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The Golden Lion, Bishopston, Bristol
Bishopston
Bristol
BS7 8NZ
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blackthorn _ left this review about The Golden Lion
A popular pub on the Gloucester Road strip, it’s quite striking in appearance being entirely covered in murals, but is nonetheless a little more conventional inside. Live music features prominently, and we saw a Tenpole Tudor gig on a recent Saturday evening visit.
Internally the main part of the pub is a U-shape with a central bar counter. Decor wise it’s quite traditional, if a little scruffy perhaps, with old wooden boards on the floor along with some chequered black and red tiling around the bar counter, white painted wallpaper on the ceiling and pale green or blue/grey paintwork on the walls with black wood panelling down below, although much of the available wall space was taken up with various music memorabilia, such as flyers for gigs, band photographs and an extensive collection of NME covers. Padded bench seating was fitted at the front, with regular chairs and stools elsewhere. A room at the rear on the right was perhaps a little more elegant in style with maroon painted wallpaper on the upper part of the walls and unpainted wood panelling down below with pew style seating and plenty more black and white pictures of bands who have performed here.
Beers on tap were something from the Evan Evans brewery although the hand written sign didn’t specify exactly what, Purity Mad Goose and Hop Union’s Bonville Pale. Ciders meanwhile were Inch’s Medium Apple, Thatcher’s Gold and Thatcher’s Haze.
On 17th June 2024
- rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Golden Lion
The Golden Lion is a decent sized corner pub that i quite liked the look of from the outside.
Once inside there is an L shaped room with the bar facing,the room is bare boarded,there is comfy bench seating and small stools to the front and rear left,there is a separate room to the rear right.
There were three real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Butcombe Bitter which went down well,the other beers were Purity Mad Goose and Purity UBU.
Background music was playing and the outside seating was in use as it was a nice early Spring day.
I quite liked this pub.
Pub visited 2/4/2016
On 2nd May 2016
- rating: 7
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