Lovely pub appears small but superb with excellent real ales. Love the team shed inner bar seating…read morearea with friendly service. Want to visit again

It may be small, but don't be fooled - this teeny tiny pub on Victoria Street is easily the best…read morepub in Bristol. Situated outside of the hustle and bustle of the city centre, the kind of crowd you'll find here is the one that loves a descent pint of beer and an evening spent with friends. It can be quite difficult to get a seat here, so it's not a great place to take someone who hates standing with a drink. The King's Head will give you a little slice of history and take you back to a time when not every pub was a chain, and when reasonable prices weren't a rarity.

This place is just barren, rocky and slightly unwholesome enough to keep away the gentile and…read moreoversensitive train traveller (and good riddance). I was the sole customer, besides the arrow throwing locals. Otter Ale and Butcombe were decent pints and the lucky locals seemed to have access to an unseen secret cider! Pub is also a venue for gigs..fairly small ones though surely!

I don't like this pub. Firstly, it sits right outside Temple Meads which means it naturally…read moreattracts a large number of transients (I mean people staying in the nearby hotels for business, not homeless people) and gig-goers (who, in fairness, often look as if they may actually be homeless). The latter come here to subject themselves to the tribute acts and no-hoper local rock bands (with names such as Gold Fish Don't Bounce - I swear that's actually a real name) that play here on Friday and Saturdays. However, the reason I really hate this place is the rudeness of the staff. The one time I drank in here, the landlady insisted on kicking me and a friend out dead on 10.30pm on a Sunday night, despite happily selling me two full pints at 10.25pm. Something tells me she knew her pub was a shithole and couldn't even be bothered to try and pretend otherwise.

The Mow! Gem gem gem! No, not Bath Gem's... but a gem of a diamond in this little community of St…read more Phillips. It is situated very close to the Temple Meads train station and near the IBIS Hotel, but rather difficult to locate if you don't live around the area or already know about it. I'd suggest you google it and hunt it down because it is an awesome little pub. The feel of this pub is cosy, wooden antique-y furniture litted about the place, and a warm fire burning (if the weather is chilly). As this pub is affiliated with the Bristol Beer Factory, the ales on tap are the Beer Factory ales, like No. 7, Sunrise, Stout, Red and usually one guest ale! They are usually about £2.70 - £2.80 - pretty good. Beers on tap here are Fosters, Grolsch and the cider is a lovely fizzy Ashton Press. There is outside seating, as well as a courtyard at the back with a nice sheltered bit for when it starts raining. The food! They pride themselves on good, hearty, fresh and locally sourced food. The vegetarian lasagne and sunday roasts are my favourites here. This pub is just a lovely place to spend hours, having a quiet pint and food, with a book off their bookshelf, by the roaring fire. Loads of games are available here to play with- Downfall, Guess who?, Jenga, Chess....great for the kids and adults too. A venue always filled with the locals - it seems they have kept this pub a little secret very well indeed! Head down here and you'll love this place as much as I do. Guaranteed.

This really is a lovely old proper pub with some most pleasant people working here. Some…read moreinteresting pictures around the walls, which is why it is such a shame that the entire wall to the back left as you go in is covered by a massive TV screen, even showing news of some kind when no major sporting events are occuring. The beer was really good. They had four Bristol beer factory beers (they usually have a guest too). I had their Acer, one I know and like already!

This place is very professional and welcoming. The barman was a lovely chap, poured us a lovely…read moredrink. A real gem. The dry menu was excellent, and so was the wet. I had crisps as well. Posh!

The daughter and I paid a visit recently, and this is a really nice little pub. I had a tasty piece…read moreof pie, and a pint of Dark Star Hophead, both of which hit the spot. It's a little bit out of the way, but not too badly so; give it the honor of the short walk!

Food was amazing! Service spot on and ambiance akin to an English Pub. Definitely recommend eating…read morehere.

Costumer service is very good Food is delicious…read more Restaurant is so lovely Nice place to go chill and have lunch/dinner.

We had an excellent meal here…read more The bacon confit starter was spot on. It wasn't fatty and paired really well with the black pudding, mustard and quail's egg. It was also beautifully presented. I had the vegetable and mozzarella bake as my main. It was delicious and I loved the nut and tomato sauce. Lovely texture and flavour. However the portion is tiny and felt a bit mean given how large the meat mains were. Desserts were amazing as well. Excellent service, super friendly!

Not long been taken over - the new landlord is doing it up single handedly and you get the sense…read morethat it will be a cracking little boozer when the garden had been tidied and he's finished his projects- not that it really needs it- the pub looks great with the fireplaces and comfy sofa in front of it, begging for winter! had beautiful sandwiches - gastro stylee on fresh granary bread and the ploughmans was generous too- love this pub!

Ok, so we all know that your inner punk needs to be satisfied every once in a while. When visiting…read moreBristol I wanted to get a nice IPA, with a cheesy pizza. Within 30 min after entering, I have had both ;) Thanks you all!!

I am a big fan of brewdog beer, and surprisingly, yesterday was my first visit. yes I am aware that…read moreit has been here a while, but the bar is usually busy anytime I fancy a visit. Which is understandable, their beer is fracking delicious. The bar is great, really liked the service, plus you've got a great view of Bristol bridge from the rustic looking bar. Which is something I've always liked about the brand, I'm a sucker for anything quirky and or rustic and always love it when said quirky/rustic product is good. For those familiar with the brand; they have most of the usual offenders on tap and the rest in bottles or cans, my favourite being punk IPA, which is just gorgeous on tap. My one criticism (but its just me nitpicking) is the size of the venue, again its usually always busy, which is good, so would be nice to see it expand some day to make room for more seating or something... Also, bonus points for stocking classic boardgames. Alcohol fuelled jenga is always fun

This is essentially a sports pub, which houses a number of TV's including one giant screen. A…read morefriend and I popped in here one Sunday afternoon and both suffered mild attacks of paranoia on our way to the bar. Feeling as though all eyes were on us, we looked at eachother with mild bemusement before realising that there was a huge screen in front of us and we were blocking many a miffed punters' compulsive viewing. Oh dear. We promptly left, since A) we felt as though we may as well have just walked into someone's living room and B) an audible conversation wouldn't have been possible due to the racket emanating from both the punters and the TV. If you're a fan of poker, The George has a Poker League which takes place every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm. It also boasts live music every Saturday night.

The staff are very friendly and professional, and the whole place has a nice, casual, communal…read moreatmosphere. I also LOVE the food from La Cocina. I'm from California, and one of the things I've missed in Bristol is good Mexican food. La Cocina fills that craving nicely!

The Volunteer is one of Bristol's many hidden gems…read more Situated just on the outskirts of Old Market a minutes walk from Cabot Circus, you probably wouldn't know it's there without a recommendation. It's quite a small pub and while it lacks a decent size for big groups it makes up for it with cozy character. On entry there is a pateoed garden complete with pub benches and what looks to be a stone bake pizza oven which I guess would be great for summer. I'd chosen the Volunteer for my team at work's Christmas dinner as it was a convenient short walk from my place of work in Temple Quay (next to Temple Meads) and i'd heard great things about the quality of the food and service. We had a table of 10 which took up a large portion of the pub, the service was very friendly, can't fault the table service provided. The food was excellent. Starters consumed were pigeon, leak and onion soup and crab thermidor. The hit of the starters appeared to the the pigeon. The Christmas dinner on offer was excellent. Not just first class pigs in blankets but devils on horse back as well (prunes wrapped in bacon). My overall review of the roast on offer is that it's a no nonsense well executed roast dinner that definitely should be a consideration for a good roast in central Bristol. I played it safe for the 3rd course and went for the cheese board, which was also great. All your cheese & cracker classics accompanied with a curry style chutney, pickled onions and capers. There is a good selection of drinks on offer as well. The barman was more than happy to give some advise on the extensive range of ales on offer! All in all a great time had at the Volunteer. I'll definitely be heading back for a Sunday roast at some point and maybe see how it fairs up in the summer as well!

A lovely little pub, tucked away close to Temple Meads station, with an excellent selection of real…read moreales and a friendly welcome. You'll never find the Cornubia unless you're either lost or looking for it - Temple Street, these days, is almost a back street, off on the right as you walk from Temple Meads down Victoria Street to the centre. The Cornubia itself is set back from the road, hidden by one of the ubiquitous modern office blocks that populate the area. The pub used to be the hospitality suite of the nearby (and now defunct) Courage Bristol brewery. The building dates from 1783 and has been a pub since the mid 19th century. New landlords took over the pub earlier in the year, hailing from Kent, where their pub previously won CAMRA's Pub of the Year. The pub exterior is a well preserved example of Georgian architecture, in stark contrast to its surroundings. Inside, there is a long bar with a separate room off on the left, with some nice original fittings. The walls are covered with a slowly growing collection of pub clips (or are they beer mats?) of the wide and interesting range of real ales they sell - there are seven pumps - as well as ciders from the barrel. The beers on my visit were beautifully kept, and included Glastonbury's 'Black as yer hat' (4.5%), Slater's 'Why not?' (3.8%) and Forge Brewery's 'Litehouse' (4.3%). They also serve traditional home-made pub food food during the day, in generous portions. Worth looking out for, but beware that, because of the location, opening hours are very restricted at weekends - it's best visited during weekdays.

Myself and three friends came by after going to the Fleece looking for a drink around 11.00pm on a…read moreFriday. We were greeted by the most surly, unfriendly barman (more of a bar boy actually) whose first words were 'they can fuck off' To top this off, we were told to 'drop dead' on the way out. To be honest, it's no big loss. They can keep their tacky Union Jack decor and their emo bar staff, I will never frequent this establishment again.