Toad at 31 Corn Street, Bristolback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
One of the many bars in Corn Street to change it’s name every few months, this has previously been known as 31 Corn Street, The Frog & Toad and The Den among others and is now called Rehab. It’s a cavernous pub, with a very high ceiling and quite open. The walls are all a plain sandy stone, similar to Bath stone, and there are some very substantial stone pillars as well, some with quite ornate carvings on. The roof is also very impressive, having a number of glass domes, lots of intricate gold leaf and carved figures.
The first thing you see when you go in is an old red telephone box just inside the door, but other than that it’s a fairly empty space with some faux leather bench seating curving along the right hand side and a few high tables and stools in the middle. There is some more seating at the rear arranged in to pods, and on a mezzanine level floor is their “VIP Area”. Flooring is mostly parquet wood and at the rear this had blue up lighters recessed in to it. Elsewhere are some tiles. There is a long bar counter on the left with some heavy framed silver mirrors behind it.
It was very quiet on a recent Thursday evening visit, in fact there was nobody else in there so we were outnumbered by the bar staff. If that’s typical then clearly it’s not going to last long in it’s present guise either. The food menu appeared to consist of sharing platters, nachos, fries and burgers with most of the mains being around the £8 - £10 mark. A DJ booth was towards the back corner, although it was not in use when we were there. Perhaps it gets livelier later on or at weekends.
Unfortunately there were no ales on tap at all, real or otherwise, whilst the solitary cider was Thatcher’s Gold. All in all, it’s unlikely to appeal to many of the regulars on this site, but if you’re interested in architecture, it might be worth popping in just to have a look at the impressive roof.
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2-4-1 meals great idea if your skint and dislike your own cooking, in general the food recognition lacks the enthusiasm and flavour in quality for cost!!!
anonymous - 12 May 2004 16:53 |
The Toad is the place 2 be on a sat... the tunes are wicked and the staff are cool... prices are also good... well worth visitin!
Lady V - 5 Feb 2004 09:38 |
I think the toad is amazin all my mates go in on saturday and it is so good. come down and see all the sexy bristol girls ha ha
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Great bar, excellent music, good dj's, good atomosphere overall. Only bad thing is the toilets!
Lisa - 30 Dec 2003 19:47 |
great drinks offers, 2 4 1 meals, great staff and dj's, open late, free entry monday - thursday - what more do you want! great - try it!!!
anonymous - 28 Dec 2003 02:26 |
the toilets are disgusting - please do something!
anonymous - 28 Dec 2003 02:18 |
the toad on corn street boasts the best bar staff i've ever come across - friendly, efficient and obviously enjoy working there!
camilla - 28 Dec 2003 02:17 |
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