Volunteer Tavern in Bristol, City of

Unintentionally became the guinea pigs for their new menu – tasty food, decent beer (boozy and 0%), toasty garden heaters, easygoing staff & happy pub dog. Proper!

They have a new head chef who is great. One of the best roasts in Bristol!!!

Great pub with a good selection of local ales. Definitely the place to be on a weekend.

Final roast of the year from the Volly. Final roast of my life at this establishment. The roast we had 4 months ago was amazing, great starters, beef cooked to perfection not too long a wait. This Sundays roast was a complete contrast, 1 hour wait for our food and when it did finally come out it looked like it had came straight out of the school kitchen. A pool of gravy, slither of beef floating about with a few cold carrots. Honestly so disappointing. Had to get a pizza from GiGi pizzeria after to satisfy my hunger. Sort it out Volly! I don’t know who was covering that day but Jesus Christ, awful.

5 stars. Great service, cool af vibe, could use some heating in the middle of the outside but we're having a great time. Also pretty cheap, 3 pints for £14, lovely lager. AND seagulllllsssss

I don't even live in Bristol anymore and this is still my favourite pub such lovely vibes especially with the outdoor area

Banging Sunday roast Great beer & Rum Fantastic service Good vibes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pete and the rest of the star were excellent, the speed and the calmness in the face of a packed bar was really inspiring

Cosy environment inside with a larger, covered outdoor area too. Nice selection of Bristol beers and the Sunday roast looked great, although I didn't have the chance to taste it.

Great beer, on cask and keg. Well worth a trip.

We got a place for Sunday lunch. The food was great, the service was really nice and the ambience was exactly as expected. We wanted to come back for dinner, but couldn't get any more space.

Great little pub to sit in, chill, relax or party in.

Great atmosphere. Big warm garden in winter

The chef does not hang about with this roast. AMAZING! Best roast I’ve had in Bristol and the staff are lovely to top it off. Would recommend!!

HORRIBLE music! What happened to the old 'Volunteer Tavern?" Tragic mainstream music. What a shame...

Great vibe, great mix of people

Tiny pub with a small beer garden. They tried to make it look nice, but with a huge rat running overhead on plastic corrugating it was hard to relax. I'm not bothered by rats, but didn't really want it in my gin. Service was good and staff and customers were friendly.

Great pub! Really friendly and full of character. It has a wonderful beer garden. The Sunday roast is good, the chicken and the beef are tender, the yorkshire puddings were perfect and it was well plated. The roast potatoes could be improved as they were rock solid and overfried. I'd also love if there was more gravy and veg and possibly the addition of sauces like bread sauce, mustard redcurrant jelly and trimmings such as stuffing or pigs in blankets.

Great gluten free beer options. A lot of gf

One of the best pubs in Bristol. Cannot recommend higher. Has some of the best atmosphere, fantastic monthly events, and reasonable prices for town.

Really special place. Delicious pale ale.

Updating my review because it's been a couple of years, still awesome. Staff are all lovely, the garden is cosy and well nice, everything is well decorated. Had a great roast today, if you're vegan/veggie the celeriac bangs! Great portion sizes as well

Awesome Sunday roast and very friendly staff

Had an excellent time customer service was brilliant couldn't do enough for u highly recommend as date night

Warm beer and no food. Not sure what the hypes about here, but the bartender was great.

Best selection of gluten free beers in Bristol, 7 on draught at the moment :)

Áspero alrededor de los bordes. En una parte arenosa de la ciudad. Cerveza decente. Bonito rollo. Cosa de jardín fresco y también una zona exterior abierta. Excelentes hamburguesas. Precios razonables. Pocos perros salpicados. Recomendado - nos gustó

Amazon service, bar staff were amazing especially kinara .

Proper woke and they love butterflies ( food and drink great too )

Wonderful staff and beer. Food good too..

Great little pub, friendly staff and good vibes with the DJ. Didn't have food but others did and it looked good

Such a great spot. Lovely, chill, welcoming vibes in a great location just outside the city centre. Love the selection of drinks, plus the food tasted amazing - cooked to perfection!

Wonderful community pub. Friendly staff. Great atmosphere! Originally decorated space! Always have fun there! What's not to like!!

Awesome place! Always friendly staff and the beers are brilliant.

Wonderful pub with a great beer garden, brilliant atmosphere and lovely staff. They support the local community in so many ways and they should be so proud of this!

Love this place, shame I don't live near enough to call it my local. Good food, great beer and cider selection, lovely staff! #bemorewoke #savethebutterflies

Great little pub, I visited for the first time on Monday and will definitely be back! Beautiful garden, good selection of drinks and service with a smile!

I love this pub. I live in Wiltshire and visit this pub regularly. The staff are so friendly and welcoming. My dog gets fussed when she's with me and the open mic night is ace.

Fantastic range of beer all kept in really good nick. I sat in the garden with friends. Lovely atmosphere & friendly service. I didn’t eat but chatting to someone on the next table they said the food was excellent. Would recommend.

Incredible pub, with not only fab service, wonderful vibes, but an ethical underpinning to boot. Really good music and tasty food too. Thanks for some awesome times over the years!

Beautifully unique venue. Caters for everyone, really good vibes and lush beer garden. I have spent many a contented eve here over the last 10 years I’ve lived in Bristol, even the years I haven’t drunk alcohol! It’s just such an inclusive space. Excellent beers on tap and friendly folks, really a gem 💎

I fly all the way in from one of the 13 colonies just to come to Bristol so I can visit this lovely establishment. Independent. Friendly and welcoming service. Lovely patrons. Great selection of local beers and ciders. Indoor or out of doors seating (watch that one wobbly high top in the beer garden). Cheers to all the regulars and that one bloke in the corner of the bar that stares disapprovingly over his spectacles at my yank accent when I order. Sorry to interrupt your reverie mate.

Can't fault this place. Great selection of booze, interesting food choices, great roasts, the best atmosphere. Truly a community pub 👏

Helpful staff, visually pleasing beer garden and great hotdogs!

One of the best pubs in Bristol - lovely staff, lovely atmosphere. Incredibly welcoming!

Great pub. I particularly admire how much they care about butterflies.

Great pub, really good selection of beers, great space inside and out.

Brilliant pub with great community atmosphere - good beer selection and one of the best “secret” little beer gardens in the city

Fantastic pub, one of my favourite locals! Great beer garden, decent pricing, delicious food and a real pillar of the community. I will continue to visit for well priced pints and quality pub quizzes!

One of my favourite pubs in the city! Incredible service, atmosphere and general vibes. Whenever food is on it's always 10/10. Nothing better than sitting in their beer garden and playing trivia 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

One of- if not the best pub in Bristol, small quaint and a perfect beer garden! Lovely little regular after work pub 😍

Brilliant beer, always such a vibe - one of the best places on King St

Friendly and fun local with a great outdoor space. The pub itself is small and cosy with a fantastic beer selection, but my favourite part is the beet garden!

Proper woke place. Shuts early if a butterfly hits a window pane. Pathetic virtue signalling before service

Proper chill place, amazing vibes. Good food and drink. Seriously if you want a chill pint and a nice bit of grub that's central you can't get much better.

Great staff, good vibes and decent no/ low alcohol options!

Great beers, great atmosphere, strong doors and lovely butterflies out the windows

Amazing pub! Great chilled atmosphere . Good service and the food was incredible. Still thinking about it! I had a perfect, mouth-watering burger. It was perfectly cooked, flavourful, and light. The perfect amount of ingredients. I normally struggle with burgers because I love them but they tend to be too heavy and I hard to digest. This one was just right! Someone told me the cuisine changes every few months. Please, bring back these burgers (2/8/2024). Definitely will be one my favourite pubs! Thank you. X

What a super atmospheric and cozy place to end the day with a snack and a drink. The staff is very friendly and hospitable and they do everything they can to ensure you have a pleasant evening. Good selection of local beers, of which we even got a mini tasting. The food was also very tasty, with plenty of vegetarian options. Price-quality ratio is top! All in all a place where we will definitely come back.

This is a quirky little pub, just away from the main city shopping centre. The main bar area is essentially just a single room, but they've added a temporary style roof and walls to enclose part of the outside spaces. They specialise in locally produced beers and change these on a regular basis. They also offer the chance to taste some of the products, which is a good way to decide what you want to drink. The pub takes pride in paying staff a genuine living wage, which means that the staff are really pleased to work there; and it shows. The food is basic, burgers, hot dogs and sides, but they are good products and well cooked / presented. A limited sized kitchen means that they sometimes take a bit longer to produce this. Note that that there is no parking at the pub; there are a few on-road spaces just a short walk away, and some multi-story car parks within a 10 minute walk. Probably not the best place for those with mobility issues, although you can get a wheelchair in the main bar. It's definitely popular with students, and a trendy kind of crowd.

What an epic place! I will no longer complain when my wife wants to go shopping 😀 Fantastic, friendly and welcoming service, the food was amazing, the best burger I have ever had 😋 Great value for money to boot!! If you're bored shopping and need something to give you the energy to keep going, come here, it has just what you need! I will be back!

Great local beer, lovely garden, tasty food and near my work - it's got it all!

Kinda fell into this pub and what a pleasant surprise it was...Staff were friendly with a cheeky sense of wit. Beer garden is great.

To many students over priced beers foods not bad value what they call music is to loud at times. The prices have moved from moderate to expensive

Fantastic environment and amazing food, legitimately flawless. Thank you, will be returning shortly.

Awesome roast, service and great vibes - lovely atmosphere

One of my favourite pubs to visit as they have a beautiful outdoor area (with a new roof!) and have live music events running throughout the year. On top of that, they do an amazing Sunday Roast which ends at 8pm! I always go for the Roast Beef and it has never let me down, truly one of my favourite venues in Bristol.

The chefs prepare a beautiful roast! Dan was very informative on the different meats and sides ,which were so delicious!

Lovely pub lovely staff lovely customers what more can be said?

Friendly and range of local brewed beers

Best pub in bristol! Bring all my mates when they're in town 💃 Good independent vibes, good local beers! Get a pint people! 🍻

The most chill place in Bristol, the vibe is perfection. Always a great selection of beers, at the best prices. Indoors, outdoors, something for everyone. Would recommend.

one of my favourite pubs in bristol! always immaculate vibes, great food, great drinks, perfect pub💗💗💗

Great pub, atmosphere and food! Will come again

came here earlier and had the best service from a girl with red hair. loved the food, music and the vibe of the pub. will defo come again

Great gem of a pub with huge garden but a tiny bar so queuing for a drink took excruciatingly long. Made even worse by the bar staff having no sense of urgency whatsoever. Would return on a weekday but don’t recommend on a weekend unless you wanna spend the majority in a queue.

The atmosphere was good, but the toilets were cramped and not great in all honesty, some people who I thought were fellow party goers in the beer garden area, with drinks and vapes turned out to be 2 members of staff. Service was bit too casual from these 2. Beer garden was good, really well decorated and set up, nice heaters to on the walls to keep you warm and games in the corner in a glass cupboard.

Was cold, hardly any meat, deep fried rubbish. Service was lack lustre and we waited ages. The "bench" we were sat on was also dirty.

Excellent location for a few jars with outdoor heating

Ummmm £5 for a shot of tequila ?

My partner visited this pub a few days ago. The barman made a racist remark towards her. When she told me what he said I found the language quite shocking, as did her coworkers. This is really appalling. We would like to speak to the owner directly to address this.

After feeling down and trying to save money by not eating the whole day, I ended up in the pub where I thought I’s treat myself to a pint but they had a tip card machine which took my £4. The cherry to top my wonderful day, and non refundable like I’m in a financial state to tip,when I asked if it could be refunded they all looked at me like I had shot someone. So here I am with a pint that cost me £10 debating my whole life. - please change your tip layout, we’re not all rich and it doesn’t mean we are bad people if we can’t tip £4

Amazing beer garden with buckets of atmosphere and lovely vibes. Fantastic beer selection and the staff are always lovely

Booked for Sunday lunch last minute after another restaurant cancelled our reservation. Extremely happy we stumbled across this little gem. The food was exactly what we needed after a big night (very reasonable price too) and the staff were funny, delightful and accommodating. Will definitely be back.

Great roast, lovely staff and beautiful doggo, TipToe

Dog with human eyes Best Bloody Mary this year Splendid roast din dins.

Absolutely amazing pub. Went for a Sunday roast, and it was the best one I've had in Bristol. The bar staff and chef were lovely.

Lovely funky friendly pub with tons of personality, interesting things on tap and nice staff.

The team here were amazing! We celebrated 3 birthdays here with a table of about 21/22 of us and they really made us feel welcomed. The food was timely, correct and tasted great! The prices were definitely fair for the service also! They couldn't do any more for us even if they tried! 10/10!! Especially the guy with the curly hair and glasses! Made us feel welcomed and even gave us a couple of free baby guiness !!

Roasts were 10 10, and amazing selection of local beers👌🍻😎

As good a roast you can hope for in a pub. I went for the trinity of meats, on which the chicken element was unfairly meagre in size. I pointed this out and they were happy to put it right and bring more :) Extra gravy was available, and an array of condiments. Good selection of beers and ciders, friendly staff, nice atmos in the garden on a Sunday afternoon.

Great selection of beers and ciders with a nice covered outside seating area. Friendly staff, community oriented.

Went with the family on a Sunday to try their roast. I must say, it tasted amazing and was well cooked and seasoned, I could have done with a slightly bigger portion but I guess I am bit greedy. Staff was lovely and really polite, definitely recommend

Googled Sunday roasts in Bristol and this place came up. Thought we would give it a go and glad we did! Reasonable prices for delicious food! Atmosphere was good and staff were super friendly. Would definitely recommend.

Excellent mothers' day roast!! Friendly service, great selection of beers & ales. Lovely proper pub atmosphere, food portions were generous for the price - which is on the cheaper side for a roast at a pub these days. Child's size option was exceptional value for money as well. Looking forwards to checking out their events later this year. Will be returning!!

One of the nicest pubs an lovely bar staff. Have been here couple times on my own or with friends, great selection of drinks and sometimes we would come here for quiz’s evenings. Also I had lost my phone and my phone was handed in in this pub and they were so lovely to keep my phone safe till I came back and collected it. Thank you so much for that. Definitely recommend to come and visit this cosy pub.

Little bit small inside but has an excellent garden

Love the quiz night on a Monday. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere.

Fantastic ciders and good outdoor seating

We visited when sous chef Dan was running the kitchen and the roast was great! Despite power issues, the food was flavourful, cooked well and priced well too. Friendly bar staff and great atmosphere 👍🏻