Customers fear that a Bristol restaurant on Prince Street has closed for good. Pastan, a popular vegan pasta restaurant which opened in January 2023, is listed as ‘permanently closed’ on Google, with its website displaying an error message and the restaurant’s phone number signalling that a call cannot be put through.
When BristolLive visited the restaurant on Friday, October 4, a sign in the window read: “Due to staff holidays, we are closed for two weeks, from September 1st. We will be reopening on September 30th.” The ’30th’ had seemingly been amended from a prior date as the figure had been handwritten and stuck over the sign.
Pastan’s most recent post to Instagram was dated August 9, and was simply a video of a dish being created, captioned with: “Come give it a try! Sure it won’t disappoint”. No official statement about a closure has been made by the restaurant’s owners, as BristolLive understands. BristolLive has approached the team via social media for comment.
In an article by Restaurant Online, dated August 21, Pastan’s Brighton branch has reportedly closed its doors permanently, after having only opened in January of this year. The article states that a sign outside of the premises indicates it has been successfully let to “what is presumably a new tenant”.
Pastan’s other sites in London’s Barbican, Barcelona and Malaga all appear to be open as normal, according to Google.
The plant-based food brand, which specialises in vegan and plant-based pasta, had previously offered a pop-up on Gloucester Road in Bristol, before opening its city centre restaurant. It also boasted a restaurant in Manchester, which has also since closed.