Lamb and beef from a family farm.

Here

Bread, baked every morning in the old bakery oven.

Imogen cooks. Tom runs the room.

Imogen Hart and her partner, Tom Adeyemi, opened Halden in March 2021, in what was the village bakery until 1987. She cooks the one menu and changes it with the season. He runs the dining room and the wine list.

Imogen Hart

Chef

Tom Adeyemi

The dining room and the wine list

From our guestbook

“The lamb, and the bread, and Tom’s Austrian Riesling — we’re still talking about it.”

Hannah, Bath

“Quiet, warm, unhurried. The best evening we’ve had in Bristol.”

Marcus and Lee, London

The Bakehouse

Our private room, in the old bake hall: one long table for up to twelve, with its own menu.

Private room

Up to 12 guests, at one long table.

Whole restaurant

Up to 30 guests.

Gift vouchers

For the tasting menu, with or without the pairing.

Ask about the Bakehouse

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Ask about the Bakehouse

Tell us the date, how many of you there are, and whether you would like the Bakehouse or the whole restaurant.

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Book a table

Bookings open on the first of each month, for the following two months.

Deposit

£20 a guest, taken off the bill.

Hours

Wednesday and Thursday

6pm–11pm

Friday and Saturday

12pm–3pm and 6pm–11pm

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

Closed

Last seating

9pm

Dietary needs

Tell us about allergies when you book. The vegetarian menu needs 48 hours' notice.

Rather book by phone?

0117 496 0742

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