Pitcher and Piano, Bristolback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This is one the better P&P pubs that I've been to. Quite nicely decorated inside with bookcases and sofas situated along the quayside. Didn't try any food but did have a pint of ESB which was pretty fine. It was quite busy for a Tuesday night and it seemed popular with the ladies!
Decent place to stop off on a bar crawl or take your girlfriend for a bevvy or two.
8/10.
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One of the original bars along the waterfront, it�s been here for a good few years now and has recently re-opened after a makeover. The basic layout is unchanged, but they�ve opened it out by getting rid of the various partitions that were there previously, leaving a much more flexible arrangement of tables and chairs. It�s a big pub on three levels, with a bar on both the bottom and top level. The mid level is little more than a wide corridor between the two, but does have a number of red leather button-back chairs and sofas and always seems a popular spot.
The ground floor has all wood flooring as seems to be the vogue these days, and a long bar counter running almost the entire length of the back wall. Service was a little slow with the staff seeming to be more interested in mixing cocktails than pulling pints. There are large windows on two sides and some covered outside seating which is a pleasant enough spot to sit and look at the boats in the harbour. A number of pillars are the only thing that breaks up the interior space, some with a pine type cladding, others covered with tiles in a curious green hue reminiscent of a public lavatory. Many of the others had pictures on, one of which was made at right angles and hung on two sides of the pillar! A large, colour illuminated P&P sign hung on the rear wall adjacent to the bar. At the far left of the lower level beyond a dual sided chimney is a wood panelled area that reminded me of an old hotel drawing room which is quite a contrast from the rest of the pub. I also spotted a large projection screen rolled up out of sight, which presumably gets pressed in to use for major sporting fixtures. A few trees illuminated with white fairly lights completed the furnishings.
The top level has a light and airy feel to it with further windows looking over the harbour. There is a smaller bar here, although I didn�t check to see how the range compares with downstairs. The wall coverings here are a very busy wallpaper and a number of old maps on the wall. This is a pub that in many ways tries to be all things to all people, and with it�s food menu and pleasant harbour side setting is going to have a completely different feel during the day to how it did on a Friday evening with bouncers on the door and the music getting progressively louder.
There was a surprisingly good range of real ales on for an establishment of this type, even if none of it was particularly inspiring or local. The line up consisted of Hobgoblin, Pedigree and Marston�s EPA. Ciders were Strongbow and the Swedish Rekorderlig. There was also a decent selection of continental lagers.
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just reopened after a big refurb this bar is situated next door to the cheap and cheerful spoons on the harbourside,they have done a very good job and the outside seating section is very nicely laid out.(very entertaining aswell watchin the pigeons landing on the diners tables lol on the beer front i had an ice cold pint of fizz (grolsch blonde)and it was free courteousy of their email list!they did have ales on though which are pedigree,marstons epa and hobgoblin ,staff were plentiful and friendly too,7/10
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The staff here were really nice and friendly and gave me a discount when i asked for a wine offer which i had overlooked and knocked some money off the bill as the food was a bit naff!
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Pretty average really, no real |Ale on last night when I visited....ok crowd, but sadly most of them seemed to work for Orange and had their heads up their arses!!! Nice to see that the same arrogant call-centre mentality exists outside of work too I suppose....NOT!
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Rather tired decor and no soap in the ladies toilet despite staff using the facilities!Food and service just about ok, drinks rather pricey.Try the Lloyds next door better value all round.
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high prices, poor service, long wait to be served. The food was awful - steer clear!
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i love it here altho the prices are extremly high if you have the money i strongly reccomend this pub, its clean and tidy and has a gr8 atmosphere
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An impressive looking, 3 story bar full of balconies and gangways in the air. Nice atmosphere though quite expensive. significantly fewer students here than in the bars around, with most people in late twenties early thirties. Still, not a bad joint. Beware the prices.
Tom - 4 Apr 2004 21:06 |
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