Cotham Porter Stores in Bristol, City of

Great pub with a few flat ciders which I'm struggling to find in Bristol so thanks. Additional, you can come here to play board games and Mario kart for free!

A fixture at the peak of Cotham Brow, the CPS has stood long as a monument to cidery excess, youthful tomfoolery and amiable companionship. This is not your average old man's pub. With exquisite eloquence, the CPS tells a story of ages travelled far in a solitary spot, history made present - and toilets that could use a little TLC.

Best proper old fashioned locals boozer in Bristol. Great atmosphere....Great welcome too. Home of the Stores cricket club. The new loo upgrade is banging too. Best proper pub in Bris. Top quiz night too

Small pub with great choice of lager and cider. Ale is hit and miss, often only have IPA. No food served but can order and get delivery from takeaway two doors down. Excellent quiz night. Toilets are in sheds but serviceable.

Lively little boozer in Cotham. Good real ale.

Great place, especially on a Monday if you're interested in MTG

Great little boozer with darts, SNES and 30+ board games. Murphys on draught too

Proper local, great taps and board game collection, there is even a super Nintendo in the back and a lively weekly Pub Quiz!

It's an OK pub, there's often sport on TV, the pints are reasonable at best.

Nice pub, but the quiz master takes 3.5 hours to get through 6 rounds...

Cosy and friendly, with old school charms. Fantastic choice of well kept beets and cider. No food, but if you ask nicely they mat accommodate you bringing in a take out

Beautifully run pub! Owner is more than welcoming

Cosy pub, relaxing and comfortable. Apparently rhey has a dog there. They don't serve food but there's a nice take away next door that u can eat there which is really nice.

Paid £7.50 for a single, cheapest brand G&T! Gin was £4.70 and tonic was £2.80 - the most I have paid in any pub in the local area.Toilet leaves alot to be desired which wouldn't bother me too much if they weren't charging so much for a G&T.

Cosy place and good selection of beers

Great little pub with a good choice of beers.

Decent enough back street boozer. Two real ales. Mainstream keg beers and lagers, Heineken/Camden etc. It would be nice to see them supporting local and independent breweries. Come for the atmosphere not the beers.

Seems nice, student and NHS discount. Rude barman/landlord but maybe he was having a bad day.

A lovely pub, lovely people. Some unusual characters, and that's it's charm. If you don't like, you're probably a tory

Friendly relaxed pub, a real old school spit and sawdust pub. Highly recommended, always has a great beer and ale selection.

An adorably genuine local pub. Small, cosy and great!

Cute little pub with a great quiz on a Thursday. The task round is unlike anything I’ve seen in a pub quiz before and gets everyone up, involved, and laughing!

This pub serves the finest cask ale in the area. I know this because I drink ale at all the local pubs on a regular basis and the cellaring standards here are superior. The Vaults can be a bit hit and miss; the Green Man often serves ale at almost room temperature. But here in the CPS you get cellar coolness and all the creaminess and lacing that are the hallmark of cask ale in top notch condition. If you get served an average or worse pint at a nearby pub, vote with your feet and walk this way.

Was ok. For a Saturday early evening and the only folk in... Real ale options quite poor, 2 on offer. Good for cider, but that's not my thing ( or perhaps what a pub with Porter in the name should offer more beers?). Has board games, darts and old video game if want to settle in. Outside toilet is literally outside. Good luck if very cold...

Great pub if you are under 25. Terrible music played at a ear bleed level.

Great friendly local pub showing a range of sports with a darts board too!

Back street type of pub, with a niche audience. Went there for the Thursday quiz and certainly not disappointed. Good choice of beers. No food but you can order in from a takeaway two doors up ! Toilets basic but fine. Barman (Olly ?) very friendly and quiz master excellent. Thanks for the welcome.

Lovely quiet pub. Staff are great, prices good, nice vibe inside. Dart board, SNES with Mario, come on, doesn't get any better than that!!

This was my Grand dad’s favorite pub, he loved the ”Spit and Sawdust” atmosphere, which remains. A “Proper Pub” as he would say

Been there early in my drinking days and this was a long timer later visit. Little has changed. Good supply of cider. Don't believe the story that John Lennon painted the mural. It's not true.

Bar far the best pub in Bristol, reluctant to review in case it makes it harder to get a table in this small, friendly, local establishment.

Perfect Friday night at Cotham Porter Stores with Gin tonic and crisps.

Great pub, run by Ben and team :)

Such a great atmosphere. Fab little pub. We were able to have a drink with our little dog too Thanks for having us!

Great little local. If you're lucky enough to get a table for Thursday quiz night you're in for a treat. The quiz if great and the staff are amazing. Really well run local pub with friendly staff and customers and an outstanding selection of drinks 10/10

Lovely cosy little place, great quiz too

Best pub in the land. Free jukey Mon-Thurs, great pints, great locals, great owner. Free darts as well!

Lovely quiet little pub, great staff and atmosphere

Nice friendly local pub. Good beer selection. Sky sports not over crowded. Good friendly service.

Love this pub. Great selection of beers and ciders and a friendly atmosphere too.

Brilliant,very relaxed cool place.

Absolutely lovely people friendly, made you feel at home

Good pub. Flexible ordering, good prices, good staff. Historic boozer!

Great boozer. Always has been. Friendly staff and reasonable prices. No snottiness about me not having QR recognition for ordering system! I merely asked the gentleman behind the bar for a drink. Amazing progress in ordering technology

Can't believe 30p increase across the board on a pint, then try to blame it on tax ! Never heard so much rubbish! To top it off they only tell you after you've been served ! I thought we were all in this pandemic together, not ripping each other off . I'm disgusted with you. I've barred myself !!!

Nice ambience , the toilet wasn't very clean but lovely staff and music !

Friendly, cosy pub. Great beer and service

Cosy pub with mario kart, boardgames and student discount. Decent selection of drinks too.

Proper pub, mostly local regulars, as a cider drinker good selection, box and draft. Ground floor toilets interesting should be in museum. Rare gem, old fashioned pub, how they used to be. WELL WORTH A VISIT!!!

Pub apropiado apropiado a la antigua. En su mayoría, los clientes masculinos, pero los lugareños y en su mayoría son locales / clientes habituales te hacen sentir muy bienvenido. Los baños de caballeros deben estar en un museo. ¡ME ENCANTA ESTE PUB! ! !

Lovely pub, allows calm dogs. Friendly staff and board games at the back.

Proper little spit n saw dust old school pub....nice quiet vibe

Estábamos un poco aprensivos, después de leer algunas de las críticas negativas publicadas aquí, sin embargo, tengo que decir que tuvimos una muy buena noche allí. Es un lugar peculiar y no sería del gusto de todos, pero encontramos que tiene mucha personalidad y un buen ambiente. Las tartas eran excelentes y estaban cocinados a la orden. El barman fue muy amable y servicial y nos hizo sentir muy bienvenidos.

Friendly locals pub with real ales.

I've loved the place since I was tiny and I'm 50ish now

Para pastel y puré para dos por 13 ish es genial. Y el bar es realmente agradable con una selección de bebidas razonable.

Always feel welcome, good beer, good pies.

As always great staff, great service and a cracking pie and mash. Thank you

Nice traditional pub, equally frequented by old boys and young students from the area. Good selection at ales and ciders thatt change regularly, and board games available at the back. Loos can be a bit chilly in winter.

A fantastic original pub . A piece of living history now almost lost to history. Only thing missing is the Smokey atmosphere. Worth a visit

A must visit old fashioned drinking house with very well kept beers.

A very friendly small local pub the beer quality was very good and very tasty pies with gravy and mash. Nice!

Use to be a good cider pub years ago in the 80 s .I went in there about 4 years ago . He tried charging me nearly 4 £ for a pint a rough .

Friday night evening. Went down for a pie meal with groupon's voucher. Parking was shocking and then was told there was no pie delivery.

¡A pesar de todas las críticas negativas aquí, decidimos "arriesgar" nuestra agradable velada y probarlo! Primero, comencé con dos bebidas y unos 15 minutos más tarde conseguimos nuestra comida. Para nuestra sorpresa fue sabrosa y con una buena relación calidad-precio. Personalmente recomendaríamos este pub.

Excellent beer, the resident being BOB by Wickwar brewery. Traditional Englush pub with bags of atmosphere.

great pub and the landlords dog is an absolute sweetheart!

Top Boozer. Great for a chilled evening.

The staff were lovely and welcoming, the pie and pint were delicious. Really nice, thank you.

Booked on line but they didn't have a table for us & did nothing to try to resolve the situation, very disappointing but we went down the road to the lovely Colston Arms

We’d booked a pie and a pint online through Groupon. 1st time was bad 2nd time (don’t ask) was awful. We went as a family the 1st time and no frills was fine but service was awful. Ordered a pint at the bar and was told the barrel needed to be changed and that they’d bring the drink to the table,20 mins later still no pint so went back to the bar, no one behind the bar but the bartender who’d served me was sitting the other side of the bar drinking with his friends. I waited for at least 5mins before another bartender arrived and got me the drink, he was apologetic saying he wasn’t told we were waiting for a drink. The pie and mash arrived at least 30mibs after we ordered which was poor as we were the only ones eating in the pub! The pie was warm but the mash was cold. The presentation was awsful as if a 7yr old had slapped some mash on a plate chucked a pie on top and the drenched it in gravy, even the chicken pie was swimming in beef gravy. We ate them and left the kids thought it was nice so never mind. Returned for our second go, the bartender was rude, we’d booked online and were told that there weren’t any tables and we could use one for a bit. It was quiz night and 3 tables were booked for quiz participants. The bartender really couldn’t be bothered to deal with us and told us the offer shouldn’t be on on quiz night! We didn’t bother staying got our money back and left! Won’t be going back again!

In the past this has received praise as a real ale pub with good food. Not any longer. Having booked on line and received confirmation, I arrived with my friend to enjoy the lauded pie and a real pint. The barman was embarrassed, the pies left for us were damaged and hardly in date. He recommended we came later in the day when there might have been a new delivery. I declined. The place was empty, uninviting and decidedly under prepared. Never again.

A quite horrific experience. My girlfriend bought me the Groupon pie and mash experience at Cotham Porter Stores as an anniversary present. She rang up and reserved a Chicken and Leek pie and a Moo pie for friday evening. When we got there, the barman told us that Moo pie was ok, but that the Vegetarian pie was "on the turn and that he couldn't serve it to us". We pointed out that we didn't order the vegetarian pie and we had ordered the Chicken and Leek pie, please. He then went off downstairs, came back and disappeared upstairs. Then he said that he was very sorry but there were no chicken and leek pies, but there was a Moo pie. "We will have two then, please", we said. "Sorry", he said, "but there is only one Moo pie". It turned out that although there were four types of pie on the menu, he actually only had 1 pie. "I do have a chicken pie, but it is gluten free and it doesn't have leeks in it", he said. "So how come if you serve pies, you don't have any supply?", we asked with amazement. "Oh", he said, "They were all mouldy, so we threw them away". At that point, we practically threw our hands up in horror, thanked the gods he only had one Moo pie and we left! We then had dinner in Cosmo thinking we had escaped a dreadful fate. Pies on the turn....mouldy pies being thrown away. We listened to "Master of the House" from Les Miserables in the car on the way home. How it seemed like the Cotham Porter Stores!

A quite horrific experience. My girlfriend bought me the Groupon pie and mash experience at Cotham Porter Stores as an anniversary present. She rang up and reserved a Chicken and Leek pie and a Moo pie for friday evening. When we got there, the barman told us that Moo pie was ok, but that the Vegetarian pie was "on the turn and that he couldn't serve it to us". We pointed out that we didn't order the vegetarian pie and we had ordered the Chicken and Leek pie, please. He then went off downstairs, came back and disappeared upstairs. Then he said that he was very sorry but there were no chicken and leek pies, but there was a Moo pie. "We will have two then, please", we said. "Sorry", he said, "but there is only one Moo pie". It turned out that although there were four types of pie on the menu, he actually only had 1 pie. "I do have a chicken pie, but it is gluten free and it doesn't have leeks in it", he said. "So how come if you serve pies, you don't have any supply?", we asked with amazement. "Oh", he said, "They were all mouldy, so we threw them away". At that point, we practically threw our hands up in horror, thanked the gods he only had one Moon pie and we left! We then had dinner in Cosmo thinking we had escaped a dreadful fate. Pies on the turn....mouldy pies being thrown away. We listened to "Master of the House" from Les Miserables in the car on the way home. How it seemed like the Cotham Porter Stores!

A good range of real ales from Wickwar and other local breweries. Thatcher's ciders on tap, and other options in polypins. Friendly local crowd.

Pleasantly quiet pub with good beer. Would have rated it higher if the barman had learnt to serve drinks whilst talking to his customers. I had to wait a long time to be served on two occasions.

Nice wee local bar, good for the craic, sports TV and real ales 🍻 😉

A proper local with great mix of characters. Beer always spot on.

Good place to grab a drink after a visit to Kingsdown Sports Centre.

We rented an Airbnb right around the corner from this place and so we purchased a Groupon for dinner and a drink for four. It is a small pub with a friendly staff. Only a few choices for the pies, but they were hot and above average. Overall would purchase and visit again.

Nice friendly people, good beer.

Been a popular pub of mine on and off now for 15 years or so and it has gone through many many changes. Although it still retains the free spirited and friendy approach that keeps me coming back again and again. Ok not frequented with so many old characters of old times but the great jukebox, the anything goes, the anything can happen at anytime relaxed atmosphere is always refreshing. Always keeps me coming back.

Lovely friendly little pub with ales and tasty pies. And a painting on the wall by John Lennon, allegedly...

A basic boozer but the beers and ciders are excellent. Limited food available. This pub is a classic part of Bristol history.

If you like your pubs small and intimate this is the place. Very handy for the BRI.

Went here as part of a Groupon deal-pie and mash, with a beer or wine for two. There weren't many reviews available really, but what was there seemed reasonable, so we were hoping for the best. First impressions as we walked in were not good. A handful of regulars drinking at the bar: nothing inviting or welcoming and quite cold. Talk about no frills! We had unbelievably booked a table, as that is what Groupon requested. However we needn't have bothered. All the tables were empty, there was no sign of a reserved table for us and they actually had no idea we were coming! We weren't even sure that they did food at all as nobody was eating and we couldn't see any evidence of menu or a kitchen! We decided to have a drink, at which point we noticed a small backboard at the end of the bar, saying that they did Pieminster Pies. Ah ha we thought, we can get a pie here after all! Bearing in mind it was Friday night & we had booked, when we asked if they were definitely doing food, the bar man checked his watch rather worryingly first and then unconvincingly said 'yes'. However, we couldn't both have steak pies, as they only had 1! So anyway, food ordered, we chose one of the many empty tables and hope that things might improve when the food arrived. Guess what! it didn't. The pies arrived about 10 mins later. Each one was served on a tiny side plate, only slightly bigger than the pie itself. Whilst the pie was hot, the mash which was squished underneath it and in danger of falling off the edge of the tiny plate was cold. The gravy that had been dumped on top was a very unusual brown, more like mud than gravy and ever so slightly congealed. There was no veg or any accompaniments at all. A gastro pub this was not! Thankfully we hadn't paid too much for our meal, as it was part of a deal, but to say it was disappointing is a complete understatement. I have never experienced anything like it before and hopefully never will again! We will not be returning.

Barmaid was so rude and unfriendly. At these prices i expect at least some customer service. Apparently not. Wont be back, which apparently a lot of people think as it was empty. Shame.

Great beers Awesome little friendly local pub . Nice selection of beer very friendly

Awesome beer, relaxed, friendly atmosphere with a good music taste:)

It's my local.Small friendly bar famous for a picture painted on the wall. Supposedly by John Lennon after a concert in th Colston Hall. Used to be a cider pub, it still has 3 draught ciders from Thatchers. 3 Ales on tap from Wickwar and a local brew from down the road in St Pauls. Several lagers on tap including my favourite, Carlsberg Export and a curious half ale half lager from the Brooklyn brewery, like Lager- fizzy, but hoppy & citrussy too very nice! Various craft gins and rums along with the standard spirits. Popular quiz night on a Thursday evening. There are Pieminister pies and bar snacks for the hungry. BT sports for the fans and a free jukebox Monday- Weds.That's about it!

Proper old boozer. No frills, but cheap good quality beer and friendly people.

Nice local pub nothing special but a few nice beers. Seems to be less popular with he student crowd

Friendly staff, a real local pub. Free cheese and crackers on Sundays!

A warm and friendly atmosphere that makes all feel welcome

Good local pub that sells beer at reasonable prices. Thursday night quiz night is worth a visit.

New landlord took over late in 2016... Great transformation! Friendly service and atmosphere. CAMRA discount on the ales. Wickwar pub. Normally at least a couple of good ciders available. Nice pies. Reasonable prices. Happy days!

You want cider. This is the place.

Love this pub nice friendly atmosphere and great beer. Also do a loyalty card but 6 get one free

Food was great, but cold when it arrived, though the Whitebait and Sweet Potato Fries were excellent!

Couldn't fault it - delivered early, quality food - nice and hot. Thank you very much