The Shakespeare, Totterdown, Bristol

As described by others, below, this is a Victorian back-street local, lively and welcoming, being a decent local and not too up itself. It’s colourful and robust, just like the new furniture and the slightly Gothic foreign barmaid. Two ales on draft, Butcombe’s Rare Breed and Original, both in good condition. Stan’s Big Apple was also on handpump. On keg were Hopical Storm, Offshore Pilsner, Amstel, Moretti, Neck Oil, Guinness and Thatcher’s Gold. Not a tragedy, and I’d include in a crawl.

The Shakespeare is a nice looking corner that is set in the back streets of Totterdown. Once inside there is an L shaped room which has part tiled and bare boarded floor,there are normal tables and chairs to the front,the bar is down one step on the left side,there are more normal tables and chairs in this area. There were four real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Wye Valley HPA,which went down very well,the other real ales were Bristol Beer Factory Fortitude,Butcombe Bitter and Prescott Hill Climb. Background music was playing. I quite liked this pub. Pub visited 29/7/2017