FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY, Our Bedminster branch will be doing our £5.95 special offer on SATURDAY EVENINGS from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. In addition to this they are also running the MEAT MONDAYS OFFER (TWO 10oz sirloin steaks with a choice of a sauce from the main menu PLUS a half litre of red or white wine all for £25) alongside their STEAK SUNDAY OFFER (TWO 10oz sirloin steaks with a choice of a sauce from the main menu PLUS a half litre of red or white wine all for £25).

These offers are running for a limited time only so please book now to avoid disappointment.

We are pleased to announce that our Portishead branch has now introduced the Early Evening offer. This will be valid Monday-Friday 5:30pm-6:30pm.

Bottelino's are no longer on the VOUCHERCLOUD website, so the iphone codes and print outs are no longer vaild.

We are pleased to announce that our Bedminster branch will now be open 7 days a week. Call 0117 9666676 to make a reservation!

Bottelino’s are please to announce that we have been awarded the ‘Restaurant Chain of the Year’ award at this years PAPA awards. The ceremony took place on the 11^th November and Managing Director Mike Botta accepted the award on behalf of the company.   

We are pleased to announced that our newest restaurant located on the Marina in Portishead is now open for trade. After an extremely successful opening evening event on Sunday 8th August 2010, the doors are now open for trade. Link

Due to relocation, Bottelino's in Broadmead, Bristol has now closed for trade. Please book in our other Bristol based restaurants in Bedminster and Emersons Green.

We would like to take this time to thank everyone who has supported this branch over the years, and we look forward to seeing you in the near future in Portishead, Bedminster or Emersons Green.

Many Thanks, The Broadmead team and the Botta Family.

'One of Bristol's oldest restaurants move out of city centre'

The sale of the broadmead bottelino's branch has made local news. The Bristol Evening Post wrote an article on the current sale only days after the for sale sign went up. Article below - 

ONE of Bristol's oldest and most popular Italian restaurants is looking to move out of the city centre, the Evening Post can reveal.

Bottelino's in Broadmead has been put up for sale almost 30 years after the landmark restaurant first opened for business.

The first Bottelino's was opened in 1978 by Giuseppe Botta and moved to its current location in Bond Street in 1982. It has long been a favourite with Bristolians and is one of the last remaining restaurants in Broadmead and the surrounding area.

The Botta family have since gone on to open a chain of restaurants across the South West, and in spite of the recession they are currently looking to expand into Portishead, Taunton and Trowbridge.

But Giuseppe's son, Mike, says that the firm has decided the time has come to move out of the city centre and has put the restaurant and the flats above it on the market. Mr Botta said: "The restaurant seats 70 people and we have simply outgrown the place. There is not enough room to suit our current business model.

"It is very sad that we are moving out of Bristol city centre after all this time, but time moves on and things change, we have to move with the times. The restaurant is in a landmark building, but life moves on and we have to do what is good for our business."

Mr Botta added: "We are not looking at any other premises in the city centre, but we will be looking to relocate our staff to our other branches and we intend to be speaking to them in the near future.

"The restaurant we have in Broadmead is actually too small for our operation, and we tried to move on a few years ago."

Mr Botta also said that moves to open a new 400-seat restaurant in Portishead Marinia are likely to go ahead later this year, 12 months later than originally planned.

Talks are thought to be in an advanced stage and the latest addition to the chain could be open for business by the end of the year.

The latest Bottelino's opened in Weston-super-Mare in January last year at a cost of £3 million. The family-run company also has restaurants in Bath, Cheltenham, Nailsea, Emersons Green, Bedminster and Swindon.

Most are run by members of the Botta family, including brothers Gino and Raffaele Botta, sons Pino and Dante Botta and cousin Angelo Nicastro.

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Popular Bristol founded Italian restaurant chain Bottelinos have come up with a most traditional way of raising thousands of pounds for charity… with bread sticks and olives.

Now they are on track to collect over £20.000 a year for the Willow Foundation, the charity which specialises in creating Special Days for young adults living with cancer and other serious diseases.

Company MD Mike Botta, whose father Giuseppe opened his first restaurant in Bristol 30 years ago, said Bottelinos always provided complimentary bread sticks and olives at their seven restaurants.

“So we decided to invite customers to make a discretionary 10p charity donation and such has been the response that we have raised over £6000 in the first quarter,” he said.

Former Arsenal goal keeper Bob Wilson founded Willow with his wife Megs as a lasting memorial to their daughter Anna who died from a rare form of cancer shortly before her 32^nd birthday.

“These generous donations from Bottelinos and their customers will help us provide more Special Days for seriously ill young adults and their families who need an escape from the day to day problems which long term illness brings,” he said.

Team members of Weston-super-Mare software development company Vivantio will no longer have far to go for lunch having just moved into smart new offices in the town’s fashionable Boulevard.

For they are the first to lease 1,600 sq ft of space from fast growing Italian restaurant chain Bottelinos whose new Weston premises are on the floor below them.

Vivantio bosses Greg Rich and Russell Wiltshire, who launched their business in the town in 2003, said they needed more space for expansion so the new high quality premises were ideal.

Mike Botta, MD of award winning Bottelinos who opened their new restaurant in The Boulevard last year, said the company had also taken the opportunity to provide 5,000 sq ft of office space on the two floors above and he was delighted that Vivantio now had more room for growth.

Simon Price of letting agents Alder King said quality air cooled premises in a prime location were proving attractive to firms looking to the future.

Due to popular local demand, Bottelino's in Cheltenham will now be open every Sunday lunchtime from 12 noon - 3.30pm.

Restaurant manager Andreas said, "Many of our customers have asked if we have any plans to open on a Sunday lunchtime - the £4.95 deal is a great offer and has been attracting a lot of new business since our refurbishment. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that we will be open for business every Sunday, and yes, you will be able to take advantage of the special lunchtime offer!"

Bottelino's in Cheltenham is open from Monday to Saturday, 12 noon - 2.30pm and 5.30pm - 11.00pm, and now every Sunday from 12 noon - 3.00pm.  Please see our branch page for our Special Offer times