Bubalu

Great place, great food, great coffee ,
Mike a great PT take great classes such as warrior & kettles bells & Pilates.
No joining fee
Open 7 days a week, what more can you want .
Who needs Valentines

I have walked passed Bubalu so many time but for some reason never given it a second thought. Health food and non alcoholic drinks weren’t really my thing until recently.
But last week I read some Unilocal reviews and decided to give it a go, and I am so glad I did. Now, I want to give Bubalu five stars, but I haven’t used the gym or fitness facilities, so It wouldn’t be right. But, based on the food and drinks, I will definitely be going back. And when I’m full of January fat blues and post Christmas over indulgence, I’ll definitely be back to check out some classes.
I ordered the B-​Boost Smoothy which had Coffee, Banana, Honey, cinnamon and ice in it. It was by far the best smoothy I’ve ever had. The coffee had a real punch and all the other flavours stuck to the pallet. I never wanted it to end.
When I first arrived there was nobody else there, but within half an hour it was half full with a really nice buzz and atmosphere. The food being served looked great and I really wanted to some, but I couldn’t unfortunately.
Gloucester Road is always full of surprises, but this has been one of my recent favorites — event though I’ve known about it for several years! That’s the beauty with Unilocal,I suppose!

Added 4^th Oct 2012: everyone who knows me well knows that I’m passionate in my support of Bubalu & because I know how hard it is for an independent business to survive in the current climate, I believe that a business like Bubalu that is working hard to provide a fantastic facility & service for the benefit of the local community, really deserves the support of that community. Mike and all his staff are welcoming, helpful & very friendly & having been a regular customer since they opened, I know one thing for certain at the forefront of everything they do & every change they make, the customer has always been Mike’s first consideration not in the relentless pursuit of profit but because he wants customers to have a great experience. He regularly canvases opinion from his regulars, asking for feedback, he is there day in & day out 7 days a week from early in the morning till late at night, always friendly, always helpful and for the benefit of the person who has nothing better to do than to pass unpleasant negative comments, Mike is NEVER rude! I have no hesitation in recommending Bubalu to anyone in fact I regularly do! Keep doing what you’re doing Mike, you have a fantastic business so don’t let the negative comments of one person get you down. Those who know you know that you worry about negative comments because you care. and that’s why Bubalu is proving to be such a success, because you do care about people! 1^st June 2012 Bubalu Bristol is the best thing to happen to Gloucester Road in the 27+ years that I’ve lived in this area. They have the friendliest staff and the best coffee I’ve tasted anywhere. Their awesome fitness classes are delivered by friendly, helpful and professionally qualified trainers who are all passionate about what they do and none more so than the owner, Mike Bowen. I started going to classes there not long after they first opened and the help and advice I received has helped me more than I can say. I was so unfit and stressed at the start, that on Mike’s advice I had to stop attending my chosen class and try to build up my strength gradually by doing the Fitness Pilates class. Now I go to 3 of these every week as well as Personal Training with Mike and my fitness levels are better than they’ve ever been in fact, I had a full health assessment this week, arranged through my employer and the result? I was told I have a metabolic age of 45 and my aerobic fitness level is above what would be classed as ‘very good’ for a 20 30 year old. I was 60 this year! So, thanks to the fantastic training from Mike and the two lovely Fitness Pilates trainers at Bubalu, Lou Cole and Daisy Leahy, next week I am doing the ‘Mendip Challenge’ a sponsored 20 mile walk over the Mendips for charity! I call that a result and that’s just one of the many reasons I love this place :)
11^th June 2012 I completed that 20 mile walk over the Mendip hills yesterday, to raise money for Weston Hospicecare. and it’s all thanks to the awesome training I’ve been having at Bubalu. The support & encouragement they gave me (& continue to give me) is really above and beyond the call of duty! These guys are really something special

Bubalu is my new favorite place to eat on the Gloucester Rd.
Its clean, and has a friendly atmosphere that keeps me coming back.
The food is well prepared, fresh and tastes great, especially the noodles! Highly recommend Bubalu for its coffee too. They have a good selection of coffee from around the world. Loving the Ethiopian beans at the moment :) Top quality café.

I’ve become slightly addicted to Zumba and try to go to the Bubalu classes at least twice a week. The three different instructors on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday make for a good variety of style and content. Also slightly addicted to the Zinger juice which I have when the family meet me for breakfast after the Saturday class. Great porridge and berries for me, bacon sarnie for the boy and the Dad and pancakes and fruit for the daughter. Lots going on apart from the zumba, but I can’t do everything yet!

Mike is really friendly and has done a cracking job at Bubalu he’s always trying out new ideas. The venue is nice and big and very pushchair friendly. Gary’s kickboxing classes are great, he makes every class different and it’s always enjoyable, he’s a really good instructor not at all intimidating but very welcoming as i remember being nervous going to my first session on my own many months ago. I go to the kickboxing class at Bubalu regularly now and am hooked on the whole group fitness combat thing. I’ve never worked out in classes before but definitely see the benefit of training with others over a gym session, I push myself much harder than i ever would on my own. The thing that keeps me coming back is I really enjoy each class, kicking and punching is a great way of de-​stressing after work. Kickboxing has also shown me that getting fit can be fun and actually learning self defense skills while doing it is a bonus.

I’ve known Mike for years and was so pleased to see how the place turned out for him.
Great coffee, good smoothies!

I’ve visited Bubalu many times since it opened earlier this year. It works very well for me. The coffee is great. The food is very good (although I haven’t tried the new menu yet). Free internet (which is usually important to me). And the staff are great. Mike, the owner, is working really hard to get Bubalu pumping. Taking lots of feedback and putting on a good range of classes. The fact that he buys in premium coffee (which has won awards etc etc) shows that he really wants this to be a great little café which it is cranking up to be! [Added 4 Oct 2012 ] Bubalu has continued to be a great place to visit. I am not here frequently enough, but each time I am, I am pleased and impressed. Great smoothies, excellent coffees, the food that I’ve tried has been tasty, and the atmosphere is very good. Would thoroughly recommend the place. Oh, and free tinterweb. Very good ta.