Byzantium is a rather interesting restaurant, (French-Mediterranean) although my memory of the food there is of an excess of balsamic vinegar. You can get a 'food lantern' for your starter or desert, with little tasters of lots of things, a bit gimmicky perhaps, but very enjoyable. The interior is impressive with a great view of St Mary Redcliffe church. The Lebanese restaurant (Sands) on Queens Road is good; nice olives, wine, and hearty mains, as well as sticky, fragrant puddings. I have eaten downstairs in the River Station in their cheaper bar/cafe several times and loved it. On the one occasion that I ate upstairs in the proper restaurant, just a couple of weeks ago, I didn't enjoy it at all. The food was very mediocre, relying on heavy, sweet flavours. The bread was strangely cold, and the service poor. Teohs (there are two branches: one in St Pauls and one in Bedminster) is an interesting place, hit and miss as well. It is a pan-Asian restaurant, and suffers from trying to cover too many countries. If you order well though (avoid Malaysian) it can be delicious, and it is ridiculously cheap.