Bristol's first ever cheese restaurant is closing down this summer after eight months of service. The owner of The Cheese Platter in Redland is quitting the hospitality industry citing insurmountable staffing issues as the cause.
The restaurant first opened in November in The Vincent, a luxury retirement home on Redland Hill, run by former teacher Joshua Doyle. The owner said he was baffled the restaurant concept didn't already exist outside of London as a nation of cheese lovers.
Speaking on the difficult decision, the first-time restaurant owner and maitre d' said: “I’m sad to be joining that statistic of restaurants that don’t last a year but it’s there for a reason. It’s very true, it’s tough. The sad thing is this was actually growing.
