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Just got back from pub crawl in London and beer in this place is more expensive than in Westminster. A pocket clenching £3.30 for a pint of Landlord? At least the beers are kept in good condition for the price. Seemed to be full of people there for the food and emptied out considerably after 9ish, pleasant atmosphere though. In short, goodish pub with tasty ales and the cash point is just at the top of the road
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The Beer is quite good , but expensive .
i've been very disapointed with the food last couple of times i've been there for meals , last time sausage and mash was absolutely saturated in gravy , so much so I thought about changing my knife and fork for a spoon , on a previous occasion the meal seemed to be saturated with peas . too much quantity overcompensating for quality ? with the price of a meal not cheap.
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"The lamb curry (£7.95) looked like one of those Vesta packet mixes... cubes of mushy, overcooked meat festered on a bed of alarmingly orange rice in a pool of murky, watery sauce"
"All you could discern was industrial-strength tomato peree"
"It's one of the few occasions when I've cut the meal short - not because I feared that the puddings might be bought in, but because I was worried they might not be"
"How can a place that majors on food churn out stuff like this and get away with it?"
All quotes from Venue Magazine 25 April - 5 March 2008
Marc Crewe, Food and Drink Editor
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Best in Bristol?? I think you should get out more lol. Have you eaten there recently? The food is overpriced and definitely not worth it. Go and see for yourself.
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For all round beer, food and atmosphere, is probably the best pub in Bristol. Is the best pub food in Bristol that I know of - it all tastes great, massive portions, normal prices.
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Very friendly pub - the landlord offers free beer tasters. Food is very good and a pretty good choice of beer, but not as good as the Bag O'Nails down the road.
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Tried it again last night. It's a bit foodie and £2.90 a pint is taking the p*ss a bit, especially when the Bag O'Nails is 5 minutes walk away. The Clifton factor I presume?
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Simply a wonderful pub! The atmosphere, the beer, and the food were all a most welcome find during a conference in Bristol. The enormous portions of excellent food is highly recommended.
A fine example of how a pub should be run!
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A rather good range of beer when I last visited, including the excellent Butts Barbus Barbus. The beer garden is a pleasant location to eat and drink, weather permitting. I thought that the prices were a touch on the high side, but then there are some advantages to targeting a certain market segment..
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Good pub with friendly atmosphere. Primarily a real pub but does serve the mass produced cack for the masses. Excellent food. Beer choice occasionally puzzling; draught marstons pedigree, london pride and timothy taylor aren't what you'd expect in a pub of this calibre.
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At times I have slipped into an almost transcendental state whilst merrily giddy (if that's not a contridiction) on Butts Barbus Barbus, stuffed on the excellent food and mesmerised by some truly stunning barmaids. I once had the termerity to take some apples from the lovely old tree in the garden and then make an apple crumble. Needless to say, it was also greta. Touched by the Hope magic. It can get very busy at weekends though, but do what you must to secure a table then allow yourself to transcend the hordes...
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An unsurprisingly high rating for what the proprietors somewhat arrogantly, but probably accurately, bill in local pub press as an "Exceptional Public House", after pleading with any potential punter not to spill beer. Well it's sound advice isn't it? And you'd be foolish to spill any of the Hope's real ales - at least 4 pumps dispensing many southwestern gems such as, er, Bath Gem, Dorothy Goodbody etc, and others from further afield.
The food is equally worthy of mention, coming as it states below in "massive" portions. It's a tad pricey but then comparatively you are getting a lot more, and it is good quality stuff. 10 years ago when I was regularly able to visit they used to hand out free roast spuds on Sunday evenings, leftover from lunch!
A secluded and multi-level back garden only adds to the charm of this classic Bristol pub that appeals to students and locals in equal measure. Well done.
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Food comes in massive portions -the sandwiches are a meal in themselves, good atmos, and the garden out the back is nice in the summer (if you can get a seat).
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Possibly the best proper pub in Bristol I have found thus far (unfortunately so has everyone else). Phenomenal food, and a selection of decent ales, topped off by a charming beer garden at the back.
Rupert - 19 Feb 2004 22:32 |
This is my favourite pub in Bristol (and not just because I used to live 1 minute it). Great beer and lovely atmosphere. The best "pub" food bar none in Bristol and a pub with music where you can actually speak without shouting to you friends. A little more expensive than most pubs but very much worth it.
Tom Vincent (Brewster) - 29 Jan 2004 10:36 |
Fantastic Pub, probably the best food in Bristol, is packed by midday on sunday for lunch, excellent secret garden outback during the summer!!
Doug - 15 Nov 2002 16:58 |
Excellent one off pub, with great atmosphere and food!
Smithy - 6 Sep 2002 15:27 |
