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The Fox Inn, Bristol
Old Down
Postal town: Bristol
BS32 4PR
Served areas
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Fox Inn
This is an attractive pub somewhat off the beaten track, and I don't imagine it really sees anything in terms of passing trade. In may ways it's the quintessential village local, and it was good to see it busy with a varied mix of clientele on a recent Sunday afternoon visit. Unusually the "front" of the pub (i.e.; the side facing the road) is in fact the back, having no doors and looking perhaps slightly drab. Around the other side it's much more pleasant though, with picnic tables on the lawn and wooden trellis work.
The pub is a slightly staggered U-shape, and divided in to a couple of different areas although they all flow in to one another. The bar counter is just inside the door, and here there are a couple of chunky pine farmhouse tables. There is a parquet wood floor and plenty of beams on the low ceiling as well as a brick fire-place off to one side, and this housed a wood burning stove. Various ornaments and pictures of foxes were dotted around as befits the pub's name and there was also a signed Bristol rugby shirt.
Around the corner is a carpeted area with green bench seating along the back wall, and smallish tables and chairs with wine bottle candles on. This is perhaps more intended for dining, although it appeared that the lunch service had finished by the time we were there. Beyond this is a small snug with a tiled floor and some exposed stone wall. There are no TV's in the pub which makes a pleasant change, although one of the punters was getting his football fix by having his iPad perched on a bar stool!
Good choice of beers on tap with Doom Bar, Bass, Butcombe, Tribute, Dartmoor Best and Bath's Gem. Ciders were also well represented with Thatcher's Gold, Ashton Press and Moles Black Rat.
On 22nd April 2013
- rating: 8
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Car Park : Yes last updated 30 September 2015 by Blackthorn _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Darts : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Function Room : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 30 September 2015 by Blackthorn _
- Jukebox : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Karaoke : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Live Music : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Micropub : No last updated 30 September 2015 by Blackthorn _
- Pinball : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Pool Table : No last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Quiz Night : Yes - Possibly occasional and for charity - last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 12 June 2017 by Jonathan Wilde
- Real Cider : Yes - From a barrel out of wall - last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- WiFi : Yes - BT wifi - last updated 19 October 2015 by Jonathan Wilde