Apple Tree, Bedminsterback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Sorry - the 1.10.15 - struggling with the cider induced headache!
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The pub is alive and well. I was there on Thursday 2.10.15. There was some confusion as the opening times board was incorrect, so people sometimes turned up when it was closed.
A truly old fashioned, traditional pub, selling real Taunton traditional cider.
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Is it still open? I haven't been since watching the Euro 2012 match between England and France. Everyone stood to attention and sang the national anthem before the game - except me, as I'm Welsh! I thought I was going to be lynched, but I explained why I wouldn't sing it, and they were fine - took the P unmercilessly, but were friendly.
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A tiny, back street boozer located just off the main shopping area of Bedminster Parade. It�s a small single room pub, with barely enough room to swing the proverbial cat. It�s a bit rough and ready, and probably hasn�t changed in decades. In fact there�s still a very ancient looking one armed bandit machine in one corner, although unfortunately this didn�t seem to be working.
There�s three or four tables and some rather threadbare bench seating around the perimeter. A digital jukebox and a LCD TV are the only concessions to modernity. There�s a few photo�s dotted around the wall and the pub certainly had a few �characters� in who�d probably had one pint too many of the Cheddar Valley, but they all seemed friendly enough. It was quite quiet on a recent Tuesday evening, in fact when we left at about 8:30 there was nobody left in the pub although there were a few punters in the outside courtyard (or should that be the dilapidated garage?).
Food�s probably not a big thing here, but there were a few pub classics such as Spag Bol, Chilli, Lasagne, Curry, etc. chalked up on a board next to the bar, and these were all priced at around the �1.50 mark which seems exceptionally reasonable.
No beers on tap unless you count John Smith�s Extra Smooth. Good choice of ciders though, with Blackthorn, Natch, Taunton Traditional and Cheddar Valley. Drink prices seemed very reasonable, with the CV being just �2 a pint.
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Unique one bar traditional pub selling mainly rough cider. Lots of characters. Customers oftem go from here to the Barley Mow, another unique pub, on the corner. Recommended.
schaf - 23 Jun 2010 15:37 |
Good Taunton Traditional cider.
Worrying that highly visible racist grafitti was still on toilet walls two days after appearing.
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love the 'cider garden'
an old garage with a table nicked from a greasy spoon in it
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Armour not compulsory-just recommended.
Taunton rough scrumpy on handpull,though seems to come from a keg.
Potential is great if it got out of its "Bristolian" timewarp!!!
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