Cambridge Arms, Redland, Bristol

A good sized, traditional pub with a large beer garden at the rear and a small terrace to one side, it’s clearly been renovated at some point and has lost the Victorian interior that it presumably had originally, but is nonetheless pleasant enough in a more contemporary way. The interior is all one open plan, L-shape room, painted in shades of chocolate brown and fawn. Flooring is mostly wood strip, with some tiling near the entrance, and there were a few black and white pictures of old Bristol on the wall, including one of the Dutch House that was destroyed in the war. Seating was mostly conventional tables and chairs, and some of these were squeezed in to spaces that weren’t really big enough. A plasma was up in one corner which was perhaps slightly out of place, but fortunately this was not in use on our visit. The menu looked to consist of a selection of pub grub dishes, with options such as fish & chips, pie of the day, ham & eggs, etc., and these were mostly priced around the £10/£11 mark. There was also a small specials board. Good choice of beers on tap with Butcombe, London Pride, Oliver’s island, ESB, Dawkins Bristol Blond and Seafarer’s Ale. Ciders were Aspall’s Suffolk and Thatcher’s Gold. Overall I thought this was a pretty decent pub, and I will no doubt pop in again if in the area.