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 Pies, Belgian Beers and so much more ! |
10 Kings Road Clifton Bristol BS8 4AB United Kingdom 0117 946 6461 |
Amoeba is a great place to visit with friends for a relaxed Sunday evening drink, or for a pre-nightclub digestif; he enthusiastically suggests that you do the same! It stocks the widest range of Belgian and world beers – from a fine Judas, to Peroni Gran Riserva – the latter of which has finally hit the scene in the UK thanks to promotions by such 'in the know' venues as this. Run as a café by Jan during the day, you can unwind on the sofas and sample the delicious homemade sandwiches, cakes and delicious Pieminister pies and mash, before the evening mode kicks in when Bailey and Anna take over and the mood is one of a sophisticated lounge bar. Truly a versatile establishment to meet your needs any time of day - or evening. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Australian theme bar |
323 Gloucester Road Bristol BS7 8PE United Kingdom |
If you have beach fever, sorry but this public house will serve to remind you just how far from the lucky country you now are. Note the typically Australian themed furnishings (surfboards doubling as tables, wallaby, crocodile and kangaroo road signs). "Are all bars in Australia like this?" yes, just like all Englishmen wear bowler hats and carry furled up copies of the Financial Times! Bar Oz is a long hike up the Gloucester Road, but you can choose from some bonza imported Antipodean beers. Or sample the usual UK tap beers. Play pool, chill out to a live DJ on Fridays, sit in the large beer garden or watch one of the seven TVs plus the massive SKY Sports screen. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Bristol's trendiest pub? |
Hillgrove Street Stokes Croft Bristol BS2 8JT United Kingdom +44 117 909 6612 |
At The Bell you'll find a small beer garden, reasonable selection of beers, staff trained in the, "I'm so cool I can't smile at you" style of bartending and a fairly basic, all-wooden decor. So why's it so popular? Because it's drop-dead trendy, that's why! This is the hang-out of the city's young, hip and alternative crew - you may even spot a member of local band Massive Attack if you're lucky. There's a lively but relaxed atmosphere, which is helped along by the DJs who play a selection of reggae and dance a few nights a week - making it a popular place for a pre-club warm-up. A fair number of characters, such as local eccentrics, who frequent the place and the vibe is generally one of live and let live. Not your usual pub and definitely worth a visit if being cool and being seen to be cool is your bag. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Groovy local in Bohemian area |
68 Richmond Road Montpelier Bristol BS6 5EW United Kingdom +44 117 924 7874 |
This neighbourhood boozer is a great place for a drink in mellow surroundings - its low ceilings and rustic appearance give it a unique character and lots of unique characters drink there as well! It's very much on the circuit for the city's trendier students, media folk and local Bohemians. There's a beer garden at the back which is very pleasant in the summer, but the whole pub can get rather packed at weekends, so avoid then if you're after a quiet pint. Their Sunday lunch (including a nut roast option) is legendary and their menu is particularly good for vegans and vegetarians as a whole. The bar serves all the usual drinks, but is rather small for such a popular pub, so go prepared to queue. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Friendly family pub with relaxed and happy atmosphere |
Coldharbour Road Redland Bristol BS6 7JS United Kingdom +44 117 973 5754 |
A short distance from the shops at the top of Whiteladies Road, this place has benches outside at the front, and a spacious and enclosed beer garden at the back, with a playhouse and slide to keep the children happily occupied. It's a very popular place, patronized by business people at lunchtimes and locals, families and students pretty much all the time. Filling and tasty pub-grub is served from noon-2.30p, including sandwiches and baguettes (beef and horseradish, brie with mango chutney etc.), ploughman's lunches, omelettes and jacket potatoes. Main meals include such favourites as scampi and sausages and mash. Children's meals are also available and the delicious Sunday lunches are very popular. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Enjoy wines in a shady courtyard |
4 Richmond Terrace Clifton Bristol BS8 1AB United Kingdom +44 117 973 2069 |
This cellar-bar is about three doors down from the university's enormous student union building — so guess who the majority of the punters are.Yes, students.But not just any old students,only those of the richer variety drink here (the poorer ones go to the cheaper pint pubs in town) as good wines don't come cheap. Well, you can get the odd glass of cheapish plonk, but the majority of the wines on offer are good quality and well-chosen, which is perhaps why this place is also popular with professionals as well.If you want lagers and spirits you'll find those here too. Food is also available, of the home-made and relatively basic variety and their breakfasts are becoming extremely popular. If it's sunny, grab one of the tables in the charming courtyard out the back - you'll have to be quick though. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Sit by the water and enjoy a pint |
Baltic Wharf Cumberland Basin Bristol BS1 6XG United Kingdom +44 (0)117 921 5256 |
Right on the side of the water, just a 15 minute walk from the city centre along the docks, this place is at its best in the summer months, when people enjoy their pints sitting in the sun, legs dangling over the quayside. The clientele is very mixed, which adds to its charm, and many come for a meal as well as a drink—their pub grub, such as haddock and chips, vegetable bakes, pies, filled rolls etc. is very popular. There's a pub (The Pump House) directly opposite across the water—watch out for the occasional drunkard make the hazardous swim to the other side, only to be intercepted by the harbour-master in his dinghy! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Charming pub near city farm |
Hopetoun Road St Werburghs Bristol BS2 9YL United Kingdom +44 117 944 2384 |
This former farm-house, bordering the St. Werburghs City Farm and allotments, is that rare thing - a genuine family pub. There's a large beer-garden plus an attached kid's playground and drinkers will note that Guinness, Budweiser, Stella Artois, John Smith, Blackthorn Cider and Old Speckled Hen all make their appearances at the bar. Food is served noon-2p and 6p-9p M-F, noon-4p Sa-Su. In the evenings there's often a young, "alternative", hippy crowd in and DJs often play from Thursday nights through the weekend. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Courtyard bar catering to the well-heeled types |
20a Berkeley Square Clifton Bristol BS8 1HP United Kingdom +44 117 927 7333 http://www.hahaonline.co.uk/ |
This smart and expensive cafe-bar is very popular with young professionals, oldest swingers in town and the richer-end of Bristol's student population. What it offers them all is plenty of draught and bottled beers, wines and spirits plus a good brasserie-style menu and brunch menu (the latter only at weekends from 10a-noon). Dishes include Parma ham with pasta and cream and upmarket light meals, served with sauces, which are also for sale. If you're after a quiet drink though, be aware that from early evening it gets packed with the entire Sloane population of Bristol's 20-30 somethings. Dress smartly and flash a few designer labels or you'll stick out like a sore thumb. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Lovely traditional pub |
164 St. Michael's Hill Bristol BS2 8DE United Kingdom +44 117 973 3203 |
This pub is a jewel in the crown of the local west country brewery, Smiles. Its very dark, slightly musty interior, gives it a distinctly Victorian feel. Outside in the leafy garden bar, however, the rows of benches and the very welcome gas burning heaters create a slightly Mediterranean and more contemporary atmosphere. The overall effect is one of a classic ale house, and it is very popular with older locals, students and real ale aficionados alike. The pub menu includes stews, chili, salads and curries. Cash only. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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A pub with spy-holes! |
The Grove Bristol BS1 4QZ United Kingdom +44 117 926 5967 |
This pub is allegedly the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's fictional Spyglass Inn, from his novel "Treasure Island" - look out for the spy-holes, which were used to watch for press-gangs, who were out to capture men and force them into a life at sea! Part of the Beefeater Restaurant chain, who specialize in traditional pub-grub, you can either get bar snacks or visit the restaurant upstairs (disabled access to bar only) and sample steaks or fish dishes. The large beer garden at the front, gets busy on a sunny day and it's popular with business people in the day and a real mix in the evenings. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Very special, traditional pub serving gorgeous food |
38 Jacob Wells Road Clifton Bristol BS8 1DR United Kingdom +44 117 929 2987 |
This place, nestled in the foothills of Clifton, has long wooden tables, hops hanging from the ceiling and a beautiful beer garden out the back - very popular on balmy summer evenings. Add to this the fact that there's no blaring music, and you'll see why it's such a superbly relaxing place for a pint. The food here is head and shoulders above your average pub grub and their Sunday lunches are legendary - get there by 11.30am if you want to be sure of a seat. It's not cheap but you'll get an enormous plate, piled high with the roast meat of your choice and loads of vegetables and gravy. You can also get fish dishes, and vegetarian meals. Overall, a real winner of a pub, and definitely worth making the short trip out of town for. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Unpretentious pub, popular with those over 30 |
St. Michael's Hill Bristol BS2 8DX United Kingdom +44 117 926 4500 |
Located in trendy and buzzing St. Michael's Hill—it's very steep and you'll need a drink after you've tramped up here— this popular, unpretentious pub has its own brand ale on tap, regular locals and a bustling atmosphere. The beer gardens are open all year, but naturally those who prefer their drink unfrozen stick to the summer months to go al fresco. Traditionally decorated with the usual commodities of pool table, cigarettes machine and arcade games, this pub is particularly popular with 30 year-olds upwards, especially post-graduates and doctors and nursing staff from the nearby university and hospital buildings, who appreciate its mellow and traditional feel. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Exceptional dockside drinking den |
Lower Guinea Street Redcliffe Bristol BS1 6TJ United Kingdom +44 117 927 3774 |
Right in the heart of the harbour, almost surrounded by water, this is a great place for a pint. It gets busy at the weekend, especially when it's sunny, when folk gather at its collection of tables right on the water's edge and enjoy their drinks and the setting - a sublime way to spend an evening! The clientele is very mixed, which adds to its charm and you'll find a cross section of Bristol in here - elderly locals, salty sea-dogs, young doctors and nurses from the nearby hospital, glammed-up clubbers and those just out for a quiet drink. Food is available at lunchtimes and early evenings, from the usual pub-grub (their seafood platter is rightly popular) to rather tasty Sunday Roasts. Make sure you ask the bar staff about the place's fascinating history and look out for the caves inside, one of which contains a replica of a skeleton! Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Friendly pub with small beer garden |
56 St Michael's Hill Cotham Bristol BS2 8DX United Kingdom +44 117 929 1334 |
Popular with postgraduates,nurses and locals,this small pub is good for a quiet pint away from it all in the daytime, but gets livelier at nights,especially towards the end of the week, with Saturday being karaoke night!Board games, such as Jenga and Dominoes are kept behind the bar for quieter occasions. Everything in here has a Robin Hood theme — snacks like Maid Marian Munchies(crisps and guacamole) and Friar Tuck (salami with olives) are served alongside meals such as ploughman's lunch, pork pie and jacket potatoes,all served with salad and crusty bread. Even the drinks include a range of flavoured schnapps called Maid Marian's Chill Outs and flavoured vodkas called Robin's Vodka Shots. What Robin Hood would be doing so far away from his native Nottinghamshire is anybody's guess, but it's a great pub nevertheless. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Old-style pub with barbecue area |
197 Gloucester Road Bishopston Bristol BS7 8BG United Kingdom +44 117 924 7880 |
Stepping into the Robin Hoods Retreat, on the Gloucester Road, the first thing you notice is the large selection of Real Ales on offer and, if you are a local to this area, the dramatic change it has gone through. The interior now has a homely feel with a fireplace located in the corner, perfect for the cold winter evenings. The menu is simply presented on a huge blackboard offering pub food which includes dishes such as Meatballs in Spaghetti and a varied selection of starters, mains and desserts including such delights as Slow Cooked Shoulder of Lamb or the well known Treacle Tart for pudding. The head chef, Nathan Muir, has put together a group of chefs who have a real passion for cooking who want to re-ignite simple but delightful pub food. The food here is served with the same amount of attention to detail as the top restaurants and we fully expect the Robin Hood's Retreat to establish itself on the map as one of the finest gastro pubs in Bristol. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Old-fashioned pub with a charming courtyard |
133 St Michael's Hill Bristol BS2 8BS United Kingdom +44 117 929 7265 |
You can't miss this large pub - there's an enormous statue of a white bear suspended above the door! It's a great spot to come on a sunny day, when you can sit outside in the shady, cobbled courtyard. You may have to fight for a seat though, this is a very popular place amongst students, hospital staff (there are two hospitals nearby), professionals and old locals alike - who all come here for its quieter, peaceful setting, away from the hubbub of the city centre. Added to the well-stocked bar, there's also a food menu that draws lunchtime crowds. Look out for their Belt Busters - large traditional pub-grub meals, such as fish and chips. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Gaze at the Suspension Bridge whilst enjoying a pint |
Avon Gorge Hotel, Princes Buildings Sion Hill Bristol BS8 4LD United Kingdom +44 117 973 8955 |
Massively popular, especially in summer for one reason in particular - its fantastic terrace with the best view of the Suspension Bridge in the whole city. This place is both a bar and a restaurant and is the number-one venue for Clifton's well-heeled students, tourists and locals. Sit outside on the terrace, or inside at one of the many tables (you don't need to order food, you can just get a drink). The Bar food is average (and service can be slow), but the restaurant food is top notch - potato wedges with cheese and chive mousse, grilled sirloin steak, sherry trifle etc. And it's breathtaking view makes it one of the most romantic places to dine in the city. Coffee and tea are available and there's a full bar. Children are also welcome - they can either choose from the kid's menu or can get half portions of any main meal. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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