Sportsmans, Bristol

It’s definitely operating as a pub, though it has retained some club features – there is still a ‘membership’ cadre, though service at the bar is open to all comers. The pool tables, dartboard, multiple TVs showing live sports – boxing and darts on this occasion - and gaming machines give it a club or sports bar feel, and there is a good local feel and convivial atmosphere to it, seemingly an improvement since Blackthorn’s review, below. The handpumps were dispensing Bass and Riches Farmhouse Cider. On keg were Tall Tales’s Pale Ale, Blackthorn Cider, Red Stripe, Stella, Thatcher’s Dry, Gold and Haze, San Miguel, Guinness, Coors, Blackboys’ Tipple, Mahou, Korev and three fruit ciders from Thatcher’s. The outside was filthy, which means it’s not a great place to approach, but it’s fine for a quick pint or cheap snack.

Was a private Bristol County Sports Club premises now appears it's an open bar.