St Nicholas Market
About
Farmers Market
Price Range : Under $10 (££)
Location
Adress: Corn Street, Bristol, BS1 1JQ
Phone: +44 117 922 4014
Work Hours
Business info
- move_to_inboxTake-outYes
- directions_bikeBike ParkingYes
- accessibilityGood for KidsYes
Reviews
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Kanchan B.
Wow! Bristol city has done an amazing job of converting this Georgian building from its former use as the Corn Exchange into its current market with a brilliant mix of street stalls, shops and food trucks! The food trucks / shops are especially this eclectic range from Caribbean to Turkish and everything in between. If I have one complaint, it's that the market closes up at 5pm on a Saturday and I wish it would stay open later!
There's two special quirks about this building that are especially also worth checking out;
1) The clock has an extra minute hand! That's apparently a remnant of the train friendly Victorian days, when Bristol had its own time zone that was different from Greenwich Medium time which is what the London trains would run.
2) if you look up towards the ceiling in the main hall, the sculptures of the heads all look towards the middle, except for two which are turning their heads to look at each other. Rumour has it this is because those two women were the wife and mistress of the building's architect!
I very much enjoyed checking out this market!
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Shannon D.
Eclectic collection of food stalls conveniently located right outside our B&B. We stopped here all three days on our stay in Bristol. We tried (in order of my personal preference) Portuguese, Jamaican, Moroccan, and the smoothie stand. The food was excellent at the first two and very good at the third and average at the smoothie spot. All the stalls are super affordable with meals ranging from about 4-8 pounds. Seems like a place for both locals and tourists as some spots will even package your food to go in a Tupperware. Would definitely go back to try the other stalls if ever back in Bristol!
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Thom W.
St Nics is quite literally the epicenter of lunch time dining in Bristol. If you can't find something you like to eat here, you have serious problems!
Not only is St Nics a foodies wet dream, but it is a centre for independent market traders. 'Arc at ee' 'cheers drive' and 'werzat too?' t-shirt company, Beast, started here and still have their original spot, as well as their shop on Gloucester Road. You can buy anything from bike tyres to hot chili sauce. For a chili enthusiast like myself, the chili sauce emporium is an amazing little shop.
You can buy and spend Bristol pounds here, I'm pretty sure all market and food traders accept them.
Last week Brooks Guesthouse added 4 retro rocket caravans to their rooftop that can be hired. Another awesome and quirky aspect to St Nicks.
There is almost too much to say about St Nicks. Everyone will have their own experience here depending on what you're there for. But there is something for everyone. And look up, look around, you'll see bags of history right in front of you. -
Rex K.
A great find for both locals and tourists. You name it, there's a good chance you will be able to find a stall at St Nic's selling it. I love wandering around browsing and often find some cool bargain or rare item I've been looking for, or didn't even know I needed!
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Susannah M.
I've be coming to St Nicks market for as long as I can remember and this place just gets better and better. Not only is still a great place for alternative clothes and gifts, but now also a great to go for lunch and buy amazing food.
I often come lunch as the choice of food is amazing, fresh smoothies, falafel, pieminister, grill stock, and loads more that I can't recall. There is also an amazing cake stall, sausage stall and other fresh goodies.
I popped in on this occasion to get a couple of birthday cards from the amazing card stall. Loads of brilliant, funny, original cards. Some are pretty pricey but definitely not your average Clinton cards selection!!
I love this place, the building is steeped in history and the variety of goods is fantastic