Bocabar, Bristol - pub details
Address: Bath Road, Arnos Vale, Bristol, Bristol, BS4 3EH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 38074) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Bristol Temple Meads (0.8 miles), Lawrence Hill (1.1 miles), Stapleton Road (1.8 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.2/10 (rated by 4 users)
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Black Castle, Arno's Vale (0.2 miles), Fox, Bristol (0.4 miles), George Inn, Knowle (0.4 miles), Bush, Totterdown (0.5 miles), Banco Lounge, Totterdown (0.5 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Bocabar, Bristol
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| A large, barn-like place that is really more of a caf�/bar than your traditional pub. It�s one large open space with a big table full of community event leaflets as you go in. There�s a big arched roof with the electrical services on view and most of the rafters are strung with fairy lights which creates a reasonably pleasant effect, although the fact that the pretty much the only lighting seemed to be from them and candles on the tables made it slightly dark. Most of the seating is leather sofa�s and low level tables although there is also an area at the rear billed as a dining room. The design is in a similar vein to the Tobacco Factory and it too looks the sort of place that would attract plenty of �yummy mummies� during the day and this was emphasised by a stack of high chairs at the side of the room. Unusually for a pub there�s a display counter full of food reminiscent of the type of thing you might expect in an upmarket deli, containing a selection of cheeses, olives and such like. There was also a printed menu with a good selection of pizza�s and a few specials chalked up on a board. Some of the prices seemed a bit steep though, e.g.; �9.25 for a cheese board. Beers on offer were Gem, Spa and Wickwar�s Bob. Ciders were Weston�s, Bounders and Stowford Press. Drink prices also seemed high at �6.75 for two pints. Blackthorn - 5 Nov 2010 09:52 |
| Very Southville/Totterdown/Clifton as far as the customer base goes, and as the Stella Artois advert says "Reassuringly Expensive". Having said this, it seems this place has been mentioned in the Bristol Evening Post due to some problems with an altercation between two lads and the bouncers. Not a bad place to use for meeting business clients etc., but not somewhere you could afford to use as a local boozer. TalbotHill - 9 Mar 2010 09:11 |
| Fat too expensive- nice atmosphere most evenings but too much of a creche for yummy mummy types on a Sunday. hammers101 - 9 Dec 2009 09:07 |
| Went in here after sampling "Brislington's Best" pubs. This is OK, but aimed at the trendy types that live in the Totterdown area. A tad on the expensive side, but at least it's somewhere where you don't have to keep looking over your shoulder? knobs_de_fromage - 3 Aug 2009 15:47 |
