Gloucester Road, Bishopston
Per & Kor is a husband-and-wife-run restaurant on Gloucester Road in Bishopston, built around an unusual and genuinely distinctive concept: rather than fusing Persian and Korean cuisine into a single hybrid menu, the two traditions are kept deliberately separate, so a table can order authentic Persian starters alongside authentic Korean mains -- bulgogi, dumplings, stew -- side by side rather than blended. It is a small, single-site, family-owned independent exactly in the spirit of the brief, though its exact opening date was not independently pinned down this pass. Reviews are strong and consistent: 4.7 out of 5 across roughly 580 reviews, reviewers praising authentic food, friendly service and an inviting, cosy atmosphere.
This pass resolves the existing research's open question directly: Per & Kor genuinely is cash-only. Multiple independent first-hand reviewer accounts confirm the restaurant does not accept card payments at all, taking cash or bank transfer only -- one reviewer describes being caught off guard by this at the end of a meal, with the owner apparently used to directing surprised diners to a cash machine at the nearby Co-op. It is also BYOB, bring-your-own-alcohol, a genuine cost-saver for a group but one more logistical detail a booking party would need told in advance alongside the cash-only rule.
The room itself is small -- reviews put capacity at around 30 to 32 seats -- and independent accounts describe it filling quickly, with a reservation described as essential rather than advisable. That scale sits comfortably within the brief's 20-to-40-cover range, but a table for 10 specifically has not been independently confirmed, and neither cash-handling nor BYOB logistics for a 10-cover group booking with this series' T-7/on-the-night payment structure have been worked through -- both genuine open questions before any approach. Gloucester Road/Bishopston is one of Bristol's longest independent shopping-and-eating strips, a more everyday, less overtly stylish stretch than Stokes Croft or Clifton Village.