Chandos Deli

It’s good to see this shop opening branches in various bits of Bristol. A local, very good quality delicatessen and café, it’s doing everything right produce-​wise, stocking excellent organic and high quality pastas, breads, olives, oils, wines, cheeses, meats, and sweets such as brownies and cakes. It’s unsurprisingly quite expensive, so best for just the odd ingredient here and there or for a treat. They’ve also got a small selection of fresh fruit and veg outside in front of the café.
As a café this Whiteladies Road branch, perching on a very busy corner with lots of constant traffic, isn’t particularly comfortable. You have to perch on a bar stool if you want to stay in and eat. I had a ham, cheese and pickle sandwich which was very chunky and well-​filled, but a bit too worthy to be genuinely delicious or memorable, and cost a fairly standard £2.95. This place is best used as a shop or for a quick snack while shopping around Clifton Down.

I am really glad this local business has spread across Bristol (& South West), even getting a branch down in Cabot Circus! That reflects the real need there was for a shop (deli) that sells food of this quality. They really do amazing food. They use pure, wholesome ingredients and I love grabbing my lunch from here. I had the goat’s cheese and red onion marmalade sandwich today. But they also do really amazing cheeses, chorizo and bread… well deli stuff really.
What I really love is their bags of ground coffee, it’s the stuff they use in store and you can take a bag home for £3.50, cafetiere ready and waiting. They also have a pretty great selection of red wines that I’m looking forward to tucking into this weekend.
It’s funny that with all the new kinds of bars, cafes and restaurants opening all around us, with all their bells and whistles, an old world style deli that just focuses on high quality, authentic, delicious produce should go on to expand and be so successful.

Chandos manages to do everything that Gusto does but better, and the best thing about it is that it does not feel as tacky.
The sandwich shop exudes the impression that they are the best sandwich chop in town– and they are, well the best that i have found. If you are willing to splash out a fiver on a sandwich then this is the place for you, they are good, tasty, and you can put anything in it. My only quibble is that they charge a fiver for a sandwich, which is a bit pricey for something which does not fill me up.

Bristol’s best sandwich? Praise indeed, but I think it might just be justified. Fresh ingredients, smart flavour combinations and an extensive selection mean that Chandos is the safest bet in town when you just want a really, really good sandwich.
Prices are high but considering it’s hard to find a decent freshly made sandwich shy of £4 these days, they tend not to exceed competitors on anything other than quality.
There’s also a range of other deli goods for when taste trumps over budget, including some of the more hard to find items your larder probably can (but doesn’t really want to) do without.

When I first moved to Bristol I wanted to eat, live and breathe West Country life. So when I asked my colleagues where the best place for local produce is, it’s no wonder they pointed me in the direction of Chandos Deli. With several branches dotted all over Bristol and Bath, I had plenty to choose from. But one of my favourite is this shop in Clifton Village.
Not only does the deli section look, taste and smell delicious, but they also have an in-​house café to sit and watch the world go by. A lot of their oils, meats and cheese are imported from abroad which is understandable but their local produce is the best they stock. My favourite thing from Chandos Deli, apart from their olives, is Orchard Pig cider — sweet, light and local. If you’re a bit of a foodie, it’s definitely worth a visit.

When I was very small Chandos Deli was one shop on Chandos Road in Bristol, and that was it. No longer — They’re another local success story, with chains all over Bristol and rapidly expanding into the wider south west and probably further.
They stock a range of delicacies, fairly priced for the quality. From oils to meats, they’ve got every mouth watering ingredient you can think of. I love their olives — I can’t help going past the shop without popping in and buying a small pot.
They’ve obviously sussed out lots of ways to make money over the years, and clearly lunchtime is a massive hit for them — this particular branch at Clifton Down will make you a sandwich to order, and they are simply delicious. There is a price tag to reflect the quality though, and a lunch baguette will set you back the best part of £5. If you’ve got the budget to afford it, it’s well worth the money.

Most importantly: the olives. They’re so good. Big, plump, succulent. Yum. Chandos does do a few other things I should mention. There’s the selection of meats and cheeses you would expect at a Deli, as well as some expensive wines. The bread is worth mentioning as well. The large white overnights will sell out by mid-​afternoon; make sure you get there in time. Various other bits and bobs as well.
It’s all high quality stuff, the honey roast ham in particular being the best I can remember ever having. When you’re having a special lunch splurge a little bit here. Not too much though. It’s pricey, last time I got a few slices of ham and a loaf of bread it cost over a fiver. If you appreciate you food it’s worth it though.

In older, less enlightened times, anywhere stocking a fistful of Peperamis and a couple of Cheese Dunkers could claim to be a deli — but thankfully, those days are long gone. This is thanks to people such as these Bristol pioneers who stock quality, fresh produce.
Serving everything from wine to olives and sun dried tomatoes, the presentation is impeccable and the smell incredible. Oh, and they also have a fantastic website where you can order online.

This one of the Chandos chain found all over Bristol. This however is an absolutely tiny branch and I have to say I often wander in wanting to buy a sandwich for lunch and have to leave again before I ever to get to buy anything as it is so crowded and chaotic. The range they have of sandwiches and ever changing salads (if you find it the puy lentil and goats cheese is fantastic) are great, and they have a whole range of deli style meats, cheeses, olives, antipasti style foods and tarts etc. They also have a whole load of fresh cakes and pastries as well as dried and jars and tins of gourmet food straight out of italy. It is all very tasty but the prices are high and I think over priced — £2.50 for a small piece of cake is a little too much for me. The shopping experience is not a good one though, and the staff arent particularly helpful. If you want to part with your hard earned cash in this chain of shops go to the one in clifton village — it is much bigger, with a larger range and the staff are far more helpful and organised.