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The Knowle, Knowle, Bristol
Knowle
Bristol
BS4 2LL
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Knowle
The Knowle is a large and decent looking pub that is set in the back streets.
Once inside the bar faces in an L shaped room,the floor is part tiled and bare boarded,there is bench seating and chairs and normal tables and chairs to the front right.
The left side runs to the rear where there are normal tables and chairs which were set for diners and food was being served.
There were three real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Butcombe Bitter,which was a nice drink,the other real ales were Adnams Ghost Ship and Courage Directors.
Decent background music was playing.
There are good views of Bristol from the rear windows.
I thought this was a decent pub to have a drink in.
Pub visited 29/7/2017
On 28th October 2017
- rating: 7
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Knowle
Recently re-opened after a reported £300,000 refurbishment, this prominent pub at the top of Talbot Hill is now run by the same team behind Zazu’s Kitchen and is now hopefully on a firmer footing after some years being run by a succession of different landlords and being closed almost as often as it was open.
It has now been opened up in to one single, L-shape room and has a fairly contemporary appearance similar to many other recent openings, with shades of Farrow & Ball paint on the wood panelling, cream and maroon paintwork on the walls and a mixture of reclaimed wood and tiling on the floor. Other decorations were fairly minimal with a few odds and ends such as stamps and an old map on the walls, and a free standing shelving unit housed a selection of pot plants. A fire-place at the rear was well stacked with logs, although whether this is just decorative rather than functional I’m not sure. From memory there are great views across Bristol from the rear of the pub, and I imagine the beer garden makes the most of this.
Food wise the menu looked to offer a decent enough selection of pub grub dishes such as fish & chips, burger, sausage & mash, etc., as well as a few slightly more unusual dishes. Prices were perhaps slightly above your run of the mill pub fayre, with most main courses coming in at somewhere around £10 - £12. We didn’t eat on this occasion, but I will no doubt return shortly to check it out.
Beers on tap were Adnams Ghost Ship, Deuchars IPA, Directors and Butcombe. Ciders meanwhile were Strongbow Cloudy Apple and Symonds Founders Reserve. Overall I thought they have done a good job here and hope it does well.
On 27th January 2016
- rating: 7
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Pete Yeates left this review about The Knowle
Refurbishment in progress as "Pub - Kitchen - Garden", whatever that means?
On 24th September 2015
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Jonathan Wilde left this review about The Knowle Hotel
Closed on 19th Jan fate not known at present.
On 29th January 2014
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Pete Yeates left this review about The Knowle Hotel
Stopped here tojight (Wednesday evening) and all in darkness. Quite possibly closed?
On 29th January 2014
- rating: 1
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Pete Yeates left this review about The Knowle Hotel
In the 1930s, the only two buildings visible at the top of Talbot Hill were the Water Tower and the Knowle Hotel. Both of these landmarks are off what was then Talbot Lane winding its way from Brislington to the Talbot Inn on the Wells Road.
During the war years the lounge was the Billiard room and was known to have been visited by Amy Johnson, who was based at the original Bristol Airport in Hengrove, staying at the Happy Landings on the Wells Road.
The Pub is currently run by an ex Bristol City footballer, Paul Cheesley.
On 16th May 2010
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Brian McCulloch left this review about The Knowle Hotel
Large pub with a commanding view of the eastern edge of Bristol. Grand proportions but a little tired looking. I was asked by a punter whilst taking photos if I was interested in buying? I suspect it suffers a little from it's hidden back-street location.
On 15th August 2006
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