The Hope and Anchor in West Dorset

Was in there with the missus and the dog,got a bottle of cider and a soda and lime and sat in the garden,chatted to a few of the locals and they were lovely decent people,great old british pub with good folk drinking in there,I will be visiting again next time I'm in bridport 🙂

We were staying opposite the Hope and Anchor and had to call the police as the people kept my kids awake and didn’t care about the noise. It was 1.30am two nights in a row. Do not go to this pub

Proper pub. Liquorice all sorts of punters. I wish I was here a month so I could drink with all of them. Nice ciders, nice people. Table skittles, decent Pool table.

Great local pub with pool table. Music on weekends sometimes as well. Check board outside or just pop in for a pint and ask.

At first, the pub seemed quite old fashioned but nice on our first visit. The landlady seemed quite miserable, though, and the regulars were the sort of people that seemed a bit unused to seeing strangers in their pub. They looked over a lot and mumbled amongst themselves. The highlight of our second visit was a large woman standing at the bar gleefully telling the man standing next to her "she's only getting one!" When my partner was just getting a drink for me and not one for herself. She obviously thought I was out of earshot. Weird all in all, but I'd probably go again even if it's just to make their lives more bit more interesting for a while.

Good traditional pub. Good banter, lovely people.

A true locals pub in the back street by Waitrose, Tends to be more of a cider pub and by that I don't mean the icy fizz with strawberry in it. Proper cider. Still, strong and a bit cloudy. Can get a bit animated at chucking out time. The beer is often a bit acidic as it doesn't sell.

Always loved the hope and anchor in Bridport Thank you guys tinys GB cycle ride

Owner's top class and lovely dog.

Great place good food as pool table and dart boards great little pub beer garden to good prices on food and drink

This pub is not only one of the last true remaining pubs in Dorset, but the whole of England. It is a proper drinkers pub with bags of character. Sue and Flash: the landlord and landlady are friendly, down to earth and run a traditional pub in a traditional way. Swedes of regular customers who look at it as a second home; a happy place where all are welcome and all are merry. Don’t come to this pub expecting the boring over-priced same old polished, characterless palmers pubs with terrible beer and little feeling of what a traditional pub should be. Come to The Hope And Anchor, a trip down memory lane where people who find what pubs used to and should be but very rarely are. I urge any tourist from the UK or overseas who want to find a real pub to visit here. Long live and love (which spellcheck appropriately swapped live to) The Hope And Anchor!

Traditional unpretentious old pub with good food cooked to order

Called in after looking up a local pub to visit while staying at a local campsite ..Good beers friendly locals & traditional old style basic pub. Dog friendly. Didn't try food but will call again next year & try their culinary roasts. A good all round pub ..not many left. Cheers

Best pub in the whole world, great service, great clientele, always a great time

Called in on a rainy Sunday afternoon with our dog and was made to feel really welcome. We will be back.

Good Sunday lunch, lovely thick beef, crunchy roast potatoes with fluffy centres and proper gravy not Oxo and apple pie, delicious

We love this place. Good prices always helpful. We're going to be using it a little more. Going this weekend to try their food 😋

Cheapest and friendliest pub in Bridport.

Nothing glam, but cheap drinks and food (although we didn't have any of the food this time we definitely will next time. )

Fantastic local pub, Great beers, traditional pub games, live music events, free house

Met the lord keeno fantastic time thank you!!!!

Lovely ' locals pub' serving tradional Palmers and Wadsworth ales. Enjoy a real pub.

The only place with a Pool table .. love it ... old place looks like

The ambience is amazing, friendly lovely people but keeno welcomed me with open arms ..... I will be back x

Great little spot, keeno very friendly and inviting 🥰 definitely recommend 🤩🤩

Absolutely brilliant Sunday roast. Choice of meats, 6 veg and all the trimmings.

Amazing pub. Sue the staff and customers could not be be friendly or helpful. Will be back beer and cider selection was top drawer.

Went for footy nice little back street place friendly lot.

Fantastic pub, great atmosphere and brilliant staff. Definitely go back 😁

All good always welcoming and friendly

Charming place with skittle game

Lovely locals pub. Visited as a tourist and made to feel welcome.

This used to be a wonderful locals' pub, tatty but full of atmosphere. The present tenants have exerted their own ideas, redecorated and torn the heart and soul from the place. During lockdown the landlord has being doing some DIY to make the pub Covid-19 safe. The result is a good screen around the bar, but ludicrous division of round tables with perspex, like wedges in a Trivial Pursuit game. Expensive drinks. You're better off at the local Wetherspoons or one of the other Bridport drinking dens, such as The George, the Rope Makers or the Pursuit of Hoppiness

Bridport is a beautiful town with plenty of other lovely pubs and restaurants to visit. Members of staff have been on social media posting prejudiced, distasteful comments and siting that management hold the same values and beliefs. Avoid!

Proper old fashioned pub with a pool table. Bit bonkers but good

Dave and sue are the landlord and landlady, if you like great beer live music, and a friendly atmosphere, check out this proper traditional pub,

This local pub is fantastic with very friendly staff

Proper pub with wide range of drinks products and good atmosphere

Ok for a local, not the cleanest of places

Loved it. A locals pub but they are friendly and welcoming. Lovely courtyard out the back.

What a fantastic pub, really nice people. And live bands.

We drifted in here on Saturday night and caught the live music act called 'Old As Dirt'. Three old timers and a youngster on lead guitar. Really, really good fun The pub serves the second cheapest beer in Bridpoort (second only to the Wetherspoons which doesn't really count) The locals in the bar are all friendly We can't wait for the next time they have live music to go back and do it all again !

Proper local pubs, nice and traditional, table top skittles love it 😊

Real friendly staff, nice polite customers, enjoy going there.

The best pub in Bridport. The staff are lovely. Great choice of drinks and fantastic live music. A true traditional pub.

This is a great venue for live music and atmosphere love it here

Friendly pub, good beer, cider. Can't fault it.

Friendly, liverly pub. Good atmosphere

What a dump! The haunt of people who like to bully passers-by in order to stop them walking along the road opposite the pub. I have video proof of some of the regulars videoing me as I walked home, bragging as they did so that I would have to move out of Bridport purely because these vile men had videod me!. One of them was issued with a PIN by the police for harassment of me. I have a voice recording of the landlady shouting abuse at me across the street as I walked home. I also have voice recordings of another regular, my neighbour, shouting abuse at me from the pub in order to try to stop me walking along the street on the other side of the road in order to get home. The police issued him with a written warning for harassment of me. Fancy a fight? Fancy bullying innocent passers-by? Then this is the pub for you. Decent people I suggest you go elsewhere, as Bridport has far better to offer.

Great busy pub with many locals

Great atmosphere. Very friendly pubs and cheap as well. Live music every Saturday night . Good place go for a good night

Great locals pub. Open all day. Pool table and fruity. Live music weekends. Lovely staff. Best pub in area.

Sorry to fly in the face of everyone's posts , but we liked it ! Popped in this lunchtime while car being valleted round the corner. The front does not do it justice, go in and experience a real proper locals pub with a super interior. We found the 4 old locals chatty and welcoming. Nice pint of 6X and a good selection of gin. Bar staff super friendly.i will definatly pop in again .

Lovely pub, look after our football team on a Saturday afternoon.

Lovely warm welcome and great food and drinks. Dog friendly too

Very good ales and cider. Very good live music.

Lease for sale sign outside. Not surprising, on entering most of the clientele/locals just stare at you and though it looks like a cosy little local with character, it is pretty worn out. Undaunted we stayed for a drink though it was the most expensive so far in Bridport. Leave it to the locals.

Great pub , great atmosphere, a real drinkers pub like the old days

Good little boozer, this. And around the same price as the Wetherspoons, but with less of a queue and a cool atmosphere...

Authentic British pub without frills and a pleasant Barstaff. Mainly a cider place with good real ales but not local ones. Afternoons best as it gets a bit crowded with a sometimes strange crowd at nights.

A genuine old fashioned pub. Cask ales, a wide range of ciders, spirits include atomic strength shots.

Great pub friendly people great landlady

A street corner local's pub situated behind Waitrose. Whitewashed walls and new signage make you think you are in for a treat. No. Not at all. Landlady has only been known to crack a smile when she breaks wind. Beer on draught is usually vinegar. A good few rough ciders which is good to see but sadly the clientele appear to have been in there drinking since 11am - and it's nearly closing time! On the odd occasion I have ventured in for a beer there has usually been a fight waiting to happen. Local pikey haunt. OK if you're a Millwall supporter but don't bother if you want to leave with all ears intact. Pricewise it is extortionate! The first £4 pint in the town was served here. Should be giving it away.

Brilliant town pub, not many about these days. Full of genuine people.

Nice atmosphere but it's upstairs at alexs where all the fun happens

Was in Bridport for short break and looking for a place that served a decent pint and friendly. This was lacking on both. A more inviting looking place up the road (Ropemakers) was closed for kitchen refurb. I doubt the Hope has been refurbished in 35 years ;-)

proper local freehouse, bit spit and sawdust and great for smokers out back,good location near to bus station

Great pub for locals, great cider and great ales. Pool table, darts and tele for entertainment... i simply love this pub.

I went in thinking it was a nice local pub. I stood there a good 5minutes waiting to be served but wasn't even acknowledged while the barmaid served people who came in after me. I walked out.

Pub is quite inviting but can get a bit boisterous around closing. Beers and lagers not cheap. Pool and darts. Beer quality varies from OK to vinegar.

The only Real Pub left in Bridport!!

Friendly Pub with a Pool Table visited this Pub many times always a good atmosphere and a good selection of Beers and Ciders, Sue and Gordon are great hosts and go out of their way to make you welcome.

Fabulous friendly pub to have a drink and meet new people

I work in the hope, it's one of the only real pubs left in Bridport. Lots of local characters and a warm environment, everyman and his dog are welcome.

Always friendly happy people here. Would recommend. Only thing I'd like to see is maybe some crusty bread filled rolls on offer to go with the extensive crisps/choc section. Mmmm nice pint and buttered crusty cheese and onion roll does it every time for me. Just saying.

Tucked away behind Waitrose this pub is a true local's local. Four ales and four draught ciders on the bar - flavoured vodkas too. Expensive though considering it's a free house (£4 for 3.5% bitter).

regular música en vivo aquí, pero tienes que estar como sardinas en y su música ruidosa. Gran variedad de edades en aquí de lo antiguo a jóvenes. En su mayoría lugareños, creo. Fuimos con unos amigos que conocían casi todo el mundo, pero no estoy seguro de que me hubiera gustado ir en sin ellos. Pasada de moda, pero las bebidas bien. No comimos aquí así que no puedo comentar

I live behind it seems like I lovely local pub

This pub situated in a backstreet off Bridport's West Street a stone's throw from Waitrose car park used to be the perfect watering hall some years ago when local character Val ran it. Since then it has had its ups and downs, but it retains its legacy of good real ales and ciders.Food is limited to bar snacks, served from 11-2pm and from 6.30-9.30pm. The exception is Sunday, when a Sunday roast is served between the relatively narrow window of 12-3pm. It would be nice to see Sunday lunch served all day.The pub is very dog friendly, and for those who enjoy traditional pub games there is table skittles (a real rarity these days), darts and a pool table in the back room.This pub deserves to be a Bridport institution!