Shakespeare Tavern, Bristol

Formal Geenw King pub, accessed up steps from the main road, traditional Georgian place, neat interior

Good beer Guide 2021 entry. Greene King but with up to 8 handpulls on. Small terrace area at the front and typically traditional interior. Bar staff efficient, friendly and knowledgeable about their beers.

Claiming to be the "longest serving ale house in Bristol", this is a nice two-roomer with some good old woodwork. Traces of an earlier refurb are visible, notably the graphic map wall, but have weathered in quite nicely. There is a small patio at the front. However the main attraction is the enthusiasm for beers, with an excellent and changing range of guests alongside the predictable IPA and Abbot, on this occasion including Gloucester Vanilla Porter, Hanlon's Port Stout, Great Western Bitter and Tribute, plus a volunteered discount for CAMRA. A good survivor amongst the various trendy places in the area.

The Shakespeare Tavern is a pub that is housed in a fairly grand looking building. Once inside the bar faces in an oblong shaped room to the front, which is bare boarded,the seating is bench seating and chairs,there is a separate room to the rear which is oblong shaped and bare boarded,there are normal tables and chairs in this room. There were five real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Wadworth 6X,which was a very nice drink,the other real ales were Taylor Landlord,St Austell Tribute,GK Abbot and GK IPA. Food was being served,but did not take over the pub. The pub was very busy on my late Saturday afternoon visit,there was decent background music playing. I thought this was a decent pub to have a drink in. Pub visited 15/7/2017