The Apple is a bar in Old City, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Bar snacks and sharing boards
Tip: Start with a half of something still and cloudy rather than a fizzy pint; deck seats go first on sunny evenings.
Address: Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4SB
The Milk Thistle stacks four floors of hidden cocktail rooms behind an unmarked Colston Avenue door, Bristol's grand speakeasy with a whisky vault.
Signature drink: A whisky cocktail from the hidden vault list
Food: Bar snacks; dining in The Attic
Tip: Ring the doorbell and book ahead for weekends; the vault below street level takes small groups for whisky tastings.
The Bank Tavern hides down a John Street alley in Bristol with an award-named Sunday lunch so popular its roast bookings sell out a year ahead.
Signature drink: A local ale while you wait years for a roast table
Food: Award-winning Sunday roasts and pub lunches
Tip: Sunday sittings for 2026 sold out again; weekday lunches need no booking and carry the same kitchen's cooking.
The Old Duke runs free live jazz and blues every night of the week on King Street, a Bristol institution in a cobbled-street pub dating from around 1775.
Signature drink: A pint of ale with the trad jazz band three feet away
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Music is free every night; get in before 21:00 on weekends or listen from the cobbles with the overspill crowd.
The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer runs 36 all-UK beer and cider lines inside a 1673 King Street building, Bristol's Grade II listed craft beer flagship.
Signature drink: Whatever rotating UK keg line is about to run out
Food: Modern British pub kitchen and Sunday roasts
Tip: Locals call it The Volley; once a rotating keg goes it is gone, so order the interesting line first.
The Beer Emporium runs 32 keg and cask lines in vaulted cellars under King Street, the underground bar of Bristol's self-styled Beermuda Triangle.
Signature drink: A cask pour from the 32 underground lines
Food: Pepenero Italian kitchen with 20 inch pizzas
Tip: It pours until very late for King Street; the in-house Italian kitchen means the last pizza lands well after midnight.
The Coronation Tap is Clifton's centuries-old cider house near the Suspension Bridge, pouring its exclusive Exhibition cider by the half in Bristol.
Signature drink: Exhibition cider, served in halves only
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Exhibition is strong enough that the house serves it only in halves; treat that as a warning, not a challenge.
The Milk Thistle stacks four floors of hidden cocktail rooms behind an unmarked Colston Avenue door, Bristol's grand speakeasy with a whisky vault.
Signature drink: A whisky cocktail from the hidden vault list
Food: Bar snacks; dining in The Attic
Tip: Ring the doorbell and book ahead for weekends; the vault below street level takes small groups for whisky tastings.
The Bank Tavern hides down a John Street alley in Bristol with an award-named Sunday lunch so popular its roast bookings sell out a year ahead.
Signature drink: A local ale while you wait years for a roast table
Food: Award-winning Sunday roasts and pub lunches
Tip: Sunday sittings for 2026 sold out again; weekday lunches need no booking and carry the same kitchen's cooking.
The Old Duke runs free live jazz and blues every night of the week on King Street, a Bristol institution in a cobbled-street pub dating from around 1775.
Signature drink: A pint of ale with the trad jazz band three feet away
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Music is free every night; get in before 21:00 on weekends or listen from the cobbles with the overspill crowd.
The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer runs 36 all-UK beer and cider lines inside a 1673 King Street building, Bristol's Grade II listed craft beer flagship.
Signature drink: Whatever rotating UK keg line is about to run out
Food: Modern British pub kitchen and Sunday roasts
Tip: Locals call it The Volley; once a rotating keg goes it is gone, so order the interesting line first.
The Beer Emporium runs 32 keg and cask lines in vaulted cellars under King Street, the underground bar of Bristol's self-styled Beermuda Triangle.
Signature drink: A cask pour from the 32 underground lines
Food: Pepenero Italian kitchen with 20 inch pizzas
Tip: It pours until very late for King Street; the in-house Italian kitchen means the last pizza lands well after midnight.
