Grain Barge, Bristol

Venue Magazine's Bar of the Year 2007. Great food including Pieminister pies from Bristol and a good range of ales and a couple of foreign lagers. Luckily no Fosters or alcopops!

On a nice summer evening you can sit out on the deck and there are two smoking areas, one is covered.

Owned by the Bristol Beer Factory, the Grain Barge has live bands most weekends in the "Hold" downstairs. Another great thing is the space age Dyson hand dryer!

11 May 2008 21:05

The Hope and Anchor, Bristol

"The lamb curry (�7.95) looked like one of those Vesta packet mixes... cubes of mushy, overcooked meat festered on a bed of alarmingly orange rice in a pool of murky, watery sauce"

"All you could discern was industrial-strength tomato peree"

"It's one of the few occasions when I've cut the meal short - not because I feared that the puddings might be bought in, but because I was worried they might not be"

"How can a place that majors on food churn out stuff like this and get away with it?"

All quotes from Venue Magazine 25 April - 5 March 2008
Marc Crewe, Food and Drink Editor

27 Apr 2008 19:05

The Hope and Anchor, Bristol

Best in Bristol?? I think you should get out more lol. Have you eaten there recently? The food is overpriced and definitely not worth it. Go and see for yourself.

21 Apr 2008 14:39