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.

The Old Fishmarket is a prominent red brick building that used to be, believe it or not, a fishmarket, but is now a roomy high ceilinged Fullers pub. Formerly branded as one of their Ale and Pie Houses and last visited by me as such, it doesn’t seem to have changed much internally, but there is now more emphasis on televised sport – games are shown in 3D with glasses for hire – and serves Thai food as well as more traditional pub fare. The front bar is bare boarded with much wood in evidence, large windows and high tables and stools. A more comfortable area at the side is favoured by diners. Round the back is a quieter area with a number of more intimate seating booths where the sport can be avoided. The pub advertises a lunchtime “Thai quicky” which, before you all start rushing down to Bristol hoping to get your leg over, I should explain is a lunchtime quickly served Thai meal ( £ 5.45p) specifically designed for office workers with limited time. On my recent visit, the normal range of Fullers beers was on, supplemented by Butcombe Bitter as a guest. The London Pride - £ 3 – was reasonable. The pub proudly advertises the fact via a large poster that it is in the 2011 CAMRA Good Beer Guide. I don’t dislike the pub at all but, living close to Fullers heartland, I prefer naturally to try different beers while I’m away. I doubt therefore that I’d specifically come here again, unless there was a big televised game on that I particularly wanted to watch.

Large pub a few minutes from the city centre, which can get fairly packed at times. A couple of plasma's around which tend to show major sporting events. Friendly enough staff and a large bar. Several Fuller's beers on tap, including ESP, Discovery and London Pride, plus Butcome Bitter. A couple of more unusual ciders on offer - Symonds Founders Reserve and Aspall's Suffolk.

A smart enough place with good service and easy-going clientele. The front is a wide barroom but there is more intimate seating available to the rear of the bar and a separate (block-paved) dining area to the side. The food was good, the big screen was also good for watching the World Cup in HD. The ales consisted of 4 Fullers: Discovery, London Pride, Seafarer and ESB plus one guest, Butcombe Bitter, which I preferred to the house ales. I'd happily go back for one or two but I personally preferred the choice at the Kings Head on the way back to Temple Meads.