BITE user comments - ed007
Comments by ed007
Looks shabby and unfinished. A mixed crowd, including some rather alcoholic-looking folk. Nothing wrong with the beer though.
26 Oct 2008 16:21
Refurbished with a lot of oak, wonderful smells coming from the kitchen and several top notch ales. Popular with students and yuppies.
26 Oct 2008 15:35
I think the new look is very cool, so much better than the average soulless refurb. Had a fine lunch on the terrace, slightly upmarket food but without the outrageous prices. Oddly the sound from the TV was played outside.
5 Jul 2008 22:40
The Pipe and Slippers, Montpelier
Good atmosphere and a good selection of ciders in particular (mostly bottled). Very busy, so unfortunately the service was poor.
5 Jul 2008 22:35
Visited on a Saturday afternoon and had a fine pint of ale. Football was on the TV. Interesting carved wood interior with large paintings. Thai food was available. However, they had shut all the blinds so it was really dark.
29 Jun 2008 01:32
Medieval interior, beer was fine (including ale) but nowhere near enough seats. Puzzlingly it was closed when I attempted to visit one Friday evening. There are picnic tables outside.
29 Jun 2008 01:23
Fantastic character from the peculiar regulars to the medieval interior. I've never had a cheaper round anywhere in the South. Although I remember drinking this strange bright orange stuff - research suggests it was Cheddar Valley cider.
29 Jun 2008 01:19
'The Sportsman and Annexe' is just one place now, two sides of the same bar.
29 Jun 2008 01:02
Good ale (I had Sharp's Doom Bar), plenty of comfy sofas but a bit raucous on a Friday night due to large groups of men - almost a woman-free zone! Large TVs permanently on some kind of sport.
29 Jun 2008 00:57
Worth updating I feel...
No longer John Barras / Spirit owned and no ale. Large interior in the 90s 'family pub' style. Staff and locals were friendly enough.
29 Jun 2008 00:50
Definitely preferred this to the Wellington. Fantastic selection of beers, more cosy and welcoming atmosphere. Saturday lunch was a choice between sizeable salads and a satisfying selection of baguettes. Music maybe a notch too loud but worth going back.
29 Jun 2008 00:30
A friend's local so we popped in for a pint. As mentioned before it's been 'defurbished' - that means angular wooden tables, bare red-painted walls, no curtains and high ceilings, giving it an echoey and cavernous quality. The beer was good though.
29 Jun 2008 00:25
Goose At The Flyer, Horfield
I came back on a Friday night and the queue at the bar was three or four deep all the time. It seems they need two bars for this size of pub.
26 Oct 2008 16:25