Level, Bristol

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Recently opened on the site of a former shoe shop, although it has been empty for some years, this is not a regular pub but more of a games venue specialising in golf and darts, although you are nonetheless welcome to just pop in for a pint. Whether anyone would actually choose to though, is another matter entirely.

Décor wise it’s quite industrial, with some sort of concrete screed on the floor and a black painted ceiling with exposed air conditioning ducting and cable trays, although the bar counter had been clad with rough sawn wood which gave it a more rustic look. A number of golf lanes were off to one side, although they seemed very small, more like a crazy golf course, and there were some darts boards at the other side. The seemed very high tech for some reason, with the board itself being a plain brown, and the coloured markings projected on to it from a projector. Various golf related slogans were daubed on the walls, such as “Putt up or shut up” and “Kiss my putt”, whilst a few barrels had been dotted around for vertical drinking, although these looked more like some sort of old oil drums rather than the more usual beer barrels. Seating was high tables and chairs, whilst a TV screen showed an idyllic image of a country pub complete with a varnished wooden floor, bookcases, and a real fire blazing away in a brick hearth, which all seemed rather ironic seeing as that was the complete antithesis of the venue we were actually in.

Predictable enough there were no real ales on tap, or indeed anything on keg come to that, with Guiness being the closest thing to a beer that they had. Ciders fared little better with Inch’s Medium Apple being the only option. Overall, great if you want to play golf perhaps, but pretty useless as a pub.

On 24^th October 2026 - rating: 3
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