We arrived yesterday afternoon after as painfree journey between Eastbourne and Bristol as we could hope.
The plan was to meet Big Bro at the Barleymow around 7pm.
Naively I thought that in this cycling-healthconscious-city it would be relatively quiet in the Barleymow.
Boy, was I wrong.
Leaving aside our slight niggle with the place that they allow booking of tables pretty much anywhere in the pub. When we arrive at around 5pm there wasn't table to be had.
Come 6.30pm when Bro arrived, there was barely anywhere to stand, let alone sit. The place was rammed. People were sitting outside in the garden and out front in order to enjoy their beer.
I know it was Friday and all that but I was really quite impressed with the pub's pulling power in what is often a quiet time of year for publicans.
Just goes to show that a place that knows its stuff can pull in the punters (pinters?) on a non-seasonable basis.
We eventually got a table around 7pm when the after-workers who were only in for a couple exited. Beer, as ever was excellent as was the food.
Still my favourite pub.
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