Bristol indie, Roman roots

Basil

Roman-style slices on Queens Road. Trays when the whole office is hungry.

35A Queens Rd, Clifton 5.0 on Google from 66 reviews Pizza, sandwiches, coffee

Queens Road energy

Lunch rush, coffee run, slice stop, office rescue.

Basil is a small Clifton counter with one foot in Rome and the other on Queens Road. Students, office teams, locals and hungry wanderers come through for slices, Bianca sandwiches, coffee and whatever is good today.

9am Coffee first. Decisions later.

12pm Lunch run from the office, campus or Clifton errands.

Friday Margherita slices from 12 until sellout.

Any day Tell us how many mouths. We will sort the tray mix.

About Basil

Small shop. Serious dough. No grand trattoria theatre.

Basil is a small Queens Road counter with Roman slice-shop energy and Bristol lunch-run instincts. The rhythm is simple: airy dough, bright toppings, Bianca sandwiches, coffee, and food that feels easy to share. Walk in for a slice. Message ahead when the whole room needs feeding.

Roman-ish, Bristol-ready

Airy middle. Crisp base. Rectangles made for sharing.

Roman-style pizza is a lunch-friendly kind of magic: long, light dough baked in trays, cut into easy pieces, and topped without smothering the crunch. It is relaxed Italian street-food energy, built for a counter, a park bench or a meeting room table.

Stylized Roman-style pizza tray with a corner slice lifted from an empty slot

Airy doughLight enough for lunch.
Crisp edgesThat satisfying snap.
Tray formatEasy to slice, carry and share.

Catering

Office lunch should not feel like an apology sandwich.

Basil trays land in the middle of the table and do the generous thing properly: crisp Roman-style pizza, bright toppings, easy sharing and enough flavour to wake up a meeting.

Catering trays

Roman-style pizza for the middle of the table.

Office lunches, workshops and group orders
Collection or local delivery to be confirmed
Quote, menu and allergens checked before booking

Plan catering trays

At the shop

Counter food with a bit of Bristol bounce.

Stop by for Roman-style slices, Bianca sandwiches, speciality coffee and rotating specials. Some things are planned. Some things disappear by sellout. That is part of the charm.

Basil flavour board

tomatobright sauce, proper lunch energy
fior di lattesoft, milky, classic melt
basilgreen, fresh, the name on the door
mortadellarich, silky, very sandwich-friendly
stracciatellacreamy clouds for Bianca days
pistachioa little crunch, a little drama
coffeebecause lunch sometimes starts at 9

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Roman-style slices

Crisp, airy, cut for the counter and easy to share.

Italian sandwich with cured meat and cheese

Bianca sandwiches

Sandwiches such as mortadella, stracciatella and pistachio specials.

Speciality coffee

Morning coffee, lunch pick-me-ups and simple drinks for the shop.

Margherita Fridays

Margherita slices from 12pm until sellout. Simple, classic, very easy to say yes to.

Catering enquiry

Ready to feed the room?

The full catering form now has its own page, with space for guest count, timing, Bristol location, dietaries and the half-baked details Basil needs to shape a quote.

Open catering form

Visit Basil

Find us on Queens Road in Clifton.

Address: 35A Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1QE
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9am-6pm
Fri 9am-7pm
Sat 11am-7pm
Phone: +44 117 363 6343
Google: 5.0 from 66 reviews check latest

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