Congresbury Arms, Bristol

This has recently been done out, and well worth a visit. To be honest it had gone down hill in recent years and was a bit of a dump, but now it looks totally different. OK, so it's a bit gastropubby with the obligatory pine wood, etc, etc, and it is obviously food led, but there's still a bar area to enjoy a quiet pint. The menu is a bit on the expensive side, with most of the mains being around the £15 mark. That seems a bit expensive for a pub, even a "gastro-pub". The (very) young staff were polite and helpful, and the landlord/manager seemed genuinely interested in what we thought (we unknowingly visisted on the first Saturday after reopening) and spent a few minutes chatting with us. They could do with a better choice of beers having just the usual Greene King selection of IPA, Old Speckled Hen, etc. And why bring a cider in from Hereford when Thatcher's are two miles up the road and brew far superior products?