Flight Club, Bristol

One of the many bars in Corn Street to change it’s name every few months, this has previously been The John Cabot and BSB among others, and I think was also the Slug & Lettuce for a short while before they moved over the road. In it’s current incarnation it has some wood boards on the floor with tiling nearer the bar and a colour scheme that uses shades of brown and cream normally found in a gastro-pub, although clearly that’s not what this is. There is a pool table at the front surround by a couple of tatty red sofas. The bar counter on the right had large illuminated green panels affixed to the front of it, and it looked as though there was another smaller bar at the back, perhaps more geared up for cocktails. This appeared to have some blue illumination as far as I could make out without inspecting it closely. The rear area is raised up a step or two and separated by some wooden balustrade. At about 8:45 on a recent Thursday evening visit, the lights dropped a bit and the music was turned up a little too loud. There are several big speakers about as well as a glitter ball, other lighting effects and a DJ console, hinting that it may perhaps get considerably louder still as the evening wears on. Fortunately we did not hang around to find out. There were a few potted plants around, and what looked as though they may have been Christmas decorations hanging from the ceiling. Someone outside was enticing punters in with the offer of a free shot, and we had something called Apple Sour. It looked somewhat artificially green, but other than that was OK I suppose. The menu appeared to consist entirely of hot dogs and pizza. A number of plasma screens were dotted around showing the football. The solitary beer on tap was Doom Bar, whilst ciders were Strongbow and Thatcher’s Gold.

Not sure what it was like in its previous incarnation, but it is now a large drinking disco barn aimed at large groups and especially the stag and hen crowds and is open till 3.00AM at the weekend. Great if you are on a stag or hen party, better avoided if you are not.

Pub renamed and reopen

what a pleasure,i visited this pub on a recent sunday,really clean,good sunday roast,good prices,good pleasant staff,sandwiches available,and truefully seafood on the counter free.a all round enjoyable pub,large smoking area

CLOSED & EMPTY (05/06/08) [admin note: has since been renamed bsb and has reopened 03/12/09]