The Rising Sun, West Town - pub details
Address: 91 West Town Road, West Town, Backwell, Bristol, Somerset, BS48 3BH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 24665) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Nailsea & Backwell (0.7 miles), Yatton (4 miles)
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> Current user rating: 6.0/10 (rated by 4 users)
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user reviews of the Rising Sun, West Town
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| Recently re-opened after a six week refurbishment, this has now been opened out in to a single U-shape pub and whilst it’s obviously clean and up together, it lacks much in the way of any character. There are a few grey slate tiles on the floor as you enter, but elsewhere it’s all parquet wood flooring with what might be described as a lounge to your left and a public bar to the right, although I hesitate to use those terms when it’s all just one room. The curved and central wooden bar counter has a row of low hanging globe lamps above it, along with some grey tiling and wooden shelving behind. The lounge area has grey paintwork on the wall in many places and a couple of different wall papers elsewhere. A brick fire-place and wood burning stove was off to one side, and at the rear another area with plenty of tables and chairs which may be more intended for dining. The bar half of the pub has another small fire-place, darts board and a pool table at the rear. A plasma up in the corner was showing the football and there is also a projector that can presumably be pressed in to use for major sporting fixtures. The laminated menu looked to be a fairly typical pub grub offering with choices such as a burger, lasagne, gammon and steak, mostly priced at around the £8 - £10 mark. Unusually the pub is run by three ladies according to the welcome blackboard behind the bar, and at least two of these were wandering round in their slippers which seemed slightly.....chavvy, perhaps? The third had a young grandson who was running around swinging a pool queue in a somewhat alarming fashion. Beers on tap were Greene King IPA and Doom Bar. Ciders were Blackthorn and Thatcher’s Gold. Blackthorn - 13 Nov 2012 22:09 |
| In spite of this being one of my nearest pubs, it�s not one that I go to often. It always sees to have a bit of an edge to it, and I have heard reports of there being trouble there on occasions. That said, there�s now a new couple running it so I was keen to give it another go. Inside it hasn�t really changed at all, and whilst there�s nothing particularly wrong with it, it could perhaps do with a bit of TLC. The lounge bar contains a plasma in the corner that was showing sport of some sort, and there�s a large pool table as well which seems odd for a lounge bar. We didn�t go in the public bar although I could see that this had a dart board in it. The landlady was friendly enough, and said that they are planning to start doing a basic food offering in the coming weeks. There�s a large rear garden which is a nice spot on a sunny afternoon, although this isn�t really utilised to the full at the moment as there are only three benches out there. There is also a covered patio area to keep the smokers happy, and there was a poster on the door advertising a band that are playing next weekend, which I may well check out. There was still groups of people loitering the doorway smoking and swearing though, which is rather off putting. Beers on tap were Greene King IPA and Spitfire. Ciders were Blackthorn and Addlestones. Blackthorn - 11 Oct 2010 10:02 |
| Frankly I have alway been too scared to go in this pub. I understand it has had a change of ownership recently so maybe one day I pluck up the courage..... Dusty_bluebells - 7 Oct 2010 14:00 |
| Only proper pub now left in Backwell , bar and lounge , was throbbing last time i was in about 11 months ago , but was dead tonight , beer gk and lp , which seemed strange , when you've got butcombe just down the road , the pub has seen better days , hope it survives , currently lease for sale . beatles38 - 26 Jan 2010 22:48 |
| Can't quite make my mind up about this one. It's got a decent sized garden which is good for the sun on a summer's evening, but the pub itself often feels a bit edgy. I think it's quite a local's pub and they maybe are not used to outsiders! Having said that the bar staff always seem quite friendly, and they had a decent band in there the other night. Blackthorn - 15 Dec 2008 16:49 |
