Winter Stream Farm, Stoke Gifford, Bristol

A new-build GK pub on a business park on the fringe of a huge modern housing estate. There is a good-sized car park and plenty of outside seating, part of which is no-smoking. Inside is open and airy, a large L-shape with a bar, sweet counter and carvery on the inside edges. It’s target clientele is families from the estate who want cheap food and don’t mind driving there, meaning the sound of screaming children is part of its charm. There is a compulsory wait-to-be-seated-even-though-you-just-want-a-drink, a bit daft as you then queue at the bar for drinks only. The staff were fairly decent, long suffering even. Two ales on, GK IPA and Abbot, in predictable condition – potable, but unexciting. It’s good at being what it is meant to be, but it’s not somewhere I’d come for an evening’s socialising.