Famous Royal Naval Volunteer in Bristol

Fancied a true craft Bristol ale after a Vegan breakfast with my daughter so she suggested one on the historic King Street watering holes and this was it.A step back in time to this famous cobbled street go-to drinking destination area. Lovely historical building and location and a proper real old world smell inside...real oak, wood, candles and burnt wood certainly adds to this pub's atmosphere and historical charm.The staff were ever so friendly, welcoming and attentive. The vast selection of real true cask ales and ciders is very impressive, wow!I had a pint of the 'UP ABOVE' session pale ale brewed by LHG /Left Handed Giant independent Brewery in Bristol and it was exceptionally good and stunning!A big thank you to all the staff for making my swift ale pitstop so memorable and enjoyable! Highly recommend this great historical pub and the food is apparently good too...definitely next time!

Incredibly bad. The management here has always been awful. I asked if they had a wine list. They didn't. I asked what they had, and what they sold by the glass. They couldn't tell me. The beers are all on a board besides the bar and are numbered. There's no way of the staff telling what's on so they often don't know what's on which tap. They have something like 30 taps and only had one lager on, so at one point 3 out of 5 bar staff were waiting for one tap. It could not be easier to organise a bar better than this. I was a cellar manager for years so I know this. We ordered food and it was terrible. The rosemary fries were disgustingly over salted. The loaded fried chicken fries were greasy and inedible. I asked someone to clear the table of the previous plates and they didn't wipe the table. It's always been like this heard and they keep doing well because it's a bit venue in a busy area.

Beautiful pub definitely worth a check out for some history whilst having a drink. The whole of King St is pretty cool and wasn't very busy visiting early on a Sunday afternoon. Roasts were terrible for the price they charged, even was charged for items they stated they would remove off bill but didn't and nearly £30 in service charge! Highly recommend not having a family roast Sunday out as will be left disappointed.

Decent beer but the "Bacon Double Cheese Burger" is a con! There's only one burger and it is named like this as there are two slices of American cheese. Its a "bacon 'double cheese' burger" and not a "bacon 'double cheeseburger". Don't get me wrong: it was tasty. However the name is misleading and in all honesty 12 quid for a burger without chips is steep.

Such a great pub quiz, really fun! We had a great time and Iggy is hilarious. Excellent selection of beers and nice burgers (two veggie).

This place do marvellous burgers, as good as any of the gourmet burger restaurants I've been to! They also do loaded fries which are equally good. There's also a great selection of ale and an unintrusive TV showing sport if you're interested. The staff were also really helpful.

Great pub with an awesome selection of beers. We do the quiz every couple of weeks. It is fun and silly, don't expect a serious affair, if you take your quizzing seriously, don't bother. If you want to have fun, drink some drinks and laugh with the host then it's for you. Don't appreciate how old the music round makes me feel though.

Not the kind of burgers you would expect from a pub. I had the volley burger with rosemary fries. The pickled onions and sauce were a perfect combination and the rosemary fries were especially moreish. I could have eaten a trough full.The bar had an excellent range of beers qlso. Highly recommended!

Great pub, great beer, terrible quiz. Do not do the quiz. Quiz master is unfunny, smug, overly sarcastic, seemingly doesn't enjoy quizzing. Avoid this quiz which, in fairness, is easy to do as they rope off a section of the pub for it. Creative rounds do not make a quiz. It is subjective, not objective. We just want a normal quiz, cleverly worded questions with simple, objective answers, no random guessing questions, no "Did Kanye say this?" rounds. Just a normal quiz. Anyway, great pub.

Always have great selection of beer on tap and good choice of wine too. Great for a cold winters day especially when they are serving up their Sunday roasts (pork belly is thee best) but equally a nice spot in the summer, with seating on Kings street and great bar snacks too! Staff generally quite chatty and friendly.