Cow & Sow, Bristol

This is a Bath Ales establishment, although a bit of a departure from their normal pubs in that it's very much a restaurant as well. As the name suggests, the emphasis is very much on steaks, although there are some other interesting dishes on the menu. Hopefully this will do better than the previous incumbent, the Queen Square Dining Room which only lasted a couple of years. Even though it's very close to King Street and the Waterfront, it's out on enough of a limb to not attract much in the way of passing pub trade. The Bibas bar at the opposite end of Queen Square was very short lived as well, but that too was essentially a restaurant. Hopefully with this being a bar as well it will manage to attract more custom. As you enter though the middle doors, all the tables to the right are laid up for food and the ones to the left are not, so there's clearly defined areas for eating and drinking even though it's all in one room. There's not really much of a pub atmosphere to the place, but it's a decent enough establishment and the staff seem friendly. Whilst there are four hand pumps on the bar, unusually for Bath Ales pubs, there are only two beers available – Jem and Barnstormer. Apparently their cellar is rather small. They also have their Bounders ciders, and a couple of lagers that are more interesting than the norm in many pubs – Budvar and Amstel.