The Old Fish Market, Bristol

Highly visible as you cross the bridge into the city centre, this Fullers pub is a conversion of part of the port's fishmarket. The large main room has the attractive and highly polished bar on the back wall, wooden flooring, large windows to the frontage and on an end wall a huge detailed mural depicting dockside life years ago. Seating is at a mixture of standard and high tables plus a few sofas. To the side is a cobbled former yard, now roofed over and a quieter spot, the cavernous main room is very noisy due to the hard surfaces and high ceilings. This side room was more popular with those partaking of the pub's Thai menu, which looked and smelled very good. I wouldn't personally choose the end table at the front which is set on the former inclined entrance and so itself leans alarmingly. Decor includes old dock life B&W photos and a couple of Thai drapes in the courtyard. To the rear is the corridor to the toilets which has a few tables too and then opens out a bit with a few quieter booths, probably the best spot for a chat away from the screens showing sports in the main bar. A Fuller's house outside Greater London, so to a resident of the capital the beer wasn't going to set my pulse racing, however I had the guest, the more local Butcombe Bitter which was a decent drop. Pride, ESB and Discovery were the Fullers beers.

Good city pub with decent range of beers (Fullers ESB, London Pride, Discovery, Honey Dew and Butcombe's Bitter). I had ESB, Discovery and Honey Dew and all three were in tip top condition. The Thai food is delicious. Above average.